Go, Read: Tim Hodler On Demise Of BCGF



Here. As I thought it might be, it's a smoking article with a lot of heart and things to think through. I could pull some quotes, but you should really read it over there.

My initial takeaway is that people in comics poo-pooh formal structures and the like, but it seems like a clear sense of who owned what and why and how and where it was going could have maybe helped here, and this was something that was an overall, even potentially overwhelming positive for a lot of the folks involved. Then again, maybe it's good not to bind everything together, and this was just a personality conflict and set of philosophical differences that was going to define this show's demise just as it strengthened the show's first initial years and the whole thing was inevitable. It's hard to say.

Sitting on this post for a weekend, my slightly more considered takeaway is that New York is a tough nut to crack for comics festivals in terms of the money involved, and that comics festivals are pretty tough that way more generally. As we develop more shows and better shows the cost issue is going to raise its head a lot.
 
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