I can almost feel for them. You'd think they'd have prime pickings of venues for the show just given the location, but so many events in one area sort of limits the organizers.
Of course around here it is just the opposite. I've been trying to convince a few towns in our area that have nice new convention centers to try to attract comic shows. They all seem like it's a "big city" event and no one will come? But they seem content with having empty space for 1/2 the year. It's no wonder why the Nashville comic conventions are still being held at the fairgrounds.
Yeah, a ton of folks looked uncomfortable, your table most certainly. Wasn't very happy about the flooring, as silly as that sounds. It was very pitted and dented and if you drop something on it, you're likely to get splinters under your finger nails trying pick it up. No laminate for the flooring
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Actually, the volunteers did have t-shirts and bright yellow badges, but the background of the t-shirts somehow made it difficult to see what was on them.
How odd. The only reason I knew to go to staffers at the entrances were the name tags and that they were either behind a desk or had a stamp waiting in their grips. I either don't remember the t-shirt correctly or the folks in the front didn't wear'em?
The shirt had the illustration done by Molly Crabapple on it and was a dark gray color. I was downstairs for the most part, so it could be the case that above things went differently.
It just might have worked better last year when we had the red t-shirts.
I've never been to MOCCA, but from what everyone is posting it just sounded like a disaster of a show. Hopefully they can rebound and get things back to how it was when everyone on the east coast gushed over it.
I think I attended the second or first show. It was the one where you could barely speak. I remember feeling pretty bad for you.
But I have to agree with you, the Puck building added a lot to the show. And WTF no AC what the hell? I think even the church on 59th had AC. At least I think it was on 59th. Actually I met you and got my hands on Dork at one of those shows.
But that is a moot point for me now since I'm living in Washington ofr the next few years...Hopefully they will have worked things out by then.
That doesn't sound fun. Next week at this time I'll be able to tell you if they ruined the Olympia Comics Fest by moving it from the carpeted, serene multipurpose room it had been in during past years to the dark beery confines of a bar called The Vault.
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Of course around here it is just the opposite. I've been trying to convince a few towns in our area that have nice new convention centers to try to attract comic shows. They all seem like it's a "big city" event and no one will come? But they seem content with having empty space for 1/2 the year. It's no wonder why the Nashville comic conventions are still being held at the fairgrounds.
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It was all sorts of confusing though.
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It just might have worked better last year when we had the red t-shirts.
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But I have to agree with you, the Puck building added a lot to the show. And WTF no AC what the hell? I think even the church on 59th had AC. At least I think it was on 59th. Actually I met you and got my hands on Dork at one of those shows.
But that is a moot point for me now since I'm living in Washington ofr the next few years...Hopefully they will have worked things out by then.
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Next week at this time I'll be able to tell you if they ruined the Olympia Comics Fest by moving it from the carpeted, serene multipurpose room it had been in during past years to the dark beery confines of a bar called The Vault.
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