Stay home. Of course it would kind of suck to stay home after you prepaid to get in, wouldn’t it?
So the NY Comic Con was a bit of a mess, eh? It’s starting to sound like fire marshals should have their own booth at these gigs. My sense of things is that if you’re going to have a problem, that’s the kind of problem you want. How the relative levels of disgruntlement are resolved will go a long way toward assuring people that next year will be different, but for all the grumblings I’ve read I didn’t read a one saying they wouldn’t try again next year. But I’m sure somebody did and won't.
I’ve been to a lot of trade shows and conventions over the years (not one related to comics) and the gripes are universally similar for any well attended show: the lines are too long, the aisles are too crowded, they need more space. Then, a few years later things slow down and everyone is complaining about how lackluster the show is, and man, the industry’s in the dumps, and remember when we used to have huge lines and packed aisles? Those were the days. They used to have to turn people away.
If they have the same problem next year, without another massive bump in attendance, then you have issues. For now, chalk it up to growing pains and be happy we have them.
For those of us who weren’t able to be turned away from the show in person there’s tons of panel coverage out there. Here are links to Newsarama’s various Con-related articles. (Chris over at Two Guys Buying Comics has some interesting thoughts on the various Marvel announcements.)
Comic Book Resources had some decent coverage as well – although much of it mirrored Newsarama's. I really liked this Steranko piece though. Is there a book on this guy somewhere? He seems like a character among characters. And, of course, Heidi’s coverage is a must, including links to a couple of the better photo galleries from the event.
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