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Boston Comic Con Canceled Due to City Wide Lock Down

[19 Apr 2013 | by | Comments Off]
Boston Comic Con 2013 T-shirt

An update to current events. At 10:00am Eastern Standard Time, Boston Comic Con announced that their event this weekend is canceled. The city is on total lock down, no one in or out, while authorities search Boston for their suspects for Monday’s bombing of the Boston Marathon. Here’s the statement posted by the convention: Due to the unfortunate events that

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Live the Zombie Apocalypse at Comic-Con with the Walking Dead Escape

[19 Apr 2013 | by | Comments Off]
The Walking Dead Escape press photo 2

Heads up fans of zombie apocalypses! The Walking Dead Escape obstacle course will be in town the week of San Diego Comic-Con, July 19-20 (SDCC 2013 is July 18-21) at PetCo Park. The baseball stadium’s area, conveniently located at the eastern edge of the San Diego Convention Center, will turn into a Walking Dead themed zombie outbreak survival event. My

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Boston Comic Con Still On For This Weekend [updated April 19]

[16 Apr 2013 | by | Comments Off]
Boston Comic Con 2013 T-shirt

Update: at 10:am EST Boston Comic Con canceled their event. Boston is on lock down while police hunt for the suspects. Boston Comic Con is postponed until further notice. Hello all. The Boston Comic Con will still be happening this weekend, despite the bombing earlier this week of the Boston Marathon. If that seems callous to you please remember that

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Voting Live for 2013 Stumptown Comics Art Awards

[15 Apr 2013 | by | Comments Off]
Screen Shot Stumptown Comics Fest Voting Page

Just checked my FaceBook and found a post from Cullen Bun (Sixth Gun, The Damned, etc.) reminding us all that Stumptown Comics Fest has opened voting for their 2013 Comic Arts Awards Stumptown is a creator-centered comic convention in Portland, Oregon. The convention puts the focus on the people working in their own worlds, as opposed to back issue dealers

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CFB Wants You!

[11 Apr 2013 | by | Comments Off]
The Convention Fans Blog Staff Logo

Hello out there, fan convention lovers! The Convention Fans Blog is back after a long hiatus, and we’re looking for new faces. CFB is adding to our crew of eager bloggers and we need you. Our unofficial motto is “No Pay But Glory”, so you’d be a volunteer. However, you would get valuable geek cred plus the occasional free convention