Posts tagged Comic Con

Conmania 101 Lesson 2: Lunch

Apr 9th

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Hey, two weeks, two videos. The curriculum continues!

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Conmania 101 Lesson 1: How to Carry a Convention Survival Kit

Apr 4th

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I told you it was going to happen! The first episode of Conmania 101! The first episode is about convention survival kits — specifically, what you’re going to carry all of your stuff in. Obviously this is very early, so if you can leave whatever comments you can, I will be very grateful.

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A Robert Davi Roundup

Feb 23rd

Posted by blogadmin in Comic Book

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A Robert Davi RoundupHey Conmaniacs, hope the vacation treated you all well and were full of con goodness. Conmania HQ was rained out, but we still managed to capture the top con news coming off the wires for you.

  • Creation Entertainment’s Official Vancouver Stargate SG-1/Atlantis Convention has updated their page with tentative show schedules and guest appearances. Including Robert Davi. He was in “Goonies.” Make sure you do the Truffle Shuffle for him.
  • C2E2 in Chicago released their exhibit hall floor plan. It is still tentative and subject to change, but you have a month to figure out how to most efficiently spend your show floor time.
  • Derby City Con in Kentucky announced a new guest, Aracana Comics writer John Barker.
  • Horror Realm Con in Pittsburgh announced their show schedule.
  • Sandiego.com wrote a really snotty article about how tough it is to get Comic Con International tickets. True, but they wrote it in a really insulting way. I’m not advocating anything nasty, but if you want to leave some feedback, be my guest.

That’s it for today. Check in tomorrow for the latest batch of con news.

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2010 Cosplay Compilations

Jan 9th

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Hello Con Maniacs,

    Cosplay is such an important part of convention going so I thought I would let you all take a look at some great video of some amazing cosplay during 2010!


    Below is some great super hero cosplay featuring Austrian Belle (Rogue, Supergirl, Mad Hatter), Blaze (She Joker, Tarot, Dawn, Phoenix, Slave Leia), BelleChere (Rogue, Phoenix, Blackcat), Taliesin (Mr . Sinister, Gambit), monkey of steel (Superman, Superboy), Patient J (The Joker. Make-up by Batinthesun), Ana Aesthetic (Harley Quinn, Phoenix), JRyan (Dr . Suess), Frost…Emma Frost… (White Queen w/t Cyclops), Joshua (Spider-Man), Chrissy (Darth Maja action figure),Chad (aka Shain Nelles/Cactus Jack), JënarationX (X to Y gif), LianaK (Red Sonja), Brandon Hex (Hexy69 editing).

     Some great work from these amazing fans. If you know any of these people please let me know. I would love to give them credit and feature some more of their work. You can reach me at Magid@raybin.com

Mag

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Welcome back from Christmas and a good word to the wise…

Dec 27th

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Hello Con Maniacs,

    Well I’m getting back into the swing of things after the Christmas break. I don’t know about all of you but it can be nice to disconnect every once in awhile. What did you do for the holiday? I really enjoyed watching Dr. Who at the Prom on BBC America. It was amazing…Here is some Youtube video curtesy of SavvyTimelord that is some of the highlights of the event.

    After that was the Dr. Who Christmas Special…Add all of that to good food and it was a great weekend. Now I am sure your all wondering what I was refferring to in the title about a word to the wise. Well I am sure you all look forward to Comic Con in San Diego, CA. It is an amazing event and tickets for the event have become almost as good as gold so I thought i would share this just breaking story of Comic Con ticket forgeries.

L.A. NOW

Southern California — this just in

 Two Comic-Con scamsters plead guilty in San Diego

December 27, 2010 

     Two men from Los Angeles have pleaded guilty in San Diego to selling bogus tickets to last summer’s Comic-Con bash. 

    Farhad Lame and Navid Vatankhahan were each sentenced to a $750 fine, three years’ probation and 10 days of community service picking up roadside trash. Lame pleaded guilty in San Diego County Superior Court on Monday; Vatankhahan pleaded guilty last week.

     The two were arrested in July on the last day of the convention when two women who had each paid $120 for a two-day ticket were refused entry. The tickets proved to be photocopies of a non-transferable exhibitor’s ticket.

    With the increasing popularity of the annual event, tickets to Comic-Con are becoming rare and precious commodities.

    City Atty. Jan Goldsmith warned the public to be wary of ticket offers to popular events such as Comic-Con. “The old adage, ‘If it seems too good to be true, it usually is,’ applies more than ever to the Internet,” Goldsmith said.

     So I advise everyone to be careful. Only purchase your tickets from the event site. Not some other third party.

     I would love to hear about your plans for the new year, you can contact me at Magid@raybin.com Also make sure to contact the events you would like to see featured here on www.conmania.com

    I hope that if you are travelling you are safe, and even if your back at work that you are a bit more relaxed…

   Here is to diving right back into the thick of things…

Mag

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