#calgary comic expo 2024

[prankprincess123]

Frantically scrambling to finish my costume for ComicCon, and my gloves finally arrive in the mail! Except they're neon pink spandex, not the baby pink satin they're supposed to be, and now I REALLY want to just scream.

[nobigneil]

Neil is at Calgary Expo in Canada this weekend!

[nscafe-firehose]

Story time...

During the start of COVID-time, I decided to I wanted to re-collect some comics I had in the early 1990s. I didn't want reprints, I wanted originals.

I wanted to go through Todd McFarlane's Marvel work, starting with Daredevil #241 thru Spider-Man #16 (and then Image's Spawn #1-#25 plus the Violator 3-issue series)... and if you know about his run there, well... there were some pricy titles to collect. However, I wanted to do it, so I did it...

Also, due to COVID-time and my disability, I haven't left the apartment aside from medical appointments, voting and a few random times going out for food and eating outdoors [for the vast majority of the time]. We're both take it quite seriously because I really don't need to get any more sick than I am already. Yes, we're always masking when not in the apartment (and sometimes in the apartment when we have contractors coming in to do work). And we're diligent about as well. We haven't gotten sick yet.

(tldr; I basically haven't left the house unless I had to since Nov. 2020)

Fast forward to 2023 and after some life altering events, we decided to order VIP passes for Calgary Comics+Entertainment Expo, all 4 days. We figured with the early access our odds of not "getting sick" were okay. And also to save my leg from too much stress, we planned to rent a wheelchair.

Fast forward to 2024 and we have our VIP passes to the Calgary Comics+Entertainment Expo... and then McFarlane was announced as a late guest. I thought to myself, sure... I'll get an autograph. I can do that.

But as time ticked on, I felt like naaaah... there are bigger fans who could use waiting in line more than myself. An autograph would be nice but I didn't need one.

Then Fan Expo runs a VIP only context to win free autographs from him. Well then! That I could sign up for. My beloved partner, also a big comics book fan (more on the X-Men side of things [and she was able to get all of the X-Men '97 guests who were here, along with the original animated series Producer and Director autographs... and a selfie with Beast!]), also entered.

We both won (of course I'd get ticket 23... she got 24).

Now I needed to pull some "cool covers" so that we could make some choices (picture 1, above).

She chose Spider-Man #12 (and diligently read that 5-book series to get prepared for the day). I wanted to do Spider-Man #8 (for the very local tie-in) but we didn't exactly need two books signed from that series. So... what to choose, what to choose...

Amazing Spider-Man #311 (and it didn't even make the short list... not in the 1st pic) got the pick. It is a cool cover to be sure but I chose it for the nod to late 1980s Cowboy/Western fashion... and since I've grown up in Calgary, I was very aware of that reference (annual cowboy cosplay celebrations tend to do that... yay Calgary Stampede! [hey, if the comic+entertainment fandom has cosplay for CCEE, why not call the say the same sort of thing for the Stampede... this isn't a negative thing]).

When I told McFarlane why I chose the book I did, I got a chuckle and an "Oh wow!".

The only downside is that due to my disability I'm unable to attend day 4 but my beloved partner gets enjoy a day without pushing me around in a wheelchair (averaging over 9000 steps each of the 3 days)... give her arms and legs a big of a break.

But we did get quite lucky in our timings for things and we appreciated the experiences.

So long as we don't "get sick" and recovery time for this body o'mine doesn't take too long, then I think we can plan to attend again next year.

[companionofthetimelords]

Neil Newbon Convention List for the rest of 2024 as of May 16th 2024 (I will try and update it as more cons are announced.)

