Frank presents Klingon Karoke
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 17, 2010 | Comments Off
Capricon 30. Here everyone gets down. Looks like Capricon 30 really was a ‘celebration’. Video by xystance
San Japan Guests
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 16, 2010 | Comments Off
San Japan Announces Second Round of Guests for 2010 Convention
The Protomen making a grand Rock Opera music performance in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – February 16th, 2010 – San Japan, San Antonio’s
major Japanese Culture and Anime Convention, has announced the second
round of guests for its upcoming convention happening on July
9th-11th, 2010. San Japan is proud to announce that the rock opera
band The Protomen will making their San Antonio musical debut
performance along with appearances by manga writer Tina Anderson and
cosplay group We *Heart* Card Games Productions.
The Protomen were conceived in 1987, when a diminutive Mississippi
child was given a gift for his kindergarten graduation — A small grey
cartridge with a rather misrepresentative cover art. At that moment,
six other children, of varied statures and geographical locales, were
also given these cartridges, and thus their grooming began. Sixteen
years later, in the middle of the state of volunteers and under the
tutelage of Doug Mitchell, their paths converged, their fates were
made known, and their assembly was made complete. They then set out
their mission: to purge the world of the evil that had been brought on
by the new wave of music with naught to say and to revive the rock
opera. They retreated from the world into an underground bunker called
the Thundercon, where they remain to this day, planning their
insurrection against evil and deciphering the ancient writings on the
wall thereof that the old story might be told. According to the most
recent information available, the Protomen are tenfold in number
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New England comic gets dated.
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 16, 2010 | Comments Off
GAREB SHAMUS, WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT CEO,
ANNOUNCES NEW ENGLAND COMIC CON DATES
OCTOBER 1-2-3, 2010
FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY
John. B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
New England Comic Con to Support the Inkwell Awards
New York, NY (February 16, 2010) – Gareb Shamus, CEO of New York based Wizard Entertainment, confirms today the dates and venue for the recently purchased New England Comic Con.
“October is a great time to be in Boston,” said Shamus. “The Hynes Convention Center is a premiere space and a hometown favorite for shows. I’m excited to bring the New England Comic Con fans this upgraded con experience.”
For the first time, the Inkwell Awards will present their 2010 trophies live at New England Comic Con. Previously the Inkwell Awards were announced only online. The winners will be presented their trophies and then take part in a Q&A session with fans.
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Worldcon 1.
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 16, 2010 | Comments Off
Found over on Mid American Fan this photo comes from the very first Worldcon in New York, 1939. There is also a great history page of the first Worldcon at Fanac including some nice photo’s. I wonder if these gentleman had any idea what they were starting?
Fanime announces LM.C as guest.
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 15, 2010 | Comments Off
San Jose, CA (February 14, 2010) – FanimeCon, Northern California’s largest anime convention, proudly announces Japanese band LM.C as Guests of Honor for FanimeCon 2010. LM.C will make its first appearance in the San Francisco Bay Area during MusicFest, held on Sunday, May 30, 2010, at the San Jose Civic Auditorium. The band will also hold a Q&A panel followed by an autograph session on Monday, May 31, 2010. Event details are available at http://www.fanime.com.
LM.C consists of two members: vocalist maya and guitarist Aiji. The group is internationally known for “New Century Electrock” songs such as “☆Rock the LM.C☆,” “OH MY JULIET.,” and “BOYS & GIRLS.” Since the band’s debut in 2006, LM.C has toured all over Japan, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. LM.C’s third album “WONDERFUL WONDERHOLIC” will be released simultaneously worldwide during March. Their second world tour will follow the release including stops in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Italy, France, Taiwan, and Thailand. FanimeCon 2010 will be the tour’s final international stop before the band returns to Japan. More information is available at http://www.lovely-mocochang.com. LM.C appears courtesy of PONY CANYON INC. Read more
Florida Supercon 2010 announced.
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 14, 2010 | Comments Off
FLORIDA SUPERCON 2010
FSC LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE AND ADDS NEW GUESTS FOR JUNE 18-20, 2010 SHOW
Miami, FL – As the 5th annual Florida Supercon grows closer, dozens of exciting new guests have been added from the worlds of Comic Books, Anime, Animation, Sci-Fi, Video Games, Horror, Comedy and more! In addition to the exciting new guests that have been added, a new website has been launched to support the event. The new website can be viewed at Supercon
Florida Supercon (FSC) returns to Miami for its 5th year as it takes over the entire Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Hotel and Convention Center. South Florida’s Comic Book, Anime, Animation, Video Game and Sci-Fi / Fantasy Festival is set for Friday, June 18 through Sunday, June 20, 2010. The 5th FSC will be the largest yet, with almost 150,000 square feet of event space, plus more guest celebrities and artists than ever before!
