Charlotte Comicon (2012 Schedule)
February 22, 2012 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention Profiles, North Carolina
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Charlotte Comicon | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.charlottecomicon.info/ | |
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| Dates | |
| 03/25/2012, 08/05/2012, and 12/16/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| Time: 10 am til 4 pm
Guests: 24 Tables of Artists and Writers |
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| Venue Name and Address | |
| Crown Plaza Hotel Charlotte (MARCH and AUGUST) 201 S. McDowell St. Charlotte, NC 28204 United States Map It Marriott Executive Park Hotel – NEW LOCATION FOR DECEMBER! |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 70 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 500 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
Hickory Con (May 2012)
February 9, 2012 by timmy mac
Filed under Anime, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, North Carolina
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Hickory Con | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://hickorycon.com | |
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| Date | |
| 05/26/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| Hickory Con is one of the Carolina’s largest one-day comic/gaming convention. Boasting more than 100 dealer, artist, and guest tables, you are sure to find something exciting! We also host Yugioh sanctioned and just-for-fun tournaments. Be sure to join us for the coolest event in western North Carolina.
Guest artist will be Andy Smith and Budd Root. We are excited to have the Star Wars 501st fan organization as recurring guests at Hickory Con! Remember to bring your camera and get your picture taken with Darth Vader and Stormtroopers We can’t thank the Star Trek Independent Fleet enough for all the work they put into helping us promote the show! Be sure to stop by their table. S.T.I.F. also collects for the local Hospice and other charities. Please help them out in their mission to help the less fortunate! The Klingon Assault Group is also a tremendous help in promoting Hickory Con. You will never find a more enthusiastic group of Star Trek fans! K.A.G. also collects for local charities |
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| Venue Name and Address | |
| Hickory Metro Convention Center 1960 13th Ave Dr. SE Hickory, NC 28602 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 100 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 500 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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| Guests | |
| Andy Smith and Budd Root | |
Raleigh Comic Book Show (2012 Schedule)
February 1, 2012 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention Profiles, North Carolina
Event Details:
 About This Convention: |
Sunday, April 29, 2012 Sunday, August 26, 2012 Sunday, December 2, 2012 Holiday Inn Crabtree Hours:10am to 4pm Admission: ***FREE*** More Info: Dealers come from a five state area with the finest selection of golden age & silver age books for a show this size. 25 tables and a lot of fun!!! |
| Venue Name | Holiday Inn Crabtree |
| Venue Address | 4100 Glenwood Ave. Raleigh, NC 27612 United States |
| What category best describes your convention? | Comic Books |
NC – Womanthology Launch Party
January 21, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, North Carolina, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Top Stories
Ming Doyle, Janet Lee, and Chrissie Zullo sign at Acme Comics on Saturday February 18, 2012 from 11am – 5pm!
Press Release:
To get behind the release of the grassroots Womanthology original graphic novel from IDW Publishing, we’ve invited out a few of our favorite creators from the over 150 female editors, artists, writers, inkers, colorists and letterers whose commitment made this project possible! So be sure to come by and meet Ming Doyle (Fantastic Four #600), Janet Lee (Return of the Dapper Men), and Chrissie Zullo (Fables: Cinderella)!
The signing will start at 11 AM. Then we’ll break for lunch and head over to Bennett College near downtown Greensboro for a very special event (more details to come soon). Then it will be back to Acme for more signing, sketching and joy until 5 PM!
Find more about the Womanthology graphic novel and our talented visitors below!
From Womanthology’s BlogSpot:
Womanthology is an anthology graphic novel created entirely by women for Charity. The purpose of the book is to showcase the works of female creators of every age and experience levels.
The Graphic Novel will majorly consist of many short stories interpreting our theme for this volume; “Heroic”. We’ll also have interviews and how-to’s with some of the industry’s top female pros, as well as talks with young girls who someday want a career in comics.
Our charity is the Global Giving Foundation. They are a website dedicated to helping small charities from all over the world find funding. Once the book is finished, our profits will go to as many of these charities as we can help, focusing on one at a time until their funding goal is met.
Ming Doyle was born in Boston to an Irish American sailor and a Chinese Canadian librarian. In 2007 she earned her BFA from Cornell University with a dual concentration in painting and drawing and has been working as a freelance illustrator and comic book artist ever since. In the past few years she’s depicted the sequential exploits of vengeful cowboys and ghostly schoolgirls for Image, zombie superheroes and demonic cheerleaders for BOOM!, and Inhuman royalty and dapper blue-furred mutants for Marvel. Her first full-length graphic novel, TANTALIZE: KIEREN’S STORY, written by Cynthia Leitich Smith and published by Candlewick Press, is out now.
Nashville-based illustrator Janet Lee has been working as a commercial artist for the past six years. Self-taught, Janet made her first foray into illustration with the Twitter serial, “Diary of a Mad Scientist Garden Gnome” by New York Times bestselling author Alethea Kontis. She followed that by co-creating Return of the Dapper Men with writer Jim McCann which won the 2011 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album, received glowing reviews in USA Today, MTVGeek Guide, and was featured in the 2010 Holiday Gift Guides for Publisher’s Weekly, USA Today, and the New York Times. Janet and Jim are working on the sequel, Time of the Dapper Men which will be published Fall, 2012. Most recently Janet has worked for Marvel Entertainment, illustrating serialized adaptations of Jane Austen’s classic novels. Emma and Northanger Abbey.
