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



By Tom Spurgeon

* the writer and artist Michael Cavna draws portraits of people attending the recent Awesome Con DC. The people selected look like they're having a good time, anyway.

* mighty Genghis Con in Cleveland has announced its 2016 date: November 27. They're offering exhibitor applications through that link until July 31. I hope to go.

* there really needs to be zero tolerance for any show that allows print-out artists to sell alongside artists that are making their own work. As this article I think aptly points out, the companies are no longer cracking down on any of this, so you don't have that big brother cleaning up for little brother to make their convention bank. It just sort of has to come from the shows and the people and pros attending them. There's an argument to be made against any artist selling images of copyrighted characters now matter how they're made real, but I think we can fight that much more complicated battle after this pretty simple one.

* over at The Beat, Torsten Adair went to Wizard World Philly and liked it. My take on those shows is that this is the second strongest of the WW shows, but I have no idea if I'm still right about. My memory is that the proximity of Wizard World Philly to Heroes Con was a worry for a couple of years because a few key exhibitor would have to choose to do one or the other. The most interesting part to me is that there may be some structural impediments to growing the show.

* it's CAKE this weekend. See you there Saturday.

* finally, Greg Hatcher reports in from last weekend's event in Olympia.
 
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