SD Comic-Con twitter wars
Robot 6 has an interesting story about a battle of the twitter feeds between the San Diego Comic-Con's official Twitter feed and one that purports to be a a convention employee with some inside...
Eisner Awards move to new, potentially more glamourous location
(Above, 2008 Eisner Award Winners)
Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed this bit at the end of the Finger Award PR we just ran:
The awards will be presented during the Eisner Awards ceremony at this summer's...
Comic-Con celebrates 40th Anniversary with book, guests
The San Diego Comic-Con is 40 and fabulous this year, and the show is celebrating in various ways. They are releasing a new retrospective book, Comic-Con: 40 Years of Artists, Writers, Fans, and Friends...
Cost of a bigger San Diego con: $53 mil a year…for 30 years
The San Diego Union-Tribune revisits the cost of expanding the SD convention center....and it's a lot:A San Diego Convention Center expansion being championed by Mayor Jerry Sanders and the tourism industry got a price...
Announcement: ICv2 Comics and Media Conference: Building Connections
Back in the day, the Wednesday of San Diego was an opportunity for industry networking and business -- first as a retailer trade show, and, briefly, as ProCon, a professionals only conference. Both these...
David Glanzer on San Diego’s sellout
Today is the day that the San Diego gate swings shut. Four-day and single-day tickets are sold out. Pro registration closed on May 5. And today, June 8th, is the last day that press...
San Diego Convention Center expansion plans unveiled
No room at the con? Not if these plans for an expansion of the San Diego Convention Center are approved. The plans call for an additional 400,000 sq. ft, with 225,000 of them exhibition...
San Diego news and notes
Hurry, children, hurry. Only a few Thursday and Sunday tickets are left. We thought it would be sold out in April, but it looks like there will be slots available through May. Going for...
Catching up
We're trying, but it's hard, because Battle for Wesnoth 1.6 came out this weekend.
You know, this is why we won't have a gaming console in our house. If we can get so hooked...
Hoteloween ’09: COOONNNNNNNNNN!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUc07jcVv-U&hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=344]Yesterday's mad hotel rush left us drained and disconsolate. We know we're spoiled when getting a room one block away instead of three blocks away is cause for sorrow, but this time, for...
Thus, it begins…again
Sorry, we're still a little out of touch due to personal matters (everything is fine, no worries; we just have many affairs to attend to) so it's a slow game of catch up. And...
San Diego — plan ahead!
The Comics Reporter has a brief talk with San Diego Comic-Con director of marketing and publicity David Glanzer which reveals that this year, as long threatened, NO onsite pro or press registration will be...
