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Convention Center Scorecard: Political Footballs in San Diego and Los Angeles
In Geek News: The St. Louis Rams football team will be moving back to Los Angeles. (Yes, sports fans are geeks… they possess esoteric knowledge, wear and collect items denoting their fandoms, engage in...
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Wondercon’16: Talk Back Panel with President John Rogers Discusses LA and...
By Nicholas Eskey Taking his regular seat in front of the all too familiar line consisting of convention goers, Comic-Con International’s President John Rogers readies himself for the inevitable. The...
View ArticleAnd Now They’re Talking About a Comic-Con museum in Balboa Park
While there are thousands of comic-cons around the world, there is still only one Comic-Con, and that’s the one in San Diego. Comic-Con International, the non-profit organization that runs the big show...
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Downtown San Diego’s expansion of the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina;...
By Nicholas Eskey As the world’s largest comic convention, one that celebrates all forms of popular culture in film, television, video games and of course print, San Diego Comic-Con is also well known...
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Downtown San Diego: Is it ready for Comic-Con 2016?
By: Nicholas Eskey Typically, around this time each year downtown San Diego is well underway in a temporary face lift for our very own Comic-Con International. As one of the largest comic and popular...
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#sdcc SDCC’16: Tips From a Local – “Avoiding the Con Cruds”
By: Nicholas Eskey One of the hardships that comes with travel is catching an illness. It happens. New surroundings, a climate unlike that of your home town, different air quality, and even stress of...
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#sdcc SDCC’16: Tips From a Local – “Where to Go to Decompress”
By: Nicholas Eskey Much of San Diego Comic-Con will be a tiring blur once you reach Sunday. Technically the last day of the convention, many of people are already tired of the crowds, greasy foods, and...
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#SDCC ’16 Dave McKean Talks Art and WWI in his Latest Graphic Novel “Black Dog”
By: Nicholas Eskey Artist Dave McKean is in every aspect a Renaissance Man. He expresses himself in illustration, art installations, music, theatre, writing, graphic design, and more. Notable for his...
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#SDCC ’16 Special Guest Ben Hatke Talks About His Work, His Eisner...
By: Nicholas Eskey During this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, writer and artist Ben Hatke is spending time with publisher First Second to help commemorate their 20th anniversary. Fortunately for me, I got...
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#SDCC ’16 Talk Back Panel: CCI President John Rogers Talks ADA, Security, and...
By: Nicholas Eskey As per every year, almost like tradition, one of the last panels of the day for San Diego Comic-Con is the Talk Back Panel. And always seated front and center is the president of...
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San Diego Comic Fest’s Matt Dunford on the Convention, Jack Kirby’s 100th...
2017 will bring us yet another new year of comic conventions. When one thinks of San Diego and comics, it’s not difficult to summon images of San Diego Comic-Con, one of the largest celebrations of...
View ArticleDoes San Diego need both San Diego Comic-Con and San Diego Comic Fest?
Once upon a time, there wasn’t a San Diego Comic-Con. Some would mark this period as “The Dark Ages of Conventions” (those being myself). It was in this “long-long ago” (1970) that a collection of...
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San Diego Comic Fest Kicks Off with a Heavy Storm and Jack Kirby
As the winds howled outside and rain beat against the roof of the Four Points hotel by Sheraton, one thing was blatantly obvious: bad weather won’t stop dedicated comic book fans. You’d think San Diego...
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San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Arlen Schumer Pays Tribute to Jack Kirby and...
Artist, illustrator, writer, and in a way Jack Kirby historian are a few of the titles that Arlen Schumer would claim for himself. The man of many talents is hard at work at this year’s San Diego...
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San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Up and Early for Social Fandom for Geek Properties
Bright and early on a Sunday morning, collected in San Diego Comic Fest’s make shift “Kirby Café” panelists Jenny Stiven, Jonathan Tavss (working in digital and social fandoms for over 20 years), Anina...
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San Diego Comic Fest ’17: Interview with SDCF’s Founder, Mike Towry, covers...
For this year’s San Diego Comic Fest, it had a great deal on its plate; A fifth year, a new venue, the announcement of a new Chairman for next year, unseasonal rain, leaking roofs, Jack Kirby’s 100th...
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San Diego Comic Fest ’17: 25th Anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series...
As a cartoon loving kid of the 90’s, chances are the Batman: The Animated Series was on your “must-watch list.” It’s hard to believe that the iconic show is hitting its 25th year anniversary. But...
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WonderCon ’17: News of Comic-Con Expansion Looking Unsure and Sales Floor...
Returning to Anaheim this is year is the “fan-loved” WonderCon. For those who attended WonderCon last year, the highly-adored comic convention brought to us by none other than Comic-Con International...
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SDCC ’17: Box Brown Discusses His Eisner Award Nominated “Tetris”
We all know the game “Tetris.” It’s addictive and embedded in the halls of video game history. Did you know though that it originated from Russia? How about that near the pinnacle of its popularity, it...
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SDCC ’17: A “Goosebumped” R.L. Stine is Awarded an Inkpot at His Panel
As a “shockingly-scary” first, author R.L. Stine is attending this year’s San Diego Comic-Con; The same R.L. Stine who has consistently scared children for around twenty-five-years, mostly with his...
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