The popular and successful Comic Con is coming back to the Long Beach Convention Center October 29-31, 2010 along with a one day show February 20, 2010 organizers of the event recently announced.
The inaugural Long Beach Comic Con was held in October 2009 and attracted over 6,300 people to the Convention center including Comic icon Stan Lee and Long Beach City Councilmember Robert Garcia who opened the show in front of hundreds of media and guests.
Here is a recap of our coverage:
Return Of The Long Beach Comic Con!
When you’re trying to create a new tradition, it can sometimes take years to get something off the ground—but sometimes it happens in a flash. The Long Beach Comic Con, in its first year, was an unqualified success, with a good crowd packing the convention floor, great guests and panels, and of course, a perfect setting in the LBC. Click to read more.
LB Comic Con Officially Open For Business
Stan Lee, creator of probably almost every comics character you’ve ever heard from besides Superman and Batman, is largely responsible for ushering in a new style of realistic, emotion-based writing in comics. His innovations changed the landscapes of the comics industry forever, pointing it in the direction it’s been heading for the last forty years. So, who better to usher in a new era in Long Beach comicdom, by cutting the ribbon at the first annual Long Beach Comic Con? Click to read more.
Q&A: LB Comic-Con Director Martha Donato
Martha Donato, the director of the inaugural Long Beach Comic-Con, may not be a household name to the average comic book fan, but for more than a decade, she’s established herself as a formidable presence in the industry. In 1997, she helped launch Wizard World Chicago, which is now one of the biggest comic book conventions in the U.S., after the San Diego Comic-Con and played a big role in the launch of Wizard World Los Angeles – which for its first two years, was held at the Long Beach Convention Center before moving to downtown L.A. Click to read more.
Thomas Jane Brings Comic-Con Into Three Dimensions
Last weekend’s first-ever Long Beach Comic-Con may have been designed for hardcore fans and comic book purists who love and live for the genre, but the event wasn’t without a small share of Hollywood glitz. And most of it came in the form of actor-director Thomas Jane, who screened two films during the ‘Con, including his directorial debut, the sci-fi/horror film “Dark Country.” Click to read more.
Iconic Comic Book Writer Mark Waid Talks Shop
What if the most powerful superhero in the world, emotionally unequipped to handle the responsibility that comes with such power, decides to become the world’s greatest supervillain? And what if a powerful supervillain uses this event to seek redemption as the newest superhero? Click to read more.
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