Days of Conventions Past | SIDEBAR FOREVER

Vaccines are here, people are getting inoculated, and there's hope for the future. But with Covid numbers still surging around the globe, most of us are sticking close to home and avoiding crowds. And that means conventions, too.

Attending comic conventions has been an integral part of fandom since the 1970s. However, with local health boards advising against large gatherings, every major convention in America has gone virtual, as in, online. So your three hosts decided it would be fun (and a little emotional, if we’re to be honest) to sit down and reminisce over some of our fondest con memories.

Step into the Wayback Machine with us as Dwight describes his first Atlanta Fantasy Fair, Swain shares a HeroesCon story involving Kurt Cobain and a comic artist named Kubert, Adrian gets all nervous meeting Silver Age great Nick Cardy, and all three of us recall our favorite moments from Spectrum Fantastic Art Live.