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Even as events continue to try to dial in better dates for their respective regions, the convention calendar continues to get more crowded by the day. One of the Midwest’s longer-running conventions, Planet Comicon Kansas City, has announced new, far earlier dates than what it had in recent years: President’s Day weekend, February 16th–18th. That […]

The last weekend of June/first few days of July means one thing to Los Angeles anime aficionados, Anime Expo (AX). The convention is large, one of the largest for anime on the west coast, pulling in close to 110,000 attendees annually. You may have seen some of the hellish visions of the lines outside the […]

Every single year, there are rumors that CCI (Comic Con International) will be leaving their home at the San Diego Convention Center after that year’s SDCC (San Diego Comic Con). With attendance around 130,000 in recent years, it comes as no surprise that the company was looking at alternative locations to house the premiere pop […]

Despite mixed fan reception for the live action adaptations of DC Comics in theaters, the animated universe of the comic personalities continues to make fans happy. The next chapter in the cartoon lexicon is Batman And Harley Quinn, an animated story about the clown princess of crime and the caped crusader. Also, Nightwing. Over on the […]

Wizard World’s annual tour has again returned to Sacramento, where thousands of fans will be descending on the Sacramento Convention Center through Sunday evening. We headed out there today to take in some of the sights, a few panels, and to generally see how it all felt as the event is now entering it’s fourth […]

On any given weekend across the world, chances are at least a handful of pop-culture and comic con conventions taking place. Fandoms are as varied and wide reaching as the internet will allow, and thankfully we’re lucky enough to have the outlet of conventions to gather together with fellow nerds to celebrate what we love. […]

Chris Hardwick, the nerd version of Ryan Seacrest, is continuing his pop culture take over.  The man behind The Nerdist website, also the hugely popular post- The Walking Dead series on AMC (The Talking Dead) and Comedy Central’s @Midnight game show, Hardwick is moving into outdoor festivals. Headlining several well received comedy tours over the years, Chris is bringing […]

UK tabloid The Sun is reporting that a fan attending the MCM London Comic Con this weekend had to step in to de-escalate an argument which had become heated between Flash Gordon star Sam J. Jones and the Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno. Attendee Darryn Clements, who was dressed as Suicide Squad’s El Diablo at the […]

The fallout at Phoenix Comicon after convention attendee Mathew Sterling was arrested in the possession of several weapons continues. In the aftermath of the incident, Phoenix Comicon had updated its rules to forbid the carrying of any weapons real or prop, regardless of their fabrication (meaning foam props were banned as well as those made from metal […]

More details have emerged via the Arizona Republic surrounding the arrest of Matthew Sterling,  who according to Phoenix Police arrived on Thursday at Phoenix Comicon carrying weapons with the intend to target specific individuals including Power Rangers actor Jason David Frank.  As noted in the probable cause filing against Sterling, weapons recovered from him included: A TWELVE GAUGE SHOTGUN, TWO 45 […]