Florida Supercon is a three day festival that includes celebrity guests, comic book publishers, artists, writers, vendors, Q&A’s, parties, costume contests, anime programming, cosplay, panels, photo shoots, live music, video games and more. The event kicks off at 12:00PM, Friday, June 18 and the fun continues almost around the clock until 6:00PM, Sunday, June 20.
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Conventions this weekend 2/19-2/21, 2010
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 14, 2010 | Comments Off
We are super excited for Connooga, as this winter has yet to thaw, and we are in need of some fandom company. What about anyone else? Who is going where next weekend?
ConNooga Chattanooga, TN (Multi)
Totalconfusion Mansfield, MA (Gaming)
Gamicon Iowa City, IA (Gaming)
Nakakon Kansas City, KS (Anime)
Tsukinocon Canada (Anime)
Con-G Guelep, ON (gaming)
Nevermore Film Fest Durham, NC (horror)
No Such Con Vasser, NY (SF)
Owl Con Houston, TX (Gaming)
Furry Fiesta Dallas, TX (Furry)
New Sponsor! Luke’s Toy Store!
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 13, 2010 | Comments Off
We are excited to welcome Luke’s Toy Store as a sponsor for con-news.com They are the destination store for Minimates action figures and they are the only place you can get really cool zombie and ninja decals for your minimate customizing needs. If your like me and love the minimate line, please do your shopping with Luke’s Toy Store by clicking here or on the sidebar ad at any time. Thanks for your support Luke!
Speaking of schedules
By Petrea Mitchell| February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
Having accepted that I’m not making it to Australia for Worldcon (sobs), and with fingers crossed that the economy doesn’t get any worse, here’s where I’m hoping to be this year:
March 25-28: Game Storm 12, Vancouver, WA
July 1-4: Westercon 63/ConChord 23, Pasadena, CA
August 5-8: ReConStruction, Raleigh, NC
September 4-6: Kumoricon 2010, Portland, OR
November 12-14: Orycon 32, Portland, OR
Around New Year’s (dates not announced yet): M.E.W. 3, Vancouver, WA
[Edit: This is Petrea-- Scott has not suddenly moved to the Pacific Northwest. I hadn't noticed the new theme wasn't showing author names yet...]
Announcing Hamacon
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 13, 2010 | Comments Off
HAMACON is pleased to announce 2 new guests. Aleathia Burns and Carolann Voltarel are both very talented cosplayers and will be serving as our Cosplay Contest judges. You can check out Aleathia’s and Carolann’s Bio information under the Artist category on our website
Hamacon is also proud to announce a new partnership with Kids to Love Foundation. Hamacon is sponsoring a charity raffle in which 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Kids to Love. Tickets are only $1 each and will be sold throughout the convention. A wide variety of prizes will be given away each day including gift certificates, t-shirts, lanyards and lots of other items. So please give generously to this worthy charity by buying raffle tickets at the charity booth at HAMACON. Kids to Love is a local charity which works with foster children in the Huntsville, Alabama and Tennessee Valley area.
HAMACON is a new convention that celebrates Japanese animation/anime to local fans. It is based in Huntsville, AL and appeals to fandom of northern Alabama and southern Tennessee. Scheduled guests are Tiffany Grant (voice actor),Aaron Pabon (comedian), Asian Drum Organization and Concept Galaxy. Some of the featured events are video game competitions, maid; butler cafe, costume contest, anime viewing room and lots more.
Wizard partners with Propworx
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 12, 2010 | Comments Off
Traveling museum spotlights Kevin Smith, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate & More!
New York, NY (February 12, 2010) – Propworx will roll out a tour-wide display of costumes and props from fan favorite series Battlestar Galactica, Stargate and from Kevin Smith’s films, to premiere at Anaheim Comic Con.
Additional props from a wide range of movie and TV properties will be added throughout the tour. Propworx deals in collectibles from Hollywood blockbusters like Iron Man to long running properties like Star Trek. Props include costumes, set decorations, set pieces, models and other memorabilia.
“Propworx is excited to join the Wizard World Comic Con Tour. As fans ourselves, we know Wizard World attendees will love seeing the actual props and costumes from their favorite TV shows and movies and find out more about the Propworx auctions,” said CEO of Propworx Alec Peters.
Peters will speak at select cites about both the joy and business side of collecting props and memorabilia. Special, more elaborate exhibits are planned for Philadelphia Comic Con and Chicago Comic Con. Coverage in Wizard and ToyFare magazine and online at wizardworld.com will spotlight some of the best pieces from the tour.
