Fewer offsite things to do at this year's con. Feels like a lot of offsites will either be paid or they are really keeping things close to the vest this year. But again, like the exclusives, feels like fewer announcements have been made than in past normal years. I do wonder if more recent real world considerations like inflation, higher labor costs and higher gas/transport costs are the main culprits for why there are fewer offsite events we seem to be having this year. Maybe more will be announced this week and next.
Did we all really roll over the pass from the canceled year in 2020? It also feels like they have started the badge auctions a lot later than normal as well. (Like in 2019, I see in the forums the auctions started back in April, they just started this week which is late June). I guess I can see there being less folks in the center, but not a ton less than the reported 130,000 that's been capped the last few years.
4. Fewer offsite things to do at this year's con. Feels like a lot of offsites will either be paid or they are really keeping things close to the vest this year. But again, like the exclusives, feels like fewer announcements have been made than in past normal years. I do wonder if more recent real world considerations like inflation, higher labor costs and higher gas/transport costs are the main culprits for why there are fewer offsite events we seem to be having this year. Maybe more will be announced this week and next.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are on site badge sales. The banner has already been made. Why not use it?
Ugh, I really wouldn’t want to have to camp out to buy badges again…
Ugh, I really wouldn’t want to have to camp out to buy badges again…
I think that the implication was badges for 2022, not badges for 2023.
I guess with some of the news this week, I should probably add one more thing that looks like it will be different: a vastly altered exhibitor floor.
The fact they have not released the exhibitor list with three weeks to go, makes me wonder if this is the case.
Here's hoping I'm wrong but I am trying to check my expectations on who we will see on the floor this year.
I wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Comic Con. With DC, Dark Horse and the other big players opting out can we be sure they will ever come back? Once word gets out about the diminished experience that is Comic Con, will fans be willing to pay the exorbitant prices for airfare and hotels. If Turkey Con and this year's WonderCon are harbingers for the future of Comic Con, things look bleak.
I wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Comic Con. With DC, Dark Horse and the other big players opting out can we be sure they will ever come back? Once word gets out about the diminished experience that is Comic Con, will fans be willing to pay the exorbitant prices for airfare and hotels. If Turkey Con and this year's WonderCon are harbingers for the future of Comic Con, things look bleak.
I wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Comic Con. With DC, Dark Horse and the other big players opting out can we be sure they will ever come back? Once word gets out about the diminished experience that is Comic Con, will fans be willing to pay the exorbitant prices for airfare and hotels. If Turkey Con and this year's WonderCon are harbingers for the future of Comic Con, things look bleak.
If Comic-Con contracts into a regional show it won't be the Comic- Con, we know today. No big names, no Hollywood premiers no exclusives. Now I'm fine with that because I'm local but it won't be the pop culture phenomena that it was. And you can forget about expanding the convention center. Yes, we hard core fans will go but the people that bring in the big bucks for the city and make Hollwood pay attention may not.
If Comic-Con contracts into a regional show it won't be the Comic- Con, we know today. No big names, no Hollywood premiers no exclusives. Now I'm fine with that because I'm local but it won't be the pop culture phenomena that it was. And you can forget about expanding the convention center. Yes, we hard core fans will go but the people that bring in the big bucks for the city and make Hollwood pay attention may not.
Hall H was walk-in and half empty when they dropped the Top Gun teaser for crying out loud!
Everything sounds amazing, the offsites & properties, etc.Umm...wow
I just don't think I will want to put the effort into seeing them. I see this as a 'me' problem not a con problem.
The only thing on my list is getting a Sig from JMS on a Babylon 5 poster.
