Wizard World's Bruce Campbell's Horror Fest, Chicago -- August 18-21, 2016

[mysterio]

I'd heard that Campbell signed an exclusive deal with Wizard, and apparently that means getting your own horror themed show...

 

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Edit: recycling the old thread. It's not on the Wizard home page, but is on the retailer forms for early sign-up. We'll see if they do it again.

[JorgeRR96]

Bruce is exclusive with Wizard for 2015.

 

Kinda crappy they are doing ANOTHER horror con in Chicago...they have Flashback Weekend, which is an awesome show, and Days of the Dead Chicago, which is another awesome show.

 

Either way Wizard won't get the rare horror people, probably the same ones they always have...like TWD people.

[mysterio]

8 months away!

[mysterio]

6 months away!

[mysterio]

Three months away!

[KingOfRulers]

It looks like you're the only excited one here.

[mysterio]

It looks like you're the only excited one here.

 

Not excited really, just bumping it along to anyone interested.

[JorgeRR96]

I'm making the trip to this one, should be there Friday-Saturday and I come back on Sunday. Would be my first time going to Chicago so I hope its a good one.

[DR.X]

not to far for me so I"ll check it out at least one day and get some autographs.

[mysterio]

Less than two months away!

[JorgeRR96]

Hoping they can add more names. So far only interested in a few.

[JorgeRR96]

They show has now been postponed to August 22-23. What I think will happen is that it's going to be like the Social Con they had, where the Vine people had one hall for them while Chicago Comic Con was taking place on the other halls of the building.

 

Kinda because I have to cancel air and hotel reservations, but I'll probably use those funds to go to Wizard Philly. I was already going to WW Chicago in August so this move is kinda good, I guess.

[mysterio]

They should have just scheduled it to coincide with the comic show to begin with and saved everyone the hassle.

[JorgeRR96]

It's going to be free for WW Chicago attendees. I guess it will take place on a different hall. They are refunding everyone.

[mysterio]

It's going to be free for WW Chicago attendees. I guess it will take place on a different hall. They are refunding everyone.

 

This sounds like a reason to raise ticket prices under the guise of " but you get admission to two shows for the same price!" If I recall correctly the Social con they held last August in conjunction with Chicago was separate admission.

[mysterio]

Now apparently a full four day show to parallel WW Chicago, if anyone cares. It's no longer on the main Wizard page, but its still on.

[RCheli]

So, different admission? Would you have to pay twice to go into both?

[mysterio]

So, different admission? Would you have to pay twice to go into both?

 

Good question. I checked the website and it doesn't say anyplace. Higher up on this page Jorge says it'll be free for WW Chicago ticket holders, and since he got refunded for his March tickets I'm guessing that Wizard told him that back when they rescheduled it. They have a $100 four day pass for WW and a $60 pass for this show, so my guess would be that people who buy the "cheap" pass can only go to the horror show, but WW attendees can go to both. But that is just a guess. I imagine they'll have some angry folks who get turned away from the larger show for spending "only" $60 for admission. Seems like a PR nightmare waiting to happen.

 

I'm also guessing that this means that last year's Social Con was a flop. They haven't done one of those since last year. Either they lost money or the "talent" wanted too much to come back.

[JorgeRR96]

Yes, this event is free if you purchase a WWC pass.

 

Social Con was actually a big hit, but all Comic Con attendees were pissed off because of the screaming teen girls. Even at other cities, I know the Vine kids sold 800 photo ops on a Friday.

[mysterio]

Yes, this event is free if you purchase a WWC pass.

 

Social Con was actually a big hit, but all Comic Con attendees were pissed off because of the screaming teen girls. Even at other cities, I know the Vine kids sold 800 photo ops on a Friday.

 

I was at the comic show three of the four days and never heard one screaming girl, and nobody else I talked to said anything negative either (other than that there was such a thing). That doesn't mean that some weren't pissed off, but I didn't hear anything about it from the people or dealers I talked to.

 

I can't imagine Wizard, of all people, ditching something that made money just because someone complained about screaming girls. If it had made money, and they could do it again, they would.