December 8th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
December 9th & 10th (Sat. & Sun.), Mellow Blue Planet will be part of the QUAD-CON Comic’s & Collector’s Show at NorthPark Mall! Please the attached web link below for more details: https://quadcitycon.com/ Location: NorthPark Mall 320 West Kimberly Road Davenport, Iowa 52806 Event Hours: Saturday – 10a.m. to 8p.m. Sunday – 12p.m. to 6p.m. […]
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December 6th, 2023
Arts & Entertainment News
his weekend December 9th & 10th (Sat. & Sun.), Mellow Blue Planet will be part of the QUAD-CON Comic’s & Collector’s Show at NorthPark Mall! Please the attached web link below for more details: https://quadcitycon.com/ Location: NorthPark Mall 320 West Kimberly Road Davenport, Iowa 52806 Event Hours: Saturday – 10a.m. to 8p.m. Sunday – 12p.m. […]
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November 20th, 2023
Ryan Franks
Around seven or eight years ago, I went to my LCS on Wednesday. When I got there, a beautiful woman was there sitting in a chair and the owner was nowhere to be seen. She was in the Quad Cities from Michigan or Minnesota, someplace starting with M, selling coupon books door to door. She […]
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August 7th, 2020
Arts & Entertainment News
Things are not looking good for this fall in regard to covid-19. Numbers are spiking, the government has been pathetically inept in terms of dealing with the crisis, and the economy is once again on the verge of completely tanking. Unemployment is up, some industries are shut down through the end of the year, and […]
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December 31st, 2019
Arts & Entertainment News
We’re looking back on a great year of entertainment, sports and features here at QuadCities.com, and QC Scene is here to display some of the images of the year, featuring the places, people and events that made the year great! Here’s part one of our look back in pictures:
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January 16th, 2019
What's the Good News
There’s always positive news happening in the Quad-Cities, and we here at QuadCities.com, in collaboration with KWQC-TV6’s “Paula Sands Live,” are happy to bring it to you! Every month we team up to present What’s The Good News? It’s a column on our website that promotes cool things happening in the Q-C that are positive […]
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September 17th, 2017
Ryan Franks
On the last weekend of July I had my busiest weekend of the year. Saturday was the annual QC Planet Con at the Holiday Inn Rock Island, simultaneously in Iowa City was Anime Iowa. I attended both conventions that weekend. First up that weekend was the QC Planet Con. I’ve been involved with the QC […]
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July 27th, 2017
Entertainment
It is officially time for the 8th Annual Quad Cities Planet Comic and Arts Convention! Are you ready? This Saturday July 29 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. you are invited to the QC Planet Con at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center (226 17th Street Rock Island). Admission is only $5 for adults […]
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April 16th, 2017
Ryan Franks
After two weeks talking about explosions, comic books and community action, I think it’s time to get back to what this series is best at: complaining about the comic book industry. This week while going through the stack of Marvel comics at Mellow Blue Planet, I was looking at Champions #4. I was just examining […]
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December 2nd, 2016
Ryan Franks
Given that the holiday season is upon us I want to talk about what we as fans can do to give back to our favorite hobby. I have three suggestions that will help your local comic shop serve you better and help them stay in business. First and most important: the Previews catalog is your […]
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