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Quality Cosplay From Long Beach Comic Con 2011 (Gallery)

Quality Cosplay From Long Beach Comic Con 2011 (Gallery)

Friday, November 4, 2011 6:30

The Long Beach Comic Con happened October 29-30, 2011 in Long Beach, CA. Photographer Kevin Knight set up his camera to take pictures of all the great cosplayers who showed up.

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Have an Intervention With Your Kids (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

Have an Intervention With Your Kids (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

Saturday, September 3, 2011 7:30

No, I am not suggesting that you work on having that intervention with your kids for their Mario Kart habit. I fully support Mario Kart! I am referring to an upcoming convention where you can feel good about bringing the geekling along. The con is called Intervention, a clever portmanteau of ...

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Have an Intervention With Your Kids

Have an Intervention With Your Kids

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:30

No, I am not suggesting that you work on having that intervention with your kids for their Mario Kart habit. I fully support Mario Kart! I am referring to an upcoming convention where you can feel good about bringing the geekling along. The con is called Intervention, a clever portmanteau of ...

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Should You Bring a Kid to Dragon*Con?

Should You Bring a Kid to Dragon*Con?

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:30

Consult Ruth Suehle’s delightful chart, and then read on for the rest of her article over at GeekMom!

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Charlie & Andy’s Excellent Blog-venture!

Charlie & Andy’s Excellent Blog-venture!

Friday, August 5, 2011 7:01

Tomorrow, Andy and I will journey to our first official mommy blog conference. Why are we going to a mommy blog conference when we obviously don’t have visible women-parts? Well, I’m glad you asked. We have no idea. But it’ll be our first roadtrip, taking “How To Be A Dad” ...

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Intervention Con: Replicating the Online Experience in a Con

Intervention Con: Replicating the Online Experience in a Con

Friday, July 15, 2011 10:00

“Your Online Life. In Person.” That’s the motto of InterventionCon, which will be held on September 16-18th in the Washington, D.C. area. The con is a creator-focused event designed to bring people together according to their online interests. The conference had over 500 attendees last year, its first,  according to co-founder Onezumi Hartstein. ...

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David Hewlett at Armageddon Expo in Sydney

David Hewlett at Armageddon Expo in Sydney

Sunday, February 13, 2011 8:30

David Hewlett (of Dr. Rodney McKay in Stargate Atlantis fame) and occasional GeekDad podcast contributor will be coming Down Under to attend Sydney’s Armageddon Expo. This will be at The Dome, Olympic Park, Sydney Showground on the 26th and 27th of February 2011. More details can be found ...

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Singing at Arisia

Singing at Arisia

Friday, January 21, 2011 9:30

Since I began singing at geeky cons, I have been told to look into Arisia — a sci-fi/fantasy convention in Boston. I was told that this was my crowd, they would appreciate my geeky music, they were…older. Many geek conventions are for the anime/gaming crowd where the average age ...

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Intervention — A Showcase for Web Comics

Intervention — A Showcase for Web Comics

Thursday, September 2, 2010 9:00

I was contacted by a friend from the comics world about the new Intervention convention. Intrigued, I checked out the workshop list. My first thought after looking at it was “Ooo! A con that talks about web comics and how to create them.” The workshops go beyond the simple nuts and ...

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Star Wars Celebration V: From A Certain Point Of View

Star Wars Celebration V: From A Certain Point Of View

Friday, August 13, 2010 14:42

My daughter is 13 years old, which means, of course, that keeping her cool exterior even in the face of nearly uncontainable excitement is pretty much as natural as breathing. So when she took a break from goofing on my geek glee during yesterday morning’s drive to Star Wars Celebration ...

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