Apr 25th 2024 Calgary Expo Comics & Entertainment (2024) in Calgary Alberta Canada

May 3rd 2024 Fan Expo Philadelphia (2024) in Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA

Jun 7th 2024 Fan Expo Dallas (2024) in Dallas Texas USA

Jun 14th 2024 Fan Expo Boston (2024) in Boston Massachusetts USA Neil had to Cancel

Jul 4th 2024 Fan Expo Denver (2024) in Denver Colorado USA

Jul 12th 2024 Florida Supercon in Miami Florida USA

Aug 16th 2024 Fan Expo Chicago (2024) in Rosemont(Chicago) Illinois USA

Aug 22nd 2024 Fan Expo Canada (2024) in Toronto Ontario Canada

Aug 29th 2024 Dragon Con (2024) in Atlanta Georgia USA

Sep 26th 2024 FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention (2024) in Salt Lake City Utah USA

Oct 11th 2024 Retro Game Con in Syracuse New York USA

Oct 17th 2024 New York Comic Con (2024) in New York New York USA

[brickbybrickstucktogether]

Picked up some new art at the Calgary Comic + Entertainment Expo (2024)...

[brookston]

Holidays 4.25

Holidays

Anti-Nuclear Day

ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand)

Carnation Day (Portugal)

Dandelion Day

Day of the Circassian Flag

DNA Day

Duck Appreciation Society Day

East Meets West Day (a.k.a. Elbe Day)

Flag Day (Faroe Islands, Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

Freedom Day (Portugal)

Free Love Day

Get On Board Day

Hairstylist Appreciation Day

Hayek Day

Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness Day

Hubble Telescope Day

Hug A Plumber Day

International Amigurumi Day

International Delegate’s Day

International Financial Independence Awareness Day

Liberation Day (Italy, Portugal, South Georgia)

License Plate Day

Mahavir Jayanti (Parts of India)

Malaria Awareness Day

Military Foundation Day (North Korea)

National Airhorn Day

National Amigurumi Day

National Christian College Day

National Crayola Day

National Darts Day

National Financial Awareness Day

National Lingerie Day

National Mani-Pedi Day

National Plumber’s Day

National Quote Day

National Telephone Day

Parental Alienation Awareness Day

Perfect Date Day (Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold; in film “Miss Congeniality”)

People’s Army Foundation Day (North Korea)

Plastic Grocery Bag Day

Poetry Day (Ireland)

Portugal Day (Portugal)

Radunitsa (Ancestors Veneration Day; Belarus)

Red Hat Society Day

Revolution Day (Timor-Leste)

Secotorial Government Holiday (Jordan)

Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt)

Tag des Baumes (Arbor Day; Germany)

20-Something Service Day

Whip-Poor-Will Day (Pennsylvania)

World DNA Day

World Malaria Day (UN)

World Penguin Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Crotilla Day

National Zucchini Bread Day

4th & Last Thursday in April

Dining Out For Life [Last Thursday]

Gathering of Nations (Native American Pow Wow) [begins 4th Thursday thru Saturday]

International Girls in ICT Day (4th Thursday]

Love Your Thighs Day [4th Thursday]

Pay It Forward Day [Last Thursday]

Poem in Your Pocket Day [Last Thursday]

Sumardagurinn Fyrsti (1st Day of Summer; Iceland) [Thursday after 4.18]

Support Teen Literature Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Action for Libraries Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day [4th Thursday]

Teach Your Children to Save Day [4th Thursday]

Thank You Thursday [6 Days Before 1st Wednesday in May]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 25 (4th Week)

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [thru 4.27]

National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends [thru 4.28] (also in Feb, Sep & Nov)

Independence & Related Days

Copan (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Novaland (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Principality of Martin Presidia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Yom HaAtzma’ut [יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת] (Israeli Independence Day observed) [5 Iyar]

Festivals Beginning April 25, 2024

Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) [thru 5.5]

Bern Geranium Market [Bärner Graniummärit] (Bern, Switzerland)

Beaufort Wine & Food (Beaufort, North Carolina) [thru 4.28]

Buenos Aires International Book Fair (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [thru 5.13]

Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival (Williamsburg, Virginia) [thru 6.13]

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Canada) [thru 4.28]

Gathering of Nations (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 4.27]