Combined with the very best props from Propworx, along with the movie, TV and creator talent that Wizard provides, attendees in cities across North America are in for a heightened fan experience.
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Avi Arad joins Anaheim con
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 12, 2010 | Comments Off
New York, NY (February 12, 2010) – Avi Arad will speak to Anaheim Comic Con fans on the morning of Saturday, April 17, welcoming them to the inaugural event.
“Gareb and I have been friends for 20 years, and I am honored he asked me to give a keynote address to the fans at Anaheim Comic Con,” said Arad.
Later in the day, Arad will take part in a Q&A panel with fans.
“Avi is a mentor to me, and it means a lot to me personally that he is coming out to show his support of the show,” said Shamus. “The fans are in for a real treat. Avi is a pioneer in our industry, taking comics from print to worldwide films and breathing new life into classic characters. The fans know and respect that.”
While at Anaheim Comic Con, Arad will also sit down for an exclusive interview to be featured in WIZARD magazine.
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Starting Fresh
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 12, 2010 | Comments Off
So what started as a fix for Firefox users last night, led us to find a error in our old wordpress files that could only be fixed with a complete upgrade. We are still working on restoring all of the last two years worth of posts (but they may be lost for good). We took the bad news as a chance to do some things we’ve wanted to do for a while. As you can tell from our new sidebar, we will try to provide a list of upcoming conventions much sooner than our cons this week posts. Give us some time but our hope is to make it full over the next couple of weeks. We are going to get some rest right now, but feel free to comment about the new look and anything you’d like to see change. Unfortunately any previous users will need to reregister to see their rss feeds and to make comments. Sorry about that, and thanks again for reading. You can contact me directly at luckycreaturelabel@gmail.com with any direct needs you may have.
fixing things, changing the page.
By Shawn Scott Smith| February 12, 2010 | Comments Off
Well since we seem to have lost over two years of work, We are going to go ahead and change the page some. Next couple of days may be a little messy here, but I think you’ll like what we end up with. Stick with us, and if your mad, Blame the hackers, they started it!
NECA Press Release:Turtles at San Diego!
By Shawn Scott Smith| June 17, 2008 | Comments Off
The Turtles: Back in Black & White
NECA Releases Images of TMNT Black & White Box Set Comic Con Exclusive
06/13/2008
This year, NECA took the New York Comic Con by storm with one of our most popular convention exclusives yet, the New York Comic Con Exclusive Edition Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Box Set. All 500 exclusive sets are long-gone, but today we’re unveiling our latest San Diego Comic Con Exclusive: the San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Edition Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Black & White Box Set! Much like the New York exclusive, this set contains all four Turtles, their complete accessories, and detailed display bases with all-new highly anticipated Black & White paint and deco! San Diego Comic Con will be the first place to pick up the Black & White Turtles anywhere, so be there! As a special bonus, the set will feature a 4″ x 6″ certificate hand-signed by Peter Laird.
Conventions this Weekend 6/20-6-23, 2008
By Shawn Scott Smith| June 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Looks like a full weekend ahead. Some competing conventions in PA and NJ. i always hate to see that. especially in the case of PA as they are both Horror Cons. Would it have hurt to not schedule these conventions the same weekend? We also see the return of 4th St. Fantasy to the Midwest map after a couple year absence. And if you cant go to any of these remember the mini shindigs Cant Stop the Serenity happening all across the country starting thursday night in some locations. Have fun!
Anime Next Seacaucus, NJ (ANIME)
Yaoi Jamboree Phoenix, AZ (Yaoi)
Jafax Allendale, MI (Anime)
Creation’s Fangoria Seacaucus, NJ (Horror)
Heroes Con Charlotte, NC (Comics)
Horrorhound Weekend Pittsburgh, PA (Horror)
Lioncon La Mirada, CA (Narnia)
Monster Bash Butler, PA (Horror/Classic Monsters)
Northeast Filk Convention Parsippiny, NJ (Filk)
Portcon Maine Portland, ME (Anime)
TF CON Toronto, ON (Transformers)
4th Street Fantasy Bloomington, MN (Fantasy)
Mr. Axelrod step up to the plate.
By Shawn Scott Smith| June 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Tsubasacon announces that voice actor and writer Robert Axelrod will appear as a guest during its convention in September 26-28, 2008 at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia.
Anime Mid-Atlantic Videos
By Shawn Scott Smith| June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
communion video took this performance of a song by Vic Mignonga.
More of the concert
Voice actor panel video by fullmetalflutist
nice hallway video showing many people. by Goldryu
Whats a monday without random footage of dancing at a anime con. well here you go. Happy now?
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