Anime Expo Changes Policy, Will No Longer Require Vendors to Pay For Background Checks
When Anime Expo‘s parent organization SPJA announced its new ‘Youth Protection Policy’ not to long ago, it included a requirement
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Con Scene
Are Conventions Liminal Spaces?
So as I sit in the vendor hall for Anime Central 2016 waiting for it to open Sunday morning, I’m
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Emerald City Comicon Being Sued For Not Paying Volunteers
A former volunteer has filed a class action lawsuit against Emerald City Comicon, claiming that the convention owes them wages
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Find Us at Anime Central!
The Nerd & Tie Expo Road Show will be hitting Anime Central this weekend in Rosemont, IL. The road show
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Super Cosplay Cafe No Longer Attending Anime St Louis in Protest of Diversity Programming?
You’re going to have to bear with me on this because it’s a weird one. It’s the sort of thing
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Episode 73 – Making it Harder
https://archive.org/download/episode63_201612/episode73.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSSOn this episode of Nerd & Tie, Marvel’s
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Santa Fe Comic Con, a Split Con Culture, and Why You Shouldn’t Act Like a Tool on Social Media
So most people who aren’t from the Southwest probably rarely think about Santa Fe Comic Con, but over the last
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Anime Expo Launches Youth Protection Policy, Will Require Exhibitors to Submit to Background Checks
Last week, in an attempt to increase convention safety, Anime Expo parent organization the SPJA launched their Youth Protection Program.
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Hopefully Our Final ‘Ryan Kopf v. Trae Dorn’ Update
Update (7/5/2016): Kopf has refiled the Lawsuit in Illinois So for those of you not following along, for the last
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