Convention season-Where will you be?

[Hal_Jordan]

I have a fun and heavy schedule ahead:

LA Comic Book and Sci-Fi Convention on 4/17: Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention

Long Beach Comic Expo on 4/23: Long Beach Comic Con

Wizard Anaheim on 4/29: Anaheim Comic Con : California Comic Convention, Wizard World Anaheim

San Diego Comic-Con on 7/20: Comic-Con 2011 :: What's New

Las Vegas Star Trek Convention on 8/11: Star Trek Las Vegas - The World's Largest Star Trek Convention - Creation Entertainment

Dallas Star Wars Fan Day on 10/8: Home

Long Beach Comic-Con on 10/29: Long Beach Comic Con

Comikaze on 11/5: COMIKAZEEXPO.COM

[Brue]

mego meet jun

wizard world chicago aug 14

columbus comic con oct?

maybe some others

[justzeg18]

Well, more likely than not I'll be pulling some booth-monkey duties at these:

at least one day at Motor City Nightmares

same weekend I may be at Flint Comix Con. (more info on facebook)

Maybe the whole weekend at MotorCityComicCon

A day at Detroit FanFare

THEN we've just announced Flint Horror Con
that one is still a ways out, and we've not putting much info out for a while, but it will be a horror convention in downtown flint in the newly remodeled Riverfront Banquet Center (we'll have about 5,000sqft) more to come, as I am one of the organizers of this badboy.

[HardyGirl]

Jess and I already went to a Star Trek con, amd we're going to Wondercon tomorrow!

[zorro]

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[David Lee]

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.

LZ, we may be there in a more.. ahem... "official capacity", but even if not I'll be on the look out for ya

-Dave

[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.

[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

[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!

[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

[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

[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.

[David Lee]

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

[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

[jwyblejr]

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