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    Heading to Missouri Comic Con this Weekend

    February 9, 2024 - By 

    I’m a long way from Florida at the moment, up in Missouri to take my sister to her very first comic con. We are attending Missouri Comic Con, at the Springfield Expo Center this weekend, February 10 and 11. If you are wondering how I have a sister that’s never attended a con, well I didn’t even know about her until my mid 20s and we didn’t meet until many years later. I was reunited with my dad’s side of the family at 23 and found out I have a half sister and brother! We first met at my great-grandfather’s…

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    A Day at HeroesCon 2023 in Charlotte, NC

    June 19, 2023 - By 

    I haven’t gotten to attend this one myself yet, but luckily Guest Geek reporter Al Butler spent the day at Heroes Con 2023 in Charlotte, NC and wrote all about his experience to share with the Geek Mamas blog. Heroes Con 2023: Celebrating Pop Culture and Creativity Heroes Con 2023 has come and gone. The convention, set in Charlotte NC, was the brainchild of Shelton Drum, the owner of the Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find comic shop in Charlotte, and based around comic book professionals, not media celebrities. Starting in 1982, the show has grown massively and now takes up…