The Las Vegas Comic Expo returns to the Riviera  Hotel Convention Center for its second year and is expected to be even more exciting than last year!  For his first appearance ever at a con, legendary Batman artist Neal Adams will be on hand for a VIP meet and greet.

Other guests include Joel Adams (the Hulk animated series), Karl Altstaetter (Xmen, Avengers), Jay Anacleto (Witchblade, Spawn),  Autumn (Freddy Scribbles),  Zenescope’s Eric Basaldua (Witchblade), Joe Benitez (Lady Mechanika), Blond (Red Hood & the Outlaws), Brian Buccelato (Uncanny Xmen), …

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GameStop will be holding its annual gaming tradeshow on Wednesday August 28 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.  Tony Bartel, the president of GameStop, had this to say about the event: “Based on the great response we saw at our inaugural event last year, we knew we were on to something. This year at EXPO we expect to host more than 80 developers, publishers and vendors and thousands of visitors. We are also expanding our exhibition floor, giving our partners more space to share their great games and consumer electronics with our enthusiastic fan base.”

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The aptly named Amazing! Las Vegas Comic Convention was held at the South Point casino over the past weekend. Fans lined up and came in droves to buy shwag but also to see special guests like Stan Lee, Jim Lee and Greg Capullo. There were rows and rows of booths and artists’ tables as well and if your feet got tired from all the walking around, you could take a break and check out one of the many panels offered like various Q&A’s with artists like Batman’s Greg Capullo, writers like the Uncanny Xmen’s Rick Remender or indie comic film screenings …

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With a name like Mad Mel Madigan, I knew my interview with her was going to be zany.  Mad Mel is a big Spider-Man fan and find out below how she got to meet her beloved idol, Stan Lee!

Besides her cosplay experience we also talked about her love of video games and how to talk to cute nerds ad cons.

NERDSociety (NS):  How were you introduced to cosplay? 
Mad Mel Meligan (MMM): I’ve been really into costumes ever since I was a little girl.  Dress up was my favorite game to play.  And as I grew up, Halloween was my …

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If you’ll be in Vegas around the beginning of summer, you can stop in to the South Point Hotel & Casino just south of all the main activity on the Strip, and check out the Amazing! Las Vegas Comic Convention.

Special guests include Stan Lee, Jim Lee, Batman’s Greg Capullo, Uncanny Avengers’  writer Rick Remender, Deadpool writer Gerry Duggan, My Little Pony’s Tony Fleecs,  Superman and Teen Titans’ Scott Lobdell, as well as Humberto Ramos, penciler of Spiderman, and other artists like Star Wars and Transformers artist Livio Ramondelli. There is an extremely long list of exhibitors and artists, …

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Melfina is an artist from from Dallas, Texas. In the interview below, she talks about her favorite Anime, influences, and the process’ of making her own costumes.

NS: How did you come up with your name, “Melfina” ?

Melfina: “Melfina” is the name from one of my favorite anime characters from the series, Outlaw Star.  Outlaw Star was one of the first shows that hooked my interest in Anime. I truly enjoyed and connected with her character.  I had a few different nicknames that I used back then for different websites, but “Melfina” stuck out of all of them. I …

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I was strolling around Anaheim Convention Center for Wondercon when I came across Jason Vorhees from afar. A very detailed and well-made Jason Vorhees costume. I’m sure that many of you that were at Wondercon will remember this costume. But, to the Nerds that weren’t there, enjoy the interview and the photos below!

NS: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Ruben: my name is Ruben Morales, im a 3D artist for Sony Santa Monica. I worked on the latest God of War Ascension video game. I’m also a part-time Art Institute instructor. On my free time, I …

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Cosplayers beware! You might want to rethink trying to bring any of your steampunk gear on an airplane. This watch caused a bit of a furor at the Oakland airport when some TSA agents saw it pass through an x-ray machine just before Thanksgiving. As you can imagine, it looked to them like a miniature explosive device and – not being familiar with steampunk – they stopped the owner of the watch, artist Jeoffrey McGann, 49, of Rancho Palos Verdes, and questioned him.

McGann is an artist out of the Art Center in Pasadena and explained that he is a designer …

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