Convention Junction, what's your function?

[Sean Taylor]

What conventions, local or otherwise, have you seen the most success at in terms of either sales, networking, or drumming up new work?

Which cons would you recommend and which ones would you recommend avoiding?

[Ryan Eldridge]

Anyone know anything about Southern Fried Comicon? They had a pretty impressive line-up of guests on their site, but it seems to have been taken offline, and I can't find out why.

[Sean Taylor]

I know Chad, but haven't been able to get in touch with him recently.

[Jer Alford]

SFC's website has been down for a while. A few new cons happening this year:

*Columbus Comic Book Show Feb. 22, Coca Cola Space Science Center, Columbus
http://www.ccssc.org
*Outlanta Con (sci-fi convention) May 1-3, Holiday Inn Atlanta, Atlanta
http://www.outlantacon.org
*Jordan Con (Wheel Of Time convention) Apr. 17-19, Embassy Suites, Alpharetta
http://www.ageoflegends.net/?page_id=27
*SFRA Conference (sci-fi convention) Jun. 11-14, Hotel Midtown, Atlanta
http://www.sfra2009.com

Not returning this year apparently are Galactic Conquest, Atlanta Comics Expo, Games Day Atlanta, Writer-Con, and Atlanta Supercon. Plus, Warfair has moved to Tennessee. A new anime con called Kawa-Con is apparently in the works though in Augusta. The next Atlanta Comic Convention is set for Feb. 1(aka: Super Sunday)at the Marriott Century Center, of which there are usually 4 per year.

[Ryan Eldridge]

Too bad about Supercon. I had a blast at the one last year, but I could tell from the turn-out that they were banking on a lot more folks showing up.

Has anyone been to the previous Con Nooga's? I'm thinking of driving up there for at least a day or two next month for the con. Anyone else going? More importantly, anyone interested in painting the town red?

[Sean Taylor]

Bobby Nash and I will be there.

[Ryan Eldridge]

Have you been to any of the previous ones? I'm trying to determine if it's worth the drive up there for a day trip.

[Sean Taylor]

This is only the second one. Last year was fun but a little slow. Saturday as okay though.

[Al Rio Art]

I only go to Heroes Con and Dragon Con - both because they are close to home.
I'll be hitting SDCC in 2009 (is the plan anyway) but just for my personal splendor (yeah, and maybe some networking).

Terry

[Ryan Eldridge]

I'm excited to finally be going to Heroes this year. Somehow I keep missing it every year!

[Jer Alford]

I saw Jessica Meriman at AUSAM-Con the other week, and she said that Momocon is going to have 2 artist alley rooms, along with the dealers room.

Also, the Columbus Comic Book Show is set for Feb. 22 at the Columbus Space Science Center in Columbus, GA. which is a 90 minutes drive from Atlanta.