Conventions

[candidgamera]

So once Origins changes dates (starting next year, it'll be near Memorial Day Weekend) maybe I can actually hit some other conventions, sometimes. Especially those near the end of Summer or beginning of Fall. I have a kind of 'wish list' of conventions I'd like to see once, mostly comic related, but not all of them.

GenCon - the biggest gaming convention in the land.
DragonCon - the biggest science fiction and fantasy convention.
Emerald City Comic-Con - Because Seattle is awesome.
Penny Arcade Expo - Did I mention Seattle is awesome?
San Diego Comic-Con - It's big.
New York City Comic-Con - Also big. Also want to see New York.
Heroes Con - Because about half the people I know seem to live in North Carolina.

There's also the Pittsburgh Comic-Con, which I haven't done yet because I'm basically lazy. There are a couple of WV Cons - TsubasaCon for anime, and CharCon for gaming.. haven't made the effort to check them out either, regrettably.

I get loads of vacation time each year, so getting out of work to get to these places is generally not a problem - it's the travel and hotel expenses that make them tougher to commit to. That and the lazy thing.

I wonder if there's a unified 'convention calendar' somewhere? Wikipedia has good lists of cons, but they're not really organized usefully. There should be a sortable calendar of nerd-cons.

• Anime
  
• Comics
  
• Gaming
  
• Multi-Genre
  
• Sci-Fi, which does allow you to sort the list by date, at least.

Comments

[katyrnyn.livejournal.com]

If you don't make it to TsubasaCon sometime, my family will be angry. (Since my cousin started it and all....)

[candidgamera.livejournal.com]

But it's so faaaar!

[katyrnyn.livejournal.com]

And Huntington is code-speak for Hell where I'm from..... I don't really blame you.

[candidgamera.livejournal.com]

Well, it's just far enough that it'd be a pain in the ass to drive every day, but so close that a hotel feels like a waste.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Seattle is awesome.

And so are those shows.

[candidgamera.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[steelerdaddy.livejournal.com]

If you decided to not be lazy about the Pittsburgh Con, I might be willing to meet up with you there, now that I'm somewhat more mobile (would still probably need a scooter or a wheelchair to cover that much group, but it'd be worth it for a chance to meet.)

[candidgamera.livejournal.com]

I will check the dates, it's in April, right?

[steelerdaddy.livejournal.com]

April 20, 21, 22nd. Among other guests already confirmed is George Perez, but i never trust a guestlist until the week of anyways.

[candidgamera.livejournal.com]

Probably a good policy. I'll have to decide if I want to drive up for it every day, or just do one day, or what. But yeah, Pittsburgh Comic-Con is doable.