NYC Comic Con
Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 08:11am
Guess where we’re going tomorrow and Saturday? We have press passes this year, which makes navigating the clusterf*ck a lot easier. I’ll be bringing my camera and I’m hoping to have a lot of good stories for you on Monday. Anyone else going?
sandra on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 10:15 am
A couple of dudes from Jay’s work The Beguiling, but not sure if they’re going for business or fun. Don’t forget to bring your light saber!
Rain on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I had a press pass for the San Diego Comic-Con last year, but even with that it was completely and totally insane. I hope the New York version is a little more manageable. Even with the press pass in San Diego you’d have to wait in line for hours and hours to get into the big Hollywod presentations. But there were a few small press-only panels that made it worth it. It all made me appreciate the much smaller San Francisco Wondercon a lot more…
GeekBoy on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I’m worried about the NY Con this year actually. This is the third year. The first year was a nightmare, because they underestimated attendance, botched the ticket sales, and didn’t book nearly enough space at the Javitz. Last year was much improved — more space on the floor, you could actually get to the panels, and with a press pass, everything went smoothly.
But something has noticeably changed in the comics industry over the past year, particularly with the conventions. With increasing sales of graphic novels, comics have gone mainstream in a big way, and the cons themselves now attract all kinds of non-comics fans who are there more for the movie stuff or for potential celebrity sightings than for comics. Which is fair enough — but as we’ve seen in San Diego, it completely turns these things into circuses.
That’s why we’re going on Friday and Saturday this year, instead of Saturday and Sunday — hoping that Friday should be a bit more calm. You know, unless the pope shows up looking to get his “Heroes” graphic novel signed by Tim Kring. Then all bets are off.
Rain on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Yeah, after attending the San Diego Comic-Con I was throroughly convinced that it should be broken into two conventions, one for all the Hollywood stuff that really has nothing to do with comics and another for comics and comics-related Hollywood stuff. There were huge booths on the floor for the Independent Film Channel, and “Grindhouse,” and Lego, and “Hot Fuzz” amongst others. Granted, these things share a fan base, but they don’t really have anything to do with comics….of course turning it into two cons is never going to happen, but one can dream…
Any way, I hope you guys have fun! I stumbled into a press conference featuring Jenna Jameson hawking her comic book project, which almost made the insanity worth it, just being able to see how completely scary she looks up close. But the best was the “Women of Battlestar” press panel. THAT was awesome.
freakgirl on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I think Jenna will be here in NYC, too. I received her comic in the mail the other day.
Greater Czarina on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 6:13 pm
BTW, Geekboy and Charlie, I have your comp’ed copies of Jenna’s comic books. They came with mine to the Space and Time mailbox. Just in case you were feeling deprived.