On Friday, November 14th, I’ll be appearing at the Grand Rapids Comic-Con as one of their literary guests. If you’re attending the convention, please drop by and say “Hi!”
I’ll have a table in the literary guest area (location to be announced by the convention later). Programming-wise, I’ll be presenting a solo panel:
Writing Horror – What’s the difference between gothic horror and quiet horror? Body horror and splatterpunk? Does a novel really have to blood and guts to count as horror? Join five time Bram Stoker Award winner Lucy A. Snyder for a discussion of horror and its subgenres followed by Q&A.
About The Grand Rapids Comic-Con
Mark and Jennifer Hodges, along with a dedicated staff of college convention operators, produced the first show on October 12, 2013. The inaugural show was a tremendous success. Almost 10,000 people showed up for the one-day event, thousands of whom were turned away due to fire code restrictions.
The second Grand Rapids Comic-Con moved into the much DeltaPlex and added Hollywood celebrities to their guest list. Held on November 21-23, 2014, the convention drew 16,000 people—and they turned away as many as 4000 people again on Saturday due to building limitations.
In their third year, the convention moved into the spacious DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids for their annual event on October 16-18, 2015. With an even larger guest list, the Grand Rapids Comic-Con had a huge increase in attendance with over 22,000 people.
From 2016-2019, the convention saw even more growth, and led to the addition of a summer show in 2021, followed by the now-annual Kalamazoo Comic-Con edition of the convention held each spring alongside the annual fall show at the DeVos Place.
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