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TMS Went to Flame Con 2, Fell in Love With All the Cosplayers - Where do they...
We’re a sucker for a good convention at TMS, but if there’s one complaint I have about most of the cons out there, it’s that they’re awfully straight. As a queer trans girl with an asymmetrical...
View ArticleThings We Saw Today: Vintage Star Trek Con Footage Reminds Us Fandom Never Dies
Granted, I might be new to the Star Trek fandom, but if there’s one thing that keeps me coming back to conventions every year it’s the knowledge that I’m going to be amongst kindred spirits. Whether...
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There’s a New Con In Town: Black Girl Nerds and The Black Geeks’ Universal...
While conventions have gone from being strictly “comic-cons” to incorporating all aspects of pop culture, sadly too many have failed to be equally inclusive of the varied races, ethnicities, gender...
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Phoenix Comicon Attendees Must Pay to Volunteer
For the 2017 convention, Phoenix Comicon has changed its volunteer policies so that only those willing to pay a fee can volunteer. Any fan who wants to volunteer at Phoenix Comicon will have to...
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Former GeekGirlCon Volunteers Resign Over …“Reverse Racism”?
GeekGirlCon, a Seattle-based convention devoted to honoring “the legacy of women contributing to science and technology; comics, arts, and literature; game play and game design; and beyond,” began in...
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Community Responds to Cancellation of Universal FanCon With Pop-Up Event...
While attendees are still reeling from the abrupt cancellation of Universal FanCon, local organizers have announced a one-day pop-up convention for the folks stranded in Baltimore. WICOMICON 2018 is a...
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Universal FanCon Creator Blames the Fan Community for Con Debacle
Universal FanCon in Baltimore was intended to be an inclusive fan convention that celebrated diversity. The convention was the brainchild of Robert Butler (The Black Geeks) and Jamie Broadnax (Black...
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Why Cons Are Waiting for a Legal “Act of God” Before Canceling
Yesterday, to the surprise of many who were already resigned to the fact that 2020 was probably going to be a wash for major comic conventions and other geeky cons, the Twitter account for Atlanta’s...
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The New SDCC: Socially Distant Comic-Con
With the news that cons across the nation have been canceled, including the big daddy of them all San Diego Comic-Con, fan and creators are understandably bummed that we won’t be able to come together...
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What to Expect From Comic-Con at Home
In a normal world, we’d be getting ready for San Diego Comic-Con right now by running down the announced panels, planning what to catch and what we’d have to give up. We’d be prepping cosplays and...
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What Will Conventions Look Like in 2021?
My wife and I at our artist alley table. I’ve been going to conventions since 2002 and, throughout the years, have gone from “I’ll attend 1 or 2” to “This is like going to a family reunion twice a...
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Anime Dallas Debacle Just Shows Why In-Person Cons Are a Bad Idea Right Now
About a month ago, I wrote a piece that delved into what I thought conventions would look like in 2021. Unfortunately, when writing it, I was under the impression that folks would wait until it was...
View ArticleRegistration Is Open For Virtual Crunchyroll Expo’s Return This August!
Back in 2017, Crunchyroll, the streaming service many of us anime fans spend an, um, decent amount of time with, launched their first-ever convention. Like every other convention across the country...
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WTF Is Happening With Cons Like NYCC and Emerald City Comic Con Coming Back...
ReedPop has decided to go full steam ahead when it comes to conventions and what they’ll look like in 2021. In an official press release for Florida Supercon, NYCC, Emerald City Comic Con, and C2E2,...
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Crunchyroll Expo Has a Nerdtastically Stacked Guest Lineup (so Far)
As we reported back in April, Crunchyroll Expo will be virtual again for 2021. Even if the event won’t be in-person (which has been the case for many events since last year), the online version is...
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Wizard World Just Sold Six of Its Largest Conventions to FAN EXPO
Today, FAN EXPO announced that it’ll be acquiring six of Wizard World’s biggest shows. These shows are the ones that take place in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Portland, St. Louis, and...
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My Wallet Wasn’t Ready for Planet Comicon’s Artist Alley
Recently, I attended Planet Comicon, a pop culture event that takes place in Kansas City, Missouri every year. I haven’t been to a convention in two years for obvious reasons, but once upon a time,...
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E3 Gets a Phoenix Down From ReedPop and Is Returning in 2023
With no physical or virtual event this year, it kinda felt like we may have seen the last of E3—finally, after all the other times it seemed like we’d seen the last of video games’ biggest show. You...
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Dear San Diego Comic-Con, Can We Still Have Virtual Panels?
San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) is the annual event for comic book fanatics. It has grown from a fringe counter-culture event for comic book collectors to a pop culture mainstay. Many large movie studios...
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Barnes & Noble Loves What BookTok Has Done for Sales, but Not the People...
If you’ve walked into a Barnes & Noble (BN) the last few years, you’ve likely seen tables and endcaps with over two dozen books labeled “BookTok.” On the BN website, there are pages dedicated to...
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