Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
The Mid-Atlantic's Comics-Focused Fan Fest Baltimore Comic-Con is the east coast's "Goldilocks" fan fest: not too big, not too small. It's also a comics-focused convention. While a few non-comics "media guests" were featured, including John Leguizamo and a number of talented voice actors, the majority of programming sessions featured comics creators. The show floor was … Continue reading Baltimore Comic-Con 2022
After two years, the former Wizard World returns After an absence of two years, the former Wizard World Comic Con returned to Philadelphia this weekend, rebranded as Fan Expo Philadelphia by its new owners, Fan Expo HQ. The pop culture fest at the Philadelphia Convention Center had much of the structure and content as past … Continue reading Fan Expo Philadelphia 2022
Big, beautiful, and nearly (but not quite) perfect book of the dawn of Spider-Man The initial volume in Taschen's Marvel Comics Library, Spider-Man. Vol. 1: 1962–1964, brings the first stories of Marvel's web-slinging superhero to a sumptuous, large, high-quality format. The book is massive. The pages measure 11 by 15.6 inches. Its 698 pages make … Continue reading Taschen’s Spider-Man Vol 1: 1962–1964
Fan Fests Emerging from the Pandemic Bring Changes After an absence of nearly a year and a half, in-person pop culture conventions began to return in the latter half of 2021. While a number of small cons appeared earlier in the year, the resurgence of major cons was marked by the return to the Javits … Continue reading New York Comic Con 2021: The Return
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