By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 11/23/2015
As per Con tradition, we slept in on Sunday. Not because of wild parties on Saturday night, but because we were a bit tired, and we could, and there wasn’t anything scheduled on our agenda.Today’s surprise on the Press Room menu was a nice TexMex chili. We haven’t noticed many Mexican or Latino restaurants in […]
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 11/23/2015
We arrived back at the convention center bright and early, and were pleasantly surprised to discover that the press room was serving breakfast! After a brief tutorial on the Jura coffee maker (no… not a “coffee maker”… a “coffee juke box”!), I had a nice cup of normal (black) coffee with crema, and a few slices […]
By: Fiona Parker,
on 9/29/2015
After venturing to the far East of Japan last year, 2015 sees the return of the International Bar Association’s annual meeting to Europe. Vienna will host the conference this year, a city which holds an interesting pedigree as a legal centre. The Annual Meeting itself promises to be a must-attend event for all international lawyers, with sessions ranging from climate change justice to human trafficking.
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By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 5/14/2015
This is from “The Third Man”. Has anyone spoofed this scene, perhaps with Deno’s Wonder Wheel in Coney Island?
While fans were cursing the fates here in the U.S. as they tried to score tickets to New York Comic Con, fans in Austria were jubilant over the announcement of Vienna Comic Con, scheduled for 21-22 November at the Vienna Messe.
Why is there a Ferris wheel in the logo? It’s a nearby landmark, and one of the largest in the world! (Auf Deutsch: Ree-zen-rahdt … so fun to pronounce!)
So… the Vienna Messe… What’s it like? Well, for starters, Reed Exhibitions, the parent company of Reed POP, manages the venue (as well as one in Salzburg, but the Mozartkluge and the Trappists despise each other, so a fan expo there is unlikely).
It was rebuilt in 2001, and looks great. (Here’s a photosphere “streetview” of the convention center. Nicely laid out, and lots of light! And those partitions! Vienna Woods!) The exhibition acreage places it somewhere between Denver and San Diego.
It is served by two subways stations (use Krieau). If you have time, get off at Praterstern Bahnhof and wall along Ausstellungsstrasse! Or Strasse des Ersten Mai! If you prefer streetcars, ride to the terminus at Prater Hauptallee and walk a kilometer to the Messe.
It’s part of the Vienna Prater. Think “Central Park”, double it, then add a convention center, a sports stadium, an amusement park, community gardens, a golf course, a streetcar line… (Darn… most of the Wurstelprater will be closed then. But the Wintermarkt will be open! Glühwein am Wien!)
The grey square on the left is the convention center.
There are three main areas of the convention center:
I really hope there’s a Café-Konditerei nearby. Sachertorte, Kaiserschmarr’n, Wiener Melange… *sabber*
Need some quiet time? Waltz (or Moonwalk!) on over to the Danube, two blocks away.
Is there a con wars?
One month before will be Vienna Comix, two miles away at the Marx Halle. It’s been taking place twice a year since 1993, and last year’s Fall show drew 6,000 fans. The big draw(er) for the next show? Don Rosa. Dayammmmmn…
And then there’s “Comic Con Vienna“, scheduled for September! It’s (at least) their second year, and while it’s more of what we old-timers would call a science fiction convention, it looks like a fun show!
I had planned on attending the Paris Comic Con in late October, but since this show coincides with my annual Thanksgiving vacation, it looks like I’ll be heading to Vienna before I make my way to Nebraska!
© ReedPOP
VIENNA (13th May 2015). – On the 21st and 22nd of November 2015 the first edition of „Vienna Comic Con“ premieres at Messe Wien in Vienna, Austria. The two-day pop culture and gaming event will be produced by Reed Exhibitions Messe Wien in cooperation with ReedPOP, the world’s leading producer of pop culture events including New York Comic Con and the PAX video game shows.
Vienna Comic Con will bring the best of pop culture to central Europe with a vibrant exhibit hall floor, entertainment and panels, and the opportunity for guests to meet favourite pop culture celebrities. Just one of the highlights: ReedPOP U.S. is working with Vienna Comic Con to present an International Cosplay Competition, the winner of which will be sent to Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) to compete in the championship finals.
Just a few of the companies that have already agreed to participate include Egmont publishers; Panini Verlags GmbH; Figuya; Manga-Mafia; KAZÉ Manga & Anime; Microsoft; Sony Computer Entertainment; Ubisoft; and Legend Icon.
”We aim to make Vienna Comic Con the leading pop culture event in central Europe,” says Dr. Barbara Leithner, New Business Development at Reed Exhibitions. “Fans at Vienna Comic Con will experience unique programs and events, and meet pop culture creatives from all over the world.”
