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FAN CON #33
Sunday - February 26, 2012
new location:
CROWNE PLAZA
12601 W 95th St, Lenexa, Kansas -
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I-35 &
95th Street, Lenexa, Kansas
F R E E
A D M I S S I O N
FREEBIES
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INCENTIVES | FUN
SPECIAL GUEST COMIC ARTIST / WRITER
JEREMY HAUN
Pilot Season: The Beauty | Artifacts
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Detective Comics | The Leading Man |
Two Face: Year One
Arkham Reborn | Red Hood: Lost Days
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more....
CONGRATULATIONS
to
JEREMY HAUN & JASON HURLEY for winning
the 2011 Pilot Season competition with 'THE
BEAUTY'
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SPAM NOTICE: Our policy is to send out
one mass email per show, approximately
two days before each show, to inform our customers about the upcoming shows.
It has come to our attention that unscrupulous spammers have begun
"spoofing" our
contact email addresses. It is not us sending all of those spam
messages.
We are currently working to force those responsible to cease and desist.
Flashes From The
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NOVEMBER 6, 2011 - KC FAN
CON #32
A very special show to close out our 2011 season. Kudos to
Hector Casanova, Lee Leslie, and Terry Beatty! And thanks to all
who came and enjoyed the free show. Visit our artists websites and
blogs by clicking on the images below!
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SEPTEMBER 10,
2011 - 2011 FREE STATE COMICON (KC FAN CON #31)
30+ comic pros, and a record-setting
attendance = great show. If you were there, you understand.
If you were not, you missed something special.
See the website here.
MAY 15,
2011 - KC FAN CON #30
First things first. KC Fan Con promoter Craig Klotz wants to
personally thank the following people, by name, who helped out in a time
of painful crisis. Thanks go out to Christopher Jackson, Dan
Grate, Eric Meyer, Randy Hughes, Frank Mangiaracina, Troy Johnson, and
Rebecca Mason for the HUGE assist in getting his comic book inventory in
and out of the show and back into safe storage. Back injuries are never
fun, and extremely difficult when they happen in the middle of something
like a comic book convention when the "show must go on." Thanks,
not only for doing the heavy lifting, but for your most excellent
friendship. You all have my deepest admiration and respect! NOW -
back to the show that was Fan Con #30. Many thanks to all of the
patrons who came out to play with us, the dealers who made the show
happen, and to our special guest comic creator
Grant Bond
(who did a killer THOR sketch on a blank Fear Itself #1 comic
cover for Craig). Also thanks to Dana at Allied Integrated
Marketing who supplied all of the cool freebie Green Lantern and Thor
posters, Priest t-shirts and other convention swag. We at KC Fan
Con, and the fans, appreciate and thank you! Finally, great
thanks go out to Mario Mora for making the coolest batch of KC Fan Con
sketchboxes yet. Mario made 2 Captain America boxes, 2 Red Skull
boxes, 2 Bucky boxes (one Bucky and one Winter Soldier), 2 Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles boxes, and 2 Savage Dragon boxes! WHOA!
Dude, you're awesome! All in all, this was a good show. Not
spectacular as far as attendance numbers, but a good solid show
nevertheless. Thanks again to all who attended. Next up:
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FEBRUARY 27,
2011 - KC FAN CON #29
Another great late-winter show featuring the incredible
Jeremy Haun.
And ten awesome incentive
SKETCH BOXES of the popular characters HELLBOY, SHE-HULK, and GREEN
LANTERN. And forty incentive SHORT COMIC BOOK BOXES. And a
variety of FREEBIE COMICS. And FREE ADMISSION. And free
MOVIE POSTERS. And a wide variety of RAFFLE PRIZES. Yeah!
Once again, our sincere thanks goes out to all the fans who showed up,
all of the dealers who support the show, Mario for creating the sketch
boxes, Fred and Curtis for helping out with the registration! And
of course thanks to Jeremy for making the trip without having slept.
You're all super!
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NOVEMBER
7,
2010 - KC FAN CON #28
Very interesting show. We had the largest
opening we've ever seen at ANY of our shows. Soon
after lunch, things seemed to mellow out, and we rounded
out the day with a slight drop in overall attendance.
