Hey readers! I went to NYCC this week, so for the next… I haven’t counted the stories yet… days I’ll be posting NYCC-related content. NYCC review coming soon!
CCI* Friend: Matt!
Me: oh shit what’s up?
CCI Friend: of all the 200,000 people here how is it you’re the first person I recognize?
Me: Fate, probably
CCI Friend: what the hell are you doing here? This show is terrible!
Me: Library stuff. Why do you say it’s terrible?
CCI Friend: There’s a million people, it’s chaos-
Me: that sounds like CCI to me.
CCI Friend: nah. When I go to San Diego, I get to be immersed in the show and my work. Here I don’t have that opportunity- first of all it’s in the Javits Center, which sucks, which is in Manhattan, which is impossible to navigate on the best of days, and when I finally get in it’s just not as fun. I work here in Manhattan, so this is a long and complicated addition to my already long and complicated work week… and something about this show just feels… off. It’s not San Diego, and I don’t know why.
Me: I’ll tell you why. People can talk about how TV and movies have taken over the comics portion of Comic Cons- and that is very true- but that doesn’t really have much bearing on what makes a good show. All the interesting bits at San Diego come from the fact that, at its core, it is still a trade show. People go there with the intent of doing real work and meeting with industry professionals. Now, you and I are industry professionals and we’ve met, but that’s just fortunate circumstance. New York Comic Con- and all of reedPOP’s events- are shows for fans. This is where you go to meet Chris Evans or whoever. This is where you go to look at the cool costumes and buy whatever exclusives are for sale here. There is a strong element of that at San Diego, but it isn’t the main focus.
CCI Friend: I can see that. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to carry around this heavy-ass camera crap for the next four days.
Me: Have fun!
Me: God damn I do not envy their job.
*Comic-Con International: San Diego. Read all about that here!