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New York Comic Con: NYCC 2024 Dates Officially Confirmed
I'm really grateful for the work they did because not a lot of people think about fan conventions, and they went out of their way to be specific about cosplayers If you're attending an event, as a fan, dress however you want Dress in this IP that we all love, go for it The line[...]
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Here's a look at what the SAG-AFTRA FAQ had to offer when it comes to answers… Image: Comic-Con International (SDCC) Can I participate in personal appearances, conventions, and fan expos? It depends You cannot participate in conventions on behalf of or to promote companies we are striking against This includes appearances, panels, fan meet and greets, etc[...]
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Here's a look at two questions posed under the "Influencers FAQ" addressing the matter of convention appearances: Can I attend conventions as a fan as long as I am not being paid to promote anything? You cannot participate in conventions such as Comic-Con on behalf of, or to promote, companies we are striking against – this[...]
Final Day Cosplay SDCC
It has been a long & somewhat scary road since the rise of COVID forced the entire world into lockdown, canceling everything, including Comic Conventions, but now vaccine and masked attendees got to show off their creations SDCC 2019 welcomed well over 135,000 attendees just before the pandemic, and this year marks the first time[...]
Spidey-Ross, Thunder Cats, Lucy Liu & More - Cosplay From SDCC 2022
It has been a long & somewhat scary road since the rise of COVID forced the entire world into lockdown, canceling everything, including Comic Conventions, but now vaccine and masked attendees get to show off their creations SDCC 2019 welcomed well over 135,000 attendees just before the pandemic, and this year marks the first time[...]
Spidey-Ross, Thunder Cats, Iron Heart & More Cosplay From SDCC 2022
It has been a long & somewhat scary road since the rise of COVID forced the entire world into lockdown, canceling everything, including Comic Conventions, but now vaccine and masked attendees get to show off their creations SDCC 2019 welcomed well over 135,000 attendees just before the pandemic, and this year marks the first time[...]
Jokers, Titans, and Venom-sarus Cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con 2022
It has been a long & somewhat scary road since the rise of COVID forced the entire world into lockdown, canceling everything, including Comic Conventions, but now vaccine and masked attendees get to show off their creations SDCC 2019 welcomed well over 135,000 attendees just before the pandemic, and this year marks the first time[...]
Supernatural -- "The Scar" -- Image Number: SN1403a_0310b.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Jared Padalecki as Sam, Jensen Ackles as Dean/Michael and Misha Collins as Castiel -- Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW -- © 2018 The CW Network, LLC All Rights Reserved
Creation Entertainment is running a series of official conventions throughout the year (The Official 'Supernatural' Convention Tour) that lets the gang get back to one of the things they do best: meet, greet & interact with the fans on a personal level- and doing it on stage in front of a live audience To make[...]
Dragon Con 2021: Is it Too Soon for Cons to Stage a Comeback?
Every other year, nearly nobody escapes without some form of "con crud" – there are even jokes and memes about it from Dragon Con itself. This brings up the larger point as to if conventions should return once COVID becomes a memory in our rear-view mirror Last year, fellow writer and editor Kaitlyn brought up these[...]
JULY 18 2019. Inside the San Diego’s Convention Center for the 50th Comic-Con. Editorial credit: Alessia93 / Shutterstock.com
We outlined where we thought virtual conventions fell apart in our Post Modem on Virtual Conventions and Events. To the surprise of exactly no one, the convention dominos of 2021 has started to fall Pretty much anything that takes place in LA was canceled a few days ago, WonderCon announced that they are going virtual[...]
WonderCon 2021 Officially Goes Virtual
One of those things that have been impacted is the various pop culture conventions Some of those conventions managed to go digital last year, and while some worked, such as DC FanDome, others were a bit of a mess like Comic-Con@Home People were hopeful that things would be back to normal by 2021, but that[...]
A Post-Mortem on Virtual Conventions and Events: Part 2
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us all in many different ways, but pop culture conventions needed to find a way to adapt and adapt quickly once it became apparent that the virus wasn't going to go away in the summer And so the virtual convention was born In the first part of this essay,[...]
A Post-Mortem on Virtual Conventions and Events: Part 1
Many thought this would be over by the summer, but conventions still had to adapt as well As July 2020 rolled around, we saw the birth of the virtual convention. Comic-Con @ Home Logo Credit: CCI The Rise of the Virtual Convention Comic-Con @ Home was the first major virtual convention out of the gate but was something[...]
Disney Moves the D23 Expo from 2021 to 2022
Not only are they splitting the audience by having both conventions so close together, but they are splitting it again for people who can't do two conventions in a year If Celebration was in the spring and D23 was in the late summer, that might be doable for some people, but this idea is a[...]
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (L to R) JUSTIN H. MIN as BEN HARGREEVES and ROBERT SHEEHAN as KLAUS HARGREEVES in THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY Cr. CHRISTOS KALOHORIDIS/NETFLIX © 2020
can have you looking "badass spy" on the cheap. The logo for Comic-Con@Home 2020 While we all make the best of conventions at home, hopefully, this list can add a bit of happiness to your convention schedule Remember, cosplay is all about having fun, showing your love for a character, and self-expression Besides, at the end of[...]
Adult Swim Con takes place this July (Image: Adult Swim)
We've got Comic-Con@Home, WarnerMedia's DC Fandome, Skybound Xpo, and a number of other "virtual conventions" taking place over the next two months, all doing their part to give everyone as close to a pop culture convention experience as possible without the "con flu" aftermath (we have enough real sickness to deal with) Now we can[...]
Star Wars Celebration Anaheim Has Officially Been Canceled
While places like Disneyland have scheduled reopenings, conventions aren't the same animal It would be next to impossible to social distance on a convention floor Unlike Disneyland, who could limit their daily ticket sales to help with social distancing, a convention that sold tickets long before the pandemic became a thing could not possibly pull[...]