'The Long Con' by Dylan Meconis and Ben Coleman with art by EA Denich is a graphic novel about the apocalypse, and a convention that is still running.   The world may have ended, but not for the folks in the Los Spinoza Convention Center.  They still wander the halls and food courts of pop culture.  Enter Victor Lai, a reporter who breaks in and finds his friend Dez Delaney.  They travel the halls of geekdom gone long.  It's an ok premise.  I think I would have liked more apocalypse and less con.  There is a lot of nerd humor, although the properties that are mocked are hidden to avoid scrutiny by studio lawyers.  The art was not my style and felt a bit loose.  I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Oni Press  and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

Firstly I would like Netgalley and the Onipress for the chance of reading this Comic!
As always, Onipress has a amazing Comic, with great plot and truly amazing art! 
It was something I couldn't let go until I fully finished, and then spend the week remembering scenes.

I love when we have flashbacks like this, telling the past of the characters, instead of starting off from there to the where it's really starting the plot.

I had a lot of fun with this.  Some kind of cataclysmic event happened around the world's biggest pop culture convention 5 years ago and the con just never ended.  I loved how the different pop culture fans eventually peel off into various tribes.  Everything inside the con has kind of devolved into Mad Max levels while the humor has a definite Galaxy Quest type vibe.  I really enjoyed this and look forward to reading the rest of the story.

Jump into nerd culture with the Long Con.

The Long Con is the longest pop culture convention ever. It appears the Convention caused the apocalypse five years previously. Since he survived the Convention’s destruction, reporter Victor is given the assignment to find out what happened. 

Slipping back and forth between the post-apocalyptic present and the pre-apocalyptic past, the plot is interesting and includes many details about conventions. I wish that the characterizations were more fleshed out. However, the humor makes up for it. The Long Con is recommended to those who have either been to conventions or wished they had. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4 stars!

Thanks to Oni Press and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

I found the pacing to be a little too quick, the scenes skipping through time to a point where I was getting confused and having to reread previous panels. I loved the artwork but the writing was disappointing.

It's not often that dystopian tales are also funny. It helps that this one is framed around a comic con, so you have the extremes of nerd culture contributing to a strange survival situation. I'm interested to see where this plot is headed. There are implications that there is, in fact, no apocalyptic event, just a huge campaign of misinformation.

Thanks to the publishers for sharing this one. I really enjoyed it. My full review appears on Weekend Notes.

The premise of this story is really great. Five years ago the world ended. The Long Con has been going strong ever since. Victor the reporter was there when it happened, but managed to get out. Now five years later he's back. We don't know exactly what happened five years ago. Everything you could think happening in a dystopian future is happening. We go back and forth in time and see what's going on in the lives of these characters.
It's a funny story. Illustrations are good and I liked the colors. I believe the story will continue and I'll be in the lookout for the next installment.
Thank you NetGalley and Oni Press for a copy of this book.

This was really good. I've never been to a convention because of a lack of friends and an abundance of social anxiety so I can't say how accurate it is to the reality of going to a con but it seemed like this is how it would be? (except this con does take place at the end of the world as we know it and lasts for 5 years, and I don't think that's a normal occurrence) but I still really enjoyed it and all the conversations about fandoms, canon, comics and other nerdy things. This really is a comic for comic lovers and other kinds of geeks/nerds.

I'm not sure how much you're meant to know at the end of the comic about HOW the world became the way it is (in a post-apocalyptic state), but as far as I could see there wasn't really an explanation. Maybe I missed it or it'll be explained in a future volume. I don't really understand either how food isn't more of an issue, there's only one small group of people for whom food seems to be scarce, and no one else seems to mention it or talk about rationing... I guess there is that bit where Dez steals the hotdogs but how are there hotdogs 5 years after the world has ended? Do hotdogs last that long? How haven't they already been eaten? The food was quite confusing to me, and also I don't really understand who the people are who seem to be in power in the con, are they just cosplayers? How are there real weapons there? I basically have lots of logistical questions, and it may be that there's reasoning behind some of these things, or maybe they're just not explained well.

Other than that there really aren't any issues I had with it. I like the humour and the art, and the way it switches between during the con and 5 years after. I liked the characters and that there are a good amount of female characters and POC, and if the series carries on I'd like to continue to read it!

I had serious flashbacks to my days at SDCC while reading this! Which is especially fun, since half the story is told via flashbacks. Anyone who has attended any sort of "nerdy" convention is going to love reading this and so I know I can suggest it to my teens no problem.

So cute. Wonderful art. I am enjoying graphic novels more and more and this was fun! Thanks for the opportunity to read it.

So far this story is good. I'm not floored, but I am enjoying it and I'm interested to see where it goes next. It's a very imaginative world that Mr. Mconis & Coleman have put together. Being a cosplayer who frequents conventions,there's a lot of relatable jokes, and I find myself chuckling quite a bit. The art is good but doesn't particularly stand out.

[3.5 stars] This was a bit weird if I'm being honest. But I felt like it was sort of a commentary on gate-keeping in fandoms, while also being a fun and quirky romp through an apocalypse story. It ended very abruptly though. I'd like to read more, which I guess says something about the story. Hopefully the series keeps going.

