The annual two-day Oak City Comicon held in Raleigh last weekend drew crowds fascinated with comic books related popular arts, professional wrestling, science fiction/fantasy, film/television, horror, animation, anime, manga, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, fantasy novels, and Larry Ham, creator of G.I. Joe, who headlined the weekend. “It doesn’t matter if you’ve come to every N.C. Comicon from the very beginning or if this is your first time, you’ll still feel right at home,” said North Carolina Comicon Creative Director Brock McKinney. “For 2017 we really retooled the best parts of the conventions to make sure that each one is unique, and that it offers something that you can only get from that particular show. Plus, now you’ve got twice as many opportunities to come out, join the comic book insanity, and experience everything that makes N.C. Comicon such an intimate, creator-driven show.”
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Sunday poem
Sunday poemWe are reviving our Sunday Story series here with a visit to Raleigh’s Meredith College. Every summer for the past decade Meredith College has hosted rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade young women on […]
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The plate
“Historically, chefs at The Biltmore kept a log of the meals they served. Those menu books usually went with the chefs when they moved on, but we do have one in our archive that covers […]
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Peter Lamb and The Wolves bring their signature jazz to their third album
Tenor saxophonist Peter Lamb just turned 40. At his home in Raleigh in the Mordecai neighborhood, we sipped the same bourbon pushed by Bill Murray’s character in the film “Lost in Translation.” The familiarity and […]