Growing from its roots as 3-day anime marathon in 1997 with 200 attendees, this little con has grown in to a massive event with over 7000 attendees. Two years ago, it took up residence in the Raleigh Convention Center after outgrowing its previous hotel convention ce[...]
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June 9th, 2010 - 10:25 pm § in Conventions
Wyrd One — Upcoming New Con
Southern California now has another con for us all to look forward to. The con is Wyrd One, the West Coast LARP Convention being presented by the groups LARP Alliance and Live Effects. From their website: “Southern California’s Live Action Role Play (LARP) convention Wyrd[...]
January 24th, 2010 - 2:46 pm § in Conventions
Anime Los Angeles 2010
Several of our editors attended Anime Los Angeles the weekend of January 8 – 10. Unfortunately due to the convention not providing press access to their event we were only able to walk around the halls of the convention and were unable to attend any of the actual ev[...]
December 27th, 2009 - 9:08 pm § in Conventions
Anime South 2009
Not Interested attended Anime South in Destin, FL this December 18 – 20. Anime South is a small but friendly convention featuring some fun events. The convention’s premium events included the Murder Mystery and the Maid Cafe. This year’s cafe was titled the Charming F[...]
November 12th, 2009 - 1:41 am § in Conventions
Pacific Media Expo 2009
Pacific Media Expo took place at the LAX Hilton on November 6 – 8 this year. PMX featured a variety of events, including panels, workshops, a dance, a fashion show featuring Angelic Pretty, Takuya Angel, and Hangry & Angry, as well as video rooms, karaoke, and the CosFe[...]
October 15th, 2009 - 10:31 pm § in Conventions
Long Beach Comic Con 2009
Daisy and I attended the Long Beach Comic Con on Saturday, and found it to be a rather promising first year convention. This is a convention that we would like to see continue and become more fleshed out. Though it was a very enjoyable con that seems rather well run, the program [...]
September 15th, 2009 - 6:02 pm § in Conventions, Ni News
Faerie Queen Corsets
One of our staff writers Daisy Viktoria, owns corset company called Faeire Queen Corsets. We would like all of our readers to come check out her booth at Mikomicon. She will be in the artists alley throughout the convention. Daisy makes all of the corsets that she sells by hand, with l[...]
September 9th, 2009 - 6:23 pm § in Conventions
Dragon*Con 2009
Two of our editors attended Dragon*Con this year. Dragon*Con has much to offer, including numerous fan tracks and quite a variety of interests, as well as many wonderful costumes. Dragon*Con fan tracks featured panels, concerts, balls, and other related events. Tracks included Al[...]
July 29th, 2009 - 1:00 am § in Conventions, Ni News
San Diego Comic Con 2009
Several editors from Not Interested attended San Diego Comic Con this year. Everyone had fun, and we can all agree it was pretty intense. It was actually my first time attending this convention, having previously lived on a different coast. Here are some highlights from t[...]
July 27th, 2009 - 5:19 pm § in Conventions, Ni News
Return From SDCC
Well, all of the Not Interested staff is back safely from Comic-Con 2009. We will have all of the photos up and a full report up online in the next few days. We will also have a Comic-Con survival guide written by our very own Brenna Stones up in the next few weeks. Comic-Con 2009 was [..[...]