DC FanDome Trailer: The Fandom Celebration of the Summer
August's 24-Hour DC FanDome event will provide fans with the latest news on hot titles like The Batman, The Suicide Squad, and Justice League's Snyder Cut.
Convention
Fan Expo Canada Picnic & Parade: Start the Celebration Early
Fan Expo Canada has joined forces with the CNE to present Cosplay Day Picnic & Parade at the CNE's Bandshell.
Star Wars Celebration: Funko Exclusives
Star Wars Celebration is almost here! The Chicago-based event features coveted convention exclusives only made available to attendees – and some of the most popular pieces will be presented by Funko, who are bringing more than 10 new collectibles to the five-day show.
Thought Bubble: The Waning Celebrity of Conventions
As conventions proliferate, commerce rather than celebrity is increasingly becoming a key selling point for the audience.
Hal-Con 2014 Wrap-Up
Sure, everyone in Canada knows Fan Expo, but what do you know about Nova Scotia's Hal-Con?
Tales from FanExpo: How to Attend a Convention Panel
My favourite part of any comic convention is going to panels. Panels tend to be great sources of information, and offer a lot for attendees to learn for essentially the price of their ticket. They're also a great place to sit down and rest some weary feet. As with anything else, however, there's a right way to go about attending a panel, and there's a wrong way. Here's a couple things you can do to make sure that your experience is a good one.
Free Comic Book Day:
A Survival Guide
Free Comic Book Day is upon us! Lucky for you, we're here to help make it all worth it by pointing you spendthrift nerds in the right direction. Like your personal Comic Book saviours we'll guide you through the weekend with a complete list of Toronto's best comic-related hot spots and ”˜must see’ events.
Fan Expo Interviews:
Wes Craig & Shane Davis
In honour of DC Comics' much touted Fall relaunch, we figured it would be best to kick off our post-Fan Expo coverage with some interviews related to storied publisher, namely, artists Shane Davis and Wes Craig.
TCAF 2011 Review: Snow
Heavily embedded in the culture and locations of Queen Street West, Snow , by Benjamin Rivers, is a very Toronto-centric indie graphic novel. It's the 30-something equivalent of Brian Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim saga, but with a more culturally relevant storyline and less manga-influenced art.
TCAF 2011 Review: The Next Day
In the last few years, Paul Peterson and Jason Gilmore talked to four suicide survivors, about their experiences, the lead up and the aftermath. The compilation of these talks is called The Next Day , illustrated by acclaimed artist John Porcellino, accompanied by an interactive online component co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada. So even if you can’t talk to anyone else about it, I’m sure you may be comfortable reading it.
Fan Expo 2010
Interview with Ernest Borgnine
We were lucky enough to catch up with legendary actor Ernest Borgnine at Fan Expo last weekend. The 93 year old Borgnine has had an amazing career spanning nearly six decades, on television in McHale’s Navy, Airwolf , The Simpsons , SpongeBob SquarePants and on film in Marty (for which he won an Oscar), Bad […]