Was it due to the recession? Was it the Chiefs
game that started at 3pm? We may never know, but
it is clear that those who stayed home missed an awesome
opportunity to meet our special guest
Brent Engstrom, and get a
sketch (or custom
Garbage Pail Kids card) hand-drawn on the spot!
Thanks to Brent and Tracy for being awesome and coming
all the way from Manhattan to be with us. We also
had another fantastic experience with our Sketch Box
incentive. These were only the second editions,
but they had all been snapped up within the first 25
minutes of the show opening. We will soon be
examining this phenomenon and possibly tweaking the way
the sketch boxes are delivered, in order to make it more
fair to those who show up later in the day. It's
not that we don't like the mad rush to get into the show
when we open, but at the same time it is very important
that all fans who attend the show have a chance to get a
sketch box - regardless of when they arrive at the show.
Stay tuned to our
Sketch Box page on
Facebook,
where we will be discussing this and getting fan and
dealer input before making any decisions. Next up:
scheduling our slate of shows for 2011.
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SEPTEMBER 26,
2010 - KC FAN CON #27
Chalk up another victory for the FAN CON.
Thanks to our comic creator guest
KYLE STRAHM for his
laid-back coolness and not getting mad at me for the
moist towelette incident. Really, it was an honest (yet
hilarious) mistake! This convention introduced the
fans to our latest and greatest addition to the KC FAN
CON shows,
the
incentive sketch box!
The first
edition was a run of 10 boxes, all hand-drawn by
Mario Mora of Kansas City. These were given
away to the first 10 fans who spent $40 or more with one
of the vendors. They had all disappeared within
the first 45 minutes of the show! Thanks again to
all who came, be you a buyer or seller, a helper or
friend. For those fans and dealers who are
interested in leaving feedback about any aspect of the
show, please use the
Kansas City Fan Conventions forum on Facebook.
We want to utilize that forum as a place for fans to
leave want lists
and feedback
about the shows.
Next up: November 7, Daylight Savings "Fall-Back"
day for KC FAN CON #28.
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AUGUST 1,
2010 - KC FAN CON #26
Official attendance came in at 279, which makes this
one of our best-attended KC Fan Con shows. We all had a
great time! There were many new faces in the
crowd, both in front of AND behind the dealer tables.
Our old friend Spud has sold his business to our new
friend Peter Fintel. He came to our convention rather
than spend his first day as owner of 2nd Act Comics in
Ottumwa at his new shop! And we also had dealers such as
Mike Wileman from Colorado Springs and Eric Meyer from
St. Louis come and join us at the Plaza Hotel.
Which brings me to the subject of the Plaza Hotel.
About two months before the show, our venue changed its
name from Wyndham Garden to Plaza Hotel. So even
though there will be no more "Wyndham shows" the fact is
that nothing has changed. The Plaza Hotel is and
will continue to be our venue of choice for the KC FAN
CON shows. In closing, I'd like to thank all of the
fans who came, our special guest
Mario Mora, and of
course the eleven dealers who made the show happen.
Without you guys, we got nothing! Up next,
September 26, 2010 at the Plaza Hotel for KC FAN CON
#27.
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MAY 22, 2010 - 2010 FREE STATE FREECON
Great show everybody! As usual, we had a lot of the best
comic fans this side of the Mississippi come out for the
Freecon. Yeah, attendance was down from last year. But
does that really matter that much? While I'd have
liked to see more fans come to the show, it is sort of
understandable why many could not. Graduations and the
best weather day of the year are not conducive to
getting folks into a comicon. Okay, lesson
learned. Regardless of the outcome, I think all
who attended had a good time. I received a lot of
very positive feedback and thanks from fans and guests
alike. Thanks to all the guest creators who did
their thing with their usual style, pizzazz, and fun
funkiness. Y'all are great and some of the friendliest
guys and gals around these parts. You're my
personal heroes! And even though the show was
physically exhausting for myself, it would have been far
worse for me had I not had such a great crew of helpers.
