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Conventions, Celebrations, Events, Shows and Festivals

Memphis Comic Expo (Memphis, TN)
Superman Celebration (Metropolis, IL)
Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix, AZ)
MidSouthCon (Memphis, TN)
Delta Fan Fest (Southaven, MS)
ShadowCon (West Memphis, AR)
Mid-South Renaissance Faire (Memphis, TN)
Tennessee Renaissance Festival (Arrington, TN)
Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention (Memphis, TN)
Anime Blues Con (Memphis, TN)
Anime Blues Winterfest Remix (Southaven, MS)
Cape Comic Con (Cape Girardeau, MO)
DiNK-Denver Independent Comics & Art Expo (Denver, CO)
GameCon Memphis (Memphis, TN)
River Arts Fest (Memphis, TN)
Con Kasterborous- Dr. Who (Huntsville, AL)
Con-GT- Dr. Who (Clarksville, TN)
River City Comic Expo (Little Rock, AR)
Hallow Con Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)
Dyersburg Comic Con (Dyersburg, TN)
Tupelo Comic Con (Tupelo, MS)
Tupelo Titan Con (Tupelo, MS)
Golden Triangle Comic Con (Columbus, MS)
TimeGate (Atlanta, GA)
Lexington Comic & Toy Con (Lexington, KY)
Ohio State Festival of Cartoon Art (Columbus, OH)
Art Pop Comic Expo (Jonesboro, AR)
Tennessee Comic Con (Memphis, TN)
Emerald City Comicon (Seattle, WA)
DragonCon (Atlanta, GA)
Comic Con International (ComicCon/Wondercon/APE)
New York Comic Con (New York City, NY)
Salt Lake Comic Con (Salt Lake City, UT)
HauntCon (location varies)
Wonderfest- Toy/Model/Horror/Sci-Fi (Louisville, KY)
HeroesCon (Charlotte, NC)
MidOhioCon (Columbus, OH)
Wizard World Cons (comic/sci-fi cons)
Motor City Conventions (Michigan)
Planet Comicon (Kansas)
Con Nooga (Chattanooga, TN)
Geek Media Expo/GMX3 (Nashville, TN)
Middle Tennessee Anime Convention/MTAC (Nashville, TN)
Anime St. George (St. George, UT)
OMG Con- anime (Paducah, KY)
Daisho Con- anime (Stevens Point, WI)
Nashville October Comic & Horror Festival (Nashville, TN)
STRIP – The Dallas Webcomics Expo (Plano, TX)
Webcomics Con (Norwalk, CT)
BackWoods Comics Festival (Louisville, MS)
Leland Frog Fest (Leland, MS)
Popey Picnic (Chester, IL)
Annual Brooks® World’s Largest Catsup Bottle® Festival (Collinsville, IL)
TREKFEST (Riverside, IA)
Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV)
Women Of Wonder Day (Portland, OR, Flemington, NJ, San Antonio, TX)
Free Comic Book Day (nationwide)
Read Comics in Public Day (nationwide)
River City Comic Expo (Little Rock, AR)
Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern (Chattanooga, TN)
Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens
Keen Halloween (Tempe, AZ)
Mask-Fest (Indianapolis, IN)
Phoenix Fear Film Festival (Phoenix, AZ)
Phoenix Fear Con (Phoenix, AZ)
CONvergence (Bloomington, MN)
Southern Fried Pop Culture and Comic Con (Jackson, TN)
LibertyCon (Chattanooga, TN)
Chattacon (Chattanooga, TN)
Geekonomicon (Biloxi, MS)
Terrificon (Connecticut)
Walker Stalker Con (Various Locations)
SciFiConventions.com (search site)
AnimeCons.com (search site)
Upcoming Cons (search site)
GeekCal.com (search, calendar and news site)
Convention Scene (search and news site)

Museums, Exhibits, Galleries, Attractions, Tours, Libraries, and Geek Destinations

