19: New York Comic Con – Show Notes

First Segment

• Defining “Convention”
• “PhilCon,” the First Fan Convention (sort of)
  • October 22, 1936
  • 9 people in attendance
    • Frederik Pohl
    • Milton A. Rothman
    • Donald Wollheim
  • The Forerunner to “WorldCon”
    • Announces the Hugo Awards every year
• “International Convention” – The First Comic Convention (sort of)
  • 1964
  • Tom Gill, artist for “The Lone Ranger”
  • Phil Seuling
  • Star Trek Conventions
    • “Star Trek Lives”

Second Segment

• ReedPOP
  • Organizer of New York Comic Con
  • Offshoot of Reed Exhibitions
• The First New York Comic Con
  • 2006 in the basement of the Javits Convention Center
• New York Comic Con Today
  • The largest Comic Con in North America
    • Has spread to Madison Square Garden, Hammerstein Ballroom and Hudson Mercantile
• Book Con is Part of New York Comic Con For the First Time
  • Used to be part of Book Expo America
• NY Super Week (NYCC Presents)
• NY Comic Con: Panels, Show Floor, Celebrity Meet and Greets, Artist Alley
• ReedPOP’s Preparation for NYCC
• Artist Alley
• Relationships with Hollywood
• Issues at Comic Con

Third Segment

• Commercialization of Comic Con
• Waiting in Line
• Attending Four Days vs One Day
• FOMO
  • Doing Everything
• Favorite Panels
  • Worldbuilding with YA
  • Character building with Image Comics
• Cosplay at ComicCon