Conventions Archives : The Shared Universe https://www.theshareduniverse.com/category/bay-area-comics-news/conventions/ The Internet's Bay Bridge connecting the Bay Area's comic fandom. Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:33:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 San Francisco Comic Con Heads to Oakland with Matt Smith, Jonathan Frakes, Wallace Shawn, and more https://www.theshareduniverse.com/san-francisco-comic-con-heads-oakland-matt-smith-jonathan-frakes-wallace-shawn/ Sat, 02 Jun 2018 14:46:27 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1540 The San Francisco Comic Con returns to the Bay Area this June but not to its namesake city. The convention, which has been diligently filling a void left by WonderCon’s departure in 2012, will bring geeky comic goodness to the Oakland Convention Center June 8-10. Like most comic conventions these days, there’s more to San Francisco […]

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]]> Tickets now on sale for Steve Wozniak’s Silicon Valley Comic Con https://www.theshareduniverse.com/tickets-now-on-sale-for-steve-wozniaks-silicon-valley-comic-con/ Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:23:15 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=973 There hasn’t been much news about Silicon Valley Comic Con since the initial buzz back in April, but it appears tickets have quietly gone on sale for the March 18-20 event. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is the mastermind behind the convention which seeks to “bring together the best in technology and entertainment all under one gigantic roof.” What […]

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]]> SF ZineFest – Tomorrow! https://www.theshareduniverse.com/sf-zinefest-tomorrow/ Sat, 05 Sep 2015 20:01:46 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=969 I had my comic event radar in the off position for a few months, so I’ve lost the habit of turning it on each morning. When I saw the Alternative Press Expo announcement it reminded me that San Francisco Zine Fest must be coming up soon. Indeed it is! Tomorrow in fact. SF Zine Fest returns […]

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]]> APE 2014: The creator spotlights https://www.theshareduniverse.com/ape-2014-the-creator-spotlights/ Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:03:24 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=909 Alternative Press Expo 2014 is just around the corner featuring two days highlighting comic indie publishing. On September 19 the programming schedule was published revealing the time slots for creator spotlights. October 4 1 p.m. Bob Fingerman Meet APE special guest Bob Fingerman, the creator of such acclaimed graphic novels as White Like She, From […]

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]]> Have a sexy comic time at Bookish Beasts on July 13 https://www.theshareduniverse.com/have-a-sexy-comic-time-at-bookish-beasts-on-july-13/ Sat, 12 Jul 2014 16:43:54 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=866 Many comics fans like to think of our preferred medium as an insurgent to popular media, but in truth it’s in many ways nothing more than a leg of the same chair. In both comics and media as a whole violence has increasingly become an accepted form of “artistic” expression while the topic of sexuality […]

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]]> Reminder: First Annual Queer Comics Expo on Sunday at Cartoon Art Museum https://www.theshareduniverse.com/reminder-first-annual-queer-comics-expo-on-sunday-at-cartoon-art-museum/ Sat, 07 Jun 2014 23:30:40 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=843 Friendly reminder that tomorrow is the first annual Queer Comics Expo. The event takes place between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and more information can be found at the Cartoon Art Museum’s website.

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]]> Image Expo 2014: A photo gallery of onstage antics https://www.theshareduniverse.com/image-expo-2014-photo-gallery-onstage-antics/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:56:08 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=542 Below is a photo gallery of various creators on stage at Image Expo 2014. Click here to view the images in a larger Flickr slideshow.  

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]]> Image Expo 2014: Twitter accounts to follow https://www.theshareduniverse.com/image-expo-2014-twitter-accounts-follow/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:13:50 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=534 This is an updated list of Twitter accounts worth following to keep up to date on all of the news and commentary coming out of the Image Expo. I’ve updated this list with creators who are confirmed to be attending today and creators who have said things that lead various comic book news sites to […]

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]]> Advancing Image Expo 2014 https://www.theshareduniverse.com/advancing-image-expo-2014/ Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:20:54 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=529 Tomorrow Image Expo returns to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Cultural Center to share with retailers, media, and fans what the company will be churning out over 2014. Twelve guests have already been announced with a number of unannounced special guests expected to appear. The rumor in the Bay is that in all there will be […]

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]]> Image Publisher Eric Stephenson talks Image Expo with Multiveristy https://www.theshareduniverse.com/image-publisher-eric-stephenson-talks-image-expo-multiveristy/ Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:12:25 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=491 For the third year in a row comic news site Multiveristy named Image Comics “publisher of the year.” To coincide with granting the honor Multiversity’s David Harper sat down with Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson to talk about the past, present, and future of the company. In the interview, Stephenson discusses the successful Image Expo […]

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