I’m kicking off a new Throwback Thursday article series with a look back at Phoenix Comicon 2014. This was only my second year attending the convention and my first attending all four days. The guest list was STACKED that year, it featured a Batman ’66 reunion, Nathan Fillion, Stephen Amell, Bruce Campbell, Mark Sheppard, Stan…
Con legal battles seem to the latest fad and even though this latest one isn’t between two conventions, it is about the name of one. Mad Monster, which puts on several conventions of the same name around the country (as well as right here in Phoenix), posted on Facebook that they are being “sued”… by…
UPDATED 3/7 Looks like things a lot getting interesting as Square-Egg Entertainment has filed a trademark for Vegas Fan Fusion. The name is in line with the just announced renaming of Minnesota Fan Fest to Minnesota Fan Fusion. According to public records, the name Vegas Fan Fusion was filed on January 20, 2018. The website…
2018 is just about here and some of you (including me) won’t be wasting much time to attend our first con of the year. While I did a countdown of my top 10 Con moments of the year, I would like to touch upon some trends I’d like to see end in 2018. Warning: It…
The recent guest announcements from Phoenix Comicon have been exciting. I’m a huge fan of the various Marvel Netflix series’ and just this past week, the con announced a third guest from that world; Elden Henson who plays the Foggy Nelson in Daredevil. I promptly tweeted about it and then I got a reply from…
This is a follow up of sorts to the article I posted with several convention directors from here in the Grand Canyon State. This was planned to be a four participant article that featured different types of exhibitors but one bailed and I just didn’t have time to reach out (I’ve been in the middle…
I wanted to write an article about the current Arizona convention community and give my opinions on it. After all, there has been a lot of changes with some of our favorite conventions and I wanted to talk about those that have impacted us the most. After giving it some thought, I thought it would…
