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Notes from Wizard World Chicago 2008

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

My official notes and musings are now up on Pop Syndicate.
Wizard World Chicago started with a guy dressed up as Venom.  Only he was also dressed up as a pimp.  See where I’m going here?  Yes, Wizard World Chicago  had its own pimp-daddy Venom, strutting around the show all day on Friday.  Stepping onto a [...]

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Wizard World Chicago 2008– Ellis doesn’t bite the head off of small children

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m trying to put together a con report but my head right now is having trouble stringing two consecutive thoughts together.  I’ll probably have something out tomorrow for Pop Syndicate and a more personal piece out on Tuesday either on the blog or out as a podcast but I wanted to quickly describe one scene [...]

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A family that cosplays togethe…

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

A family that cosplays together stays together.

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I actually got recognized from…

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I actually got recognized from the earlier podcast panel .

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So was there any actual comic …

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

So was there any actual comic news today?

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@gordondym When are you volunt…

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

@gordondym When are you volunteering tomorrow?

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Wonder where @el_dave is sitti…

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Wonder where @el_dave is sitting?

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Listening to Tony Kornhieser s…

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Listening to Tony Kornhieser show while waiting for Ellis.

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In line for Ellis talky thing.

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

In line for Ellis talky thing.

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Pimp Venom has to be the best …

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Pimp Venom has to be the best costume.

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Lou Ferringo is in the house.

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Lou Ferringo is in the house.

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Stuck in traffic.

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Stuck in traffic.

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Test

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Test

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Doing last minute setup for Wi…

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Doing last minute setup for Wizard World Chicago.

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Podcasting Panel @ Wizard World Chicago

June 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

From Wizard’s own site:
Things to Do On Friday
2-3 p.m.
COMIC BOOK PODCASTING
The Jim Mooney Room: 4
Podcasts are the newest way to get news and opinions on comics culture. Join moderator Sean McKeever and podcast hosts to find out how the medium has grown and where it’s headed.
And in case you want to know who’s [...]

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The problem with Wizard World Chicago…

August 15th, 2007 · No Comments

From Publisher’s Weekly about this past weekend’s Wizard World Chicago:
But the show lacked the sense some other conventions have that lots of important things are happening or at least being announced or premiered.
Yeah, and?
I wonder if Wizard World is in a damned if you do/damned if you don’t position here. In the past, they’ve [...]

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One day down, two more to go at Wizard World Chicago

August 10th, 2007 · No Comments

I didn’t do much blogging today because there wasn’t much going on at Wizard World Chicago. I spend most of the day just wandering around, talking to friends and a few creators I know. I didn’t hit any panels but that isn’t a bad thing because it doesn’t look like there was any [...]

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And then that happened.

August 10th, 2007 · No Comments

I want to leave for WWC but Comedy Central is showing State & Main. I love that movie.

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The first rule of Wizard World Chicago 2007 is…

August 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Due to limited funds this year, I’m setting some groundwork for WWC that should help get me through it with a modicum of money left over on Sunday.
1) Park in the CTA lot– no matter how much I enjoy the habitrail from the parking garage, it’ll be a lot cheaper to park in the CTA [...]

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Wizard World Chicago– where I want to be

August 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Friday:
12-1:30– Matt Wagner Signing @ Wizard Booth
2-3:00PM– Mark Millar @ Marshall Rogers Room
6- ???– Wizard Fan Awards (maybe depending on how I feel)
Saturday:
12-1pm– Michael Golden signing @ Wizard Booth
3-4:30– Ethan VanSciver @ Wizard Booth
3:30- 4:30PM– Matt Wagner@ Wizard School
6:30-7:30 PM– CBLDF Sketch Duel @ Wizard School Room
8:00– ???– hanging with Around Comics crew?
Sunday:
12-1:30– Mark Millar [...]

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Blogging Wizard World Chicago 2007

August 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Beginning Friday morning and hopefully throughout the weekend, I’ll be one way or another blogging Wizard World Chicago right here with some kind of recaps over at Pop Syndicate. Most likely the blogging method of choice will be twitter tweets posted here. But, if for some reason, you want them delivered another way, [...]

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Armchair Quarterbacking the Comicon so far– “I’m you’re bleep bleep partner!!!”

July 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

from Cinematicals coverage of the con.”
Of all the news that I’ve seen from the con so far, the biggest joy has been the news of Marion Ravenwood’s return in Indiana Jones 4, and that’s been rumored for months, if not years. No one can argue that Raiders of the Lost arc isn’t the best [...]

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5 Things– 5 things for those not going to San Diego to do this weekend

July 25th, 2007 · No Comments

1) All the news will be up on sites like Newsarama, CBR or the Pulse. Check those out.
2) Enjoy your air conditioning and roomy living rooms.
3) Enjoy the metric ton-load of good books that came out this week. No falling behind here– you’ve got all weekend to read Grendel, Postcards, Multiple Warheadz, Crecy, [...]

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Philly/Heroes Con links pt. 1

June 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Part of me enjoys con experiencing con season from my comfy home outside of Chicago. I’m not fighting the crowds or anything. Since both Wizard World Philadelphia and Heroes Con are going on this week, I’m going to be updating this post throughout the weekend with headlines and interesting news from the two [...]