Birthplace of the Frog: An Exhibit of Jim Henson’s Delta Boyhood (Leland, MS)
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Cartoon Art Museum (San Francisco, CA)
Charles M. Schulz Museum (Santa Rosa, CA)
Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center (On-line/Hoboken, NJ)
Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash Comics
Metropolis, IL- Home of Superman
Netropolis Chamber of Commercce (Metropolis, IL)
Super Museum- Metropolis, IL
Americana Hollywood Museum (Metropolis, IL)
Noel Neill/Lois Lane Statue (Metropolis, IL)
Massac Beeswax- Buzz on Massac County, IL and Metropolis
Riverside, IA- Future Birthplace of James T. Kirk
Spinach Can Collectibles and Popeye Museum (Chester, IL)
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts
Memphis Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort (Horn, Lake, MS)
Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens
Universal Studios
Wizarding World Of Harry Potter- Universal (Orlando, FL)
Universal Studios Islands of Adventure (Orlando, FL)
World’s Largest Catsup Bottle® (Collinsville, IL)
“See Rock City!” and much more! (Chattanooga, TN)
U.S. Space & Rocket Center (Huntsville, AL)
U.S. Space & Rocket Center Space Camp (Huntsville, AL)
EMP/Experience Music Project Museum (Seattle, WA)
area 51 ice cream (Hernando, MS & Memphis, TN)
Pidgeon Park Skatepark (Hernando, MS)
The Green Dragon Public House (Murfreesboro, TN)
Castle Gwynn (Arrington, TN)
Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia (Burlingame, CA)
LEGOLAND (Carlsbad, CA/Winter Haven, FL)
Historical Haunts Tours and Investigations (Memphis, TN)
Haunted History Tours (New Orleans, LA)
National World War II Museum (New Orleans, LA)
Mardi Gras World (New Orleans, LA)
Gallery Rinard – cartoon art (New Orleans, LA)
Rodrigue Studio/George Rodrigue-Blue Dog (New Orleans, LA)
Art Is In Market (Nashville, TN and Michigan)
Hatch Show Print (Nashville, TN)
Country Music Hall Of Fame (Nashville, TN)
Cooter’s Place (Nashville & Gatlinburg, TN and Luray, VA)
Cooter’s Place/Daisy Country (Nashville, TN)
Rusty’s TV & Movie Car Museum (Jackson, TN)
Evel Knievel Museum (Topeka, KS)
Universal Studio Tour (Hollywood, CA)
WB Studio Tour (Hollywood, CA)
The Magic Castle (Hollywood, CA)
Griffith Observatory (Hollywood, CA)
Griffith Park (Hollywood, CA)
THe Hollywood Museum (Hollywood, CA)
Hollywood Walk Of Fame (Hollywood, CA)
Ohio State University Libraries’ Special Collections (Columbus, OH)
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum- Ohio State (Columbus, OH)
Siegel and Shuster Society (Cleveland, OH)

Travel Help

Festivals and Events (festivals and events listed by state, tips on planning a festival)
Festivals dot com (events and parties around the world)
Festival Network (music fests, craft shows,
art festivals & fairs in the US and Canada)
Visit Mississippi
Visit Mississippi Facebook page
Southern Festivals (festivals, fairs, vendors and entertainers in the south)
RoadsideAmerica.com
Connect people with great local businesses
Trip Advisor

