Comments on: Reporting From Comic-Con: There Goes the Neighborhood

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By: Streaker

Streaker — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:34:12 +0000

Yuck! Jennifer Love Hewitt is gross!

By: RonaldWR

RonaldWR — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:13:47 +0000

Concerning the pop culture gumbo that is Comic Con, I agree with Mr. Napel but I have hope in the fact that the industry is being influenced by fans. Fans that read Xmen, Superman, Batman, etc who are now influencing the industry of not only comics but videogames and movies. Things may progress in comics but at least there are people in all 3 industries that respect the genre. Should keep the genre true to form.

Comicon is bigger and more popular which brings alot of good to the industry as far as exposure and money. Comics stigma as a red-headed stepchild in entertainment has been completely stameped out. When you got guys like Denzell going to the Con, you know you've arrived in a sense.

This is also the bane of Comicon, becoming such a big part of pop culture I hope this yearly event never loses the fact that it is a comic book convention. If I ever get to take my son I want it to be for the comic books, artists and collectibles. Not to see celebs or here liberal/secularist points of view.

Thanks again for the coverage Mr. Napel.

By: Chuckie B.

Chuckie B. — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:54:32 +0000

I don't think they'll ever spend a dime to prop up the dying outlet, esp. if you consider that kids who never opened up a comic could tell you who Batman or Spider-Man is; compound this with the fact that Marvel & WB make more money on licensing than on those funny books, they probably will soon reach a point where publishing isn't cost-effective.

Let's face facts — with the exception of that really large shop in town (I'm thinking Golden Apple in LA or Third Planet in Houston), the comic shop is going the way of the dodo. And, the Internet, with its online retailers and comic book piracy (if you can believe there are fanboys who will scan books and post it on BitTorrent for a brief moment of 1337 glory), will just exacerbate the retraction.

By: Devin

Devin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:56:43 +0000

It's true, and I agree with you that it should be about comics first and foremost, but to be fair, they do advertise the convention with banners all over town that call it "Celebrating the Popular Arts"…which, technically, includes most everything geeky.

By: Peter Montbriand

Peter Montbriand — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:55:50 +0000

Only 15? JLH seems to do ok for herself……

By: Devin

Devin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:52:57 +0000

Your description of the crowd sums up my experience at the Con last year, and one reason why I'm on the fence about future attendance. The crowds that gathered for autographs from the cast of "Chuck" last year brought the aisles surrounding the NBC booth to a grinding halt. I was unfortunate enough to think I was taking a shortcut, and was caught flat-footed for a good fifteen minutes before I was even able to move. I started to get a bit claustrophobic, and the heat on the floor wasn't helping. I really don't want to repeat that experience, especially if it's going to be $100 a day now…

I never even watched "Chuck" to begin with.

Anyway, despite my complaints, if they'd open up the floor a bit more and stop shoving the comics people into the back corner of the convention hall, it'd make me a lot happier. And if they keep jacking the prices up, I just don't feel it's worth the headache. But short of just not going, what can I do about it?

By: BuckwheatPicard

BuckwheatPicard — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:49:46 +0000

Jennifer Love Hewitt in on my top 10 list. My top 10 list has like 15 ladies on it now, but whatever. http://the2minshate.blogspot.com/

By: DCrandall

DCrandall — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:23:42 +0000

I can definitely sympathize with the small guy who wants table space in San Diego in order to market his wares and talents. Obviously, however, San Diego is not the only place where that can happen. Not every filmmaker can be shown at Cannes or Sundance, but the inability to be at the premiere events should not discourage the small guy from perfecting and marketing his craft at other smaller events.

Could the growth of SDICC benefit the regional shows, like ECC, such that those are the places were the up-and-comer in comics breaks into and finds industry attention? It strikes me that the opportunity for intimate contact with someone in the comics industry is much greater at the shows that orbit the Comic Con, rather than at the Con itself.

I would be interesting to see how, it at all, the massive attendance at SDICC, correlates with increased attendance at other shows.

By: Doug TenNapel

Doug TenNapel — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:18:40 +0000

If in 1,000 years you dropped a bomb and all electricity left the earth you couldn't play games or make movies but you could still do wood cuts or hyroglyphics of sequential events. Comics are the cockroach of the media world.