Vienna Comic Con is slated for Hall D at Messe Wien in Vienna. Show hours are Saturday, 21st November from 10:00 to 19:00, and Sunday, 22nd November from 10:00 to 17:00. For more information on tickets, guests, programming and the latest Vienna Comic Con news, go to www.vienna-comiccon.com.
Reed Exhibitions hosts over 500 events and is the world’s leading organiser of conventions. Since its start in 2006, ReedPOP has staged top-ranking pop culture events including New York Comic Con, PAX Prime, Star Wars Celebration and C2E2 in the United States, and introduced Comic Con events across the globe in Europe, India, Asia and Australia.
“Vienna Comic Con will bring together the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys and games,” says Matthias Limbeck, managing director at Reed Exhibitions in Austria. “It will be the place where the creatives, stars and heroes meet their fans, who in turn will be able to experience the latest trends in their favoured fields of international popular culture.”
ReedPOP is a boutique group within Reed Exhibitions exclusively devoted to organizing events, launching and acquiring new shows, and partnering with premium brands in the pop culture world. ReedPOP is dedicated to celebrations of popular culture throughout the globe that transcend ordinary events by providing unique access and dynamic personal experiences. The ReedPOP portfolio includes: New York Comic Con (NYCC), Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) Prime, East, South and Australia, Emerald City Comicon, BookCon, Oz Comic-Con, Comic Con India, Paris Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration, TwitchCon and UFC Fan Expo. The staff at ReedPOP is a fan-based group of professionals uniquely qualified to serve those with whom they share a common passion. ReedPOP is focused on bringing its expertise and knowledge to world communities in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, India and Australia. (www.reedpop.com)
For more Information on Vienna Comic Con go to www.vienna-comiccon.com, or
– Facebook www.facebook.com/viennacomiccon
– Twitter @messe_at #VIECC
– Instagram https://instagram.com/viennacomiccon/
– YouTube www.youtube.com/user/ReedPOPofficial
By: Neil Gaiman,
on 10/17/2014
Last year, Sherman Alexie came up with an idea so audacious and imaginative it could only have been conceived by an author who wanted to be allowed behind the counter in a bookshop. The idea, “Indies First,” is this: authors get to spend a day hand-selling books and helping out in their local independent bookshop.
Good, right? You, an author, will experience the joys and frustrations of being a bookseller. Mostly the joys — it’s one of the busiest days of the year for small businesses, especially in bookshops. The day in question is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, “Small Business Saturday.” People are beginning to buy gifts for the holidays (now is your chance to persuade people that they need your books — especially if you’ve signed them — and your friends’ books, and books you’ve always loved that, if widely read would make the world a better place). It will be, we promise you, a much more sociable day than the ones you spend staring at a blank screen or a white sheet of paper, communing with imaginary people and suchlike.
By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 4/7/2014
Wilkommen in Österreich! I stopped counting after detecting thirty bites on the first arm. It had been my idea to camp deep in the forest instead of the open ground near the highway. It was a mosquito invasion so comprehensive that … Continue reading
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By: Rebecca,
on 6/17/2008
Coordinates: 48 13 N 16 22 E
Area: 7.5 sq mi (19.3 sq km)
Having seriously played the sport for ten years in my youth, part of this time with a close friend from Belgium, I reached adulthood as a rarefied type of American: a soccer fan. By which I mean that I still haven’t figured out what all of those baseball statistics mean. But I am looking forward to June 29th when two teams will meet in Ernst Happel Stadium to decide the 2008 European Football Championship. Located in Leopoldstadt, one of 23 districts in Vienna, the stadium sits on an island created by the Danube Canal and the river of the same name. Historically this part of Austria’s capital contained a large Jewish population (Freud lived here), and because of this, gained the nickname “Matzoh Island.” A number of tourist attractions occupy the island today, including Wurstelprater, an amusement park, as well as the Republic of Kugelmugel, a micronation founded in 1984.
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on 7/24/2007
Michael J. Klarman, won the Bancroft Prize in 2005 for From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality. Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement, is an abridged, paperback edition of his original masterpiece, which focuses around one major case, Brown v. Board of Education. In the original essay below Klarman, who is the James Monroe Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Virginia, explores political backlash.
While we ordinarily think of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) as contributing to the creation of the modern civil rights movement, Brown’s more immediate effect was to crystallize the resistance of southern whites to progressive racial change, radicalize southern 
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The Vienna Prater is GREAT!!! I am going to force Lance Fensterman to allow me to go to this show. Austria is wonderful, wonderful.