| Event | Clandestine Comics Comic Book Show |
| Type | Comic Books and Non-Sports Card Show |
| Dates | June 10 & July 22, 2012 |
| Location | Laurel West – I-95/Rt 198w 15101 Sweitzer Ln Laurel, MD 20707 1-800-315-2621 Crowne Plaza Timonium |
| Website | Clandestine Comics |
| Remarks | Maryland’s longest running Comics Show and Collectibles show! Show at Laurel West is a CHUD Show (Comics Hundreds Under a Dollar), where every comic is sold for a dollar or less. |
| Event | Long Beach Comic Con |
| Type | Comic and Horror Con |
| Dates | May 12 and November 3-4, 2012 |
| Location | Long Beach Convention Center 300 East Ocean Boulevard Long Beach, California 90802-4825 562-436-3636 |
| Website | Long Beach Comic Con |
| Remarks | Guests include: Eric Basaldua, Joe Benitez, Blond, Brian Buccellato, Bernard Chang, Neo Edmund, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Joel Gomez, Ray-Anthony Height, Vince Hernandez, Rebecca Hicks, Tom Hodges, Georges Jeanty, Drew Johnson, Barbara Kesel, JT Krul, Frank Mastromauro, Jonboy Meyers, Craig Miller, Marat Mychaels, Dustin Nguyen, Angus Oblong, Alex Ortiz, Whilce Portacio, Norm Rapmund, Mark Roslan, Cat Staggs, Peter Steigerwald and Joe Weems. |
| Event | Wizard World Ohio Comic Con |
| Type | Comic Con |
| Dates | September 28-30, 2012 |
| Location | Greater Columbus Convention Center 400 North High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 USA 614-827-2500 |
| Website | Wizard World Ohio Comic Con |
| Remarks | Guests include Dean Cain, Lou Ferrigno, Jorge Molina (Artist: X-Men), Greg Horn (Spider Man: Turn off the Dark), Arthur Suydam (Spike TV Scream Award Winner), Mike McKone (Artist: X-men) and others. Thousands will be on hand to celebrate the best in pop culture. |
| Event | Vivid Con 2012 |
| Theme | Fan Videos |
| Type | Media |
| Dates | August 10-12, 2012 |
| Location |
Chicago O’Hare Springhill Suites by Marriott 8101 W. Higgins Road Chicago, IL 60631 USA Phone:1-773-867-0000 |
| Website | VividCon.com |
| Remarks | VividCon is intended for anyone who enjoys fannish vids – watching them, talking about them, or making them. As interest in vids has grown, cons have been accommodating longer vidshows and adding vid-watching and vid-making panels to their schedules, yet there never seems to be enough time to discuss all the different facets of vids in depth.We welcome all vid genres: gen, adult, het, slash, anime, experimental… If you like vids, you want to be at this con. We have a dedicated vidshow room and vidshows going throughout the convention, as well as a mix of panels for both vidders and vid-watchers, for both newer and more advanced vidders. And as well as our Saturday-night premieres vidshow, we will once again be having our Friday night dance party, Club Vivid. |
| Event | Albacon 2012 |
| Theme | Hearts of the Story, One and All! |
| Type | Science Fiction, Fantasy |
| Dates | October 18-21, 2012 |
| Location | Best Western Sovereign Hotel – Albany 1228 Western Ave Albany, NY 12203 USA Phone: 1-518-489-2981 Toll Free: 1-800-528-1234 |
| Website | Albacon.org |
| Notes | All ages Albacon is a weekend gathering in Albany, NY, of fans and creators of Science Fiction or Fantasy, including literature, movies, games, and other media. Join us for three days of panel discussions, interviews, films, games, readings, autographs, an art show, special events, a fabulous dealers room, debates, conversation, and socializing with people who share your interests! Educator GOH: Julie E. Czerneda Artist GOH: Jody A. Lee Filk GOH: Roberta Rogow Fan GOH: Erwin S. Strauss Media GOH: Keith R.A. DeCandido |
| Event | Darkover Grand Council Meeting XXXV |
| Description | DarkoverCon is a science fiction and fantasy convention held every year over Thanksgiving weekend in Timonium, Maryland. |
| Theme | Diverity in all its forms |
| Dates | November 23-25, 2012 |
| Location | Crowne Plaza Baltimore North-Hunt Valley 2004 Greenspring Drive Timonium, Maryland 21093 USA Hotel Front Desk: 410-252-7373 |
| Website | Darkovercon.org |
