Comments on: The Truth About Comic-con Leaving San Diego

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:55:25 +0000

Have you considered splitting the Comic Con a little differently – put the actual comics part of it back at Golden Hall or similar location and leave the movie studios, souvenir sellers, and gamers at the convention center? And if you spread out the really large events as noted in the interview, maybe you could increase the number of tickets available.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:58:57 +0000

Liz, if you cap attendance at 80,000, you won’t have all the exciting stuff you get at a con with 125,000. The more people there are, the more incentive companies have to bring stuff to comic-con. Increasing the cost to attend by a little bit would help defray the costs of running the con, but pricing most people out would only bring ill will and serve to do nothing but alienate the very people the con is for. The con isn’t “about kids and families”. In fact, there’s only one day that’s called “kids day”, and the rest of us just call it “last minute to buy stuff and nurse your hangover” day. And I argue that the con is very much still about comics and comics-related culture, since most of the programming and exhibits are overwhelmingly about comics. It’s also about the pop culture that springs up around comics enthusiast type people like ourselves, and it makes the con more accessible to people who are not totally gung-ho about comics but are into everything else as well. We’re only having problems right now because it just got really big really fast, a little too fast for the city to service it, but the city is trying its best to accomodate it, and i encourage them to keep trying.

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:37:27 +0000

How about INCREASING COST TO ATTEND? Every other professional convention I attend of merely only 10+ thousand, costs $200-500 to attend per person. They should double the 4-day cost to at least $250. And no complaints about “kids/families can’t afford that”… this shebang stopped being about kids and families and comic books ten years ago, regardless of “kids day” on Sunday.

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:33:37 +0000

Mickie, that’s why it’s been reorganized officially as “Comic-Con International” for the past several years. They planned on this. I also have been going to SDCC since the early 80’s. I think they should stay where they are, charge more and cap at 80,000. This 123,000+ people thing is ridiculous. Dump the huge studio stuff. None of this happened until they got involved.

By: mickie

mickie — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:01:04 +0000

This convention is already TOO big, and a big hassle to even attend. I have been going to Comic Con since 1980 and have seen it grow to an out of control mega-con. Heck the con even had pot dealers advertising in the lobby last year. Now the con may move? I may go to the con if it moves to LA or Anahiem neither of which are a better choice than San Diego. If SDCC goes to Las Vegas forget it. I can’t wear a costume in 115 degree heat. By the way if SDCC moves they can no longer be call San Diego Comic Con. San Diego will start a new comic con and you guys can go roast in the desert. I am going to go to the Anahiem comic con this April, a con for fans by fans and a con fans can actually get into.