How was everyone’s weekend? Folks excited for the new year? Check out some comic news from the weekend!
Around the Tubes
The Beat – Detroit Fanfare convention shuts down – A shame to see a convention shut down.
Around the Tubes Reviews
Batman News – Harley Quinn #13
Two conventions…two states…one weekend! BOOM! Studios splits the country in half and continues its 2013 convention tour during the weekend of October 25-27 by exhibiting at both the Alamo City Comic Con in Texas and the Detroit Fanfare Comic Con in Michigan!
The Alamo City Comic Con 2013 will take place at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, located at 200 East Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. The hours on Friday, October 25th are from 11am to 8pm, Saturday the 26th from 10am to 7pm, and Sunday the 27th from 11am to 6pm.
BOOM! Studios is thrilled to host Ian McGinty and Travis Hill at the KaBOOM! booth #B41 all weekend long. Fans of all-ages comics won’t want to miss the opportunity to get an original sketch by these terrific artists!
Fans also won’t want to miss their chance to pick up the hottest BOOM! Studios comics, trades, and variant covers, including the ACCC exclusive for Adventure Time #21, available only at the KaBOOM! booth.
The Detroit Fanfare Comic Con 2013 will be held in the West Building at the Adoba Hotel Dearborn, located at 600 Town Center Drive, Dearborn, MI 48126. On Friday, October 25th the show will run from 6pm to 9pm, on Saturday the 26th from 10am to 7pm, and on Sunday the 27th from 12pm to 6pm.
BOOM! Studios is excited to host Brian Joines, Jeff Stokely, and Eric Esquivel at the BOOM! Studios booth all weekend long.
BOOM! Studios is also proud to welcome Balls of Fury, Fanboys, and Take Me Home Tonight star Dan Fogler at the Archaia booth, where fans can purchase his newest graphic novel, Moon Lake Vol. 2, before it hits the streets and have it signed by Dan.
Allison Strejlau will be on hand at the KaBOOM! booth all weekend long, sketching original covers for fans of all ages!
Imagine Agents #1 Orange Variant and Adventure Time #21 are two DFCC exclusives sold through the convention that fans are not going to want to miss!
The weekend is here! What’s everyone doing to spend the time?
Around the Tubes
The Beat – Detroit Fanfare Comic Con announces harassment policy – Nice to see this publicized.
CBLDF – Cannes Winner Based on Graphic Novel Won’t Play in Idaho – I expect it won’t play in a lot of places.
Around the Tubes Reviews
CBR – Forever Evil: Rogues Rebelllion #1
CBR – Hawkeye #13
It’s a new week and you probably missed last nights great episode of Graphic Policy radio. You should absolutely check out the archived episodes, and while you do that, here’s the news you might have missed.
Around the Blogs:
Hero Complex – Aquaman’s 70th birthday celebration surfaces at the Shrine – Happy birthday!
Fan Service – Catwoman, Starfire, blah blah blah – Another take on the Catwoman and the “woman issue” DC has.
The National – Egyptian graphic novel rekindles an art form – It’ll be fascinating to see how the art form evolves in the new Egypt and what is produced.
Bleeding Cool – Dwayne McDuffie, Write-In Candidate For Writers Guild Awards – Hopefully folks will get the message.
Kotaku – Sunday Comics: Elitism Isn’t Free – Each week Kotaku brings some great web comics.
Con Coverage:
Comicsgirl – Kazu Kibuishi at the National Book Festival
Detroit News – Comic book fans turn out in droves for Detroit Fanfare at Cobo
Hindustan Times – Mumbai to host its first convention on comic books
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Boing Boing – Habibi
It’s Sunday and that means Graphic Policy radio tonight! Make sure to listen in and give us a call and tell us what you think about DC’s latest releases and more. While you wait for the show to start, here’s the news you might have missed.
Around the Blogs:
Attackerman – Schism: In Which X-Men Conscript Child Soldiers – One opinion on Marvel’s “X” event. Find out ours tonight.
Panels on Pages – In Defense Of… Catwoman #1 and Sexy Female Comic Characters – A lot I agree with here and a lot I don’t, but a great argument from the other side of the “Catwoman” hubbub.
Hi-Desert Star – From Captain America to the Walking Dead – Hopefully we’ll see more of this as comics get more and more attention.
Con Coverage:
Detroit News – Fanfare draws thousands of comic book lovers to Detroit
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Financial Times – Habibi
Bleeding Cool – DC Through The Eyes Of A Marvel Zombie: Bats, Cats And Chicks by Heather Kenealy
Comics Alliance – Cartoonist (and Non-Superhero Reader) Carolyn Main Reviews the ‘New 52,’ Part 2
Official Press Release
ARCHIE CREATORS ON THE ROAD…
New York, NY (September 13, 2011) Archie Comics writer and artist of the popular Kevin Keller mini-series, Dan Parent will be at…
MONTREAL COMICON
Comiccon de Montréal
Place Bonaventure
Salle 400-Ouest
800, De La Gauchetière Ouest
Montréal, Québec, Canada H5A 1K6
September 17-18
Saturday, September 17
General admission: 11:00 to 7:30
VIP: 10:00 to 7:30
Sunday, September 18
General admission: 10:30 to 6:30
VIP: 10:00 to 6:30
http://www.montrealcomiccon.com/
Archie Comics artists Al Milgrom and Franchesco will be at…
Detroit Fanfare
Cobo Conference and Exhibition Center
1 Washington Blvd
Detroit, MI 48226
September 24-25
10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday, September 25th
12:00 pm –6:00 pm
