David Mandel goes to Anaheim.
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 9, 2010 | No Comments
DAVID MANDEL,
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, SEINFELD & SNL
EMMY NOMINATED WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
HOSTS COMEDY AND COMICS PANEL AT
ANAHEIM COMIC CON
New York, NY (March 9, 2010) – David Mandel, one of America’s top comedic writers, producers and directors will lead a panel on comedic writing and comic books at Anaheim Comic Con on Sunday, April 18, 2010.
“I remember my days as an aspiring writer, and I would have loved the chance to get tips from someone in the business,” said Mandel. “Plus it gets me into the convention for free.”
Mandel is one of the top comedy writers in all of Hollywood. His credits include Executive Producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Supervising Producer and Writer for Seinfeld and Writer on 60 episodes of Saturday Night Live.
“Dave is a close personal friend, and he’s funny as hell. Having him talk about comedy is a such unique opportunity for our fans and aspiring writers. To get tips from Dave will be so valuable and a really fun experience,” said CEO of Wizard Entertainment, Gareb Shamus.
The panel is FREE to all attendees of Anaheim Comic Con. Seating is on a first-come-first-serve basis.
As reported by Nikki Finke, Mandel’s next project is writing a screenplay for Warner Bros., The Trade, which will star and be directed by Academy Award Winner Ben Affleck.
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Convention Look-IN: Nekocon
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 9, 2010 | No Comments
Nekocon
What: Anime Convention
Where: Hampton Roads, VA
When: Nov 5th-7th, 2010
Website Nekocon
Hero Initiative Tour dates.
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 8, 2010 | No Comments
Over on their Blog the Hero Initiative has announced their tour dates listed below for this years conventions. I plan on supporting them at Heroescon in Charlotte this year.
March 12-14: Orlando MegaCon: look for George Pérez, Joe Benitez, and an 11-man “100 Wolverines” signing!
March 13-14: Emerald City Con, Seattle. Super-cool Hero Members party!
March 26-28: Wizard World Toronto. Again, a super-cool Hero Members party!
March 27-28: Planet Comic Con, Overland Park, Kansas
April 2-4: WonderCon, San Francisco. Look for our amazing Ed Hannigan party at the Cartoon Art Museum!
April 16-18: C2E2, Chicago. Look for amazing Hero events at the con, AND at Reggie’s Rock Club! More on that soonly.
May 22: Spokane Comicon, Spokane, WA
June 4-6: Heroescon, Charlotte, NC
July 23-26: San Diego. Plan is that we’ll have access to a hotel suite all weekend, and will be running LOTS of great events such as last year’s Jim Lee meet-and-greet!
August 19-22: Wizard World Chicago. Still in the planning stages, but in addition to con stuff, we’re looking to have a gourmet meal cooked by Karl Kesel that you can attend! Would we lie?
August 28-29: Baltimore Comicon.
October 8-10: New York Comicon.
October 29-31: Long Beach Comic Con, Long Beach, CA (or as we locals like to call it “the LBC.”)
November 6-7: Mid-Ohio Con, Columbus, OH
Egocon
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 8, 2010 | No Comments
Forgot to add to the cons next weekend happening next Saturday in Stevens Point, WI is
Egocon. Lots of good stuff planned, if your in the area, why not check it out?
Conventions This Weekend, 3/12-3/14, 2010
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 7, 2010 | No Comments
Leaving Stellarcon in a bit, but wanted to get this up. Been to Midsouthcon before. It was great. Anyone going to these?
March 12-14th, 2010
Anime Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
Kawa Kon St. Louis, MO
Megacon Orlando, FL
Time Quest Herts, UK
A and G Cinncinatti, OH
Film Fest Williamsburg, VA
Madicon Harrisonburg, VA
Midsouthcon Memphis, TN
Epiccon Va Beach, VA
Allcon Addison, TX
Emerald City Seattle, WA
Steampunk Exhib Emeryville, CA
Revelcon Houston, TX
Princecon Princeton, NJ
Intercon Chemlsford, MA
Fearthecon St. Johns, MO
Who’s Your Con Indianapolis, IN
Creation Twilight Los Angeles, CA
BALTIMORE NON-SPORTS CARD CONVENTION REVEALS FREE GREEN HORNET CARD
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 7, 2010 | No Comments
Limited Edition Card and Brian Kong Added To March 21 Show
HERSHEY, Pa – USA Theatres, organizers of the upcoming Baltimore Non-Sports Card Convention, recently revealed a limited edition Green Hornet promo card, designed exclusively for the convention, in conjunction with Martin Grams’ and Terry Salomonsons’ up-coming Green Hornet book due for publication March 2010.
