With coronavirus restrictions lifting and the culture sector reemerging, Israel’s geek culture aficionados will be able to gather once again for their various conventions and events.There's only one thing that bugs me about this. What if the organizers make use of politically correct or morally bankrupt ideas like what we're seeing in the west now, and what I've spoken of at various times before? There may be some okay stuff from Europe, I hope, but if they intend to focus on mainstream US comics and other such products, that's where I'm not optimistic they'll have much to offer that's inspiring. I'd like to think this is something to look forward to, but with the dire artistic situation the US industry sank into, that's why I'm not sure this'll be worth the effort, even if I do want to take a trip to see the art museum in Petach Tikva.
And this time, a new one, Comics-Con, will arrive in Israel for the first time ever, taking place on July 9 at the Petah Tikva Museum of Art.
[...] Israel does have a few geek conventions already, such as I-Con, Olamot and Harucon. However, they are few in number, and Comics-Con is a bit different.
“I-Con is very fantasy- and role playing-focused, Harucon is anime- and Japanese culture-focused, Olamot is a fantasy- and science fiction-focused event,” Salov explained.
“Comics-Con is a comics and pop culture convention. It includes all aspects of geek culture but focuses on mainstream Western culture.”
Because if we're going to try and stop the misuse of our favorite comics and their protagonists by the companies that write and publish them, we've got to see what both the printed and online comics news is doing wrong. This blog focuses on both the good and the bad, the newspaper media and the online websites. Unabashedly. Unapologetically. Scanning the media for what's being done right and what's being done wrong.
Thursday, July 01, 2021
With the Corona crisis mostly over, a new Israeli convention opens
Here's a Jerusalem Post article about a new convention taking place in Petach Tikva next week:
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