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Selling 1000 four day tickets for the San Diego Comic Con next year, to see if the system could cope, after two false starts earlier in the year. The answer was yes… ish. There was still error messages for some people trying to get through There were two websites to register with, But they did manage to[...]

After two unsuccessful attempts at selling tickets for next year's show which resulted in server-melting ticket seller overloads, Comic-Con International

This weekend sees the Singapore Toy, Comics And Comic Convention take place, the first under the new ownership of Reed Expo, owners of the NYCC and C2E2. And, befitting this, the theme is one of East Meets West So Marvel people are out there, manning the booth, populating the bars and looking for new talent. Comics faces[...]

It includes a preview of Walking Dead with cast members, and the third part of the Family Guy Star Wars trilogy, It's A Trap, introduced by Billy Dee Williams. But there's been a lot of criticism that the Wizard World Comic Cons seem to ignore the "Comic" in their name, especially when it comes to programming[...]

It was a simple Clip Art strip that provided some of the most sophisticated and simultaneously low brow American satire over the events in Iraq and

Thanks for Stu West for pointing out the physical comparison. Yesterday, Mark Millar announced the Kapow Comic Con London This is the latest move building a British-based comic/movie/convention/magazine empire. First there is his prime partner, Titan; magazine and book publisher based in London, publishing everything from the monthly Batman Legends comic, TV magazines such as ,[...]

We said the London Super Hero Comic Con would have trademark problems… Mark Millar has launched the KaPow Comic London, scheduled for April next year. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17223670[/vimeo] Guests include John Romita Jr, Frankie Boyle, Leinil Yu, Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch, Olivier Coipel, Stewart Lee, Kevin O'Neill, Paul Cornell, Noel Clarke, Steve Dillon, Mike McMahon, Brian[...]

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And so Comic Con International: San Diegio have closed registration again after, for the second time, the whole computer system crashed. Epic, the company handling the online registration tell me that it's Comic Con's fault, they are unable to handle the amount of registrations that Epic are sending to them – but evidence is that few[...]

Ticket sales for Comic Con International: San Diego 2011 are open The four day (with preview night) sold out at last year's show (which means now the only way to get into Preview Night at the show is to attend the previous show) and Four days for $105 full price, or single days for $37 ($20[...]

In Leeds right now, they are entering a one day comic con, Thought Bubble, hitting well above its weight with a guest list including John Romita Jr, Becky Cloonan, Tony Harris, Kieron Gillen, Bryan Talbot, Dan Abnett, Doug Braithwaite, Dider Crisse, Ian Churchill, Paul Cornell, Paul Duffield, Adi Granov, Antony Johnston, Barry Kitcon, Jamie McKelvie,[...]

From Stan Lee to Mark Millar, the ability to whip a crowd into a frenzy over basically nothing is a real skill and can be expertly played. I'm not sure how true it is in this case. I've just received a press release from the New Carolina Comic Con headlined "Is this the next Wizard World acquisition?"[...]

The day after my birthday, the internet will burn. Because this is the date, these are the times, at which tickets for San Diego 2011 will go on sale.

This may well be Wizard World's most prominent purchase of a comic convention since Chicgo While they have spent the year announcing a number of comic conventions across the US and Canada that they have added to their Wizard World collection of shows, Mid Ohio Con is a relatively large local comic convention with an[...]

Will they rename it Winnipeg Wizard World? Or how about W2C4? October 28th-30th 2011 will see Wizard World head up over the border as Gareb Shamus has bought yet another comic convention to add to the string around his neck, making his second Canadian show, the Central Canada Comic Con (previously the Manitoba Collector's Expo, then[...]

May I also suggest you hold Zander Cannon down until he shows you his detailee thumbnails for the rest of Top Ten Season Two? And don't forget (as I did) Malta Comic Con also kicking off tomorrow, with guests including Liam Sharp, Tim Perkins, Dave Windett, Gary Erskine, Renee Witterstaetter, Claudio Castellini, Sean Azzopardi and more[...]

I'm sitting in a cool air conditioned hotel room in the Manchester Hyatt wondering if I should daub pro-gay graffiti on the walls to salve my conscience,

Tony Lee, writer of Hope Falls, Milf Magnet and, oh go on then, the ongoing writer of the IDW Doctor Who comic (bastard) has his own special guide to getting through the biggest comic con in the English speaking world Take it away, Tony! So, San Diego is coming up soon, and if you don't know[...]

I recently ran a story showing how people have been selling tickets to San Diego Comic Con for over $600 on eBay. It looks like Comic Con have stepped up and have been selling a limited amount of tickets on eBay for cover price Which has destroyed the tout market overnight. Unless of course touts buy all[...]

Part of the movie takes place at San Diego Comic Con and there were high hopes that the production would film on location at Con, using the tens of thousands of exhibitors Sadly, this has not turned out to be the case Pegg told thelondonpaper "We are recreating Comic-Con for it in Alberquerque, New Mexico[...]

But now a new benchmark is set and latecomers are going to have to start digging into their heating and food budgets. What's next, auctioning hotel reservations? Ooh, there's a thought.. Image copyright Comic Con International. This seems to be the new way to make a little money Buy a four day pass to SanDiego for under[...]

San Diego Comic Con International does have a habit of providing consumers with one very very heavy prestigious item to fill their luggage allowance every year. With 1400 pages split over two hardcover volumes in one slipcase, with a third volume containing all the colour covers, this remastered, corrected complete volume of Terry Moore's masterpiece will[...]

Strong rumours that a comic convention of a similar style and scope to the San Diego Comic Con and the New York Comic Con have been circling of late. One Liam Fisher claims to have the rights to put on a UK version of Comic Con in London. Fisher is behind this ad on a Newsarama forum[...]