{"id":8878,"date":"2026-10-29T16:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/?p=8878"},"modified":"2026-11-02T23:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T04:36:39","slug":"cool-comics-convention-oafcon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/cool-comics-convention-oafcon-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Comics Convention &#8211; OAFcon 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8881\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-2-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"OAFcon-2026\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-2-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-2-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-2-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OAFcon-2026<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_8883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8883\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-entrance-250x431.jpg\" alt=\"OAF-entrance\" width=\"250\" height=\"431\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-entrance-250x431.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-entrance-404x696.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-entrance-569x980.jpg 569w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-entrance-768x1323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-entrance-892x1536.jpg 892w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-entrance-1189x2048.jpg 1189w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-entrance-scaled.jpg 1486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OAFcon-2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>It was great to meet new fans of <strong>ICECUBES <\/strong>at <strong>OAFcon <\/strong>last weekend in <strong>Oklahoma City.<\/strong> The convention was focused on vintage comics culture which is something I really enjoy. I got to see great original art by the masters and even meet<strong> Thomas Yeates, Bob Hall<\/strong> and <strong>Sam DeLaRosa<\/strong> to share tips and tricks. <strong>Mr. Hall<\/strong> and <strong>Mr. Yeates<\/strong> even took time to do portfolio reviews and give me some extremely useful feedback on <strong>ICECUBES the Comic Strip! <\/strong>It was a great opportunity and I look forward to going back next year!<figure id=\"attachment_8887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8887\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-1-550x406.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Yeates at OAFcon 2026\" width=\"550\" height=\"406\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-1-550x406.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-1-980x723.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-1-250x184.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-1-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-1-1536x1133.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-1-2048x1511.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Yeates of Prince Valiant and Swamp Thing. Notice the ICECUBES book next to him!<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8894\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-2-473x696.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Yeates original art\" width=\"473\" height=\"696\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-2-473x696.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-2-666x980.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-2-250x368.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-2-768x1131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-2-1043x1536.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-2-1391x2048.jpg 1391w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-yeates-2-scaled.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Yeates original art<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8897\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-comparison-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"ICECUBES Art comparison - Frank Thorne\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-comparison-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-comparison-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-comparison-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-comparison-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-comparison-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/OAF-comparison-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ICECUBES Art size comparison with Frank Thorne&#8217;s 1960s newspaper strip!<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nWe sold a lot of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chateaubooks.square.site\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICECUBES Vol. 3 &#8220;The Stuff of Dreams!&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> copies and there are only about 60 left, so order yours now before they go out of print like Vol.1 and Vol. 2! <strong>Go to store by clicking here!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICECUBES at OAFcon 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[144,16,158,167,165],"class_list":["post-8878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","tag-book","tag-comics","tag-conventions","tag-leroy-brown","tag-original-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8878"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8903,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8878\/revisions\/8903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}