Geek Groups, Organizations, and Fan Clubs

MSCA/MidSouth Cartoonists Association (Memphis area cartooning group FB page)
NCS/National Cartoonists Society (cartooning group)
Sec-NCS/Southeast Chapter – National Cartoonists Association (cartooning group)
Northern Arizona Cartoonists Association/NAZCA (cartooning group)
Cartoonists Rights Network International/CRNI (cartoonists rights group)
Monster Rangers (monsterology group)
501st Legion- Vader’s Fist (Star Wars costuming group)
ISO- Imperial Services Organization (Star Wars charity support group)
Rebel Legion (Star Wars costuming group)
Memphis Star Wars Fan Force- SMT/Suspicious Mind Trick (Star Wars fan club)
The Dark Empire (Star Wars “dark side” costuming group)
Memphis Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters fan group @901Ghostbusters)
DeSoto County Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters costuming group)
Tennessee Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters costuming group)
Mississippi Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters costuming group)
Real Louisiana Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters costuming group)
Northeast Arkansas Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters costuming group)
Arizona Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters costuming group)
Gotham Public Works (Batman/DC costuming group)
Gotham Girls Roller Derby (New York City all-female roller derby league)
Memphis Zombies (living dead group)
HERO Initiative ( not-for-profit corporation helping comic book creators in need)
Save The Massac Theater- Metropolis, IL (preservation group)
Desoto Arts Council (MS arts group- Hernando)
Great Artists’ Collective (NOLA arts group- New Orleans)
Magic Wheelchair (nonprofit group making epic Halloween costumes for children in wheelchairs)
PEZ Collector’s Corner
Cause-Play Memphis
Midsouth Makers
Siegel and Shuster Society (Cleveland, OH)

Retailers, Reviewers, and Geek-Stuff 4-Sale

The Cellar Tabletop Games & Comics (Memphis, TN)
Comics and Collectibles (Memphis, TN)
Jupiter Comics & Collectables (Collierville, TN)
901 Comics (Memphis, TN)
Discordia Culture Shop (Pontotoc, MS)
The Daycare Kids? ,Comics, toys, and Antiquities (West Memphis, AR)
Animax- Toys, Anime, & Manga (Memphis, TN)
Samurai Comics (Phoenix/Mesa/Glendale, AZ)
Jesse James Comics (Glendale, AZ)
Rick’s Comic City (Nashville & Clarksville, TN – Fort Campbell, KY)
The Great Escape (Nashville, TN)
Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash Comics (Red Bank, NJ)
Spinach Can Collectibles and Popeye Museum (Chester, IL)
My Parents’ Basement- Comic Books & Craft Beer (Avondale Eestates, GA)
Aw Yeah Comics- and Games (Harrison, NY/Muncie, IN/Skokie, IL)
Crescent City Comics (New Orleans, LA)
Little Toy Shop (New Orleans, LA)
Kapow! Comics (Sherwood, AR)
Comic Shop Locator
Steam Crow- Art of Daniel and Dawna Davis
All About Books & Comics
Displays2go- Trade Show & Custom POP Displays
SuperHeroStuff.com
Discount Comic Book Service
In Stock Trades
Think Geek- Stuff for Smart Masses
Geek Dad Books
Stylinonline.com
80stees.com
Comic Book Resources/CBR
Ghostbusters News(and reviews)
Interdimensional Crossrip Shop
Proton Pins (Pins and patches)
Sticker Yeti (Stickers and patches)
OUTTATIME Store (Back To The Future/Delorean)
SNORG Tees
Inkling by WACOM‏
Geek Alerts- Gadgets for Geeks
Geeky Jerseys
Entertainment Earth
Tee Fury
RIPT Apparel
Qwertee
Hot Topic
BoxLunch
Spencer’s
GameStop
Games Plus Memphis
Booksamillion
novel. (bookstore- Memphis, TN)
Two Rivers (bookstore- Memphis, TN)
South Main Book Juggler (bookstore- Memphis, TN)
Munkeytown- Art of H.C. Warner
Art of Geoffrey Aaron Harris
Otakufuel- Copic Markers & art supplies
The Collection Drawer Co./Comic Drawer Boxes
Funko
LEGO
PEZ
Candy Warehouse- PEZ
Pretty/Geeky by Four Eyed Girl
World of Strange Fantastic Apparel
Shop SuperMuseum (Metropolis, IL)
Free Comic Book Day (First Saturday in May)
In the Studio: Retro Retrospective (YouTube geek video review)

Publishers, Syndicates, and Magazines

Aspen Comics
Boom! Studios
Creators Syndicate
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
IDW Publishing
Image Comics
King Features Syndicate
Marvel Comics
Top Cow Productions
Mercury Comics
Tribune Media Syndicate
United Media Syndicate
Universal Press Syndicate
Washington Post Writers Group
Artist Express Printing
Ka-Blam Comics Digital Printing
Cosplay Culture Magazine
Cosplay Culture
Amazing Figure Modeler Magazine
TwoMorrows Publishing
Back Issue Magazine
Draw! Magazine
Alter-Ego Magazine
Retro Fan Magazine

