tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post5206646888968476307..comments2023-09-06T01:31:38.653-07:00Comments on Comics, Beer, and Shakespeare: WonderCon - not this yearLance Christian Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14662783824480475026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post-91474522533510508802009-02-25T16:39:00.000-08:002009-02-25T16:39:00.000-08:00Indeed. Thanks for the response!Indeed. Thanks for the response!Lance Christian Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662783824480475026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9051910413872751516.post-28219591711702184582009-02-25T12:46:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:46:00.000-08:00Hey Lance--- Now it's my turn to comment on your b...Hey Lance--- <BR/><BR/>Now it's my turn to comment on your blog. <BR/><BR/>You are right. WonderCon has grown since its move to SF. When I was a partner in WonderCon, we had wanted to grow the event past the confines of the Oakland Convention Center, but didn't have the resources to make that happen. <BR/><BR/>Our sale of WonderCon to Comic-Con was done partly to keep the event viable. If we had had kept the show and kept it in Oakland, the costs were going up so fast that something had to happen. <BR/><BR/>That probably would have spelled the end of WC. So the Comic-Con organization came in and has grown the show and kept it not only viable, but thriving. Growth is, after all, an essential part of staying in business. <BR/><BR/><BR/>These days at WonderCon, there are more events dealing with movies, video games and TV. While it may seem there's less in the way of comics, it's really a case of the other media growing the show while the comics' portion of it has remained fairly steady.<BR/><BR/>But one of the primary reasons thee hasn't been huge growth in comics along with the huge growth in the con itself is one of the things you stated--- with cheap deals available online, why spend the effort and $$ to go to a convention? <BR/><BR/>I'd like to think, too, that the remaining comic specialty shops are doing a better job now of taking care of the comic desires of fans so that the major reasons to buy comics at a convention are to be able to buy more rare comics and to discover new, mostly small press comics that may not yet be available in many stores. <BR/><BR/>Hope you appreciate this perspective... and thanks for reading my blog at http://flyingcolorscomics.com<BR/><BR/>FlyCoJoeJoe "FlyCoJoe" Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130915188062222274noreply@blogger.com