Emerald City Comic Con

Like, that, that's a true thing that happened, and it's crazy to me.

Like, I don't hear that coming from, like, Emerald City Comic Con or any of the other ones.

Like, I, I mean, sometimes they might have something like that happen, but it's not, like, just a regular thing that happens and they're just like, "Yeah, well, what can you do?" And that is something I've heard from many folks at Dragon Con in their, like, social media departments

departmentsI will jump off of that point and say that we are in, like, a climate crisis.

So this is one reason why I compared Baltimore City Comic-Con in my mind to Heroes Con because that was one of the things I really loved about Heroes Con, was these nice wide navigable aisles.

You didn't feel crowded, which is the complete opposite of Emerald City Comic-Con.

Uh, and it's, it is, is a, a reason why I probably won't go back to Emerald City for a long time, if ever.

Anyway, we were just looking, just, you know, right, left as you're walking down, and you kind of see what, what's this? What's this? Who's go- what, what are they selling? What, how...

Will one of them make our jaws drop, or are there more surprises to come? We'll find out on the Friday of the con at 11:15 AM in Panel Room 406.2.

[upbeat news music] Want some more on New York Comic-Con? Why not? Parent company ReedPop recently made headlines with the news that Emerald City Comic Con will be going badge-less next year.

So what about the show at the Javits Center? "Not for the moment," says showrunner Christina Rogers via Publishers Weekly.

When asked about New York Comic-Con going badge-less, Rogers said, quote, "I do not foresee a time when it makes more sense for us on an operational and security level to go badge-less for New York, given the sheer size of the show.

Now, when did you guys become pals? When did you, when did you guys, wh- when did your tribe start getting built?

[smacks lips] Uh, me and, well, me and Nick, you know, we have the same art rep with Felix Lu, um, and I think I met him for the first time at Emerald City Comic Con in 2015.

I met a bunch of those artists then.

I met James Harren then, um, met Riley Rossmo there, uh, Nick Dragotta, um, Nick Pitarre I met.

... our first conversations then.

Okay.

Um- Where he, you know, called me and we had exchanged a few emails back and forth, and we eventually talked on the phone and he just- he pitched me on him being my rep and he said, "I don't know exactly, like, what your future holds, but I'd like to help you out if you want and, and see how the relationship goes." [clears throat] And like just a handshake, um, let's see how it goes kind of thing, and the first time we ever met was at Emerald City Comic Con in 2015.

So, um, it's been an incredible relationship since then.

No.

Well, we did hang out at one Image Expo, but it was Emerald City Comic Con for the most part that we would hang out.

But, but yeah, it w- it was funny though 'cause looking back on it, those cons, I could stand and talk to Daniel and Ramon for, like, an hour, and, like, it wouldn't really be, like, interrupted too much.

And now, I remember New York Comic Con last year, Nick Dragotta's line was so preposterously long that, like, the only thing I could do was just, like, literally pop my head in, shake his hand, and say hello, and just run away because there was no way I was gonna see him otherwise.

And, uh, you know, artists started, started joining.

And, and, and at a certain point, I said, "Well, I guess I'm, I guess I'm doing this."

How many artists do you think came your way because Nick arm wrestled them and then talked to them about joining up? I feel like, uh, I w-- I remember one ti- one night we had a party at, uh, Emerald City Comic Con, and Nick was there.

And he tried, like, arm wrestling so many people.

hosted by Spookachu and Genevieve.

And Spookachu I had met at Emerald City Comic Con last year.

They had such great outfits on.

There was a very cool Nurse Joy costume.

So and then imagine New York.

New York's gotta be... 'Cause I've been to the biggest, the, I've been to two of the biggest conventions, which is LA and then Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle.

I've never been to the two, the other two big ones, which is New York and San Diego, but those would be insane.

But yeah, I mean, I hope one day you get to meet him.