Fandom FAQ - Welcome to alt.comics.fandom!
Kate the Short
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alt.comics.fandom
-= WELCOME TO ALT.COMICS.FANDOM! =-
Copyright 1995-1999 by Katharine E. Hahn
http://www.enteract.com/~katew/
Version 99.03
Last updated June 1999
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Subject: Table of Contents
Introduction
Purpose / Charter
Resources
Obtaining Personal Copies
Credits
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Subject: Introduction
Welcome to alt.comics.fandom! This is an unmoderated newsgroup.
Basically, we're here to talk about comics fans and fandom. This
includes going to conventions, meeting other fans, meeting creators,
and the like. So please, join in the discussion!
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Subject: Purpose / Charter
For your newsgroups file:
alt.comics.fandom Fans and fandom of comics and sequential art.
CHARTER: alt.comics.fandom
The following topics will be welcomed for discussion:
Conventions and special events
Pro appearances
Parties, meetings, dinners, and get-togethers
Fan clubs and organizations
Fan letters and letterhacks
Fan behavior
APAs and fanzines
In addition, alt.comics.fandom will provide a forum for discussion
of material of general interest to fandom but not directly relevant to
the comics field. Milestones like births and weddings of pros and
fans are appropriate.
The following topics/posts are generally not welcome on
alt.comics.fandom:
Binary postings (use one of the alt.binaries.* groups)
Unrelated advertisements
Flames and insults
Material of interest only to the poster and/or another very small
group of specific posters should be left in e-mail and IRC. Posts
which actually discuss comics or comic books should be crossposted to
the appropriate rec.arts.comics.* or alt.comics.* (or related)
newsgroup, with followups set out of alt.comics.fandom.
In addition to the above charter, it should be noted that this is NOT a
place to sell comic books. Please take those posts to the newsgroup
rec.arts.comics.marketplace.
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Subject: Resources
*** COMIC BOOK CONVENTIONS (listed by month from January to December)
Con: Alternative Press Expo (San Jose, CA, USA)
URL: http://www.ape-con.com/
URL: mailto:ap...@aol.com mailto:cci...@aol.com
Day: February 27-28, 1999
Con: MegaCon (Orlando, FL, USA)
URL: http://megacon.edgeglobal.com/
URL: mailto:mega...@aol.com
Day: March 5-7, 1999
Con: CoastCon (Biloxi, MI, USA)
URL: http://www.coastcon.org/
URL: in...@coastcon.org
Day: March ?, 2000
Con: AggieCon (College Station, TX, USA)
URL: http://wwwmsc.tamu.edu/MSC/CepheidVariable/aggiecon/
URL: mailto:aggi...@msc.tamu.edu
Day: March 23-26, 2000
CON: Comics 2000 Festival (Bristol, UK)
URL: http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Network/1358/
URL: mailto:ke...@netgates.co.uk
Day: April ?, 2000 (Easter Weekend)
Con: WonderCon (Oakland, CA, USA)
URL: http://www.wondercon.com/
URL: mailto:wco...@aol.com
Day: April 7-9, 2000
Con: Pittsburgh Comicon (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
URL: http://www.pittsburghcomicon.com/
URL: mailto:pcom...@nb.net
Day: April 23-25, 1999
Con: GatorCon (Gainesville, FL, USA)
URL: http://www.indyworld.com/gator/
URL: mailto:jma...@gator.net
Day: April 1999?
Con: Motor City Comic Con (Detroit, MI, USA)
URL: http://www.motorcityconventions.com/motor_city_comic_con/
URL: mailto:regist...@motorcityconventions.com
Day: May 14-16, 1999
Con: The Big Easy Comic-Con (New Orleans, LA, USA)
URL: http://www.wfcomics.com/bigeasycon/
URL: mailto:bigea...@wfcomics.com
Day: May 28-30, 1999
Con: Heroes Con (Charlotte, NC, USA)
URL: http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/
URL: mailto:she...@heroesonline.com
Day: June 16-18, 2000
Con: Dragon*Con (Atlanta, GA, USA)
URL: http://www.dragoncon.org/
URL: mailto:drag...@dragoncon.org
Day: July 1-4, 1999
Con: SmallPOX (Ottawa, ON, CANADA)
URL: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4758/SmallPOX99.html
URL: mailto:ap...@freenet.carleton.ca
Day: July 31, 1999
Con: Wizard World Chicago (Chicago, IL, USA)
URL: http://www.wizardworld.com/chicago/chicago.html
URL: mailto:WizB...@aol.com
Day: July 1999?
