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San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« on: December 11, 2017, 05:47:42 PM »
San Francisco Comic Con is moving to Oakland. (...)

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San Francisco Comic Con will return June 8-10, 2018 to the Oakland Convention Center! It’s a quick and easy 20-25 minute BART ride from our previous venue.

Despite our best efforts, the City of San Francisco will not allow San Francisco Comic Con to return to the Moscone Center. After such a sensationally successful 2017 San Francisco Comic Con, it was disappointing as the Moscone Center was the perfect venue to facilitate continued growth in the coming years. The City of San Francisco remains opposed to “consumer events” at the Moscone Center-that is, events that are publicly ticketed, and not professional “tradeshows”. To our knowledge, the San Francisco Auto Show is now the only publicly ticketed event held at the Moscone Center. San Francisco Comic Con is a fun, colorful, exciting, family-friendly event. It’s a shame that the fun of pop-culture and the arts is of so little value to those in charge at Moscone, and the sterile boredom of tradeshows is valued so highly. We urge you to contact San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau president, Joe D'Alessandro at [email protected] (415) 974‑6900, and let your thoughts be heard.

With that being said, we are excited for the June 8-10, 2018, San Francisco Comic Con at the Oakland Convention Center! Announcements will begin early in 2018. sanfrancomiccon.com
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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2017, 06:50:57 PM »
Interesting... that's basically why they refused to set up good dates for WonderCon as well...

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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2018, 02:11:35 PM »
I'm toying with the idea of checking this out this year.  Thoughts from anyone who attended last year?

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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2018, 02:33:21 PM »
I haven't been, but Matt Smith was just announced.  :o
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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2018, 07:05:22 PM »
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I haven't been, but Matt Smith was just announced.  :o

I didn't have this on my radar at all, but some good comics guests too like Starlin and Adam Hughes. Plus location is BART friendly.

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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2018, 09:25:50 PM »
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I'm toying with the idea of checking this out this year.  Thoughts from anyone who attended last year?

I went last year when it was in Moscone West and it was pretty cool. For a second year con that seems to be in the shadow of SVCC, I thought there was actually a good turnout. It sort of felt crowded at times in the exhibit floor but it probably has to do with the fact that Moscone West isn't that big in the first place. I didn't check out the panels personally but exhibit-floor wise, there was a good variety of vendors. Like, I didn't see a lot of Funko re-sellers or mystery box vendors so you had a good mixed bag of exhibitors. I didn't recall seeing a lot of artists (I think Heroes and Villains in SJ had more) but then again, they seemed to be dispersed throughout the exhibit floor and didn't have their own Artist Alley. If you haven't checked it out before I recommend attending (at least to cross of something on your Con list)

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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2018, 09:13:40 AM »
It’s this weekend...is anyone going?
(Also, last year’s topic was 5 pages...this year’s is barely 1, so far. I guess nobody cares now that it’s not in SF... :O )
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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2018, 09:23:20 AM »
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It’s this weekend...is anyone going?
(Also, last year’s topic was 5 pages...this year’s is barely 1, so far. I guess nobody cares now that it’s not in SF... :O )

I'm going but only for Sunday. Will definitely report back on my thoughts tomorrow evening.

Also if anybody else is attending tomorrow and sees a Tokoyami cosplayer from Boku No Hero Academia in the gym uniform, that's me and say hi!

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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2018, 10:18:19 AM »
I was planning to go but will not be able to make it.  Hope to hear reviews from those attending.

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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2018, 02:22:24 PM »
I just got back from SFCC and i hate to say this was the most disappointing year.  I've been going since year one and have loved it both of the last two years, but this time something felt off. Maybe it was the con floor feeling almost over crowded. Or maybe it was Parking situation, or perhaps it was what felt like an odd lack of fan participation (my daughter tried to help by wearing her Muana costume). What ever it was, the wow factor that I've felt there in previous years wasnt there. I wont say anything about the location as i know SFCC has been searching for a "forever home" since it first rolled out.
I will however give them credit in at least one area, they set up (IMO) one of the most well organized celebrity signing areas i have ever seen at a con, especially considering the limited space they had to work with.
If it is the same location next year i will probably go again in hopes that this year was just them "working out the kinks". But we shall see.
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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2018, 03:15:28 PM »
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I just got back from SFCC and i hate to say this was the most disappointing year.  I've been going since year one and have loved it both of the last two years, but this time something felt off. Maybe it was the con floor feeling almost over crowded. Or maybe it was Parking situation, or perhaps it was what felt like an odd lack of fan participation (my daughter tried to help by wearing her Muana costume). What ever it was, the wow factor that I've felt there in previous years wasnt there. I wont say anything about the location as i know SFCC has been searching for a "forever home" since it first rolled out.
I will however give them credit in at least one area, they set up (IMO) one of the most well organized celebrity signing areas i have ever seen at a con, especially considering the limited space they had to work with.
If it is the same location next year i will probably go again in hopes that this year was just them "working out the kinks". But we shall see.

When you mean "odd lack of fan participation", do you mean there weren't that many cosplayers? Also was there a good selection of vendors this year?

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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2018, 03:21:34 PM »
Yeah I think that may be it. And I only saw a few people stopping and politely asking to take pictures of or with them. There were about as many artist vendors as the first two years, although i did notice some of the standard/og artists weren't there. In terms of merch vendors there seemed to be about as many as year one and less than year two. Mostly comic and "garage sale" style toy vendors.
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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2018, 05:55:46 PM »
Just came back from SFCC and my thoughts are more less the same to ninjagoblin's; I feel like this year was lackluster compared to last year's. Space may have been a factor since the con felt pretty small but there weren't a lot of cosplayers that gave that magical vibe. Saw some artists that I recognized from other local conventions but other than that, the exhibit hall was alright. Met a lot of cool people while I was in cosplay though which is a plus.

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Re: San Francisco Comic Con 2018: June 8-10 in Oakland, CA
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2018, 03:39:37 PM »
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Per an email from Imaginarium, this one is not returning because they want to be in the Moscone center or nowhere at all.
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