I liked this book quite a bit for diving deep into multiple fan cultures of comics and movies and TV.  There is also quite a nice focus on race and gender in fans and these media industries.

As a nerd, this was a lot of fun to read. The story is set five years after the apocalypse and follows Victor, a reporter who has just been given a seemingly impossible assignment: go back to Long Con, the convention centre where the apocalypse originally broke out. Many apocalyptic shenanigans ensue.

This book transitions between Victor at said convention with an old friend five years ago and him in present day as he navigates the apocalyptic world. The transitions were done really fluidly and with quite a lot of skill when it came to the time jumps. But there would also be times when it would show snippets from classic geeky shows within the universe of the book, and those honestly didn't do much for me.

The characters are currently just fine, none of them really being standouts but also none of them being awful. They definitely have room to grow in future installments, though, so I'm not giving up on any of them just yet.

My favourite part of this was definitely the commentary about fandoms, specifically comic book, sci-fi and fantasy fandoms. There's discussions on how women are seen as automatically inferior in geeky spaces and get called 'fake geek girls', the way that fans feel entitled to their favourite works and creators, the sexist drawings of women in comic books, and many more.

Even though this was just some okay fun I can definitely see the future potential and am excited for what's to come.

I realise that this is volume one and the story will continue, however, the ending of this volume seemed to come out of nowhere. I did enjoy the story and setting though, it's pretty weird and yet somewhat familiar if you're into comics/sci fi conventions. I'll definitely be in line for volume 2.

Oh my goodness, I absolutely ADORED this book. While reading I constantly kept bothering my boyfriend to read bits I found extra hilarious and/or relevant to our congoing experience. The worldbuilding was top notch, and the illustrations were a hoot - I loved matching the past bits to their post-apocalyptic state in the present panels! I dragged out reading this as long as I could just to make it last and will definitely be seeking out future issues on my own. Highly, highly recommended! 

I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.

The Long Con is a really cool mix of cons, action, friendship, drama and comedy. It didn't get me at first 'cause the change of perspective was kind of confusing for the first couple of pages, but once you get settled into the story it's really fun and entertaining.

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I received this graphic novel from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I just couldn't resist. Cons? Apocalypse? A reporter who survived but lost his friend? And a trip back to that very same con, which is pretty hard to do, to find out what is going on and if anything is still there? Um, sign me up!

I loved how the book started off at fences of where the destruction to place and then switches to the guy who survived the event 5 years ago. He is quickly finding out that, surprise surprise people are still alive at the con this day. How the f they survived? No clue, but I was sure interested in finding out how and what, yeah, the wall around the building has saved them from certain poop hitting, but how do you feed so many people for 5 years? I liked that we saw the con as it was + also met our MC's best friend (as I would call her that given how close they seemed to be). 

I loved the reunion between the two friends. I knew it was going to happen, hello cover? Spoiler? :P 

Interesting. So the people inside don't know that the outside is still around. Mm, a group of people told people that the world is now full of fast-walking zombies. Yeah, I can imagine you wouldn't want to step outside in that. I would stay inside. Then again, wasn't there anyone who questioned it all? Or I don't know, maybe looked out of a window? Or something else? I can't imagine that in 5 years no one truly questioned it. 

I am not too sure how I feel about the back and forth between the now and before the events. On the one hand, yay backstory, yay more information about the con, and yay we are building up to the event that is going to happen soon. But also eh, because it really pulled me out of the now events. 
It also didn't help that we saw parts of shows. While it was fun to see those, I was at first confused at what? Why are we in space? Even later when I knew I could expect it I was just utterly confused by it all. 

I loved seeing the con, in the now and the before. The before was all colourful and fun, and I loved seeing all the merchandise, the cosplay, the lines for anything and everything, and the now is all apocalypse and doom, yet the people are still cosplaying (though taking it way to serious). Really, where did they get all those fancy things? Guns, I believe cons do have rules about bringing real weapons, so where did they come from? I am guessing the higher ups, or those with guns, do know what is going on outside. We will see. 

Loren was... unique. And very weird. But I did love her hair. When I go grey I will definitely go for that hair style + colour (and yes, also her pink/purple from the before events). I would love to dye my hair now, but it would involve pretty much murdering it, and I don't want that. :P

Um, did my copy just cut-off at the end? Or was that the end of this volume? Our MC enters the resistance's office/building, and he says: "What the fu--" and that is where it ends. *is confused and mildly disappointed*

So I guess to find out more we need to read on? Sure, I can do that. I am still very curious about what happened 5 years ago, why everyone is still acting like the con is ongoing, and why no one (or at least most) don't know about what is going on outside. Also I do love the art!

The Long Con is a seriously weird and seriously funny book. Some sort of apocalypse event happens, and ground zero is LongCon, a truly massive sci-fi/comics convention. Victor is a journalist, tasked with entering the quarantine zone, breaking into the convention centre and bringing back any pre-event media he can get his hands on. But he is due to a huge surprise when he discovers that after 5 years, the convention is still going, with horrific results!

This book follows Victor as he explores the convention centre with an old friend he happens to stumble upon. Their journey is a hilarious exploration of what happens when geeks fight for survival. The warring geek factions and hilarious - displaying all the best, worst, and most painfully ridiculous aspects of geek culture, taken to extremes.

I look forward to the next volume.