Con: Canadian National Comic Book Expo (Toronto, ON, CANADA)
URL: http://hobbystar.com/comicexpo/
URL: mailto:agu...@hobbystar.com mailto:in...@hobbystar.com
Day: August 27-29, 1999
Con: Comic-Con International (San Diego, CA, USA)
URL: http://www2.comic-con.org/comiccon/
URL: mailto:cci...@aol.com
Day: August 12-15, 1999
Con: Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD, USA)
URL: http://www.spxpo.com/
URL: mailto:mich...@cyberunderdog.com
Day: September 17-19, 1999
Con: Independent Press Experience (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
URL: http://www.indyexp.com/
URL: mailto:hea...@indyexp.com
Day: October 17, 1999
Con: MOCtoberfest (Athans, GA, USA)
URL: http://www.negia.net/~moc/fandom/
URL: mailto:m...@negia.net
Day: October 29-31, 1999
Con: Tropicon (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA)
URL: http://scifi.squawk.com/tropicon.html
URL: mailto:trop...@scifi.squawk.com
Day: November 19-21, 1999
Con: Comic Freek
URL: http://www.comicfreek.com/
URL: mailto:comic...@lightserver.com
Day: November 1999?
Con: Mid-Ohio-Con (Columbus, OH, USA)
URL: http://www.wfcomics.com/midohiocon/
URL: mailto:MidOh...@hotmail.com
Day: November 27-28, 1999
Con: The Big Apple Comic Con (New York, NY, USA)
URL: http://bigapplecomiccon.com/
URL: mailto:comi...@hotmail.com
Day: unknown
Con: DefCon (Tulsa, OK, USA)
URL: http://matthart.com/defcon/
URL: mailto:def...@matthart.com
Day: postponed
*** COMIC CONVENTION SURVIVAL GUIDE
URL: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dungeon/1300/conguide.htm
This guide is basically a few posts from a newsgroup thread, but the
information is still good. If you've never been to a convention, it's
a must-read. By Michael R. Grabois.
*** COMIC BOOK PROFESSIONAL EMAIL ADDRESSES
URL: http://www.indyworld.com/comics/pro.html
A very complete list of email addresses (with a few links to web pages)
put together by the people at indy Magazine. Includes a few titles with
which each creator is best associated. By Jeff Mason.
*** COMICS CREATORS ON THE NET
URL: http://www.hoboes.com/html/Comics/Creators.html
Actually a collection of pages. Links to creators on the web, comics
companies on the web, and to reviews and interviews. Nicely organized!
By Jerry Stratton.
*** COMICS PRO BIRTHDAYS
URL: http://www.digitalwebbing.com/
The folks at Digital Webbing post a list of pro birthdays every day.
Pretty cool site overall. Check it out!
*** OTHER RAC.* COMICS FAQS (LIST)
URL: http://www.enteract.com/~katew/faqs/
The rac.* FAQs (posted to rec.arts.comics.info and rec.arts.comics.misc)
have important information for any comics fan. Checking them out is
never a bad idea. (rac.* stands for rec.arts.comics.* -- the "big
sister" of the alt.comics.* hierarchy.)
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Subject: Obtaining Personal Copies
The welcome is available through anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu under:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/comics/fandom/welcome
And on the web under:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/comics/fandom/
Want your own copies? Send email to mail-...@rtfm.mit.edu
(mailto:mail-...@rtfm.mit.edu) with any or all of:
send /usenet/news.answers/comics/fandom/welcome
in the body of the message.
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Subject: Credits
The Welcome Keeper would like to thank:
* Mike Chary, for being a proponent of the rac.fandom newsgroup,
* Elayne Wechsler-Chaput for being THE biggest fangirl on rac.*,
* Aardy R. DeVarque for critiquing everything under the sun for me,
* and all the RAC'ers and AC'ers who make this a welcome place.
--
Kate the Short * http://www.enteract.com/~katew/
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