Current Events > Comic Con started in 1969?

Topic List
Page List: 1
Vol2tex
07/19/19 8:55:27 PM
#1:


... Copied to Clipboard!
Monkhood
07/19/19 9:03:09 PM
#2:


must... resist....
---
Highly offensive and illegal materiel.
... Copied to Clipboard!
MasterGakke
07/19/19 9:03:39 PM
#3:


Heh heh 69.
---
All generalizations are false, including this one.
... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo
07/19/19 9:09:12 PM
#4:


I went in 1980 for the first time. It was big then but it's HUGE now.
---
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Vol2tex
07/19/19 9:10:48 PM
#5:


brestugo posted...
I went in 1980 for the first time. It was big then but it's HUGE now.


Wow, I wasn't even alive. My first one was 2006.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo
07/19/19 9:19:19 PM
#6:


Vol2tex posted...
brestugo posted...
I went in 1980 for the first time. It was big then but it's HUGE now.


Wow, I wasn't even alive. My first one was 2006.

Yeah it was 100% comics in those days. Marvel, DC dominated but there were European comics like Asterix and Heavy Metal. Also underground comics. A little bit of animation but no anime. Can't remember if there were manga. Stan Lee, John Buscema were there. The brilliant Frank Frazetta too. Saw HR Giger - the guy who designed the monsters for the movie Alien. No movie stars or anything like that though. I was 14.

EDIT: No cosplay either.
---
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Vol2tex
07/19/19 9:27:31 PM
#7:


brestugo posted...
Vol2tex posted...
brestugo posted...
I went in 1980 for the first time. It was big then but it's HUGE now.


Wow, I wasn't even alive. My first one was 2006.

Yeah it was 100% comics in those days. Marvel, DC dominated but there were European comics like Asterix and Heavy Metal. Also underground comics. A little bit of animation but no anime. Can't remember if there were manga. Stan Lee, John Buscema were there. The brilliant Frank Frazetta too. Saw HR Giger - the guy who designed the monsters for the movie Alien. No movie stars or anything like that though. I was 14.

EDIT: No cosplay either.


I actually like the old time comics on newsprint from the 1970s and 1980s. The art styles were nice back then too:

0olbbmM

I think I would enjoy a Comic Con that focused just on comics, and the entertainment side could be its own Con.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo
07/19/19 9:37:30 PM
#8:


Yeah big money ruined comic con to me. You used to be able to really have conversations with the people. Jim Shooter - the editor in chief at Marvel asked me a question! That would never happen these days. Now it's a god damn circus.

It should be 100% comics, maybe some movie tie-ins but not all the other shit.

I'm biased but yeah, I agree with you. 70's & 80's comics were great. The look, the smell. I loved everything about them. I still have about 20 somewhere. Frank Miller's Daredevil, Powerman (Luke Cage). Good shit.
---
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Vol2tex
07/19/19 9:49:35 PM
#9:


The Big Apple Comic Con is closer to that at least in terms of smaller scale, but it still focuses on the entertainment side too. I was able to have a nice conversation with Joe Madureira without his attention being split at least.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo
07/19/19 9:55:39 PM
#10:


Vol2tex posted...
The Big Apple Comic Con is closer to that at least in terms of smaller scale, but it still focuses on the entertainment side too. I was able to have a nice conversation with Joe Madureira without his attention being split at least.

I am told that the WonderCon in Anaheim, CA (between San Diego & L.A.) is more intimate too. It's usually a couple months before ComiCon.
---
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List
Page List: 1