The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo gets the red-carpet treatment from the city's alternative newspaper Fast Forward Weekly, which devotes its cover and a handful of articles -- all illustrated by Travis Sengaus -- to this weekend's event.

There's a convention overview, plus profiles of guests Chris Claremont, Bruce Timm and Sid Haig.

Held Saturday and Sunday at the BMO Round Up Centre in Calgary, the expo features a solid lineup of comics guests, including Kalman Andrasofszky, Art Baltazar, Jeffrey Brown, Rich Buckler, Stefano Caselli, Clayton Crain, Camilla d'Errico, Lar DeSouza, Ray Fawkes, Chris Giarrusso, Pia Guerra, Tony Harris, Greg Horn, Dale Keown, Leonard Kirk, Scott Morse, Steve Niles, Cary Nord, Ryan North, Brandon Peterson, Eric Powell, Andy Runton, Filip Sablik, Stan Sakai, Bill Sienkiewicz, Ryan Sohmer, Fiona Staples, Christina Strain, Jill Thompson, Matt Wagner and Len Wein.