More On Wizard Con Maneuvers

Heidi MacDonald made a couple of great catches in her article yesterday similar to my own on how Warren Ellis was being advertised in a way that strongly, strongly suggested his attendance at a convention in Toronto next year when he hadn't been even contacted about any show on the Shamus-owned, post-Wizard World slate. She notes that the New York Post article in advance of this weekend's Big Apple Comic-Con has an attendance claim that may be impossible given the capacity of the venue, and that one of the providers of celebrities for this kind of show, including several heavily advertised at earlier stages of advertising for the show, has bailed.

I'd say that both stories add weight to the notion that there should be much watching of how these shows are conducted in order to make sure they're done in an honorable way. I don't know from whatever gossip is around, although I'm sure it's spicy, but what we know that's out in the open suggests there may possibly be some shenanigans to watch for. This includes fostering public dissonance when it comes to making distinction between the shows by adopting similar names, but certainly isn't limited to it. This should be an even a bigger issue next year when NYCC is on the calendar in close proximity to the Big Appel show. Where the next Big Apple show of the kind we're seeing this weekend is placed o the calendar in relation to NYCC -- an announcement we're likely to get at the conclusion of this weekend's show -- should speak volumes. If it's close, expect a lot of attention to be paid to things like poaching guests (which tends to mean having one show take the bulk of expenses in getting someone to the city but the second show trying to get this person to make a nominal appearance) and other aggressive, potentially ethically dubious strategies.
 
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