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This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (June 2007) The variety show is a popular part of many sci-fi and furry conventions A fan convention, or con, is an event in which the fans of a particular TV show, comic book, or actor, or an entire style of entertainment such as science fiction or anime, gather together to meet famous personalities (and each other) face-to-face. The actors often give out free autographs to the fans, perhaps in exchange for a flat appearance fee, and sometimes may perform songs that have no relevance to the shows so as to entertain the fans. Such conventions are usually quite expensive and are hosted in hotels. There is often tight security for the celebrities to protect against potentially fanatic fans. (It should be noted that such features are not common at traditional science fiction conventions, which are more oriented towards science fiction as a mode of literature, rather than towards visual media, and do not include any paid appearances by famous personalities.) Science fiction conventions and anime conventions are very popular types of conventions. From such cons has arisen the widespread stereotype of the fans' tendency to dress up as their favorite characters (known as cosplay in anime terminology) in elaborate costumes that are time-consuming and/or expensive to assemble. Fans may also speak in fictional languages relevant to the theme of the convention. Many cons have award presentations relating to their genre (such as the Hugo Awards which have been presented at Worldcon since 1953). Anime cons, gaming cons and filk cons may all be considered derivatives of science fiction conventions. Furry fandom conventions have been a growing phenomenon starting with ConFurence in 1989. Fans of anthropomorphic animals (furries) gather together to socialize, exchange artwork, attend art sales or auctions, attend panels, workshops and planned entertainment, or show off their newest fursuit to the audience. Current furry conventions include Anthrocon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Further Confusion in San Jose, California, Midwest FurFest in Chicago, Illinois and a number of smaller conventions throughout the United States, as well as Eurofurence and other conventions in Western Europe, Canada, Russia and Japan. JawsFest was a fan event held in Martha's Vineyard in June 2005 in celebration of the 30th

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Authors of IDW Publishing's Comic Book Bios of Obama and McCain in New ... - Consumer Electronics Net

WHAT: Authors of "Presidential Material," the eagerly anticipated biographies of Barak Obama/John McCain in comic book form, to sign copies at bookstores in New York City on Wednesday, October 8th, and Los Angeles on October 9th. WHO: Jeff Mariotte ...

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'Knucklehead' Scieszka Gets Boys Into Books - San Francisco Examiner

Here’s a just-out book you can get for your reluctant-reader guys ages 9 –12, say. And don’t exactly give it to them. Just leave it laying around the house as if it’s for someone else. They’ll see its wild comic-book like cover and pick it ...

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Devil's Due Distributes Hack/Slash on Its Own - ICV2

Sharpening the Sword--'Record Store Day' L.E. Becker of Warp 9 on ‘Karma and Hypocrisy’ Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics and Games on ‘All Star Batman & Robin’ #10 Confessions of a Comic Book Guy--Bring Back The Prototykes Marcus King of ...

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Movie Review: Smart People - Blogcritics.org

See also: » TV Recap: Dexter - "Finding Freebo" » DVD Pick of the Week: How I Met Your Mother » Top 20 Comic Book Movies of All-Time Dropkicking the suffix “ass” from what would otherwise be a more shrewdly titled movie, if not story, Smart ...

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Anime Supercon releases 2008 guest list - Comic Book Resources

Anime Supercon is back and better than ever! South Florida's Anime, Animation, Manga, Comic Book & Cosplay Convention is set for the weekend of October 31, November 1 & November 2. Get ready for the biggest Halloween party in the south east in a new ...

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Who is the real single-season NFL sack king? - ESPN.com

This is a story about several determined men and a football record that may or may not belong to one of them. As is often the case in these situations, it comes down to an argument about the nature of sports and statistics and comparative eras that ...

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Colbert runs for White House with Spider-Man in new comic book - Pantagraph

NEW 9:55 a.m. NEW YORK -- Stephen Colbert is hoping to swing into the White House — alongside Spider-Man. The host of Comedy Central's “The Colbert Report” appears with the web-slinger in an issue of Marvel Comics’ “The Amazing Spider-Man ...

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