Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
New Jersey Pop Culture Event Expands to Two Days This past weekend, Asbury Park Comic Con (or, as it is often published, "Comicon"), returned to the New Jersey shore in a new venue with expanded offerings. The event, hosted by comic book creator Cliff Galbraith and comics collector, dealer, and appraiser Robert Bruce, was first held in … Continue reading Asbury Park Comic Con 2014: Something Old, Something New, Something for Everyone
In his article on how money is changing the nature Comic Cons big and small, Jim McLauchlin quotes Fables creator Bill Willingham as stating: "I love the fact that this thing has gotten huge and all that, but San Diego — and you can fill in any of the other big mega-conventions — isn't really … Continue reading Should Comic-Con “Go Long”?
Comic-Con International (CCI) yesterday announced its new plan to "level the playing field" in the mad dash to obtain tickets to San Diego Comic-Con. Rather than a "first come, first served" distribution scheme, this year's online system for Comic-Con tickets will be randomized. As explained in CCI's official blog: During 2014 badge preregistration, prospective attendees … Continue reading Comic-Con Ticket Sales: Systematizing Randomness
In 2004, students at Swarthmore College launched FreeCulture.org (later named the Free Culture Foundation) to fight "coercive copyright practices and other threats to the free flow of information." The movement was an extension of the work of academics such as Lawrence Lessig and was largely a response to the dissonance between the fluid movement of … Continue reading Pete Seeger: Free Culture Pioneer
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