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Dive into our collection of stories, tips, and highlights from Fan Expo events across North America—including Dallas, Philadelphia, Orlando, and our home base, New Orleans. FAN EXPO is the ultimate destination for fans of comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming, bringing together more than a million pop culture enthusiasts every year. Whether you’re eager for celebrity panels, exclusive merchandise, unforgettable cosplay, or meeting fellow superfans, our blogs capture the energy and excitement of these incredible conventions. Explore first-hand experiences, photo galleries, and insider advice to make the most of your next Fan Expo adventure.
Creator Supreme Both my wife and I got into comic books late. Local comic shops didn’t exist where I grew up. However, for as long as I can remember I knew who Stan Lee was. His creations, well co-creations, are part of the consciousnesses of our country. Spider-man, the Fantastic…
Wizard World New Orleans is starting to announce a lot of guests for their show coming the first weekend in January. There first wave of guests was mainly from Outlander. As always, they are planning a great show and have now announced guests from more fandoms! Even though it has…
Wizard World New Orleans has been a mainstay of the Gulf Coast convention scene for the most of the last decade. It is always one of the first cons of the year, and they always put on a great show. Last year, it was one of the few weekends that…
Of course, we can’t provide an exhaustive list of all the cons around the county. We highly recommend checking out Previews World convention calendar for a great list of cons not only in the US but around the world. We try to highlight a few cons we would love to…
April and May are busy times of the year for comic cons and for us. Star Wars Celebration is coming up Easter weekend and in May we will be attending Comicpalooza and MegaCon. Plus, our day jobs are winding down. Since we write extensively about cons that are in driving distance…
In our very first interview, we talked to Fred Van Lente at Wizard World New Orleans. Mr. Van Lent is the writer on the Comic Book History of Comics as well as titles such as Archer and Armstrong and Assassins Creed. NNC: We’re here with Mr. Fred Van Lente. I said that…
We have been focusing on Comic Cons that we are definitely going to. However, we decided to start writing about cons in general with a focus on ones that are a days drive from New Orleans. In other words, the ones we would attend if money were not an issue! Currently,…
Now that Wizard World New Orleans has come and gone, it is time to start focusing on Pensacon. Pensacon will be held February 17-19. Here are some guests that have been added since our last update: Nita Strauss: Ms. Strauss is a guitarist who has performed with Alice Cooper. Check…
On this episode of the podcast, the Nola Nerd Couple discuss Wizard World New Orleans 2017. We discuss specific things we did and what we like most about the con. Of course, we also pointed a few minor better ifs. We also talk about Rogue One, Super Mario Run, and…