| Remarks | Because we are a small convention (roughly 500 people) you have a chance to see our guests up close and personal, meet new people, shop undisturbed, attend workshops, etc., something you can’t always do at larger conventions. This year we will be celebrating DarkoverCon 35 and our theme this year is diversity in all its forms. Besides several full tracks of science fiction/fantasy programming, we offer assorted music programming (primarily, but not exclusively, folk), workshops where you can learn assorted arts or crafts, video programming, esoteric programing, dancing, and more. This year we are once again planning a full track of Steampunk programming. See our links for more information about our convention. td> |
| Event | New York Comic Con 2012 |
| Tagline | New York Comic Con is the East Coast’s biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. |
| Type | Comic Book, Anime |
| Dates | October 11-14, 2012 |
| Location | New York Comic Con is held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan Javits Center 655 West 34th Street New York, New York 10001 USA |
| Website | New York Comic Con |
| Remarks | Our show floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Our panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. Our screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either big or small screens. And with dedicated professional hours, New York Comic Con is a market place, bringing together the major players in the entertainment industry. New York Comic Con is the second largest pop culture convention in America and the only one that takes place in the comic book, publishing, media, and licensing capital of the world — Gotham City. |
| Event | BizarroCon 2012 |
| Tagline | The largest gathering of bizarro fiction authors on the planet! |
| Type | Fiction, Horror |
| Dates | November 15-18, 2012 |
| Location |
Edgefield Manor 2126 S.W. Halsey St. Troutdale, Oregon 97060 USA Phone: 1-503-669-8610 Toll Free: 1-800-669-8610 Tell them you’re with “BizarroCon.” |
| Website | Bizarro-Con 2012 |
| Remarks | There will be many readings by bizarro authors at BizarroCon. If you like readings there will be plenty of them. If you don’t like readings, there are tons of other things to do around Edgefield. If you would like to have a reading, email us at bizarrocon@yahoo.com. We’ll try to give you a reading slot but can’t make any promises. |
| Event | Balticon 46 |
| Description | A Four Day, 24-hours-a-day Extravaganza! |
| Type | Science Fiction, Fantasy |
| Dates | May 25-28, 2012 |
| Location |
Marriott Hunt Valley Inn 245 Shawan Road Hunt Valley, Maryland USA 2103 Phone: 1-410-785-7000 |
| Website | balticon.org |
| Remarks | Guest of Honor: Jody Lynn Nye Artist Guest of Honor: Jim Odbert Friday Face Time: Meet the Artists Reception. Dancing in the Gears: Steam Punk Ball; “At Attention! All aeronauts, aethernauts, lady and gentleman adventurers, mad scientists, inventors, and other Steampunks and neo-Victorians! Join us at 10 pm Friday night at for a time-traveling formal evening at the Steampunk Ball! Become part of the living clockwork of Victorian and Victorian-inspired set dances and spin madly with your partner to romantic waltzes and lively polkas. Over 300 Hours of Multi-Track Programming featuring authors, publishers, editors, artists, scientists, musicians and other creative SF luminaries. Join over a thousand SF fans for the area’s largest and longest running convention of its kind! Visit our huge art show, dealer’s room, concerts, dances, gaming room, computer room and video room. Everything Science Fiction and Fantasy in one huge package.” |
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| Event | Aliens To Zombies |
| Type | Science Fiction, Horror, Media |
| Dates | October 25-28, 2012 |
| Location |
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel 7000 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, California USA 90028 Phone: 1-323-462-8056 |
| Website | AliensToZombies.com |
