Comments on: More NYC Tidbits http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sun, 19 May 2013 11:36:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Blog@Newsarama » Even Good Comics Come to an End… http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-46819 Blog@Newsarama » Even Good Comics Come to an End… Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:07:48 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/#comment-46819

[...] Action PhilosophersOne unfortunate tidbit that escaped the notice of many comics bloggers, but not Johanna Draper Carlson, because it pertains to an indy book and not one majors: The award-winning Action Philosophers, one [...]

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-46776 Johanna Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:31:57 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/#comment-46776 Having worked on programming for a major show, I understand that there can be glitches in the hectic couple of weeks leading up to the show, but one of our priorities was always to confirm panel appearances on-site as well so any misunderstandings can be worked out before someone simply doesn’t show up for a panel. It surprises me that NY apparently didn’t do that in all cases, and it seems that they also didn’t always send runners to gather guests at the appointed time. Certainly, they had a very ambitious, heavily multi-tracked schedule, which is a lot to manage, so maybe they just didn’t have all the staff to cover all of it. I’m still surprised that the major Tokyopop presentation panel was left off the official schedule, so as of 45 minutes before it was scheduled, no one knew where it was to be held.

]]> By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-46741 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:37:38 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/#comment-46741 Sorry I missed you this time around, but I ended up missing the entire Con this year. April will be a good move next year, but all things considered, they got really lucky two years in a row with the February weather, just missing cold snaps by a weekend both times.

As for the canceled panels, it seems there were several of them, not a few apparently involving creators who were listed as participants but were either never asked or hadn’t confirmed. One creator’s confirmation was sent to me twice, the second time after I pointed out the error and provided the correct contact information, presumably because he was on one of the panels I conducted last year, despite the fact that I had zero involvement this year. Curious if there’s a list anywhere of exactly which ones were canceled.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-46712 Johanna Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:54:22 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/#comment-46712 As always, you have the background that makes it make sense, Ali. Thank you.

]]> By: Ali Kokmen http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-46681 Ali Kokmen Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:39:07 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/#comment-46681 Since when do sales matter in determining an award winner? … They set up an award system where fans could vote, and they’re surprised that they did?

I think the “surprise” (such as it is) isn’t that Fruits Basket fans voted for it in the awards, but that Naruto fans didn’t vote in greater numbers that would’ve given it the award. Since there are presumably more of Naruto fans (since Naruto outsells Fruits Basket) and since Naruto fans had recently proved a formidable factor in the Quills Awards (the book industry awards that similarly has a fan/reader voter component, and for which Naruto won the GN category. I imagine, by a huge factor…) I think lots of folks were sorta taking it for granted that Naruto would win the AAA award in the manga category. I know I certainly was…

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 28, 2007: Which Big Two? http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-46648 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 28, 2007: Which Big Two? Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:28:16 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/#comment-46648

[...] as two of the four anchor booths at the show doors, I think it’s a valid point.” – Johanna Draper Carlson, relaying an anecdote from last weekend’s New York Comic [...]

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-46636 Johanna Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:43:22 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/#comment-46636 No, no, you were fine. And I’m using the bookmark you got me right now, thank you.

]]> By: Ed Sizemore http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/comment-page-1/#comment-46631 Ed Sizemore Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:10:37 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/27/more-nyc-tidbits/#comment-46631 Johanna, I attended the Anime Awards and still can’t tell you how they picked the winnner for each category. Their explanation of the voting processing was very vague.

Also the show was very dull. The presenters would come on do thirty seconds of schtick then read the nominees then read the winners. I wish I had gone to the J-Horror panel by Vertical instead.

By the way, I should apology to your parents for my appearance when they met me. I’m sure I was a fright and slightly incohorent.

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