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This wasn't Comic-Con. It was more like one of the mini-cons that popped up during the early 90's comic and card boom. No stars (God bless Brent Spinner), no big comic publishers, no studios (except the lame La Brea zoom panel). I'll admit I got a thrill walking in the first day but it quickly went away when I saw how few vendors were there. For what it was the price wasn't worth it. They should have sold single day passes because that's all you needed to see everything. Being easy to get tickets and parking and not having to deal with the suffocating crowds doesn't make up for the disappointment I felt.
They addressed this at the talk back panel. They realized they it was a one day con by our standards but by buying 3 days most of us went at least 2 if not 3 days, to get our moneys worth. Plus cci *needed to make money* on the event- They had a stock pile to survive one year of no con. but not two.Here's the talk back panel recording You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
Im curious how many comic book back issue vendors there were. I've looked at videos and it looks like there weren't very many.
I get the disappointment, but I agree with CCI that the 3-day pass meant I was going all three days w/the family. And, honestly, the way I planned everything out I made the most of all the days! I was never there from opening-closing, but I think it was absolutely worth it for the weekend. I had plans for all three days, even if I didn't stay until 7pm or 5pm any of them.Alyssa: did CCI say if they were planning on doing this event in perpetuity, or was this a one-and-done event?
Overall, this was a WONDERFUL weekend! Comic-Con Special Edition was a great way to dip our toes back into the Comic-Con world with smaller crowds, smaller panels, smaller exhibit hall representation, etc. but still have fun. Going into the weekend I of course had my list of panels I had to see, off-site stuff I wanted to check-out, Exclusives I wanted to get. And I accomplished everything I wanted to. I even got lucky with the 'Box of Deciding' at Funko on Sunday, complete with a relatively early time (10am), and got the Funko exclusives I wanted (with the bonus of being able to get a Grogu Macy's exclusive: something I didn't know existed until Thanksgiving morning, and something I didn't know would be for sale at SDCC SE until Friday am). I even went to the Comic-Con Museum panel on Saturday and experienced an SDCC panel with Eddie Ibrahim (long-time Director of Programming who is a Hall H mainstay) on stage to give me the ultimate "I AM AT COMIC-CON!!!" experience :PI got to meet Jim Starlin, and get my copy of 'Death in the Family' #3 signed by him: a comic that I've kept since I was in middle school, and represented the fruits of my very first experience with democracy, when I did indeed call in to DC's 900-number to vote to murder Robin (Starlin said they were all convinced at the time that "Batman fans were ghoulish enough to kill off Robin" :P ).We had a blast, and I sincerely hope that all of the permanent signage CCI had for Comic-Con Special Edition indicates this will be a permanent late fall event. If my schedule works out, I will excitedly return to this event, and I of course can't WAIT for Wonder-Con April 1st, and SD Comic-Con in July!!
Plus cci *needed to make money* on the event- They had a stock pile to survive one year of no con. but not two.
Paying rent on a big building like that just to have it sit idle for 2 years can't be helping.
There were 2 or 3 big ones, not including a smaller "auction house selling high-priced comics and art." I know folks in my family (between myself and 19 year old kid) purchased back issues) purchased from at least 2 large back issue vendors. There were several smaller booths that sold toys + back issues, but there were maybe 2 or 3 comic-only/back issue booths