| Remarks | Aliens to Zombies Film Festival. Friday-kickoff party and for the Halloween Book Festival JM Northern Media LLC is a company focused on media and the people who make it. Founded in 1999, we produce annual events and report on the people who are making things happen in the world of digital media and beyond. In addition to our stand-alone productions, we have co-sponsored educational events in conjunction with CMJ, 2NMC, MusicFest NW, Harvard Law and many other well-known institutions.” |
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| Event | C2E2 2012 |
| Description | Chicago’s Pop Culture Event |
| Type | Comic and Entertainment Expo |
| Dates | April 13-15, 2012 |
| Location | McCormick Place North Building at McCormick Place 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois USA 60616 |
| Website | C2E2.com |
| Remarks | A convention spanning the latest and greatest from the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys, anime, manga and video games. From a show floor packed with hundreds of exhibitors, to panels and autograph sessions giving fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators, to screening rooms featuring sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either the big or small screen. Actors John Cusack, Sean Astin, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohen, John Barrowman. |
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| Event | First Annual Science Fiction Film Festival |
| Theme | Science-Fiction |
| Type | Seattle Cinerama Presents the First Annual Science Fiction Film Festival |
| Dates | Apr. 19-May 2, 2012 |
| Location |
Seattle Cinerama Theatre 2100 4th Avenue Seattle, Washington USA 98121 Tel: 1(206)448-6680 |
| Website | Seattle Cinerama |
| Remarks | The Festival will have Featured Attractions, such as a showing of “Metropolis” with the Alloy Orchestra, a new 70mm print of “2001″, a new 35mm print of “War of the Worlds”, and new sci-fi displays from the Paul G. Allen collection. Other such titles that will be shown are: “Barbarella”, “Brazil”, “Clockwork Orange”, “Mad Max”, “Forbidden Planet”, “Silent Running”, “Star Trek II” (70mm) and “Tron” (70mm) |
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| Event | VCON 37 |
| Theme | Post Apocalypse |
| Type | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Costume, Games, Art |
| Dates | September 28-30, 2012 |
| Location |
Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel 15269 104th Avenue Surrey, BC V3R 1N5, Canada Phone: 1-604-582-9288 |
| Website | VCON 37 |
| Remarks | Author GoH: Connie Willis, Artist GoH: James Ng, Science GoH: Gregory Benford “VCON is the oldest general-interest science fiction and fantasy convention in Canada and the Pacific Northwest. VCON is not, nor will it ever be, owned by a big business or corporation. For now and for as long as efforts continue VCON will be a convention built ‘For the Fans, By the Fans’.” |
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| Event | ConQuesT 43 |
| Theme | INTO THE UNKNOWN |
| Type | Science Fiction |
| Dates | May 25-27, 2012 |
| Location |
Sheraton Kansas City 2345 McGee Street Kansas City, Missouri, 64108 USA Tel: +1 816 841-1000 |
| Website | ConQuesTKC.org |
| Remarks | Guest of Honor: Sharon Lee & Steve Miller Edior GOH: Gardner Gozois Artist GOH: Ursula Venon Art Show, Charity Auction, Dealer rooms, Gaming, Masquerade and Costuming: The Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (KaCSFFS) welcomes fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror in all its many forms. There are many members who share an interest inscience fiction and fantasy literature (novels, short stories & magazines), art, films, TV, games, and other areas of the genre. |
| Event | Con*Cept 2012 |
| Theme | Where Science Fiction Meets Fantasy |
| Type | Science Fiction, Fantasy |
| Dates | October 19-21, 2012 |
| Location |
Hotel Espresso (Formerly Days Hotel) 1005 rue Guy Montréal, Quebec H3H 2K4 Canada Phone: 1-514-938-4611 Hotel Espresso |
| Website | Con*Cept 2012 |
| Remarks | Artist Guest of Honor: Tom Kidd “Con*Cept is Montreal’s only fan run annual science-fiction and fantasy convention. We cover all aspects of fandom: literature, television, comics, art, gaming, and much more.” |
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