So, hurrah for the set-up crew and the registration
staff! Will there ever be another Free State
Freecon? Yes, once the appropriate tweaks are
made. We are now considering a change of venue and/or a
different timeframe for the show. Stay tuned to
kcfancon.com for details.
NEXT UP: our first summer show of 2010 - KC
FAN CON #26 at the Wyndham! August 1, 2010.
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FEBRUARY 28,
2010 - KC FAN CON #24
2010 has started with a big bang as our 24th show
came and went. Thanks to fans for the super attendance,
and to all others who helped. It was our third
late-winter show over the last three years to feature
the amazing comic book artist
Jeremy Haun. Special thanks go out to Jeremy
for making the long trip up to Kansas City to help out
and make it happen for all the fans who came to see him.
Jeremy's star is still rising in the sphere of comic
book creators, so we can't stress enough our thanks to
him. Also going on was a promotion for the new film THE
CRAZIES, and a taste of the upcoming promotion for the
comic book film KICK-ASS. Thanks go to Allied Integrated
Marketing for their help with that end of things. Next
up for Kansas City Fan Conventions: The 2010 Free
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NOVEMBER 1, 2009 - KC FAN CON #23
First thing out of the gate, we here at Kansas City Fan Conventions
would like to thank everyone for a fantastic third year of existence.
With KC Fan Con #23, we close out our third year and begin to look
toward 2010. Always attempting to try new things and improve the
overall convention experience for all, we are sure that 2010 will bring many good
changes for both fans and dealers alike. Now, on to the specifics
of our Nov. 1st show. Once again, Mr.
Kevin Mellon delivered a great fan experience, creating cool
pieces of artwork all convention long. We had a
better-than-average attendance, which is always appreciated. And
the dealers at this show were magnificant! I hope you all went
home happy.
Next up, lots of planning and gearing up for 2010. Hope to see
everyone in the new year! |
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AUGUST 2, 2009 - KC FAN CON #22
Yay! Who knew that it'd be possible to set a new Fan Con
attendance record in a down economy?
I'd never of thunk it, but that's what happened on August the second.
We had a whopping 275+ at the Wyndham. I say 275+ because we gave
out raffle tickets to 275 people. Problem was that Becky couldn't
keep up by herself, with all of the people coming and going from the
show, and many came on in without registering! As the days unfold,
we will have a chance to do a full analysis and come up with our actual
attendance numbers which we'll post on our 'History & Stats' page.
Regarding the show itself, our special guest
Brent Engstrom
was terrific! He's a fantastic artist with a great
sense of humor, and an ability (and speed) that few possess. Our
hats are off to Brent! Additionally, we gave away GI JOE movie
swag, and WATCHMEN movie poster sets to all that wanted them. And
of course we had our usual freebies and raffles too! So thanks
again to all of the fans who made it to the show, and to all of the
vendors and dealers who travel and work hard to make these shows
something special. Kudos to you all. NEXT UP: New show
announcement coming soon! |
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JUNE 28, 2009 - KC FAN CON #21
Another great show is now in the history books.
Kyle Strahm was our
special guest artist, and he did a fantastic job on the
sketch and commission front. Click on either of
the images below to visit Kyle's website. As for
the show as a whole, I think we felt that attendance was
down a bit, and perhaps the show fell victim to the nice
weather (it was the first cool front to come though
after two weeks of humid 90-degree+ heat), or perhaps it
was the ever-tanking U.S. economy. While it will
be impossible to nail down the cause of the lower
attendance, I'm sure that those who were in attendance
had a lot of fun! We raffled off a poster for the
upcoming film "INGLORIOUS BASTARDS" signed by Quentin
Tarantino. The winner of the poster was
Brandon Culbertson
of Overland Park. Congratulations go out to
Brandon! Thanks to all who came, be you fan,
dealer, or curiosity seeker. Next: August
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MAY 16, 2009 - 2009 FREE STATE FREECON
The deed is done. The show is over. The tables are
put away. The floor has been swept.
But c'mon.....was that a good time or what?
