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I was looking forward to Brian Azzarello and Milo Manara and they cancelled both!! Still there is Risso. Also hoping the regulars would be in a generous mood and not charge ridiculous amounts for sketches.
12 guests either pulled out before the event or did not turn up over the weekend (due to various reasons). Those guests that were there did a sterling job but it was obvious to my mind that the “comic” part of the event was just an add on to attract a few more people and exihibitors. As the preview above says, no plan B to cover major guest cancellation and a quick look on their forum for the lack of nearly anything from a feedback point of view about the comics part of the event shows who the event is really aimed at
Despite a boast on their forum that this was going to be the biggest and best UK Comic con for guests, it will unltimately fall a very long way behind LSC and Thoughtbubble and will probably also end up behind NICE, DICE and the Lakes event.
Will I go next year? probably not as it is not what I class as a comic convention. If I do, it will certainly not be for a 2 day stay and certainly not be by advance booking. This event had a very serious problem with guest pulling out (over 1/4) the level of which I have never seen before anywhere. If i do go there will have to be a major policy change by the organisers and I’ll probably pay on the day when I’m sure which guests are actually going to be there.
In the end this con pretended to be something it was not, i.e. a frontline UK comic con. The organisers will have to really learn from their mistakes this year if they want to attract the regular comic con goers who attend LSC and Thoughtbubble in their droves.