Gauge County Maple Festival (Chardon, Ohio) [thru 4.28]

Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival (Marshfield, Missouri) [thru 4.27]

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 5.5]

San Francisco International Film Festival (San Francisco, California) [thru 4.28]

Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival (Shepherd, Michigan) [thru 4.28]

Vidalia Onion Festival (Vidalie, Oregon) [thru 4.28]

Washington State Apple Blossom Festival (Wenatchee, Washington) [thru 5.5]

World Dog Show (Zagreb, Croatia) [thru 4.28]

Feast Days

Adonia (Greek women's festival)

Anianus of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Aristides (Positivist; Saint)

Blessing of the Wheat (Ancient Hungary)

Canadanaigua (festival of lights, ritual of harvest and thanksgiving; Native American)

Cy Twombly (Artology)

Festival of Robigalia (Ancient Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piamarta (Christian; Saint)

Heribald (Christian; Saint)

Ivo (Christian; Saint)

Karel Appel (Artology)

Kebius of Cornwall (Christian; Saint)

Major Rogation (Western Christianity)

Mark the Evangelist (Christian; Saint)

Maughold of Isle of Man (Christian; Saint)

Mr. Hooper (Muppetism)

Mr. T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Phaebadius, Bishop of Agen (Christian; Saint)

Philo and Agathopodes (Christian; Saint)

Quarks (Muppetism)

The Robigalia (Ancient Roman Grain & Corn Festival)

Walpurgisnacht, Day III (Pagan)

World Penguin Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [21 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [24 of 57]

Premieres

Abusement Park (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)

Baby Mama (Film; 2009)

Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)

Big River (Broadway Musical; 1985)

The Big Short, by Michael Lewis (Book; 2010)

Drooler’s Delight (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1949)

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Film; 2008)

Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell (Memoir; 1938)

Infest, by Papa Roach (Album; 2000)

Let’s Eat (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Let’s Stick Together (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Manhattan (Film; 1979)

Nuts and Volts (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1840)

The Other Woman (Film; 2014)

Piére li Houyeû (Peter the Miner), by Eugène Ysaÿe (Opera; 1931)

Polar Playmates (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1946)

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (Novel; 1719)

Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (Film; 1997)

The Sky is Falling (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1947)

The Stupidstitious Cat (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)

That’s My Pup (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)

Turandot, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1926)

Valse Trust, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 2006)

Westward Whoa (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

Where the Buffalo Roam (Film; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Erwin, Markus (Austria)

Marko (Bulgaria)

Franka, Marko, Maroje (Croatia)

Marek (Czech Republic)

Markus (Denmark)

Marek, Margo, Margus, Mark, Marko, Markus (Estonia)

Markku, Marko, Markus (Finland)

Marc (France)

Erwin, Markus (Germany)

Markela, Markos, Nike, Niki (Greece)

Márk (Hungary)

Franco, Marco (Italy)

Barbala, Līksma, Liksme, Marks, Markus (Latvia)

Gražvyda, Gražvydė, Morkus, Tolmantas, Žadmantė (Lithuania)

Mark, Markus (Norway)

Jarosław, Marek, Wasyl (Poland)

Marcu, Vasile (Romania)

Marek (Slovakia)

Marcos (Spain)

Markus (Sweden)

Mark, Marko (Ukraine)

Marc, Marcel, Marcella, Marcia, Marcila, Marco, Marcos, Marcus, Marcy, Maricela, Mario, Marisol, Mark, Markus, Marsha (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 116 of 2024; 250 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 17 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 17 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 17 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 16 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 26 Cyan; Fryday [25 of 30]

Julian: 12 April 2024

Moon: 97%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Caesar (5th Month) [Cimon]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 38 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 6 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Lagu (Flowing Water) [Half-Month 9 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 5.12)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.25

Holidays

Anti-Nuclear Day

ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand)

Carnation Day (Portugal)

Dandelion Day

Day of the Circassian Flag

DNA Day

Duck Appreciation Society Day

East Meets West Day (a.k.a. Elbe Day)

