The Pre-Registration price for Intervention will increase this week (at midnight on June 30th) from it’s current cost of $35 to it’s next level of $40. So you should purchase your registration now…or maybe you just like paying more :)

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Big announcement for webcomic artists, WordPress users, and web developers: we’ve just signed up the lead programming developer for ComicPress, Frumph, to appear at Intervention and host panels and hands-on workshops for CSS, WordPress, and ComicPress set up and tweaking.

Since 99% of all webcomics seem to be moving to ComicPress, and with a new version of the software being released soon, this is your opportunity to talk with and get one-on-one advice and tips directly from the developer about set up and upgrading. We will be announcing details on how you can register for the hands-on workshops in the next few days, along with the costs for these extra limited events. Frumph will also be on some open panels, so anyone can stop in and ask general questions as well.

We’re very happy to have the ability to directly connect comic creators to the people who can enable them to get their work online. This is at the core of our mission with Intervention and we hope to bring more of these type of events to the con this year and in the years to come.

UPDATED: We have a poll running in the forum for which type of workshops you’d most want to attend. Please vote if you are interested in these in order to help us with scheduling and setup.

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Yes, we are storming the gates with a herd of dragons just like (maybe) Manowar. Geeking Out About just posted a great article about the con.

If it sounds ambitious, that’s because it is. Myself, I’ve been on the convention circuit for going on eleven years and been a webcomicker for nine, and I’ve never seen anything like it. The level of interaction and the promise of a party atmosphere sounds at once awesome and daunting. But the vibe behind the pre-con hype and advertising is a positive one. If there’s stress behind the planning (and there is, because it’s a convention), it’s not pervasive or infectious. There’s a mix of levelheadedness and exuberance about it that’s unheard of for a first-year con. This can only end well — and I’m not saying that with my usual tinge of sarcasm.

Click here to read the whole post.

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If you applied for a table in our artists/vendor’s room, you should check your email now. If you got in you have been sent a registration link so that you can buy your table. Everyone gets a reply. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam filter and/or contact us so that we can get through the booking process and put you up on the site for all to see. :)

If you haven’t applied for a table yet, there is still a chance you can get in. We may also have more tables to release. APPLY NOW, not later.

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We have extended the window of our Artist Alley applications until June 28, 2010. We were contacted by a large number of artists asking for the extension due to the many cons that have occurred over the last 2 weeks, and into this coming weekend.

While we are extending the deadline, we WILL be starting our review and confirmation process of the currently received applications. This means that it is still better for you to get your application in as soon as possible.

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Intervention’s Artist Alley applications deadline is coming up soon (June 18, 2010). Once midnight of that date passes we will start reviewing and sending out confirmations–so if you want to be on an equal footing for getting a space you’ll want to submit your application in the next day.

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We’ve got a few more guests we’ve confirmed for Intervention. First off we’ve added David Willis of Shortpacked!, a founding member of the Blank Label Comics collective. We’ve also got Mike Hall and Ryan Thompson of Darkstar Studios and Ben Kahan of Ansem Retort signed up to be at the con.

I’d love to be able to announce the other guests we have lined up, but I can’t yet (believe me though, they will be worth the wait). More details soon!

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Hi Guys,
June 15th was our original date for moving to the next level cost for Intervention pre-registrations costs (from $35 to $40), but we’ve been receiving such a great response that we’ve decided to keep the current cost to $35 for another 2 weeks. This is true for both the individual rate as well as the group rate.

This is it though, we can’t hold back the prices longer than that. So if you want the absolute lowest price to attend Intervention this year, this is your last chance to get in on it at $35.

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Hi Everyone,
Intervention will be at Wizard World Philly on June 12 2010 in conjunction with Philcon. Onezumi and I will be at the table to talk about the con as well as take pre-registration payments. So please stop by and chat or get your registration locked up at our lowest rate (soon to be going up from $35 to $40, so act now!)

We hope to see you there.

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Panelists signups will be going out in the next 2 weeks. If you are interested in becoming a panelist, you will have the opportunity to sign up at that time.

I have a public announcement:

Are you a fan? Are you fabulously geeky? Do you have an awesome talent that should be shared with the world?

Well, Intervention’s panel programming opens up in a few days. You might think that this kind of thing is for only guests of the con and staff to decide. While it is true that we are designing a large portion of the programming, we have something special planned.

You might recall that our biggest priority is to treat everyone with respect and to do what the scene wants. (We are fans too, after all.) Because of this, we are devoting a whole track to fan created panels. If you think that this con only applies to high-tech types, you would be wrong. We will have the best tech, art, and comics related panels out there, but we encapsulate even more than this. This fan-created track is the place where people of all persuasions can shine. If you use the internet to connect to your fandom in any way at all – you belong here.

Book authors? Yes. Steampunk enthusiasts? Yes? Fetishists? Yes. Firefly fans? Yes. Furries? Yes. Fanfic? Yes. The list goes on and on.

We are devoting this to you so that you have the opportunity to meet up with your friends and talk about the things that are relevant to your lives. This con is by fans for fans and we wouldn’t have it any other way. We are setting the tone and executing the best programming imaginable with an art-centric spin and we are allowing fans to be in charge like never before with the process.

We are going to allow you to suggest parties, panels, workshops…whatever. If enough people want to come, we’ll put it on the schedule and rock it out.

For example, there are already parties for specific comics, books, subcultures, an LJ Meetup, and several other things that are in the works.

Stay tuned for details on how you can become a part of the action. It’s coming in the next couple of weeks and it will be freaking epic.

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