Kind of anxious to see what this means for ECCC. Demonakos has made ECCC into a highly respected, ginormous local show. For a couple years it looks like it was going to break through and become a national player, but it hasn't so far, not even under ReedPop. The optimist in me says that without Demonakos, ReedPop might finally push it towards becoming a NYCC-West. We saw baby steps in that direction this year. The pessimist in me says ReedPop will revert it back to a generic location NYCC-Lite a la 2016. Or, maybe they'll just keep it in a holding pattern.
This last year was one of the best but I'll admit that I don't look forward to it as much as I used to. I've gone every year since 2012 but it may not be an annual thing for me for too much longer. I don't think I'm done with ECCC completely, though.