After a few days rest and the prep for another convention I am ready to look back on Emerald City Comicon.
For any convention after it is over there are two central questions to you need to ask to gauge it’s success: Did I enjoy myself and will I be back next year. For me the answer to both is a clear yes. I had a good time and I look forward to attending again.
With that covered there are a few things I would like to go over.
First is the size of the crowd. As I covered in the day two update attendance was so high on Saturday that the fire marshal shut down registration. One rumor I heard was that Saturday’s numbers were greater than all of last year’s. I can’t say for sure as I have not seen any officially numbers yet. ECCC has been a steadily growing convention, and has slowly been using more and more of the Washington State Convention center. Based on this year’s event they will probably need to use even more of the facility next year.
Due to some of the behavior’s I witnessed at the show, after I finish with Norwescon this upcoming weekend I will need to write more on con attending etiquette. Someone suggested I need to write a book on the subject, but let’s start with a couple more articles and see where we go.
The panels still tend to be centered on the comic book industry. Yes you have the media guests and they do get the biggest room, but the majority of the other rooms are used for panels based on the comic book industry. This has certainly given the show a good reputation in the industry and I hope they stay the course on this.
Cosplay was in fine form during the show. The one down side was that the area set aside for cosplay photo ops was right outside the main dealer floor. When the crowding happened on Saturday you could barely move.
And for those who were following my cosplay tally, here are the final numbers for the show.
· Doctor who: 29
· Captain America: 18
· Joker: 14
· Batman: 14
· Superman: 14
· Harley Quinn: 13
· Poison Ivy: 11
· Batgirl: 11
· Robin: 11
· Wonder Woman: 9
· The TARDIS:9
· Supergirl: 7
· Spider-man: 7
· Green Lantern: 7
· Catwoman: 7
· Riddler: 7
· Zatanna: 6
· Black Canary: 4
· Phoenix: 4
· Iron Man: 3
· Nightwing: 3
· Rogue: 3
· Death (from Sandman): 3
· Doctor Octopus: 2
· Powergirl: 2
· Hulk: 2
· Batwoman: 2
· Green Hornet: 2
· Dalek: 2
· Red Ranger: 2
· Doctor Horrible: 2
· Captain Hammer: 2
An Honorable mention goes to Hawkman. Only one person went as him, but his wings moved.
That wraps up this show. I will have a new post mid next week after I recover from Norwescon detailing how that show goes.