When my brother and I were kids we loved going to comic conventions. Now these weren’t a big event like Fan Expo or Comic Con, but little, one-day affairs at a local hotel. We paid our $2 (at the time still paper money) and we got to check out various vendors. We might pick up old books...

Hobbystar just sent an email that attendance for Fan Expo 2011 was 77,840, unofficially making it the third largest comic convention in North America after San Diego and New York.  Crowd control was smooth this year: organized lines managed by a lot of staff made for fast moving entrances and...

My second day at the Toronto ComiCON 2011 was full of wonderful art acquisitions.  The show ran from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM and the crowds were a little thinner than Saturday: Hobbystar needs to crank the PR machine into high gear for all their shows other than Fan Expo. I drove to the show on...

Yesterday was the first day of the Hobbystar Fan Appreciation Event, a free show that followed on the heels of the Wizard World Toronto show. The guest list for comic fans was awesome with the usual Toronto crowd being represented as well as Ethan Van Sciver, Patrick Gleason, Khoi Pham and...

I’m just back from the first day of the HobbyStar Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event, the free show being put on at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre South building this weekend. This felt like a strictly comic book event: lots of comic dealers, a few toy dealers and a bustling...

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