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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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When Will Barack Obama Come Clean About His Comic-Book Collection? - Nymag.com

The Telegraph yesterday published a list of " Fifty Facts You Might Not Know About Barack Obama ," and our friends at Publishers Weekly 's Beat blog are wondering about one list item in particular: "He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian ...

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Friday Mini Book Review: Kirby: King of Comics - Reason.com

Mini book reviews of days gone by . Kirby: King of Comics , by Mark Evanier (Abrams, 2008). Man, is this old fan glad he's lived to see the day when comic book artists get this sort of serious, impeccably reproduced and designed, respected artist ...

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REVIEW: SPECIAL - Chud.com

Les (Michael Rapaport) is looking for a way out of his mundane existence. He works as a meter maid, hated and derided by countless people every day of his life. He has no family, his only two friends are comic book dorks, and he's too lame to even ...

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New Kick-Ass pics! (yes, that is the name of a new comic book flick ... - San Francisco Examiner

What is Kick-Ass ? Excellent question. Kick-Ass could very well be next year's Hot Fuzz . It's a Brit-produced Hero/Action/Comedy, (or a Heractomedy for the hip film set) based on the Marvel Comics Icon series Kick-Ass . The synopsis: " Kick-Ass ...

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Special (2008) - Rottentomatoes.com

Synopsis: Les Franken (MICHAEL RAPAPORT) is a kind-hearted and soft-spoken man who loves reading comic books. He’s the type of guy who most people walk by on the street without even noticing; in essence, he’s completely average and virtually ...

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