This article on the “Speed Dating” sessions at the recent New York Comic Con paint an interesting picture of the social dynamics of Nerd World, especially with the growing participation of women
due to the anime and Vampire influences.
NYCC: "Men, if you are here to get laid, leave. Ladies, if you here to get laid, take your pick."
11/03/2011 by Leave a Comment
NYCC 11: Far in the madding crowd
10/20/2011 by Leave a Comment
Was it worth braving the crowds? Are comics the center of attention at NYCC? How good was a $5 hot dog taste? And what does I.M. Pei have to do with it anyway? This is it — the one you’ve been waiting for!
Kibbles 'n' Bits: NYCC 11 Edition
10/18/2011 by Leave a Comment
It’s going to take a while to get the images and sounds — and smells — of New York Comic Con out of our head, and images such as the above — a bevy of gender-swapped Doctor Whos composed of cosplay superstars — will show you why. There were SO many costumed people at the the show this year. The ratio of costumes to lookieloos was incredibly high. So yeah, if it was spectacle you wanted, you got it, including the topless woman with the fake mustache who was hanging outside the Javits on Sunday.
“Yeah, they were talking about her all the way back to Macy’s,” a photographer told me. Since Macy’s is five blocks crosstown from the Javits, this is the equivalent of light speed communication in New York terms.
NYCC 11: Occupy Nerd Street rolls on
10/16/2011 by Leave a Comment
If there was ever a bullcrap spin on a story, this NY Time pre-NYCC piece which attempted to cast it as the “smaller, quieter” cousin to SDCC is one.
NYCC Announcements: Vertigo Goes Simultaneous Print/Digital Release – Or – Get Used To It
10/14/2011 by Leave a Comment
Over on the Vertigo blog, we find an announcement that Vertigo’s titles are starting to be released simultaneously in both print and digital (“day and date” is an insipid phrase; let’s all stop using it).
NYCC 11: Come see The Beat at the "Comics History of the World Panel"
10/14/2011 by Leave a Comment
Hype alert! I’ll be making my only scheduled public appearance at NYCC at 1:30 today.
NYCC 11: Retailer breakfast highlights
10/14/2011 by Leave a Comment
New York Comic Con kicked off with a retailer breakfast sponsored by Diamond. Held in the Galleria room, it looked great — and the bacon was surprisingly crisp — but with an all-glass ceiling and walls it was hard to see or hear the speakers and their slides.
NYCC 11 kicks off
10/13/2011 by Leave a Comment
Events in New York were in full swing last night with the CBLDF signing at Forbidden Planet (above)
…and the Image signing at Jim Hanley’s Universe (Moritat, above), and we’re soon to be breakfasting with some retailers. Reporting from the floor may be dodgy but stay tuned…it’s going to be a wild ride.
NYCC: Rock Comic Con 2011
10/10/2011 by Leave a Comment
If you like nerdcore music, you’ll enjoy Rock Comic Con, on Friday, 10/14, a concert featuring genre mainstays Paul and Storm, Kirby Krackle and H2Awesome!. Tickets are $12, and the show throws down at Tobacco Road, 355 W. 41st street, not too far from the Javits Center.
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