Eta
This is what I hope doesn't happen
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Umm...wowyeah, look up the acct on twiter, the vid that the snip was taken from is scary
I just watched that video... it looks like people are waiting for the hall to open. They're just standing there. It's not the actual exhibit floor.the impression i got was the fire Marshal closed down entrance to the floor/hall & those people were waiting to get in. IOW, the floor was full and that was the overflow waiting to get in
Really cannot be stressed how fortunate we are that SDCC has a competent and organized way to get people into the hall with multiple points of entry and clear queues to funnel people into. Granted, this was almost a decade ago when I came,but from what I can tell, they have not changed a bit. AX basically just lets people congregate on the first floor prior to opening. Exhibitor floor is on the second. So they block off the stairs and escalators. There's no queue, no designated lines, just they let folks mob on the first floor. Glad we don't do anything like that for SDCC. The moment they let the barriers down, its a free for all to the stairs/escalators.
Here's a twitter link with pics from the top of said stairs/escalators
https://twitter.com/TypeZERO_Inc/status/1542900340286058502
Anime Expo has always been notoriously lax about crowd control.
This was 2017.
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I just watched that video... it looks like people are waiting for the hall to open. They're just standing there. It's not the actual exhibit floor.
So apparently there's not going to be a physical souvenir book this year. It's going to be another "downloadable pdf".
San Diego Comic-Con 2022 Souvenir Book Cover Revealed — And Big Changes (https://sdccblog.com/2022/07/san-diego-comic-con-2022-souvenir-book-cover-revealed-and-big-changes/)
That ... is disappointing.
@SDcomics (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=4024) If it really means that much to you, you could color print the pdf of the souvenir book. I know that's not very cost effective, but if it has sentimental value, it might be worth it.
Thank you! I was actually thinking about that as I was watching Ms. Marvel tonight. I'll take the file to a printer and see what they quote me.
That Bill Morrison cover is beautiful. It's a tribute to the late Dave Stevens and the Rocketeer. Dave was a special guest at the first Comic Con I went to. He lived here in San Diego for many years. I love that the El Cortez hotel is in the background. That was the home of the San Diego Comic Con all through the 70's.
If nothing else, I'll get that cover printed and framed. Thanks again, Transmute Jun.
In the same vein, does anyone happen to know if they have made all of the previous year's books online? That would be a pretty neat collage of covers to make as a single print.I think for the fifty year anniversary, they posted all fifty covers. You could check the Toucan Blog.
I think for the fifty year anniversary, they posted all fifty covers. You could check the Toucan Blog.Thanks for this @SteveD (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3710)
@Michael M (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2539) This is what I remember, https://www.comic-con.org/toucan/gallery/comic-con-souvenir-book-covers (https://www.comic-con.org/toucan/gallery/comic-con-souvenir-book-covers)
Thanks for this @SteveD (https://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3710)They're all approximately 740x??? (???x740), so not hi-res at all. I wonder if CCI even has his-res scans of the old issues?
These all look the same size so it should be easy to accomplish. I'll have to whip something up...they don't look hi-res, but 'll see.
They're all approximately 740x??? (???x740), so not hi-res at all. I wonder if CCI even has his-res scans of the old issues?Yeah, if anything, maybe a desktop wallpaper background...bummer :(
I’m excited but tbh my expectations are low. Partially because it’s been 3 years but also stuff I did on the regular, isn’t happening for me this year (GoT panels are done, I didn’t make it into Fundays this year…). I wouldn’t be surprised to see it less packed based on how Star Wars Celebration was. I was also at VidCon in Anaheim a couple weeks ago for work and that was less packed than the last in person one in 2019. But who knows…SDCC can surprise me.
After the panel announcements made yesterday, I'm actually hoping the con has fewer people. It would be nice to enjoy SDCC without as much in the way of crowds.75% of 165K is still ~125K...that's still a lot of peeps!
This being said, even if the crowds are reduced, I'm pretty sure I won't 'feel 'it.
75% of 165K is still ~125K...that's still a lot of peeps!
I'm afraid once the big vendors switch to just order online it'll be a chain reaction, and then only be 2-3 big vendors and filled to look more like LA Comic Con which is fine for what it is, but SDCC is the biggest and best one, so if small average person sets up shop it'll start going that way and chase away all the celebs , freebies and everything else that came with it. Already too many vendors offer online purchase, which takes away from getting an exclusive, I get buying online and picking up at the convention, that's a good idea. Not the other way. :(