Gipi Out, Warren In At San Diego Con; What To Do With Tokyopop’s Space?



This is one of those stories that probably wouldn't be a news item except for the specific focus on Bart Beaty's "Conversational Euro-Comics" column, which is published here: the previously announced guest from European comics publishing at San Diego Con for this year, Gipi, will not be attending Comic-Con International in late July. "Yes, Gipi won't be able to attend this year," CCI's David Glanzer said. One hopes it's not to late to rope another European cartoonist, or perhaps one of the Montreal cartoonists that's sort of like a European cartoonist. In positive news, James Warren has been added to the guest list -- I believe he was scheduled a couple of years ago and then couldn't make it. The complete, up to date guest list is here.

In other news, I asked Glanzer about the absence of Tokyopop from this year's show, the announcement of which came in the midst of their restructuring PR from last week. Tokyopop had a sizable floor presence in 2007, with a typical big company's aisle to aisle to aisle to aisle configuration, 40 feet by 40 feet. Glanzer doesn't make it sound like the convention is worried about the manga publisher's absence. "The truth is each year the show floor changes in configuration, some companies reduce their space, some increase a little and some aren't able to return," he told CR. "While I would never say trying to configure the floor is an easy task, it is one of the things, like programming, that is ever-changing and so we're fairly accustomed to the task."
 
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