What more can I say? Except to once again
send out my sincerest thanks to all of the
special guests, exhibitors, helpers, and
especially all of the fans who came out on
Saturday and supported the show. Now, I
usually list all of the guests here with links
to all of their websites, etc. But for the
sake of saving time and space here in this
column, I'll simply provide a link to the
2009 Freecon website, and from there you can
see all of the guests (with links) who showed up
at our humble show. All of my expectations
for the show were exceeded! Soon, I will
record a special edition of our podcast,
Radio Free Fan Con wherein I will give some
of my thoughts in more detail. The audio
podcast can be downloaded using iTunes, or
listened to straight from your browser window.
If you haven't already checked it out, please
give it a try! THANKS AGAIN to all
involved with the Freecon. Our next
mini-con will be Sunday, June 28 (one week after
Father's Day) at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, just
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SATURDAY
MAY 16, 2009
10am - 5pm
2009 FREE STATE
FREECON
COMIC BOOK & TOY
CONVENTION
Lawrence, Kansas
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MARCH 1, 2009 - KC Fan Con Comic & Toy
Mini-Con #19
Someone once said, "A comicon has to be gigantic be
considered great!." Yeah right. What
a bunch of hoo-haw. Our show may have been
physically small, but as the saying goes, it's
not the size, but how you use it that counts.
Umm.....not that anyone's ever said that to
me....uh.....
But in all seriousness, we did have a fine show.
Jeremy Haun
(click on artwork below) was a magnificent
guest, as usual. Thanks really go out to
JH for making the trip up here in icy cold
weather.
We also set a new
dealer record for the show with a whopping 17
dealers in all. Not bad for a 40x40 foot
room!
Thanks also go out to the fine folks at Allied
Advertising who brought all of the cool WATCHMEN
swag! Our WATCHMEN trivia contest was a
hoot, and we gave away two giant heavy-duty
"subway-style" posters and a pair of tickets to
a preview screening of the new WATCHMEN film.
Unexpectedly, we also had
Ric Croxton from
The Book Cave podcast roaming the show.
He interviewed Jeremy and a few of the dealers
and fans at the show. As always, thank
you's go out to all of the people who
participated, helped, worked, or just came out
to have fun with us at the show! Without
you, there is no show. Next up for us: The
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NOVEMBER 16, 2008 - KC Fan Con Comic
& Toy Mini-Con #18
Rack up another fine show. The KC Fan Con community really
hit it out of the park once again!! Kudos goes to
Grant
Bond who, as the complete professional he is, sat for the
entire show doing sketches for fans young and old. He even put
in about an hour of overtime, just trying to finish things up for
people! Thanks for being awesome, Grant!
And as always, all of the credit goes to the fans and the dealers
who make this all happen. We are simply your conduit. We
also need to say thanks to Erika and Jennifer from Allied
Advertising. You were great for coming out and bringing
the shirts, free popcorn passes for the AMC Theaters, and of course
those awesome PUNISHER WAR ZONE posters!
NEXT UP - A new year will dawn for Kansas City Fan
Conventions. We have lots of fun stuff planned for '09, so
please check back with us sometime in January.
AUGUST 3, 2008 - KC Fan Con Comic &
Toy Mini-Con #17
The mini-con from hell? No, not quite, but it was hot.
It was 100 degrees outside, and getting close to that on the inside
too, as the air conditioning was stuck in a holding pattern.
It wasn't until 1:00 before one of the vendors figured out how to
trigger the air conditioning to come back on. We at Kansas
City Fan Conventions sincerely apologize to everyone for the heat.
It will not happen like that again. Meanwhile, outside in the
registration area, we were featuring three of the friendliest local
comic book creators in Kansas City. Kudos to all three of you,
and thanks a million for coming to the show. To contact our
guests, please visit their websites kinked here.
Hector Casanova
Harold
Sipe
Nathan
Fox
NEXT UP - The SUPER SHOW in
Lawrence, and then our next Wyndham show on Nov. 16.
JUNE 22, 2008 -
KC Fan Con Comic &
Toy Mini-Con #16
Records were set. We had a whopping 277 people visit the
show! Thanks to all who showed up and supported the mini-con.
We sincerely hope you all had a good time and found some cool stuff.
