Con Recap

Let's be honest—many Web Comic creators are fans of anime, video games, etc. Thus, when they look at their schedule and notice a convention rolling into town, it's entirely possible that said artist will want to visit it. There are no shortages of reasons for this:

• It's a great way to connect with fans and other similar-minded people
• They can make money selling merchandise related to their comic
• The comic gets more exposure, resulting in more readers telling their friends about it and/or buying their merchandise, etc.
• An artist can make friends with other artists, providing link exchanges, networking, et al.
• It's their freaking convention (okay, so this one just applies to PAX and Digital Overload, but still).

Naturally, like most people who attend a convention, they'll want to tell everyone about it, including their readers. This gave rise to the Con Recap issue.

Webcomics that are Life Embellished, Journal Comic or Joke A Day format will stick these in anywhere, while some fantasy-based comics will take a break from the story to recap the convention (which could mean no updating for the duration of the convention). If it does update during a convention, you can expect a filler strip or two.

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Comics that recap conventions:

• Parodied in And Shine Heaven Now, with one character spending a whole storyline recapping a convention...of fellow religious fanatics, including Bible cosplayers and great deals on holy water.
• Apple Geeks
• Comedity
• Ctrl Alt Del
• Dominic Deegan
• El Goonish Shive
• Enjuhneer has done several of these, usually for Genericon but also recently for PAX East.
• Insecticomics
• Megatokyo
• Mac Hall
• The Sunday comics of Narbonic were always for extra material or separate stories, so Shaenon's Con Recaps went in there. Ultimately, this included special recaps of the annual Narbonicons.
• Overcompensating
• Penny Arcade, with filler strips
• VG Cats
• Weregeek