I want to a Con today, I wont mention which one.....but I live in Toronto
Anyways,
I go because I am a comic collector, and that is what I want to see.
These are the negatives for me who goes with his wife and kids and am a comic collector,
Shows being mismanaged and make it too complicated to pay and get in with a family.
They asked us to fill in a form to buy tickets, I told them to I just want to get in, not write an essay.
Over zealous and loud and obnoxious staff and security who are very abrasive when they shouldn't be, and very lackadaisical when they should be, i.e pushing and yelling at families with young kids to get back in line, letting people who are in wheel chairs to be pushed aside as other people bud in line, not letting families with young children and persons with wheel chairs easier access to enter the event, letting cosplayers use the family washroom to change and put on make-up for 30 minutes while we waited with young kids to use a secured washroom. If you are going to go to the show dressed up , do it at your parents home in the basement before leaving for the show, once again I am not casting judgement
I just want to see the books and not waste time being blocked in aisles by people who have never had sex, a steady job, friends, or ever won a trophy for athletics, once again I am not judging, Just observing
Now , having said that, I do have 2 young daughters who love to see the dressed up people and toys etc.
Myself, not a fan , but the other stuff helps distract my little kids so I can get out for an hour or so and check cool books like this that Walter from Big B had ...