Comments on: Gareb Shamus buys New England Comic Con

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:02:26 +0000

Also should mention the Radisson show has gone under several different names including “THE BOSTON COMIC BOOK & TOY COLLECTOR’S SPECTACULAR” and is left over from the “Great Eastern Conventions” that used to advertise in comics in the late 80s/early90s.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:56:35 +0000

OK what hell is “New England Comic Con?” I’ve been going to cons in the Boston area for the last 20 years and have never heard of it. There are only two that have been running consistently lately; BostonComicCon and the one at the Radisson hotel, North East Comic-Con, which has seemingly been around forever. I’m not including SuperMegaFest or UnitedFanCon events since they are mainly autograph shows. There have been some one-off shows like Wizard, there was one at the Hynes, and at Bayside Expo a few years back. But, no “New England Comic Con.”

By: Alexa

Alexa — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:59:55 +0000

@Jay Seaver– Also, nobody from outside the city ever wants to negotiate Boston traffic/transit on game days. Hell, I live in the city, and sometimes I don’t even want to go to my LCS (Comicopia in Kenmore) on game days.

By: Jay Seaver

Jay Seaver — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:28:03 +0000

Hopefully, he does a better job than he did last time, when I could not only not find the panels at all, but attendance was guaranteed to be lousy because it was scheduled for the same weekend as a late-season Red Sox-Yankees series. I don’t care how geeky or disinterested in sports comic fans are, nothing trumps that in New England.

By: ijneb152

ijneb152 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:11:20 +0000

who is running these shows?

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:17:27 +0000

Shameless has apparently tric–umm, convinced Hollywood money to get involved with him. That’s how he is buying up all these conventions.

By: Shaun M.

Shaun M. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:50 +0000

Re: David’s comment–

Wizard are not up to seven shows, Gareb Shamus is. The obfuscation is intentional.

By: Shaun M.

Shaun M. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:25:57 +0000

FYI, WWPhilly’s been renamed to Philadelphia Comic Con & Video Game Expo. Not to be confused with the existing Philadelphia Comic-Con… or with the people responsible for the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo… or with those who put on Comic-Con International… and soforth…

By: David Uzumeri

David Uzumeri — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:14:12 +0000

My favorite part is that more announcements are expected in the coming weeks. Wizard just shut down most of their shows, like, last year, and now they’re up to seven and counting again, and it seems like the same celebrity guests at every show, with a lack of focus on actual comics. Which, I mean, parallels the magazine, but at this point it’s more like a traveling circus of has-been sci-fi icons than anything resembling a convention.