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These same arguments could be used in favor of calling the Anaheim con something other than WonderCon, IMO. WonderCon was in SF for 10 years and Oakland for 15 before that, so it could be argued that calling the con in Anaheim "WonderCon" does a disservice to its Bay Area roots, and that the con in Anaheim should have grown by its own merits rather than take the name of something that was already around for 25 years. (For the record, I don't really have a problem with either of them being called WonderCon, but it makes no sense to say that a CCI convention in SF is going to be riding on the tails of WonderCon.)
What is attendance like? Did some searching and last I can find is somewhere around +50K
For all the people who joined after, or just before SDCC 2013, we went round and round last year on this topic earlier. People want for it to stay and people want for it to leave. It's the nature of the beast. No one will ever be happy. People can call themselves experts because they might have been to a con once or twice or because they have a blog. Lets leave things to rest like they were. And NO people don't need to start talking about SDCC moving either. We have been there done that. Lets just leave it at this, lets see what CCI has planned. Whatever they decide on, someone will always be ass hurt.
Agreed. Let's see what happens. That's all we can do. Let's just be sure to appreciate and be respectful of WonderCon San Francisco and it's rich history and tradition. So please kill any APE can be the little scrap we get in NorCal or it be "expanded" ... whatever that means ... and then somehow be happy. I've made the trek the last 2 years to Anaheim and I'll do it again. So a quality show is my priority ... wherever it is.
Then what's the point of having a discussion board? I think a lot of new and/or relevant points have been brought up in this topic.
I've been to WonderCon four times and each time it was in SF. When it first moved to Anaheim, I knew it would stay. Believe me it will stay. You have to be blind to not see how Hollywood has changed Comic Con and the same thing is happening to Wondercon. 2011 was my last year at WC and as long as it's in Anaheim, I will not go. The main reason I cannot go is SDCC which is a big expense and a hell of a drive on the 5. I could sit and moan about it but I'll just go to Big Wow Fest. It's an actual comic book convention!