Comments on: San Diego Comic-con sans San Diego?

By: Lucas Turnbloom

Lucas Turnbloom — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:28:38 +0000

Quiet, Sanford! Keep it in San Diego! I don’t want to brave I-5 North.

By: John Sanford

John Sanford — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:11:05 +0000

Bring it to LA!!!! Loads of Hotels!!! Lots of great restaraunts!
Then, I can drive there in 30 minutes instead of 8 hours!!!!
That horrendous I-5 traffic to San Diego is reason enough for the move!

By: Meredith Randazzo

Meredith Randazzo — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:41:39 +0000

It seems like one of the reasons ComicCon has been so successful is because of its proximity to the entertainment industry. Back in 2000 when the size was a bit more manageable, you could still shake a stick and hit more celebrities than you would believe. A big reason for that is they don’t have to go far to get there. It seems obvious that it should stay out west at the very least.

By: John Read

John Read — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:21:27 +0000

John Lotshaw, I’m surprised about your dismal appraisal of the Atlanta arts scene. I don’t even live there (as you know, I’m six hours away), but I know it can’t be dismissed as easily as you have. Maybe you should spend a little time in Atlanta in August with August (Pollack), who seems to have a more open mind about what your city has to offer.

By: Stephen Beals

Stephen Beals — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:30:06 +0000

I really like Atlanta and have met a number of artists from there. But, oh man, the traffic is unbelievable. Well, ok, it’s Ventura Freeway believable.

I’ve always felt there was a “good ol’ Georgia” population up against a “hip Atlanta” population. Maybe that’s just my Southern cousins.

I will say this: They still sell candy cigarettes down there, right at eye level for your five year old. I’m not sure if that’s old fashioned or hip.

By: August J. Pollak

August J. Pollak — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:35:52 +0000

“Atlanta? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, that’s rich… you are one funny, funny guy…”

Oh this is starting well.

“Seriously, yes, Atlanta does have a large creative community, but only if you’re into hip-hop and rap.”

Wow, dude. How have you lived in Atlanta ten times as long as me and seen absolutely nothing? You realize Creative Loafing is free, right? Arts & Entertainment starts about midway through. Seriously, contact any of the three theatres I was at _last weekend_ and tell them you’ve never heard of an arts scene here and they’ll probably offer tickets as a charity case.

“This is a town that tolerates DragonCon so they can watch the freak show on the local news”

This is a town that has “tolerated” Dragon*Con for about 23 years now because of the $25 million a year it puts into the city. Last time I checked, successful comics conventions don’t really have a problem with the audacious task of “tolerating” 35,000 attendees.

By: John Lotshaw

John Lotshaw — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:11:31 +0000

@August: Atlanta? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, that’s rich… you are one funny, funny guy…

Seriously, yes, Atlanta does have a large creative community, but only if you’re into hip-hop and rap. Other than that, as they’d say in Joisey… fuggeddaboudit! This is a town that tolerates DragonCon so they can watch the freak show on the local news (which is always presented in smirking, snarky tones by the anchors).

Signed,
John Lotshaw
20-year resident of Atlanta

By: Mike Peterson

Mike Peterson — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:46:39 +0000

I’m expecting Cartoon Network to give them a one hour special on which they will announce what city they’ve chosen to host the convention.

By: Keith Knight

Keith Knight — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:43:57 +0000

I think it’ll move to Anaheim. I’m sure Disney/Marvel is making C.C. Int’l an offer they can’t refuse.

By: Ted Rall

Ted Rall — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:53:37 +0000

Actually, MoCCA is an example of how to take a convention with great potential and ruin it. Going from one to two days has proven disastrous…total sales have dropped precipitously as a result, while the costs of staying in NYC have effectively doubled.

Also, MoCCA is now a hipster T-shirt con, not a comics con. Although I don’t know how that could be stopped.