San Diego Comic Con 2010 Sold Out
In nine months you can make a baby, be married and divorced, get cured of cancer, watch every episode of Dr. Who ever aired (Trust me, I’ve done the last two). All these things and more in the time from now until San Diego Comic Con 2010. The one thing you can’t do is buy your pass for preview night. That’s right folks, preview night is sold out NINE MONTHS in advance.
Comic Con International has decided to make a limited number of preview night tickets available for those who plan their trips a year in advance. And for those of us who live in a world that does not allow us to do that, we are screwed out of what used to be a fun night of a couple hundred people being able to meet the industry professionals they admire. Sadly Preview Night is now about how much “SWAG” you can get and put up on ebay for lots of people. It makes me think SDCC has forgotten a key word in their name… COMICS.
After coming back from Long Beach Con, I was reminded of what a Con should be. Small and intimate, not all about the Hollywood aspect of the comic world. To quote Amanda Conner, while talking about SDCC at Long Beach Con, “It’s like the dentist. You have to go once a year but don’t really want to.”
Come back for more updates on the mayhem that is San Diego Comic Con 2010.
Simon Daoudi
Simon@comicimpact.com
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Posted on October 8, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Margaret wrote :
You know, I love small cons too, but San Diego is like the Ascot of geekery. Yeah, the little races are more intimate, and often more fun - but the big overblown madness of San Diego is really its own thing now.
You know the craziest thing about SDCC? It’s overwhelming. It’s crowded. The lines suck. The swag frenzies suck. But on Monday, when you’ve been home for a day, you feel weird not popping down to the exhibit hall to see what’s up.
Posted on October 8, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Nick wrote :
How much does is cost these days the have a baby or cure cancer? I would guess well over $100.
In what world do you live in that you can’t buy something for only $100 ten months in advance?? And if you do buy but can’t attend, they offer full refunds until one month before the show.
About the large crowds, it’s only 4 days a year you have to deal with them but the returns greatly outweigh the craziness. I can’t imagine not going to Comic Con.
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