Join us again August 20-21, 2011! BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – November 12, 2010 – They had started lining up before dawn. By the time the doors opened at 10:00 AM (and the oppressive August heat had already taken hold), the line was wrapped around the side of the Baltimore Convention Center and snaked across the street. [...]
standard BALTIMORE COMIC-CON: Has it become the supreme antidote to San Diego?
From the Washington Post… Hard past the harbor, San Diego was once a dreamboat. Its event, San Diego Comic-Con, was still an ingenue, too young and humble to know just how charming it was. Then worldliness, as it must to all wildly popular conventions, came to San Diego. Comic-Con’s schedule began to date A-list actors, [...]
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Robert Trate at Mania.com writes: The 11th Annual Baltimore Comic Con happened last weekend. Outside of the industry guests and cheap trade paperbacks that always grab our attention; the cosplayers were out in full force. Now obviously Baltimore is not San Diego. There isn’t a Slave Leia, good or bad, around every corner. Mania checked [...]
standard New Father Marc Nathan on His Other Baby, the Baltimore Comic-Con
Mike Rhode of the Washington City Paper interviewed The Baltimore Comic-Con’s founder Marc Nathan: The Baltimore Comic-Con starts next weekend on Saturday, and has a convention hall full of guests again. I’ve gone to this show for the past three or four years, and enjoyed myself immensely each time. It’s still small enough that you [...]
standard Baltimore Comic-Con 2010 Panel Announcements, Guests, and Portfolio Reviews!
August 19, 2010 – You’ve been clamoring for it, we’ve been working on it, and now we’re ready to announce it — the 2010 Baltimore Comic-Con Panel Schedule! Room 307 (Saturday) 11:00-12:00 – Spotlight on Terry Moore – Terry Moore is the award-winning creator of “Strangers in Paradise” and “Echo” and has also written such [...]
standard Second Annual Costume Contest Announced and More
In addition to the all-star line-up of talent scheduled at this year’s 11th anniversary Baltimore Comic-Con, the show will host their second annual costume contest … back by HUGE demand! “We held the first costume contest last year and were not sure what to expect, it being our first time,” said Marc Nathan, Baltimore Comic-Con [...]
standard Klaus Janson & Howard Chaykin Offer Artist's Workshop
With over seventy five years of cumulative experience in the comic book industry, Klaus Janson and Howard Chaykin are all-too-well-versed in the ins and outs of making a career in our inkstained – and now, with all that digital stuff, carpal tunneled – business. For the past few years, Klaus and Howard have been conducting [...]
standard 2010 Harvey Awards Nominees Announced
Harvey AwardsThe Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot. BEST WRITER Jason Aaron, “SCALPED”, Vertigo/DC Comics Geoff Johns, “BLACKEST NIGHT”, DC Comics Robert Kirkman, “THE WALKING DEAD”, Image Comics Jeff Kinney, “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #3: THE LAST STRAW”, Amulet Books Mark Waid, “IRREDEEMABLE”, BOOM! Studios BEST ARTIST [...]
standard Exhibitors, Artists Alley and Retailer lists updated
We’ve added hundreds of new guests, exhibitors, artists and retailers to the our growing lists. It’s going to be the biggest Baltimore Comic-Con yet!
standard Todd McFarlane To Attend Baltimore Comic-Con 2010
“I’m thrilled to be able to participate in this year’s Baltimore Comic Con,” says McFarlane. Image Comics Founder and Partner Todd McFarlane is set to appear at Baltimore Comic-Con 2010 on Saturday, August 28, 2010.
standard 2010 Harvey Award Nomination Ballots Online Now!
Ballot Deadline April 23, 2010 The Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con are proud to present the official Nomination Ballot for this year’s Harvey Awards.