Janet lives in East Nashville with her husband, novelist Mike Lee, her son Ethan, one very sweet pitt bull named Odie, and one very bad cat named Pye.
Chrissie Zullo was born in Montreal, Canada. In 2008 she graduated with a BFA in Illustration from UNC Charlotte, and got her first job working for Vertigo/DC not long after. She has done the covers for the comics “Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love”, and “Cinderella: Fables are Forever”, as well as interior work for “Madame Xanadu”, and “Fables”. She has also worked outside of comics, illustrating a piece for a “John Carter of Mars” book as well as Star Wars sketch cards. She has been featured in Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art for the past two years. She currently resides in New York City.
Acme Comics
2150 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro, NC 27408
336-574-2263
NC Comicon (November 2012)
January 20, 2012 by nccomicon
Filed under Anime, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, Horror, North Carolina, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| NC Comicon | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.nccomicon.com | |
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| Start Date | |
| 11/17/2012 | |
| End Date | |
| 11/18/2012 | |
| About This Convention | |
| NEW LOCATION! MORE SPACE! MORE COMICS THAN EVER BEFORE! | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| Durham Convention Center 301 W Morgan St. Durham, North Carolina 27701 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 200 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 3000 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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NC – The Cos Signs
January 13, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Movies, North Carolina, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television
Bill Cosby signs his new memoir at Barnes & Noble on Friday January 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM.
About this Author
Bill Cosby is an American entertainer, comedian, actor, producer, author, educator, musician, and activist. He is best known for his portrayal of Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show, which has become a television classic. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he earned a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, and is a jazz musician.
Barnes & Noble
5400 New Hope Commons, Durham, NC 27707
919-489-3012
Top Comic Book Creators Headed to NC Comicon November 5 and 6
November 2, 2011 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, North Carolina, Top Stories
Press Release:
Top Comic Book Creators Headed to Morrisville’s NC Comicon Nov.5 and 6
Morrisville, NC — A host of legendary comic book creators, including Howard Chaykin, “Zombie King” Arthur Suydam and Ultimate Spider-Man artist David Lafuente in his only US appearance, will converge on Morrisville on Nov.5 and 6 for the second annual NC Comicon at the Morrisville Outlet Mall.
“Last year’s inaugural NC Comicon drew more than 2,500 attendees, and this one is poised to be even bigger,” says Alan Gill, owner of Durham’s Ultimate Comics, which is putting on the show. “Our goal is to create a fun, family-friendly two-day event that new and veteran comic fans can both enjoy as they meet pros, attend panels, and check out our art, gaming and costume contests!”
Along with the guests mentioned above, new attendees include Steve Niles (creator of the hit vampire comic and film 30 Days of Night) Mike Perkins (artist on Marvel Comics’ best-selling adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand), Janet Lee (artist of the award-winning graphic novel Return of the Dapper Men), Atomic Robo creators Scott Wegener and Brian Clevenger.
Other creators include Tommy Lee Edwards, artist of Image Comics’ Turf with talk show host Jonathan Ross and designer of the Denzel Washington film The Book of Eli; Jeremy Bastian, whose comic Cursed Pirate Girl has been featured on BoingBoing.net and raised more than $36,000 for a collected edition on Kickstarter.com; Skottie Young, artist of Marvel Comics’ award-winning adaptations of L. Frank Baum’s original Oz novels, and many more.
Admission to the show, which is conveniently located off exit 284 on I-40, is just $8.00 for both days.
www.nccomicon.com
NC – Zombie Hunters Signing
September 23, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Horror, North Carolina, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Webcomics
Jenny Romanchuk, creator of the hit webcomic The Zombie Hunters, signs copies of her new book on Saturday October 22 from 5-7pm!
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 967-4439
NC – Nerd Rap Show
September 16, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under North Carolina, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Adam WarRock and Mega Ran perform at Chapel Hill Comics on Sunday Ocotober 16th at 1pm in advance of their appearance at the Cat’s Cradle with mc chris! Come on down and see some rap about comics and video games!
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 967-4439
NC – CreatureBox Signing
September 16, 2011 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, North Carolina, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin sign at Chapel Hill Comics on Saturday, October 1st from 2-4pm!
Press Release:
Chapel Hill Comics is proud to announce a signing with CreatureBox. We’ll have copies of Spider Island: I ? New York, which features an 8-page Spider-Kitty story with art by CreatureBox. It’s got fantastic art, and it’s just four bucks!
We’ll also have copies of the Ratchet and Clank paperback collection, since CreatureBox illustrated the covers for the series! At this point, you’d be forgiven for asking, “Just who or what is CreatureBox?”
At its core, CreatureBox is for anyone who enjoys bizarre monster design, comics of spacemen, and illustrations of everything in between. For the past several years, Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin have spent most of their time digging deep into what makes characters tick while trying to tell a few stories along the way.
They’ve had influential childhoods filled with cartoons, robots, aliens, and creatures of all shapes and sizes.
Yet through it all they’ve found collaboration to be the most critical ingredient. Together this has allowed them to expand their sensibilities while challenging each other to become better designers. Through Creaturebox.com, visitors are invited along for the ride as Dave and Greg dive into the deep end.
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(919) 967-4439