The card will be issued with each paid admission, while supplies last (only 1,000 will be printed).
The convention will feature numerous tables of exhibitors from the non-sports hobby, including artists, authors, manufacturers, publishers, and dealers.
Newly added guests appearing at the convention include Brian Kong (a full-time sketch card artist, who has created over 10,000 original sketch cards from some of the most prolific properties including MLB, X-Men, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Heroes, NBA, Dexter, Marvel Masterpieces, Iron Man Movie, Lord of the Rings, Spiderman 3, Star Trek, Marilyn Monroe, Wizard of Oz, The Complete Avengers, DC: Legacy, and Frankenstein) and Manny Mederos (cartoonist/Illustrator and sketch card artist, whose recent projects include sketch card sets such as Voltron, Defender of the Universe, Moonstone Comics Maximum, 5finite’s Zombies VS Cheerleaders, and the Archie Comics/March of Dimes sketch card series).
“It is a great honor to host such extraordinary talent,” said Ronald M. Vastola, Outreach Coordinator of USA Theatres.
Other highlights of the convention will include a unique exhibition by Geppi’s Entertainment Museum and trading card manufacturer Rittenhouse Archives.
The convention is set to debut on March 21, 2010 from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. at the Towson Place Hotel & Suites (Formerly the Holiday Inn Baltimore-Towson), 1100 Cromwell Bridge Road, Towson, Maryland.
Admission into the event is $5 for adults, and free admission for children under 12.
For a complete line-up of guests appearing at the convention, visit www.usatheatres.com/conventions.html
Stellarcon Day Two
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 7, 2010 | No Comments
All Pro’s today. Good panels, smooth programming, great food at the Huntsville bid for Deep South Con, and just a better feeling in the air made Stellarcon day two much better. Now some quick sleeping hours before checkout.
Quakecon 2010 dates set
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 6, 2010 | No Comments
WHAT: QuakeCon is a free convention held yearly in Dallas, Texas brought to you by id Software, Bethesda Softworks and their parent company ZeniMax Media Inc.. Thousands of gamers gather in one location to play with their friends on a giant gaming network, see the latest in cool technology, hear about upcoming games and compete in world-class tournaments.
WHO: Fans of computer and videogames. The event is FREE to all attendees thanks to the support of id and Bethesda as well as the QuakeCon volunteer staff and the 2010 event sponsors and exhibitors.
WHEN: August 12-15, 2010
WHERE: Hilton Anatole Hotel – Dallas, Texas
WHY: Play in world-class tournaments, meet and interact with game developers, be the first to learn new information about upcoming computer and videogames and have the opportunity to frag with friends on QuakeCon’s massive Bring Your Own Computer network.
More details about QuakeCon 2010 will be revealed in the next few weeks. Quakecon
Stellarcon day two midday.
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 6, 2010 | No Comments
So far day two has been much better than day one. Seems they got themselves organized and it has turned into a convention now.
Been to some very good panels this morning from Who to Trek and getting ready to hit the Baen universe panel in a bit.
Stellarcon day one thoughts.
By Shawn Scott Smith| March 6, 2010 | No Comments
Pros. Steampunk panel was good.
Cons. So far alot. I haven’t seen a convention of this longevity this poorly run ever. I know first year cons that ran better. Registration was delayed by over five hours from the stated website time, causing the five oclock panels to be all but missed. The opening ceremonies lasted a total of five minutes when the mc decided to start the next panel (that wasn’t supposed to start for another 45 mins) leaving the guests of honor wondering whether they should stay or go. The Consuite closed hours early. And one panel I waited at where no one showed up to present. I’m hopeful that tommorow they will have their kinks worked out, or I will definetly mark off this convention in our future. I’m already pretty well decided I won’t be taking Friday off work for it, and that’s saying something.
