Eben's Guide to Surviving the San Diego International Comic Convention

Jul. 17th, 2014 at 5:38 PM

In response to

seanan_mcguire posting her annually-updated guide to surviving the big CC, I thought I'd publish my own.

Here it is:

STAY HOME!

Thank you, and I hope you found this guide useful. :)

Current Location:Brookshaven, San Diego, CA
Current Mood: naughty

Comments

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wyrmwwd

Jul. 18th, 2014 12:45 am (UTC)

I went once. It was where I discovered by D&D AND computer gaming. Haven't been back.

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ebenbrooks

Jul. 18th, 2014 12:47 am (UTC)

Yes, well, back when you went, it was very likely a reasonably-sized convention! When I went in 1990 and 1991, it certainly was. It started getting out of hand in 1992, and by 1996 I was done with it. Except for brief visits in 2006 and 2008, I haven't been back, and certainly not for any length of time.

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kishiriadgr

Jul. 18th, 2014 01:31 am (UTC)

I wholeheartedly agree with this assessment. I'll go paint my models or something.

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whswhs

Jul. 18th, 2014 03:04 am (UTC)

Can't do that; I want to see certain people in the dealers' area. For my purposes, though, about three hours wandering that vast floor is as much time as I really need to spend there.

"Reasonably sized convention" is a somewhat elastic concept.

chorale and I attended Con Francisco, our first Worldcon, a few weeks after attending Comic-Con back in the days you refer to—and I looked around and thought, "What a nice little relaxacon!" It was about a tenth the size of the Comic-Con we had just attended.

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ebenbrooks

Jul. 22nd, 2014 08:48 pm (UTC)

It is a telling fact that WorldCons today are still not as large in attendance as Comic-Con was in 1992.

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ebenbrooks

Jul. 22nd, 2014 08:48 pm (UTC)

Huzzah!

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