Taking a chance on Comic-Con
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Sent my paperwork the other day to see if I can repeat the successful WonderCon panel at Comic-Con, which is owned by the same people but in Southern instead of Northern California. I’d love the chance to do it a second time, not just to give a great opportunity to the many who go to Comic-Con that don’t venture north, but for me to try to apply what I learned from what went well and what could have been improved from our first presentationI’ve got a good set of pros that have volunteered, though only two cross over from the original lineup. That’s to be expected, as the big companies have a larger prescence at Comic-Con and these folks are beholden to their bosses. Some people who were in that situation said to put them on the possible speakers list barring possible limitations, a couple others were so swamped they just said they’d rather not give any hint of being able to commit. And I respect that. I even could end up with a panel totally suggested by the Con, which is nearly what happened at WonderCon (though I knew most of the people selected, I only requested one of them, the others were at the initial suggestion of the Con).But I also know it is highly competitive to get slots, so we’ll see if it actually happens. I promise to keep you posted if it does, so you can plan early.