Thanks to all of the comic and toy dealers that came in from near
and far to take a chance on selling stuff at the Fan Con.
Lastly, we wish to bid a fond farewell to a couple of friends who
have supported our shows since their inception. First, we'd
like to say goodbye to Larry Crow of Blackbird Collectibles.
Larry has been a staple toy and comic dealer for years, and is now
moving to Texas to continue in his career profession. Second,
we want to bid a fond farewell to Mike and Debbie Wileman.
This was the Wileman's last show with us, as they are planning a
move to Colorado. Mike and Debbie have been active in the
comics scene for decades now, and were both respected members of the
Kansas City Comic Book Club. Mike was one of the four founding
members of the KCCBC. Larry, Mike, and Debbie: I'm sure I
speak for all of us who work and attend the local shows, when I say
that we will miss your camaraderie and friendship.
We salute you, and wish you all the best.
Photo Gallery here.
MAY 18, 2008 -
2008 Free State FreeCon Comic Book Convention
Can small comic book shows get any better than the '08 FreeCon?
As of this writing, our estimated attendance was a bit over 350.
Not bad, considering it was graduation day up on campus.
Thanks to all who came and made the day special. We hope that
everyone went away from the show happy. Special thanks go out
to the comic and toy dealers who drove that extra half hour to get
to Lawrence. And double the thank you's to our special guests
Grant,
Chris,
Harold,
Hector,
Steven,
Alex,
Tom,
Dale
and Rob. Keep doin' what you're doin'......ALSO - For those
who are interested, the Lawrence Journal World wrote up a
nice article recapping the show. They also posted a few
pictures
here,
here, and
here.....and also did an "On
The Street" Q&A at the show! How cool is that???
FEBRUARY 24, 2008 - Comic & Toy Convention #14
It was HUGE. OK, maybe not huge, since it was a mini-con.
Let's say "small in size, huge in attitude." Whatever you'd
like to call it, it was what it was. 15 of our 16 scheduled
vendors made the show from the standpoint of being there and
offering great deals on cool stuff. The real spotlight was on
Jeremy Haun
who proved to be a real workhorse, cranking out sketches for fans
and signing books all afternoon long! We also had independent
filmmaker S. Jason Cole back at the show, filming more
interviews for his project, and perhaps getting some footage of the
show for use in our next TV commercial. Thanks to all who were
in attendance. We work hard to please, and are proud to call
all of you our friends. Next up is the 2008 Free State
FreeCon in Lawrence. We've moved the Lawrence show to
May 18, in order to avoid conflicting with the MO-KAN show in
September. We hope to see everyone in Lawrence!
DECEMBER 2, 2007 - Holiday show,
Comic & Toy Convention #13
As far as variety of things to do at a mini-con go, I'd have to
say that our 13th show was by far the most varied. Not only
was our guest
Rick Stasi
doing signings and sketches for the fans......not only did we have a
dealers room packed with 13 of the area's best comic book and toy
vendors.....no! Nope. We went the extra mile and brought
in a podcasting group from Topeka and Lawrence known as
WANC.
These guys recorded a podcast throughout the day, interviewing our
guest and anyone else who would want to sit and chat with them.
But that wasn't all......nope! We also had a young student
filmmaker, S. Jason Cole, who sat and did documentary-style
interviews with various fans regarding the subject of "Comic Book
Movies." But that still wasn't the full extent of the
mini-con! We also hosted the December meeting of the Kansas
City Comic Book Club. Wow! Now if that isn't enough
stuff for the fans of Kansas City to "Get Their Free Con" then we'll
just have to try even harder next time! Our deepest thanks go
out to ALL of the folks who came, participated, and had fun with us
at Kansas City Fan Conventions! Special thanks to Rick Stasi
and the fine folks at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. We'll se
everyone again in 2008!!!!
"I AM LEGEND" Prize Package Winners
Listed here are the winners of both the internet-based
and the convention-based contests from our December 2nd mini-con, for
the "I Am Legend" prize packages. Our apologies to the winners for
not having the prize packages on-hand at the show. All prize
packages will be mailed to the winners!
