2012: A Geek Odyssey (aka KNTR Geek Prom)

Kids Need to Read Geek Prom 2012 Sponsored by Bookmans Hosted at Phoenix Comicon by Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga, Devon Christopher Adams, MrAnathema Photography, Eric Fiallos, and Ash Rhodes The theme was Space-Geek. Your Host, Crazy Neon Alien Lady. Asteroids streaked overhead! Beings came in droves . . . Aliens Geeks Nerds Dweebs […]

Memories of Phoenix Comicon 2012

By Denise Gary Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga, Robert Gary, Carl Wagner, and Denise Gary It is always difficult to express the importance of Kids Need to Read’s annual involvement in Phoenix Comicon to our overall year. Not only is the KNTR Geek Prom, sponsored by Bookmans and hosted at Phoenix Comicon, our largest fundraiser of […]

Doing Time, “Con”-Style

By The Sauce Boss Photographs © Bruce Matsunaga and Robert Gary They say doing time’ll change a man… But we’re not talking about some cushy prison or psychiatric getaway, with flickering fluorescent ambience and softly-padded walls. No, this formerly soft, shivering 98-pound weakling has earned his stripes at the very pinnacle of “Con” fashion – […]

Kids Need to Read at Phoenix Comicon 2012: Schedule of Events

Kids Need to Read Pavilion 407, 409, 506, 508 Exhibitor Hall * KNTR Build-a-Book Project for Kids (See times and description below) * Author & Illustrator Steven Riley * Highlights & Cricket Magazines for Kids * KNTR 2013 Wall Calendars * Fine Art Prints by Jackie Morris, Tony Parker, and Steven Riley (See bottom of […]

KNTR Geek Prom Tickets Now on Sale!

Kids Need to Read Geek Prom Sponsored by Bookmans Hosted at Phoenix Comicon Hyatt Regency Ballroom Phoenix, Arizona Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:00 PM-Midnight (or, you know . . . to whenever) Purchase your Geek Prom pass here: https://phoenixcomicon.com/shop $15 online now or $20 onsite during the convention Do not contemplate being a wallflower too […]