[Groop] Groop San Diego

[Rick Loomis]

Usually when an event sells out that fast, it is ticket scalpers who 
are buying most of them. But I believe comic con tickets are not 
transferrable, so that can't be it. It's indeed a shame. I know a 
comic artist who buys a booth every year, and he says it gets harder 
and harder to be worthwhile, as the booth prices keep going up, and 
the actual comic people keep getting squeezed out by people coming to 
see the movie stuff. (Thus even tho the aisles are packed, he sees 
fewer customers.) I think Wonder Con is a good alternative.
Rick
Arrr.
(I mean - not a pirate!)


At 02:52 PM 3/6/12, you wrote:

>I usually buy my tickets for the next years Comic-Con during the 
>first day I attend the convention. There have never been any lines 
>during the first few days of the con and I like to get it out of the 
>way. It was very convenient doing it this way for the last 10 years or so.
>  Last year the Comic-Con committee took that option away and made 
> that almost impossible to purchase a on site registration.
>Message: 2
>Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:52:07 -0800
>From: Gary Grossmann <garyg5678 at live.com>
>To: <groop at groo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Groop] San Diego Comic-Con
>
>Hi Folks!
>
>I agree the whole SD Con situation has become ridiculous.  I didn't 
>mind as much as many do about the comics being overwhelmed by other 
>stuff, but the way it has made it impossible (not merely dificult, 
>but actually impossible) for so many folks to get tickets is just terrible.
>
>
>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:52:34 -0800
>From: sac at foolarchy.com
>To: <groop at groo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Groop] San Diego Comic-Con
>Message-ID: <91e0a89a584414242d27b8db98ee5fba at foolarchy.com>
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>Heh. I felt like this seven (7) years ago. The comic-con I grew up with
>no longer exists. It became far too difficult to get tickets and book
>hotels. I'm glad the industry is surviving, but at the same time it
>certainly felt like they ostracized me for an entirely new demographic.
>It just lost a lot of it's magic when it was less about comic books and
>more about the all might dollar.

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