Con Diaries

Home
Con Diaries

Con Diary: Rose City Comic Con 2019 0
- Events, Con Diaries
- October 4, 2019
After enjoying myself last year, I’d been looking forward to this year’s Rose City Comic Con. It’s a show I enjoy in a town that’s fun to visit, and while I went last year with no plan, just wanting to experience things, this time I was more prepared. Sort of.

READ MORE
Bluestockings’ Inaugural Queer + Trans Comics Fest 2019 0
- Con Diaries, Indie & Small Press, Zines
- September 20, 2019
Conventions and art shows tend to grow with success, but that growth can come at the cost of exponentially increasing competition in ways many of its exhibitors cannot keep up with. The number of attendees increase year by year, inevitably encouraging greater involvement with corporate interests. Cost-effectiveness becomes a question, as the commercialization and franchising

READ MORE
Guest Post: Alex de Campi’s Guide To Doing FlameCon Like A Local 0
- Events, Con Diaries
- August 16, 2019
Hey there! Are you coming to New York City this weekend for FlameCon? If so, great for you. It’s an absolute blast and probably my favourite convention. It’s also in a great spot for exploring New York City and doing fun stuff, either before the convention begins each day (at a respectable noon, bless them)

READ MORE

A Look Back at MegaCon Orlando 2019 0
- Con Diaries, Events, Opinion
- August 8, 2019
MegaCon Orlando 2019 was four days of pop culture, comics, games, and more smack dab in the middle of Orlando, Florida. This was my first time returning to MegaCon since 2013 and I was more than excited to see how much had changed since the last time I’d been. Going from Friday to Sunday was

READ MORE
Con(ference) Diary: CSS19 Comics/Politics 0
- Comics, Con Diaries, Events
- August 2, 2019
The Comics Studies Society held its second annual conference at Toronto’s Ryerson University over the last weekend of July. Drawing on the theme, Comics/Politics, CSS19 attendees from around the world participated in a conference that foregrounded Canadian comics scholarship and practice in plenaries featuring Tara Audibert, Cole Pauls, Camille Callison, Jillian Tamaki, and Fiona Smyth.

READ MORE
MoCCA Fest Through the Years 2
- Events, Con Diaries
- June 17, 2019
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival (MoCCA Fest) has been an annual New York City event since 2002. I have been attending it on and off for well over a decade. My time at the MoCCA Fest this year was dripping with nostalgia. Since that weekend this Spring, I have looked back at

READ MORE

Most Read
Commented

C2E2 Made Diversity Programming Hard to Enjoy
- Comics, Con Diaries
- May 1, 2017
Con Diaries: Metatopia
- Con Diaries
- December 5, 2014
Cosplay: Turning Jamie into Rose Quartz
- Con Diaries, Cosplay
- September 25, 2015
2014 Eisner Nominations: By The Numbers
- Comics, Con Diaries
- July 16, 2014
Thought Bubble Cosplay
- Comics, Con Diaries, Cosplay
- November 20, 2014

Latest Posts

Con Diary: Rose City Comic Con 2019
- Events
- October 4, 2019
Bluestockings' Inaugural Queer + Trans Comics Fest 2019
- Con Diaries, Indie & Small Press, Zines
- September 20, 2019
Guest Post: Alex de Campi's Guide To Doing FlameCon Like A Local
- Events
- August 16, 2019
A Look Back at MegaCon Orlando 2019
- Con Diaries, Events, Opinion
- August 8, 2019
Con(ference) Diary: CSS19 Comics/Politics
- Comics, Con Diaries, Events
- August 2, 2019