Convention season-Where will you be?

[LadyZod]

Conventions I should be hitting if all goes well:

Wizard World
MIAMI COMIC CON
FEBRUARY 26-27, 2011
SAT-SUN
MIAMI AIRPORT CONVENTION CENTER (MACC)
711 N.W. 72ND AVE.
MIAMI, FL 33126

MegaCon
March 2011

March 25th - 27th, 2011
Orange County Convention
Center, Hall D
9800 International Drive,
Orlando, FL 32819

[Chris]

MonsterMania in March (Cherry Hill, NJ) and Wizard (Philadelphia) in June.

[Mark]

Over here in Australia, I'll be heading off to the Supanova convention in April. The doc himself Christopher Lloyd will be there in person.

[jacoblb]

Phoenix Comicon


Memorial weekend. I'm very excited that Leonard Nimoy and Stan Lee are attending this year.

I'll be there with family and some in-laws in tow. I plan to meet up with my childhood buddy again. Last year my wife, sis-in-law, bro-in-law, and I all wore Enterprise costumes. My kids went as Batgirl and Supergirl.

This year I'm going as SMDM, my wife will go as Bionic Woman (so she'll be a brunette Lindsay Wagner because she's not wearing a wig or changing her hair and I wouldn't ask her to.)

My oldest daughter wants to go as a Superfriend style Cheetah and my youngest has decided she wants to be Wonder Woman, which her older sister always dressed as up till now.

My sis-in-law wants to wear an Aquaman type costume. No, not a Mera one, the orange top and green pants. My brother in law probably won't even consider a costume unless someone has extras in our party.

[palitoy]

I'll probably go to Wizard World Toronto, I just read they yanked the Wrestling ring from the show, which I thought was really embarrassing looking last year. Hopefully the washed up wrasslers who were carnival barking as you walked past them don't show up.

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$25 for me and my kid getting in free, it's superior to fanexpo imo.

[zorro]

Well how about Zolocon on Feb. 12 , 2011 - Free Event!! in NJ.

ZoloWorld Presents:
ZOLOCON 2011
Toy Show, Comic Convention and Costume Contest
Grand Marketplace, WILLINGBORO N.J. 08046 - Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 (10AM-4:00)
http:// www.amazingtoyshows.com



If you are into Megos, MOTU, Thundercats, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Vintage
Comic, Horror, Western toys and other 70s and 80s toys. You do not want to
miss this event.

Silver and Golden Age Comics!

ZoloWorld is at it again with another Toy and Comic show at the Grand
MarketPlace in Willingboro, N.J.

This Event is FREE to Buyers!! Free Parking!


NEW GUEST LIST:

Albano Ringside: Featuring Exclusive Captain Lou Albano Rare Collectibles!

Albano Ringside Presents:

Tim Arson - ECW Zombie
The Outpatient - WWE Wrestler
Damien Darling - WWE Wrestler
Billy Caputo - Former WWF Referee

More special guests:
Will Torres - Comic Artist
Tony DiGerolamo - screenwriter, novelist, comedian and writer
Will Olmo - Comic Artist
501st Legion - Taking Star Wars Donations for children hospitals
N.J. Ghostbusters -
P.A. Jedi - Performing lightsaber duels with effects!
Richard Hoffman- Comic Artist and Cartoonist
MICH MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED (SEE WEBSITE!)

CONVENTION EXCLUSIVE: Special Zolocon Edition Grim Reaper. Fully Articulated Hand Made Works Of Art 12" Skeleton!

Protective cases will be given away at the show as well! First come first
serve!
More give-aways as well!

This will be a Free Event for everyone shopping with plenty of FREE parking
as well!

There will be all kinds of Toys and comics ranging from 1950s to present!

Come spend the day with ZoloWorld at the Grand Marketplace in Willingboro,
N.J.

We have some vendor spaces available!! Do not miss out!
For vendor and exclusive information and detailed directions, please visit the website at http://www.amazingtoyshows.com

Tell your friends!

[jwyblejr]

With Wizard going under,will they still be running the conventions?

[toys2cool]

Conventions I should be hitting if all goes well:

Wizard World
MIAMI COMIC CON
FEBRUARY 26-27, 2011
SAT-SUN
MIAMI AIRPORT CONVENTION CENTER (MACC)
711 N.W. 72ND AVE.
MIAMI, FL 33126

MegaCon
March 2011

March 25th - 27th, 2011
Orange County Convention
Center, Hall D
9800 International Drive,
Orlando, FL 32819

i'll be trying those 2 as well

[David Lee]

I hope me and my oldest daughter will make the 2011 GI Joe Convention in Orlando March 31st-April 3rd
-Dave

[samurainoir]

With Wizard going under,will they still be running the conventions?

It's just the magazines that got folded up to make the IPO for Wizard World more appealing. Not sure that bodes well given the pressure of publicly traded companies is always about the bottom line and making profits for the investors.

I suspect Wizard World is already well on it's way to becoming the Starbucks of Comic Book/Entertainment conventions. Hopefully Paradise Comics is still involved in Wizard World Toronto, they are my local comic shop and good folks.

I'm considering giving Fan Expo one more go... but only on the added Thursday to try and avoid the ridiculous crowds of Saturday and Sunday. This past year was so ludicrous... from lining up for hours with a so-called VIP pass, to not being able to move or even have any room to browse. I left early Saturday and gave my weekend pass to some poor schmuck in line that was never going to get in. I heard later that folks with passes that went to grab some lunch weren't allowed back in because they had reached capacity.

Locally, it's TCAF that I look forward to the most...
TCAF | The Toronto Comics Art Festival |

And Mego Meet was such an incredibly positive experience last year, I'm looking forward to going again this year.

[toys2cool]

I hope me and my oldest daughter will make the 2011 GI Joe Convention in Orlando March 31st-April 3rd
-Dave

wow i didn't know about that one

[David Lee]

wow i didn't know about that one

Seriously? D?! C'mon man it's like 80's 3&3/4" heaven!

-Dave

[MIB41]

I have worked Wonderfest in Louisville every year for the past 15 years. Actually voted the number one convention in the country in 2009. For those of you who have never seen it, you should give it a try some time. We have people from as far away as Japan attend the show.

WonderFest USA - A Weekend of Fun for Movie and Model Fans!

[Blue Meanie]

Here's a site that has some Convention listings:

Convention Scene | Comic Book Conventions, Anime, Gaming, Science Fiction, Collectibles...from Comic-Con to Origins

[LadyZod]

wow i didn't know about that one

Don't feel bad Damian, I didn't know about it either... and I went to the last GI Joe Con in Orlando, also at Disney World. But that one was on July 4th.

I'm surprised this one is so early in the year.

And YES, I'll be headed there too.

Frankly, I'd rather hit Joecon than WizardWorld Miami Con.