WEBSITE ENTRY WINNERS
Justin Karguth
Tim Lackey
Brandon Adams
Marsha Petrel
Jason Cole
CONVENTION ENTRY WINNERS
Melanie Polito
Mike Simmons
Christine Luna
Bill Ferlman
Timothy Stephens
Congratulations to all 10 of our contest winners!
OCTOBER 28, 2007 - Halloween show,
Comic & Toy Convention #12
Our 12th show was another nice success. That makes one
dozen shows within a 20-month timeframe! And we still have one
more to go before the end of the year. As usual, my thanks go
out to all of our fans who make the time to come out and enjoy the
mini-con. Thanks also go to all of the terrific vendors who
offer all of those great bargains on their wares. Special
thanks go to guest artist
Brent
Woodside, who came out to display his fine art and do sketches
for the fans! See you all on December 2nd. We have many
cool things planned for the December show.
SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2007 -
2007 Free State FreeCon
Comic Book & Toy Convention
Our first 2-day show is now in the history books. Thanks
to all of the fans, special guests, and vendors who made the trip to
Lawrence to participate in the 2nd annual Free State FreeCon.
We sincerely hope that everyone felt the experience was worthwhile.
I can say that Becky and I both had a great time! We were
completely exhausted for days afterward!
We are contemplating the next Lawrence show, and will probably
decide to do a much smaller-scale 1-day hotel-ballroom-type of show.
Stay tuned for news regarding the next Free State FreeCon.
AUGUST 5, 2007 - Last show of the
summer, Comic & Toy Convention #10
We had a great turnout for early August. Thanks go to
everyone as usual. Special thanks to our guests
Tom
Avery and
Dale Martin for being the great guys that you are. We hope
that everyone had a great time, and got something out of the
experience! 11 raffle prizes were given out during the six
hour show, and we gave a record 53 short boxes away as incentives!
WOW! See our "History, Stats, and Photos" page for more info. Next up - the big 2-day
show in Lawrence: The Free State FreeCon Comic Book & Toy
Convention 2007.
JUNE 17,
2007 - Annual Father's Day show, Comic & Toy Convention #9
The 2nd annual Father's Day show was a strange mix of things
going right and things going wrong. Sincere apologies to all,
for the absence of free comics at the registration table! We
simply forgot to bring them to the show. We tried to
compensate by giving out triple raffle tickets to everyone, so I
hope that no one is too disappointed. We had many vendors ask
about the upcoming 2-day Free State FreeCon to be held in
mid-September in Lawrence. Regarding the Lawrence show, we
will be contacting all of the vendors who worked the show last year,
to see if they want to keep their tables. Once that is done,
then the remaining tables will go up for sale from our Vendor Tables
link on the main menu (to your immediate left). THANKS to
everyone who came to the show this time! Without the great
fans and the wonderful vendors, we would not have a show. I
hope to see everyone again in early August back at the Wyndham
Garden Hotel, and again in September in Lawrence! Adios for
now.....
MAY 5 - 6, 2007 - Planet Comicon 2007
OK....OK....this was not a Kansas City Fan Conventions show, but
we did have a small presence there, and wasn't the show a lot of
fun? We had tons of fun!!!
MARCH 25, 2007 -
Comic & Toy Convention #8
Many thanks to all of the fans, friends,
customers and vendors! It was another fun show, and the credit
goes to all of you! Special thanks to
Lee Leslie,
who tirelessly created one-of-a-kind caricature
drawings of those in attendance lucky enough to get one!
FEBRUARY 18, 2007 -
Comic & Toy Convention #7
Another great mini-con in the history books!
Thanks to all the fans who showed up to support the convention, as
you guys set a new attendance record for our series of shows at the
Wyndham Garden Hotel. Nine fans won Ghost Rider t-shirts or
hats or action figures. We also gave away 50 short comic book
boxes as incentive gifts for fans who spent $25 or more at single
vendor tables. See our "History & Stats" page for
attendance details and the photo gallery.
Super-duper-special thanks go
out to talented Kevin Mellon of
GEARHEAD, and to the incredible Grant Bond and Ed Lavallee of REVERE.
You guys are all fantastic, and we thank you again!
