HeroesCon Underway In Charlotte, North Carolina

The fine North American comics convention HeroesCon gets underway today in Charlotte, North Carolina. I've been twice, and am dying to get back. It's a really good show, and it rests comfortably in this kind of major regional convention space that is a fantastic group of shows right now: Heroes, Emerald City and Baltimore are the mainstays of that group. I think that tier of shows is fairly close to ideal.

HeroesCon meets all of my standards for a good comics show. It's in a place that's fun to visit (Charlotte has a compact downtown and a lot of good food; it is generally cheap and mostly laidback), it's well-executed (they're adding a bunch of space again this year), it has a unique culture (mostly centered around original art commissions), it has a fanbase that seems to adore it (perhaps the most important thing), there's good shopping to be had (the aforementioned original art + there's an Indie Island + there are a lot of discounted old comics), it's run by super-great people (the beloved Shelton Drum, Rico Renzi, Andrew Mansell), the programming can be ambitious (check out this year's mega-panel on music and comics) and it has its own special flourishes (the art auction on Saturday night + the bar con generally + the post-con party at the nearby Heroes store).

One thing I like about it is that it really isn't a comics art festival, even with a solid independent and art-comics crew on hand. It is more of a mainstream comics show, and that's an expression of comics that has some pretty horrible, crass shows to its name so I'm happy to see them have a good one.
 
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