Conventions & Fan Expo! Jeff Smith! Emily Strange!

Posted by Luke Arnott Jul 31, 2009

A rather heavy work week has made me remiss in my blog posts – my apologies ... or appy polly loggies, as they say in A Clockwork Orange. Why the cult movie nerd-speak? Well, just finished the latest feature article on Fan Expo Canada, which is on in about a month – will likely have some more on it after the fact. (If anyone has a particular facet they'd like to hear about, drop me a line.)

Also, some chatter on the Suite101.com writer's forums in the wake of the San Diego Comic-Con shows that there may be more comics convention-related articles appearing in the coming weeks. I can't make any promises, however ...

On the subject of conventions and whatnot, Marvel's 70th anniversary is August 11th, and there will be events at local comic shops, as well as comics creator appearances (and guys in costumes, too) at select Barnes & Noble stores in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Portland, and Seattle.

Finally, some other feature articles here on new comics from the past little while: I took a look at Jeff Smith's RASL, an excellent continuing series, and the beginning of Emily the Strange: The 13th Hour, which isn't quite in the same league, alas. You'll just have to click the links above, then read the reviews to find out why.