Wednesday, August 23, 2006
More Convention Mania
:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/23/2006 02:20:00 AM 
Sequential hardly ever links to convention reports but
since we're in the last throes of convention season for fans of comics in Canada, I thought I'd see if there's any bloggers out there who have posted con reports recently. Paradise Con's "Fan Super Show" was this past Sunday and there are already a few reports out, most notably from the blogging brothers (?) Jason Truong and Danny T. Jamie Coville also has some photos online (that's one of his up top). Any others?
As well, the Toronto Star reported on the Hobbystar vs Paradise conflict recently, quoting some of the major players in the drama:
Peter Birkemoe, the sage of sequential art: "Hobbystar is ``trying to hurt other people's comics events in the city," says Birkemoe, owner of the Beguiling store, which has chosen not to exhibit at any more Hobbystar shows.
"We make a lot of money at that show, ... but in spite of all that (we decided not to do the show) even though it was a way to reach out to new people," he says. "But it's obvious that what they're really trying to do is be the only game in town."
and Aman Gupta, Hobbystar owner and putative Mephistopheles of the metropolis: "Most of the people who come don't know or care about this. The people behind these attacks are doing it on purpose and want to try and bring us down. It's just business and what I'm trying to do is look out for the Fan Expo." Labels: Hobbystar vs Paradise, links
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