Initial Impressions of Wizard World Philadelphia

1. Hey- the Convention Center has free wifi! Thanks, Philly Convention Center! 2. I made my feelings on the lack of comics publishers known in the last post. There’s no Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Boom!, IDW…no one. The biggest publishers here are Zenescope and Avatar. 3. There are a LOT of heavy people here. [...]

Final Crisis: Wizard World Philadelphia

Each year, my buddy Glenn gets all of us Comic Widows staff into Wizard World Philly. The WW organization has been kind enough to extend us press passes every year, and this year was no exception (thanks, Jerry!). I’ll be in Philly this Saturday and Sunday. I’d like to tell you I’m looking forward to [...]

Baltimore Comic-Con Wrap-Up Tomorrow

I’ll be wrapping up my impressions of Day 2 tomorrow. Today’s been a rough day; my beloved had massive car problems today, and I need to resolve some issues with that tonight. The very short version is that Baltimore remains my favorite con I’ve ever attended, and I’ll have some more to talk about that [...]

Baltimore Comic-Con, day 1

I’m typing this from a hotel room in downtown Baltimore. This might be the nicest hotel I’ve ever been in. The beds are gorgeous, we have a view of the city that’s pretty nice, Wanda Sykes is on HBO, and the hotel is as posh as it gets. My friend Glenn scored it (two beds, [...]

SPLAT! on Saturday, March 15

Thanks to the good people at Collected Editions, I will be attending SPLAT!, a graphic novel symposium in NYC this Saturday. This event is sponsored by the New York Center for Independent Publishing, and panelists include Understanding Comics‘s Scott McCloud, DMZ‘s Brian Wood, I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets‘s Paul Karasik, and many more [...]

What I learned at Wizard World Philly, part one

My leg’s feeling much better, so when Glenn got press passes for the Comic Widows crew, I was definitely in on Saturday. This was my third Wizard World Philly, but it was definitely…different. WW Philly ran the same weekend as Heroes Con in Charlotte, and the show felt smaller as a result. While Marvel and [...]