I may have blogged this page before. Even so, it’s worth plugging again. Lots of great old comic book covers!
Category: comics
New York Comic-Con
It looks like the new NYC Con is going to be February 24-26 next year. I’m interested, but there’s not much in way of details yet.
San Diego stuff
Here are links to a few sites with notes and pics from the con:
Mike Manley’s blog
Heidi MacDonald’s blog
Newsarama
My only news is that my feet hurt. I’m staying in a hotel that’s a bit further away from the convention center than usual, so that’s a factor. Also, I’m not as young and spry as I used to be. But I haven’t actually collapsed yet, so that’s good.
Strangely, I didn’t buy anything at the convention on Friday or Saturday. (I did pick up a few things on Thursday, and on Wednesday night.) Today’s the last day, so if I’m going to go on any kind of buying spree, it’ll have to be today. Also, strangely, I haven’t bought a single (traditional) comic book. I picked up some trade paperbacks, but no standard 32-page comics. The fact that I have about 200 comics in my “to be read” pile at home is probably a factor here.
Comic-Con 2005
The preliminary programming schedule is up at the Comic-Con page. The PDF version is 52 pages. Yikes.
New Comic Con in New York
There will be a new comic convention held in New York next year. It’s being run by a company that’s apparently quite big. The con will be at the Javits Center. This could be interesting.
Frank Thorne
More on Frank Thorne from www.lambiek.net, an “antiquarian comic shop” in Amsterdam.
Illustrated History of Union County
I noticed something interesting in the Westfield catalog this month: An Illustrated History of Union County, by Frank Thorne. There are some sample pages here. Based on this message, it appears that this strip was originally published in the Daily Journal back in 1951. As a former Union County resident, and Frank Thorne fan, I think I’ll need to pick this up. Actually, I may need to pick up a few copies and send them off to other former Union County residents, too.
Wizard World Philly
I went to Wizard World Philly today. I spent a few bucks on comics, went to a JMS Q&A, and the “Cup ‘o Joe” panel with Joe Quesada. Very entertaining. The con was crowded, but not annoyingly so. Plenty of room to move around, and no problem getting into the panels.
Tapestry Comics
Tapestry — A list of RSS feeds for various comic strips. Useful.
Comics
Just for yuks, I’ve been looking at the major online comic strip services. As far as I can tell, there are basically three big ones. All include daily comics by email.