Days Before Event, Galacticon Cancels Eleven Guests, Con Chair Resigns
Tomorrow Galacticon 4, a con dedicated to Battlestar Galactica, kicks off in Seattle, WA. Now as a former con organizer
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Convention News
In depth reporting on issues and news within the Midwestern, North American, and (occasionally) World Convention Scene.
The Arthur Suydam Situation Gets Weirder
You may remember that a few days ago we talked about artist Arthur Suydam’s reputation for taking over other artists’
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Arthur Suydam Seems Like a Bit of a Dick
So apparently comic artist Arthur Suydam has a nasty habit of showing up at cons where he’s assigned one table
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Funimation Makes Official Statement Regarding Fan Art and Derivative Works
Fanart is a mainstay of most artist alleys. Sure, it skirts the line of fair use – and there are
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Is Saskatoon Blitz Dead?
Saskatchewan, Canada based convention Saskatoon Blitz may have pretty much run a master class on how not to do PR
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Multiple Women Accusing ‘Anime Matsuri’ Founder of Sexual Harassment
John Leigh, Co-Founder and Director of Anime Matsuri (one of the largest Anime Cons in the US), has been accused
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Saskatoon Blitz and How Not to Run an Artist Alley
Have you ever asked yourself “How can I screw up an artist alley as much as possible?” I mean not
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DashCon Isn’t Coming Back, DashCon 2015 Tumblr a Hoax
DashCon may go down as, at the very least, the most well known disaster con of a generation. It was
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MomoCon Responds to Harassment Allegations… Sort of
On Sunday we reported on how Cosplayer Luna Lanie was harassed by MomoCon staff after complaining about… well… really gross
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