At one point I thought I was at NYCC or San Diego — that’s how crowded the floor was! Boston Comic Con keeps getting bigger and bigger and better and better!!!
Endless line outside the Boston Seaport World Trade Center
Great weather, waterfront location, impressive talent pool, and incredible turnout made this year’s Boston Comic Con a huge hit! An unofficial attendance of 30,000 was all I could get at this early post-con time. Officially, Boston Comic Con had over 19,000 pre-show tickets sold by Friday. There was a line as far as the eye could see on Saturday, and both Saturday and Sunday the venue was at capacity and fans waited patiently for a chance to enter the show. On Sunday I went to step outside at 4:15 pm and fans were still buying tickets.
The Mighty Simon Bisley making art and making fans happy.
Comic creator guests included Greg Capullo, Scott Snyder, Jeff Smith, Mark Waid, Simon Bisley, Gail Simone, Ben Templesmith, Ming Doyle, Stan Sakai, Eric Powell, Sergio Argones, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Parent, Neil Adams, Mike McKone, Ryan Ottley, Chris Burnham and many others.
Owl Girls co-creator Dave Ryan with MAD Magazine’s Sergio Aragones
Amanda Conner with 13th Dimension card
Mike McKone was busy all day.
Everyone I spoke to was doing great sales. Hell, I sold a case of Rat Bastard comics and I haven’t put out a book in over 2 years! I was really only there to promote 13th Dimension, East Coast Comicon, and see some friends. I actually sold all of my books and all but two T-shirts. I found the fans to be knowledgable, curious, and eager to spend.
Staff member and comics creator Sorah Shibao seemed to have me confused with a real beefcake, Jason Momao from Game of Thrones.
And did I mention the cosplayers?
A special thanks and congratulations to Jim Talbot and his incredible staff! Can’t wait until next year!
