{"id":6168,"date":"2022-09-01T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/genechingoncomiccons\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T16:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:00:43","slug":"genechingoncomiccons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/genechingoncomiccons\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY YOU SHOULD READ: The Kung Fu of Comic Cons \u2013 SiliCon 2022: by Gene Ching publisher of  KungFuMagazine.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/geneching.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/09\/5286_silicon-2022_photo2.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1125&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Read The Kung Fu of Comic Cons \u2013 SiliCon 2022: My latest feature for KungFuMagazine.com<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/geneching.wordpress.com\/2022\/09\/01\/the-kung-fu-of-comic-cons-silicon-2022-my-latest-feature-for-kungfumagazine-com\/\">The Kung Fu of Comic Cons \u2013 SiliCon 2022: My Latest Feature for KungFuMagazine.com<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about in-person events, particularly Comic-Cons. So I was already looking forward to Gene Ching\u2019s coverage of his own recent excursions. I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to count tackling conventions among our various team-ups and was delighted by his mention of some of that in his latest piece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\u2026 like the sword master he is, Gene cuts to some key insights about Cons and their place in our culture. This is a subject that is going to come up again, though I\u2019m hesitant to say it\u2019s trending \u2014yet. But as we consider how in-person events will be in a post-isolation society, looking back at the how\u2019s, what\u2019s and why\u2019s may be helpful. For POP culture in general and comic conventions in particular, it\u2019s this type of on-the-ground reporting that maps out the harder to find oral history that attendees and creatives come to conventions for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher of KungFuMagazine Gene Ching on the Kung Fu of Comic-Cons. 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