Flag Day (Faroe Islands, Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)

Freedom Day (Portugal)

Free Love Day

Get On Board Day

Hairstylist Appreciation Day

Hayek Day

Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness Day

Hubble Telescope Day

Hug A Plumber Day

International Amigurumi Day

International Delegate’s Day

International Financial Independence Awareness Day

Liberation Day (Italy, Portugal, South Georgia)

License Plate Day

Mahavir Jayanti (Parts of India)

Malaria Awareness Day

Military Foundation Day (North Korea)

National Airhorn Day

National Amigurumi Day

National Christian College Day

National Crayola Day

National Darts Day

National Financial Awareness Day

National Lingerie Day

National Mani-Pedi Day

National Plumber’s Day

National Quote Day

National Telephone Day

Parental Alienation Awareness Day

Perfect Date Day (Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold; in film “Miss Congeniality”)

People’s Army Foundation Day (North Korea)

Plastic Grocery Bag Day

Poetry Day (Ireland)

Portugal Day (Portugal)

Radunitsa (Ancestors Veneration Day; Belarus)

Red Hat Society Day

Revolution Day (Timor-Leste)

Secotorial Government Holiday (Jordan)

Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt)

Tag des Baumes (Arbor Day; Germany)

20-Something Service Day

Whip-Poor-Will Day (Pennsylvania)

World DNA Day

World Malaria Day (UN)

World Penguin Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Crotilla Day

National Zucchini Bread Day

4th & Last Thursday in April

Dining Out For Life [Last Thursday]

Gathering of Nations (Native American Pow Wow) [begins 4th Thursday thru Saturday]

International Girls in ICT Day (4th Thursday]

Love Your Thighs Day [4th Thursday]

Pay It Forward Day [Last Thursday]

Poem in Your Pocket Day [Last Thursday]

Sumardagurinn Fyrsti (1st Day of Summer; Iceland) [Thursday after 4.18]

Support Teen Literature Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Action for Libraries Day [Thursday of Library Week]

Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day [4th Thursday]

Teach Your Children to Save Day [4th Thursday]

Thank You Thursday [6 Days Before 1st Wednesday in May]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 25 (4th Week)

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [thru 4.27]

National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends [thru 4.28] (also in Feb, Sep & Nov)

Independence & Related Days

Copan (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]

Novaland (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Principality of Martin Presidia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Yom HaAtzma’ut [יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת] (Israeli Independence Day observed) [5 Iyar]

Festivals Beginning April 25, 2024

Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) [thru 5.5]

Bern Geranium Market [Bärner Graniummärit] (Bern, Switzerland)

Beaufort Wine & Food (Beaufort, North Carolina) [thru 4.28]

Buenos Aires International Book Fair (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [thru 5.13]

Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival (Williamsburg, Virginia) [thru 6.13]

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Canada) [thru 4.28]

Gathering of Nations (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 4.27]

Gauge County Maple Festival (Chardon, Ohio) [thru 4.28]

Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival (Marshfield, Missouri) [thru 4.27]

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 5.5]

San Francisco International Film Festival (San Francisco, California) [thru 4.28]

Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival (Shepherd, Michigan) [thru 4.28]

Vidalia Onion Festival (Vidalie, Oregon) [thru 4.28]

Washington State Apple Blossom Festival (Wenatchee, Washington) [thru 5.5]

World Dog Show (Zagreb, Croatia) [thru 4.28]

Feast Days

Adonia (Greek women's festival)

Anianus of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Aristides (Positivist; Saint)

Blessing of the Wheat (Ancient Hungary)

Canadanaigua (festival of lights, ritual of harvest and thanksgiving; Native American)

Cy Twombly (Artology)

Festival of Robigalia (Ancient Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piamarta (Christian; Saint)

Heribald (Christian; Saint)

Ivo (Christian; Saint)

Karel Appel (Artology)

Kebius of Cornwall (Christian; Saint)

