What’s that, you say?  You haven’t completely slaked your lust for Wizard World Anaheim content?  Well, boy howdy!  Have we got something special for you wonderful people!  TIME FOR CON SKETCHES! As many of you know, we at Comic Impact LOVE getting ourselves some sketches at conventions.  Con sketches really are the best, most unique souvenir you can get from a convention.  Every comic convention will have an artist alley, some are big, some small.  Some of the more better known artists will charge a bit more...

2011 marks the 25th anniversary of San Francisco’s WonderCon and the convention’s growth, particularly within the last few years, has been remarkable to say the least. When I first began attending in the late 90’s the convention was held across the Bay in Oakland (then its home since its inception in 1987) and was still a moderately low-key affair. With its move to the Moscone Center in 2003, attendance has grown steadily with every passing year. Most astounding is the jump from last year’s head count...

That’s right everyone, we’ve still got LBCC content for you!  LBCC was a smaller convention (at least compared to SDCC) and was almost entirely artist alley and we got some pretty incredible convention sketches from them. One of the best souvenirs one can take from any comic convention is convention sketches.  At artist alley the creators from some of your favorite comics will do sketches or commissions for you.  Some charge for their sketches, others will offer them for free.  Some artist will do smaller, quick...

Every comic book convention offers a million and one things for one to occupy themselves.  You can browse classic books, look for really cool statues, get pictures with cosplayers  or just shop around for what looks cool.  But, some of the best memories you can find at comic con will come from getting sketches at your convention’s artist alley. For those who don’t know, artist alley is the area at any given convention where many comic book artist have tables set up so that they can sell convention sketches.  Many...