Max Monclair

Month: November 2018

Denver Comic Con Announces New Name, 2019 Dates

Literature, Movies, Pop Culture, Tangled Media, Television
Denver Pop Culture Con 2019

Pop Culture Classroom, the organization behind Denver’s premiere annual event for fans of comics, movies, TV and other media, has announced ticket sales are now open for the convention formerly known as Denver Comic Con. This year, the convention, now in its 8th year, will be called Denver Pop Culture Con.

In PCC’s October 8th “Dialogue With the Director” post, Director Christina Angel indicated that the name change had been considered ever since Pop Culture Classroom changed its name in 2014 from its former designation, Comic Book Classroom. Angel pointed out that while comics remain the main focus of the group and the annual convention, the mission and breadth of PCC as an educational organization expands to all corners of popular culture. In an FAQ about the name change, the recent lawsuit by the organizers of San Diegos’ Comic Con against the group behind Salt Lake City’s event by the same name was a consideration, but not the deciding factor.

To be sure, the former Denver Comic Con featured an increasing presence of TV and movie character actors, writers and producers, along with panels discussing themes beyond the pages of graphic novels. In addition to events related to comic book writers and artists, DCC 2018 featured panels addressing mental health in horror movies, promoting women writers, and a 3-panel series on UFO and supernatural investigations. Check out DCC 2018’s highlights reel.

Tickets are available at the DPCC 2019 site. The convention schedule, as well as guests and attractions, will be posted at the DPCC site as it is developed.

Image of the Week: November 24, 2018

Image of the Week, Wanders With Moose
Water Installation by Angelo di Benedetto, Gilpin County Arts Assn.

Note: Last week’s featured image was posted on Thursday. Starting this week, I will try to post this every Saturday

I don’t do Black Friday. Fighting crowds for stuff I don’t need is not the epilogue I could use for a week of house cleaning, food shopping & preparations and feasting. Most years, it ends on a high note and dashing it in a mad rush I may not come out of alive seems rather perverse to me.

So this year, we took my wife Laura’s uncle, who came in from out of town, to Central City, just a bit down Highway 119 from our house. Being a fellow history buff, he wanted to see what Central City had to offer for museums and historic sites. One place we visited was the Gilpin County Historical Museum, a few hundred feet east of the old county courthouse. Upstairs from the tiny museum was the much larger gallery of the Gilpin County Arts Association. The space is a combination of the former residence of legendary Sheriff William Z Cozens, the original Gilpin County Courthouse at Washington Hall, and the first jail. The GCAA has operated an art gallery at this location continuously since 1947. You can find out more at the Gilpin County Arts Association.

The image of the week is a permanent water sculpture created by the late local artist Angelo di Benedetto. It utilizes the shape of the mountainside the building is adapted to for its form. If you’re ever in Central City between the hours of 10am-6pm most days, drop in at Washington Hall at 117 Eureka St. Even if the artwork is not your thing, the preserved early settlement architecture is itself worth a visit.