I've attended Wizard World Philly and Big Apple Comic Con under the Wizard regimes. Philly did not have any programming worth attending, although they did have some great deals on cheap trades, dollar bins and toy discounts. You should expect an increase in washed-up celebrity guests over comic book veterans; Adam West and Burt Ward were the headliners at Big Apple, Jim "The Hammer" Valentine was a typical wrestler guest
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The Winnipeg Convention Centre is the largest venue in the city for this type of event, so I doubt they'll move it, and I expect the "one large space with everything in it" approach to remain next year (though it might get more crowded). The only other catch-all local con here is in May, and it's no competition for this--in focus, size, or especially organisational skills.
From what you mentioned and what I've read elsewhere, it seems like there were some specific-to-New-York issues going on with those two cons going head to head, and the locations they were using. Again, this is the only general media-oriented event in the area, with the other con I mentioned and Winnipeg's four anime conventions not posing much of a threat...
1) Wow, would not have recognized Garrett Wang if you hadn't identified him.
2) If you do decide on a Worldcon (Reno or Chicago), please do let me know, as we almost always attend. It would be fun to catch up in person!
3) I posted about this on Facebook but not on LJ -- I was amused yesterday when looking at the back of the box for audiobook sci-fi anthology Metatropolis. This is a bunch of short stories by John Scalzi and friends, read by various actors including three nuBSG alum: Michael Hogan, Kandyse McClure, and Alessandro Juliani. Anyway, I was reading the back and saw that my brother-in-law was one of the directors. *headdesk* He never thinks to tell us these things!
1) He's definitely not sporting the Starfleet look anymore...it helps that I've seen pics of him at other cons and that he appears more or less the same in Of Gods and Men.
2) Oh, I'll be sure to blog about whatever decision(s) I ultimately make ahead of any trip, including Worldcon. ;) It would be fun to see you, too--I hated not being able to see you in Houston over New Year's.
3) I actually mentioned your brother-in-law in conversation the other day, talking about working on English anime dubs versus Western animation voicework, and how it's possible for one person to get jobs doing both. :)
This year's New Year's theme is Amié & Paõlo's Phantasmagorical Literary Salon:
Please join us for this Phantasmagorical Literary Salon, which takes place only once in a blue moon, when literary byways magically cross paths so that Gandalf and Dumbledore can meet to trade tips, Sherlock Holmes can ask Miss Marple and Nancy Drew for advice, and Hari Seldon can teach Will Shakespeare a thing or two about history and drama. Who knows what other literary creators and creations you may find at this once-in-a-lifetime magical literary event?
While that blog post does have a lot of thought put into it concerning the continuity (or lack thereof) in TMNT comics, I don't see myself linking to it from my timeline site because a) it's a blog post in the first place, which I generally don't link to in favour of standalone pages or sites; and 2) all of the annotations are at the bottom, rather than giving me an idea of how much time passes between events in the issues themselves. That technically does make it a chronology, but not the sort of thing with enough detail for me to include as a link.
I haven't had a chance to read the books, but since you've been mentioning them lately, I immediately thought of you when I saw that video, so I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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Adam West and the somewhat creepy Julie Newmar were headliners here last year, and we've already had some wrestler guests.
The Winnipeg Convention Centre is the largest venue in the city for this type of event, so I doubt they'll move it, and I expect the "one large space with everything in it" approach to remain next year (though it might get more crowded). The only other catch-all local con here is in May, and it's no competition for this--in focus, size, or especially organisational skills.
From what you mentioned and what I've read elsewhere, it seems like there were some specific-to-New-York issues going on with those two cons going head to head, and the locations they were using. Again, this is the only general media-oriented event in the area, with the other con I mentioned and Winnipeg's four anime conventions not posing much of a threat...
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2) If you do decide on a Worldcon (Reno or Chicago), please do let me know, as we almost always attend. It would be fun to catch up in person!
3) I posted about this on Facebook but not on LJ -- I was amused yesterday when looking at the back of the box for audiobook sci-fi anthology Metatropolis. This is a bunch of short stories by John Scalzi and friends, read by various actors including three nuBSG alum: Michael Hogan, Kandyse McClure, and Alessandro Juliani. Anyway, I was reading the back and saw that my brother-in-law was one of the directors. *headdesk* He never thinks to tell us these things!
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2) Oh, I'll be sure to blog about whatever decision(s) I ultimately make ahead of any trip, including Worldcon. ;) It would be fun to see you, too--I hated not being able to see you in Houston over New Year's.
3) I actually mentioned your brother-in-law in conversation the other day, talking about working on English anime dubs versus Western animation voicework, and how it's possible for one person to get jobs doing both. :)
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Please join us for this Phantasmagorical Literary Salon, which takes place only once in a blue moon, when literary byways magically cross paths so that Gandalf and Dumbledore can meet to trade tips, Sherlock Holmes can ask Miss Marple and Nancy Drew for advice, and Hari Seldon can teach Will Shakespeare a thing or two about history and drama. Who knows what other literary creators and creations you may find at this once-in-a-lifetime magical literary event?
Just sayin'. :-)
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http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/01/mirage-comics-continuity-timeline.html
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While that blog post does have a lot of thought put into it concerning the continuity (or lack thereof) in TMNT comics, I don't see myself linking to it from my timeline site because a) it's a blog post in the first place, which I generally don't link to in favour of standalone pages or sites; and 2) all of the annotations are at the bottom, rather than giving me an idea of how much time passes between events in the issues themselves. That technically does make it a chronology, but not the sort of thing with enough detail for me to include as a link.
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I haven't had a chance to read the books, but since you've been mentioning them lately, I immediately thought of you when I saw that video, so I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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