Anime Expo Changes Policy, Will No Longer Require Vendors to Pay For Background Checks
When Anime Expo‘s parent organization SPJA announced its new ‘Youth Protection Policy’ not to long ago, it included a requirement
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Convention News
In depth reporting on issues and news within the Midwestern, North American, and (occasionally) World Convention Scene.
Emerald City Comicon Being Sued For Not Paying Volunteers
A former volunteer has filed a class action lawsuit against Emerald City Comicon, claiming that the convention owes them wages
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Super Cosplay Cafe No Longer Attending Anime St Louis in Protest of Diversity Programming?
You’re going to have to bear with me on this because it’s a weird one. It’s the sort of thing
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Santa Fe Comic Con, a Split Con Culture, and Why You Shouldn’t Act Like a Tool on Social Media
So most people who aren’t from the Southwest probably rarely think about Santa Fe Comic Con, but over the last
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Anime Expo Launches Youth Protection Policy, Will Require Exhibitors to Submit to Background Checks
Last week, in an attempt to increase convention safety, Anime Expo parent organization the SPJA launched their Youth Protection Program.
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Anime Midwest Will Share a Convention Center With Exxxotica Porn Convention
AnimeCon.org’s Anime Midwest has been held every July for the last half decade, and since 2013 has been held at
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Hopefully Our Final ‘Ryan Kopf v. Trae Dorn’ Update
Update (7/5/2016): Kopf has refiled the Lawsuit in Illinois So for those of you not following along, for the last
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Wine Country Comic Con Planning Second Event in September
Following the path of Santa Rosa, CA’s Wine Country Comic Con has been one of the strangest stories I’ve written
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Fox Will Skip San Diego Comic Con
San Diego Comic Con is probably one of the biggest platforms media companies use to preview and announce new projects
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