Major Rogation (Western Christianity)

Mark the Evangelist (Christian; Saint)

Maughold of Isle of Man (Christian; Saint)

Mr. Hooper (Muppetism)

Mr. T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Phaebadius, Bishop of Agen (Christian; Saint)

Philo and Agathopodes (Christian; Saint)

Quarks (Muppetism)

The Robigalia (Ancient Roman Grain & Corn Festival)

Walpurgisnacht, Day III (Pagan)

World Penguin Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [21 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [24 of 57]

Premieres

Abusement Park (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)

Baby Mama (Film; 2009)

Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)

Big River (Broadway Musical; 1985)

The Big Short, by Michael Lewis (Book; 2010)

Drooler’s Delight (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1949)

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Film; 2008)

Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell (Memoir; 1938)

Infest, by Papa Roach (Album; 2000)

Let’s Eat (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Let’s Stick Together (Disney Cartoon; 1952)

Manhattan (Film; 1979)

Nuts and Volts (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)

The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1840)

The Other Woman (Film; 2014)

Piére li Houyeû (Peter the Miner), by Eugène Ysaÿe (Opera; 1931)

Polar Playmates (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1946)

Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (Novel; 1719)

Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (Film; 1997)

The Sky is Falling (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1947)

The Stupidstitious Cat (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)

That’s My Pup (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)

Turandot, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1926)

Valse Trust, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 2006)

Westward Whoa (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

Where the Buffalo Roam (Film; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

Erwin, Markus (Austria)

Marko (Bulgaria)

Franka, Marko, Maroje (Croatia)

Marek (Czech Republic)

Markus (Denmark)

Marek, Margo, Margus, Mark, Marko, Markus (Estonia)

Markku, Marko, Markus (Finland)

Marc (France)

Erwin, Markus (Germany)

Markela, Markos, Nike, Niki (Greece)

Márk (Hungary)

Franco, Marco (Italy)

Barbala, Līksma, Liksme, Marks, Markus (Latvia)

Gražvyda, Gražvydė, Morkus, Tolmantas, Žadmantė (Lithuania)

Mark, Markus (Norway)

Jarosław, Marek, Wasyl (Poland)

Marcu, Vasile (Romania)

Marek (Slovakia)

Marcos (Spain)

Markus (Sweden)

Mark, Marko (Ukraine)

Marc, Marcel, Marcella, Marcia, Marcila, Marco, Marcos, Marcus, Marcy, Maricela, Mario, Marisol, Mark, Markus, Marsha (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 116 of 2024; 250 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 17 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 17 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 17 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 16 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 26 Cyan; Fryday [25 of 30]

Julian: 12 April 2024

Moon: 97%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Caesar (5th Month) [Cimon]

Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 38 of 92)

Week: 4th Week of April

Zodiac: Taurus (Day 6 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Lagu (Flowing Water) [Half-Month 9 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 5.12)

[shamelessrabbithole]

Hi, do you happen to know what Comic Con event can will be attending next? I know he has a few coming up.

Yes, these are his upcoming cities and dates for the foreseeable future.

Apr 25th: Calgary Expo Comics & Entertainment (2024) Calgary

May 3rd: Fan Expo Philadelphia (2024) Philadelphia

May 11th: Infinity Con (2024) Düsseldorf

June 14th: Fan Expo Boston (2024) Boston

August 16th: Fan Expo Chicago (2024) Chicago

August 24th: Fan Expo Canada (2024) Toronto

October 17th: New York Comic Con (2024) New York

[nobigneil]

Neil Newbon 2024

Convention Schedule

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FAN EXPO CHICAGO - August 16 - 18

FAN EXPO CANADA - August 23 - 25

DRAGON CON - August 29 - September 2

RETROGAMECON - October 12 - 13 ONLY

NEW YORK COMIC CON - October 17 - 20

*update* LIVERPOOL COMIC CON - November 9 - 10

MILAN GAMES WEEK - November 22 - 24

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