#NotatComicCon
Confession: I never went to SDCC when I lived in the area. I would have liked to go, but tickets are expensive, the crowds are insane, and the competition to get in to the best panels is fierce.
That seems a little weird doesn’t it? The outcast nerds and geeks of the world, coming together to fight over who gets excluded from celebrity panels. Seriously? As the ones who were excluded in elementary school, junior high, high school (undergrad, grad school, and that semester abroad in Norway), you would think we’d know better. Now I know SDCC and other cons have become huge and grown beyond their roots, but you get my point. We should know better. The condescension and bragging over who got in to Hall H and who didn’t has got to stop. I’m not saying SDCC isn’t awesome (I would love to go eventually), but no one should make you feel less of a fan for not going.
So this weekend, let us know what you’re doing with the hashtag #NotatComicCon. And if you’re there, let us know what awesome stuff you’re doing, because we think you’re awesome too!
Hi Claire, I haven’t been to SDCC either. But I’ve been to NYCC several times, and you’re absolutely right. The past couple of years, I helped run a podcast table there. (My husband produces an entertainment podcast, GeekFest Rants.com) And every year I can’t help but whine that the atmosphere (while lots of fun) isn’t anything like the last two Star Wars Celebration conventions. Those were phenomenal, and while you can’t get into every panel, the show has the decency to insist that everyone leave a panel at the end before letting people in for the next one. That way people really have to pick and choose what they will try to attend, and everyone gets to see something. Also, the atmosphere is far more, “here we all are together” at Celebration. My son goes to some panels alone and when I’m at Celebration, I’m calm about it. At NYCC I constantly text him: “Okay? Where r u? Where r u? Okay?”
It’s killing me not to be at Celebration Europe this month. I’m just hoping we can go to the next US Celebration.
Exactly!! Something has happened at those huge conventions- it doesn’t feel like the worldwide geek family has gotten together to celebrate what we love. I haven’t made it to a Celebration yet, I want to check one out soon!