Baltimore 2006

[FlyingDonut]

Save the date! September 9-10, 2006, Baltimore Convention Center.

[FlyingDonut]

Realizing the show isn't for eleven months, and absolutely nobody's thinking about it, but if you are thinking about it, note that the Orioles are playing the Yankees that weekend and hotel prices will jump. If you're going to come to Charm City, get a reservation sooner than later.

[Sal]

of course, by that late date in the season, the angelOs will be so far from contention that the game really won't have that big an impact

[FlyingDonut]

of course, by that late date in the season, the angelOs will be so far from contention that the game really won't have that big an impact

 

It might for the Yanks - and they draw and travel VERY well. Baltimore 2004 coincided with an Orioles-Yankees series and hotel rooms were either very pricey or non-existant. Just a note.

[rob_react]

Realizing the show isn't for eleven months, and absolutely nobody's thinking about it, but if you are thinking about it, note that the Orioles are playing the Yankees that weekend and hotel prices will jump. If you're going to come to Charm City, get a reservation sooner than later.

 

Uhm, what hotel are Yankee fans likely NOT going to be staying at?

[rob_react]

Since Yankee fans have cooties.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Foolkiller]

Next year I think we'll stay out at the airport and drive in again. Aside from the garage closing at midnight, it's a nice easy drive in.

[Darthdiesel]

Park at a hotel and you won't worry about the midnight closing...

[Red Hook]

Since Yankee fans have cooties.

 

You don't have to tell me! In our house, we want them to beat the Angels so they can be served up as steak tartar to the White Sox!

[FlyingDonut]

Harvey Awards Move to the Baltimore Comic-Con

Industry News, Scoop, Friday, November 04, 2005

 

The Harvey Awards, named for the late comics genius Harvey Kurtzman and developed to honor comic book industry professionals and companies singled out by their peers, will have a new home at the Baltimore Comic-Con. The 19th annual Harvey Awards will be held Saturday evening, September 9, 2006.

 

Paul McSpadden, the awards' long-time administrator, Nellie Kurtzman, Harvey's daughter and family representative, and Denis Kitchen, consultant for the Kurtzman family, made the announcement on behalf of the Harvey Awards, joined by Baltimore Comic-Con promoter Marc Nathan.

 

The Harvey Awards are one of the comics industry's oldest and most respected service organizations, and they are the only industry awards both nominated by and selected by the full body of industry professionals to honor artistry, artistic achievement and professional merit in a wide variety of categories.

 

Beginning in 1986 at the Chicago Comic-Con, the Harveys enjoyed runs at the Dallas Fantasy Fair, Wondercon (then based in Oakland), the Pittsburgh Comicon, and most recently New York's Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA).

 

The Baltimore Comic-Con, founded in 2000, has grown into one of the premier trade shows in the industry and has maintained comic books and the comic arts as its central themes since its inception. Held for the past four years at the Baltimore Convention Center within walking distance of the historic and tourist-friendly Inner Harbor, the Harvey Awards' new home is within a day's drive of almost the entire eastern seaboard of the United States.

 

“On behalf of Nellie Kurtzman and the Kurtzman family, Denis Kitchen, and everyone involved in the Harvey Awards, we are pleased to announce the Baltimore Comic-Con as our new home,” McSpadden said. “Just sampling the show's guest list over the past few years, it is clear that this show extends a welcome to the widest possible array of creative talent and publishers. From small press newcomers to established professionals to our industry's elder statesmen, Marc Nathan and his team are aligned with our mission to recognize and promote excellence in the comic arts.”

 

“It is a distinct honor to host the Harvey Awards at the Baltimore Comic-Con,” Nathan said. “Harvey Kurtzman's wit, wisdom and unique ability to come up with a different take on just about any subject has long represented a pinnacle in the comic book world. The awards that bear his name have always been a symbol of distinction in our industry, and we're extremely happy to welcome that distinction to Baltimore.”

 

Additional details about the Harvey Awards and the awards ceremony will be released over the next few months.

 

Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) was a cartoonist, writer, editor and comics genius. He is probably best remembered for MAD, which he founded in 1952. He created 28 revolutionary issues with such talent as Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood but left after a falling out in 1956 with E.C. publisher Bill Gaines (for whom he also created Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat).

 

Kurtzman then created the short-lived satire magazine Trump for Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner in 1957. He followed with the comic-size Humbug in 1958, then Help! magazine. During his Help! tenure he discovered such diverse talent as Terry Gilliam, Gloria Steinem, Gilbert Shelton, and R. Crumb. In 1962 he and collaborator Will Elder began producing the long-running and elaborate “Little Annie Fanny” comic for Playboy. In the '70s he became known as the “father-in-law of underground commix” for inspiring a new generation of media-bending cartoonists.

[SignatureSelect]

that is awesome I was actually thinking about skipping baltimore this coming year but I think I am back on for it. Where do I purchase my harvey tickets

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

There also might be a little museum open by then that will offer its own comic-related entertainment for those in town for the con.

[Red Hook]

Excellent, Arnold!

 

Direct Link to Museum!!!

[chrisco37]

There also might be a little museum open by then that will offer its own comic-related entertainment for those in town for the con.

 

[FlyingDonut]

Baltimore Comic-Con Unveils 2006 Guests

Industry News, Scoop, Friday, November 11, 2005

 

In addition to last Friday's surprise announcement about the Harvey Awards moving to the Baltimore Comic-Con, show promoter Marc Nathan has announced a substantial slate of returning guests for next year's show.

 

Even though the convention is not scheduled until September 9-10, 2006, Nathan said he and the show's staff wanted to capitalize on the awareness of the event's "drive to" nature created by the Harvey Awards announcement.

 

"Following the announcement about the Harvey Awards moving to the Baltimore Comic-Con, we received a larger than usual number of calls and emails, as you'd probably expect after that kind of news," he said. "A number of them came from people who had never considered before how easy a drive Baltimore is from just about anywhere on the eastern seaboard. We're going to do our best to get the word out, and a large part of that will be telling people early how great our guest list is going to be."

 

Service organizations, publishers and manufacturers setting up at the show thus far include A Commitment To Our Roots (ACTOR), the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), Gemstone Publishing, and Century Comics.

 

Creators scheduled to attend include Marvel Comics legend Ayers (courtesy of ACTOR), Howard Chaykin (The Shadow, American Flagg!), Frank Cho (New Avengers, Liberty Meadows), Steve Conley (Astounding Space Thrills, The Escapist), Rich Faber (Roboy Red), John Gallagher (Buzzboy, More Fund Comics), Cully Hamner (Batman: Tenses), Dean Haspiel (Quitter, Opposable Thumbs), Marc Hempel (Sandman: The Kindly Ones, MAD), Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, What If?), Brandon Peterson (X-Men, Strange), Eric Powell (The Goon, Marvel Monsters), Amazing Spider-Man legendary artist John Romita, Sr. (courtesy of ACTOR), Brian Stelfreeze (Matador), Robert Tinnell (The Black Forest, The Living and The Dead), Billy Tucci (Shi), Neil Vokes (The Wicked West, The Black Forest), Matt Wagner (Grendel, Batman), Mark Waid (Superman: Birthright, Legion of Super-Heroes), Mark Wheatley (Mars, Frankenstein Mobster), and Marv Wolfman (New Teen Titans, Crisis on Infinite Earths).

 

Click here for more information about the Baltimore Comic-Con (site updates start soon).

 

Click here for more information about the Harvey Awards

[SignatureSelect]

the line up is already amazing I have to go now good line up plus the harveys and the retailer summit.