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Monday, August 25, 2008
FanExpo 1
:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/25/2008 12:10:00 AM 
The 2008 Toronto FanExpo wrapped up yesterday. According to the press kit fact sheet, the organizers expected in excess of 50,000 attendees over the weekend, up 7000 from last year, a number I would not dispute judging from my experiences of the crowd on Saturday afternoon. It was crowded, but not crazy crowded. I can't speak for the areas around the various B-actors, video-game contests and U.S. superhero comics A-listers who merited special event status at the show, as I managed to avoid these entirely. There seemed to be a nice mix of people due to the cross-genre/media nature of the show: lots of families, lots of couples, costumed and in mufti. Look for a full report and photos, as well as Sequential's usual massive list of links to fan reports, video and photos, coming here over the next few days.
In the mean-time, a few links for your browsing pleasure:
- What "mainstream" U.S. superhero comics and related news there was at the show seems to have been largely reported by Comic Book Resources. They also have an interview with artist Pia Guerra, who was not at FanExpo, about a new Dr. Who comic book.
- Many photo galleries are already online, of course, including this one focusing on the horror side of the con (that is, the intentionally horrific Rue Morgue "Festival of Fear", not the everyday horrific spectacle of masses of sweaty people rubbing against each other in a confined space). As well, the ace photogs at the Anime London blog have two separate, cosplay-heavy galleries up, focusing on costumes from Saturday and the Saturday evening masquerade.
(The above photo of Coke Man --he looks sort of like a combination of Iron Man and Marshal Law to me-- is from a Day 3 photo report by blogger "Saku" available here.)Labels: conventions, events, fanexpo 2008, hobbystar, Toronto
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