Extremely Graphic » cons http://blog.newsok.com/extremelygraphic Focusing on graphic novels and manga Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:39:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Going to a Con? http://blog.newsok.com/extremelygraphic/2009/01/13/going-to-a-con/ http://blog.newsok.com/extremelygraphic/2009/01/13/going-to-a-con/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:36:47 +0000 sadie mattox http://blog.newsok.com/extremelygraphic/2009/01/13/going-to-a-con/ Well, think again.  At least, if you were looking to attend the Texas Wizard World Con because it is cancelled.  If you were planning to be in L.A. in March, forget that too, that one has been postponed.  ICv2 does report that the Philadelphia and Chicago shows will go on and “be better than ever”.  Uh huh.

I certainly don’t have the funds to go racing around to cons, buying materials for costumes and staying in hotels.  It’s too bad though because I think cons are an amazing, important expression of fandom.  Sure they are silly.  But where else can you see the Ghost Hunter guys discuss their show and run into the purple haired creators of The Venture Brothers?  Not to mention, you might score a date with Neo or Naruto.

Thankfully, in this downturn you can still get your graphic fix at the library.

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