Festivals Extra: ReedPOP Moving Away From Their NYC Show Focused More Explicitly On Comics-Makers

Heidi MacDonald had a nice catch here based on an idea she unearthed while talking to ReedPOP's Lance Fensterman and then tracking subsequent media appearance by the convention organizer. They won't be doing their "Special Edition: NYC" show this year. This was their NYC show focused on North American comics creators as opposed to the bigger spread of media properties that are the backbone of their popular New York Comic Con event.

I never quite caught the strategy of that one, but I assumed it was partly trying out a slightly different formula and partly staking claim to New York across the board, but I can't be sure. ReedPOP and Fensterman are certainly busy trying out specialized shows and shows out of North America; MacDonald suggests that a stand-alone manga/anime event may be in the offing. I'm pretty sure with the number of small events and the general costs of New York that a competing show featuring North American comics creators in the same way as the Special Edition event did isn't going to happen unless some comics fan out there gets into a Brewster's Millions scenario.

I'm generally worried about an industry overly reliant on shows as opposed to these being the icing on a digital/DM/bookstore cake, but I'm not sure I can articulate a compelling reason why I have those fears.
 
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