2010
01.25
01.25
Good news, everyone?
This morning, Wizard announced the New Jersey Comic Con, taking place in Edison’s New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center on October 15-17.
If that date doesn’t ring any bells for you, let me remind you that the previous weekend, October 8-10, is the New York Comic Con/Anime Fest. And Wizard’s Big Apple Comic Con.
So. Here is Wizard’s Astounding Master Plan™:
- Start off Con War I by scheduling Big Apple Comic Con at the same time as New York Comic Con, which, if successful, will probably not net any more attendees than previous years, and if failful, will decimate con attendance for Wizard. (The reaction I’ve seen seems to be anti-Wizard sentiment, so their evil plan™ might have already backfired.)
- After dividing the fans the previous weekend, possibly making them go to two different cons and spending double the money, plan to establish a new con. The weekend after. 45 minutes away. Because who would rather go to New York City when they could go to Edison, amirite?
- Have her open the box.
I really am curious to see how this plays out. We got our start at NY Anime Fest, and will be there this year, so that is where we shall be. Unless Wizard wants to woo us to Big Apple Comic Con by doubling our standard speaking fee of $20,000.
Everyone shut up and pretend we get paid for this and let’s see what happens. SHHHHHH.
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The only strategy I can think of is that Wizard believes people from south Jersey and PA that wouldn’t go to BACC or NYCC would go to the NJCC because it’s closer to them. Which is crazy enough to work, if you mentally discount all your losses from people in north Jersey that probably won’t come to NJCC.
This is true, but they would get even MORE attendees, from North Jersey and New York even, if it weren’t IMMEDIATELY after TWO New York cons. This scheduling is so bizarre to me, it’s like they’re only hurting themselves. OMG, do you think Wizard is a cutter?