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NICE Auction offers art by Alan Davis, Liam Sharp, Sean Phillips and more

With the well-received NICE 2023 convention now firmly in the rear view mirror, convention organiser and Northampton's Panel Gallery owner Jeff Chahal is focusing on the NICE art auction, a fundraiser for next year's event

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Calgary Olympic hopes remain as council votes to continue bid process - Calgary

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Calgary Olympic hopes remain as council votes to continue bid process - Calgary

Calgary’s Olympic aspirations were kept alive Tuesday night as council voted to continue the bid process for the 2026 Games, with the next steps contingent upon the city receiving funding from the provincial and federal levels of government. 

Should the city receive money from the other orders of government, a bid corporation (BidCo) will be formed, with members including the city, province and federal government along with the Town of Canmore and the Canadian Paralympic Committee.

The city will also release an additional $1 million from the Fiscal Stability Reserve which was approved in November 2017.

The motion passed Tuesday also calls for a ��robust public engagement plan” to be presented to a council committee April 10, along with a proposed reporting structure from the BidCo to council.

The cost of a bid is estimated at $30 million, with $10.5 million of that to come from the feds, $10 million from the province and $9.5 million from the city.

The city has already spent about $6 million on the process, Mayor Naheed Nenshi told reporters after the meeting Tuesday.

If the additional $1 million is released, another $2.5 million will be needed to cover Calgary’s share.

Kyle Ripley, director of the city’s bid committee, told council a final price tag for hosting the 2026 Olympics should be known in June. Initial estimates have pegged the cost around $4.6 billion.  

Nenshi said he is “extraordinarily confident” the money will come from the province and feds, and a decision should come “soon-ish.”

“We’ve had lots of conversations … on this and I know there has been a lot of crossing of Ts and dotting of Is on what the agreement would look like, but I think with council’s decision to move forward today, with that kind of commitment, that probably will get rid of any remaining barriers with the other governments,” he said.

“But, of course, it’s their decision.”

Voting in favour of Tuesday’s motion were:

Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

Coun. Ward Sutherland.

Coun. George Chahal.

Coun. Jeff Davison.

Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra.

Coun. Ray Jones.

Coun. Shane Keating. 

Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart.

Voting against the motion were:

Coun. Joe Magliocca.

Coun. Jyoti Gondek

Coun. Sean Chu.

Coun. Druh Farrell.

Coun. Jeromy Farkas.

Coun. Peter Demong.

Coun. Evan Woolley was absent from Tuesday’s meeting.

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Pop Culture Hound – Episode 237: Adi Granov & Esad Ribic Enjoy a NICE Conversation

Chris shares a conversation between Adi Granov and Esad Ribic from last year's NICE convention

[image width=700 lightbox=true hidecaption=true align=center]http://multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/02/PCHPodcast237.jpg[/image]One of my favourite shows in the UK is NICE convention organised by Jeff Chahal from Close Encounters. Sadly there won’t be a show this year (it’ll be back in 2018), so I wanted to share some of the goodness you missed … This week’s episode features Adi…

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In Review: NICE 2023 – an amazing comic con!

There was a lovely welcoming atmosphere at the NICE comic con in Bedford recently, so much so that James Bacon just why he didn't go in previous years? NICE is, actually, really blooming… er, nice!

There’s a lovely welcoming atmosphere at NICE in Bedford and I got that feeling of regret… Why did I not go to this amazing comic con in previous years? NICE is, actually, really blooming… er, nice! The promise of a good weekend began in a nearby bar as fans, professionals and dealers gathered on Friday for the weekend. There was great chat, laughter and the meeting of old friends, and the…

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Original Alan Moore ”Marvelman” scripts offered in Covid-19 fundraising auction for British comic shops hit by lockdown costs

Original Alan Moore ”Marvelman” scripts offered in Covid-19 fundraising auction for British comic shops hit by lockdown costs

Here’s something you don’t see every day – five original Marvelman scripts and one 2000AD “D.R & Quinch” script, donated by artist Alan Davis for NICE Convention-organised Fundraiser in support of British comic shops facing financial hardship because of the Coronavirus Pandemic lockdown.

“Alan tells me there were three of these produced,” says auction co-ordinator Jeff Chahalof the “Marvelman”…

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NICE Covid-19 Fundraiser Auction launched on Catawiki in support of UK comic shops

NICE Covid-19 Fundraiser Auction launched on Catawiki in support of UK comic shops

Jeff Chahal – among other things, owner of Bedford’s Close Encounters comic shop and coordinator of the NICE convention – is running an online auction as a fundraiser for comic stores that are struggling financially, as we head to the other side of the Coronavirus Pandemic lockdown.

Fantastic donations from creators and fans for the NICE Covid-19 Fundraiser Auction on Catawikiinclude signed…