Digital and Web Comics

GoComics
Monster Commute
Hubris Comics
Spud Comics
Battlepug
Lil’ Donnie
Gronk
Nothing Special
Mouse Guard
Girls With Slingshots
Our Valued Customers
Red Skirts
iVerse Comics
M.I.M.E.S.
Oceanverse
Sword and Sarcasm
Thugs
The Web Comic List
Webcomics Nation
Cleopatra in Space
Let’s Be Friends Again
PVP/Player VS Player
Scared Silly
Have Geek Will Travel

Fan Sites, Geek Social, and Geek News

Conventioning
Bleeding Cool
Geek Mom
Geek Dad
Wonder Woman Museum (virtual museum)
Pimp My Batmobile!
Geek Crafts
superHarmony- Love is Super
Nerd Girls
Geeks Are Sexy
The Official Bob Burns Web Site
DudeIWantThat.com
Geek Out! CNN.com blogs
Confessions of a Cosplay Girl blog
Cosplay Girl
Cosplayer Yaya Han
Cosplay Culture Website (tutorials/articles)
Caped Wonder Dot Com (Superman photos)
Chronicle Chamber (The Phantom news)
X-Band: The Phantom Podcast (The Phantom podcast)
Ghostbusters News (and reviews)
Ghostbusters HQ (GBHQ – News and podcast)

Television, Movies, and Magic

Rock Sugar band
Kirby Krackle music
Comic Book Men AMC
The Walking Dead AMC
Fear The Walking Dead AMC
The Talking Dead AMC
FanAddicts
Fangasm SyFy
FaceOff SyFy
Heroes of Cosplay SyFy
Big Bang Theory CBS
Arrow CW
The Flash CW
Supergirl CW
DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow CW
Krypton SyFy
Gotham FOX
The Muppets ABC
Agent Carter ABC
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. site
Ghostbusters
Misty Lee Magician
Misty Lee’s Unicorn Wednesday

Webisodes and Podcasts

Rogues Radio Podcast (Comics and art podcast)
In the Studio: Retro Retrospective (YouTube geek video review)
Retro Rogues LIVE podcast/review show (Dave Beaty & Eric Alexander)
Comic Lab podcast (Dave and Brad)
Supergirl Radio podcast (Rebeca Johnson and Morgan Glennon)
Superboy: The Legacy (Sam J. Rizzo)
The Caped Wonder ( Jay Towers & Jim Bowers)
The Rocketeer Minute podcast (Jim O’Kane, Hal Bryant, Billy Campbell)
Rocketeer Radio podcast
Watchmen Minute podcast
The Official “Watchmen” Podcast (HBO)
Tested (Adam Savage YouTube channel)
Comic Geek Speak podcast
The Awesome Comics Podcast
Comic Book Central podcast (Joe Stuber)
Comic Timing podcast (Ian Levenstein)
Word Balloon (John Siuntres)
Comic Book Page (John Mayo)
Comic News Insider (Jimmy Aquino)
Crankcast podcast (Crank & Mike Norton)
Wade’s World podcast (Martheus, Janet, and Anakin Wade)
Interdimensional Crossrip (Ghostbusters podcast)
Yes Have Some (YHS podcast)
off CAMERA with Sam Jones (celeb podcast/TV show/magazine)
The Indy Cast podcast
Fatman on Batman podcast (Kevin Smith)
Hollywood Babble-On podcast (Kevin Smith/Ralph Garman)
Talkin Toons with Rob Paulsen podcast
Monster Kid Radio podcast
Damn Dirty Geeks podcast
Flash Gordon Minute podcast
X-Band: The Phantom Podcast (The Phantom podcast)
Black Nerd Power ( weekly podcast with Black nerds)
Nerd 901 (blog/podcast)
WEVL 98.9 FM Radio (Memphis, TN)

Website Resources

WordPress
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