DECEMBER 10, 2006 -
Comic & Toy Convention #6
Mini-con #6 completed. Stats will be posted
soon on the History & Stats page of this website. Photos will
be posted soon, also. Although attendance was down a little
bit, those fans who did show up seemed to have a great time!
It was fun to see so many familiar faces, and a lot of new fans came
to the show, too! Thanks to everyone who came out and
supported the FreeCon!
OCTOBER 4, 2006 -
Free State FreeCon 2006-related press
The Topeka Daily Capitol's
website has a huge photo gallery of pictures taken at last
Saturday's Free State FreeCon. It can be found here:
http://spotted.cjonline.com/pages/gallery.php?gallery=303578
Our own massive photo
gallery is accessed by clicking here!
The Kansas City Star's Brian McTavish
wrote up an interesting short piece about the show based on a brief
interview with Craig. Click on the link below to read a scan
of the article.
Kansas City Star article by Brian
McTavish
Craig was also interviewed briefly on
September 28's radio show "The Panel" on 90.7 KJHK. A
podcast of that show can be downloaded at The Panel's blog, located
here:
http://thepanelkjhk.blogspot.com/2006/09/show-of-thousand-interviews-well-three.html
Attendance numbers are now posted on the
'History & Stats' page of this site. Our own photo gallery
will be online soon!
Stay tuned for big announcements and future mini-convention dates
and places!
SEPT 30, 2006 - Comic & Toy Convention #5, Free State FreeCon #1
Whooopee!
The first annual Free State FreeCon is now in the history books!
This show was kcfancon.com's largest and best-attended event yet.
At this writing, the final attendance numbers are not yet in, but
suffice it to say that all 12,000 square feet of our convention
space were filled and constantly busy throughout the day. We
saw many new faces, and many of our friends from previous shows.
Thanks to everyone who made the road trip to the show! Special
thanks go out to all the ladies and gentlemen who came to the show
in costume! We know many people left the show happy, and the
most frequently asked question of the day was, "When are you going
to do this again?"
Without directly answering that
question, we can promise that next year there WILL be another Free
State FreeCon. A bigger and better Free State FreeCon!
Plans are already underway for a two-day show for Lawrence, Kansas.
The exact date will be kept secret for now, but vendors and fans can
expect double-the-fun next year. Oh yes! Perhaps we'll
even throw in a big-name guest.... Maybe a costume contest....
Or perhaps a special evening presentation.... And even some
budget-priced on-site food and drink sales.... Get your
FreeCon in 2007 with more freebies, raffles and FUN!
AUGUST 13, 2006 - Comic & Toy Convention #4
Well, it is time to add another successful show to
our humble track record. That makes four crowd-pleasing comic
and toy cons in a row. We met many cool and interesting new
fans, a few of whom were preparing to head off to the desert sands
of Iraq. We at Kansas City Fan Conventions want to wish all of
those guys the best of luck, and hope that they arrive home safely
after their tour of duty.
Thanks go out to all of the vendors, the
Wyndham Hotel staff, and especially to all of the great fans of
Kansas City and surrounding areas. It is you guys who make
this all worthwhile.
Now, preparations are underway for the
Free State FreeCon. We hope to see all of you guys and gals at
the next show. In the meantime, keep reading those good funny
books!
JUNE 18, 2006 - Comic & Toy Convention #3
What fun it was! Official attendance came in at
175 which establishes a new attendance record for our humble shows.
Actual attendance was probably more like 200 to 225, as many people went
in without registering. We had eleven lucky winners in our
raffles, winning Hellboy figures, Smallville figures, Alias figures, and
"Slither" T-Shirts. We also gave away 50 short comic book boxes as
special incentives to our customers!
Special thanks goes out to the invincible
Freddie E. Williams II who tirelessly sketched and chatted with fans for the
entire length of the show, and then some! Way to go Freddie!
And of course, special thanks to all of the vendors and fans who made
the show happen! Without you guys, there is no show.
MAY 11, 2006 - Mention in the Johnson County Sun
Kansas City Fan Conventions own Craig Klotz was
quoted in an article written about this year's Free Comic Book Day
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