The Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Cons, Shows, Events



By Tom Spurgeon

* nothing of major import this weekend, at least not as far as I can tell. Fumetto is ongoing, and there's a Wizard show in St. Louis. That's a pair about as far apart on the opposite ends of the show spectrum as you can get.

* WonderCon is just sitting there waiting to happen not this weekend but the next one, after which by any any and all measures it's convention season. I know that Anaheim was good to that show last year, and I'd actually like to see them stay down there with something, if not that show specifically. First, I would think that Comic-Con's blend of pop culture would play really well in the greater Los Angeles area this far out from summer. Second, they are comics nerds at their core and I bet if someone else ended up with an Anaheim/Los Angeles show in that same general time period they would not be. They'd still have APE to keep a hand in in San Francisco, either with that show, or another show like a WCSF (WonderCon San Francisco), or a transformed show in that same general time period. I know that's backseat driving, but it's hard to resist.

* here's the MoCCA programming. I think that's a fine strategy, keeping it really limited in terms of number of events. That show has a chance to catch on, and sooner rather than later, but they shouldn't overplay their hand.

* the 2nd Annual British Comic Awards have a big press release up here to catch everyone up. This includes the nominating committee members, the committee chair, and addressing the gender disparity issue that came up last year.

* did you know that Fumetto has a store with a bunch of convention exclusives? A lot of those things are really nice-looking. Fumetto is one of those shows that is not dominated by its commercial aspects, so the ones it does offer are kind of fascinating.

* here are some photos from the current Ron Rege Jr. exhibition.

* finally, Jamie Coville has audio and photos from the most recent convention in Toronto.
 
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