Press & Statistics

Learn more about RodCon through our newspaper and TV stories from past events, as well as other multimedia resources. RodCon attendance statistics are also listed below. 

 

Awards & Outreach

The Rod Library Mini Comic Con won the Association of College and Research Libraries 2015 Innovation in College Librarianship award.  

UNI Community Engagement Celebration Day Social Justice Award for poster presentation

We've had several articles featured in local newspapers such as the Waterloo Courier and the Northern Iowan

Northern Iowan Video March 2024

Cedar Falls Tourism Blog March 2024

April 8, 2024 Waterloo Courier

March 27, 2024 Northern Iowan

March 26, 2024 Waterloo Courier

March 17, 2023 KGAN

March 19, 2023 Waterloo Courier

April 9, 2022 Quad City Times

April 15, 2019 Northern Iowan

April 11, 2019 Northern Iowan

April 8, 2018 Waterloo Courier

April 9, 2018 Northern Iowan

April 5, 2018 Northern Iowan

April 2, 2014 Waterloo Courier

April 1, 2014 Waterloo Courier

Bleeding Cool News 2014

April 3, 2017 Northern Iowan

March 13, 2014 Waterloo Courier

April 1, 2017 Waterloo Courier

April 3, 2022 Waterloo Courier

April 4, 2022 Northern Iowan

April 10,  2022 Waterloo Courier

Mentioned in the book Comics and Critical Librarianship: Reframing the Narrative in Academic Libraries.

RodCon 2023 Sneak Peek

UNI 2019 "RodCon" Livestream (Part 3)

UNI 2019 "RodCon" Livestream (Part 2)

RodCon 2017

RodCon 2017

ROD CON 2017

RODCON 2016

ROD-CON 2015 Part 1

ROD-CON 2015 Part 2

RodCon 2018 | University of Northern Iowa

UNI 2019 "RodCon" Livestream (Part 1)

RodCon 2018 Adult Costume Contest Winners

RodCon 2019

RodCon Team Zelda Performance 2018

March 26, 2015 Northern Iowan

March 30, 2015 Northern Iowan

March 31, 2014 Northern Iowan

Rodcon Statistics

2024

Vendors-40

Attendees-2652

Program

2023

Vendors-42

Attendees-3105

Program

2022

Vendors-43

Attendees- 2008

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2019

Vendors- 43

Attendees-3033

Program

2018

Vendors- 41

Attendees-3002

Program

2017

Vendors- 45

Attendees-3224

Program

2016

Vendors- 60

Attendees-2489

Program

2015

Vendors-55

Attendees-2000

Program

2014

Vendors-24

Attendees-1450

Program