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Spent some of Saturday and Sunday down in Oakville at Con Bravo, a new multi-genre interest gathering of the con persuasion. I didn't get a lot of audience members at my panels, but that's OK, the con itself was an intimate gathering. Reports say that the con hit their targets and did over 300 attendees, and they did in fact break even.
Here's a stitched-together panorama of the main floor at about 3pm on Saturday. There aren't a lot of people about because most everybody was in the main events room or one of the function rooms.
The hotel was perfect for a convention of this size, with a small pool that as far as I could tell nobody swam in and panel rooms equipped with mini-kitchens and bathrooms, which is always a plus. Anyway, between the big events the main floor filled up a bit.
Here's a photo of two cosplayers explaining cosplay to what appears to be a Normal Citizen.
This was a general geek-interest show so you had Snow White cosplayers, Dr. Horrible cosplayers, Dr. Who cosplayers, and video game cosplayers. Dealers room was small, mixed in with artist-alley artists, and other than old import video games, didn't hold much to interest me. The VIP guest was Robert "Lord Zedd" Axelrod. I did a panel on Saturday and then we poked our heads into the costume contest:
I believe that's the first skit contest I've seen in ten years. They haven't changed a lot. Sunday we came back down and it seemed a little quieter. Did the Old School Classroom thing and there were even fewer people in the audience, which I blame firmly on the really popular "bad fanfic" panel I was scheduled against, the 5pm Sunday time slot, and the fact that you know, there are only so many young people that are going to be interested in 35 year old cartoons. The crowd was college-age, late teens and twenties for the most part. The staff was also young but they seemed to handle things with a maturity and a responsibility not seen in con staffers twice their age. For a first year show the convention was lacking in freakouts, drama explosions, emotional meltdowns, or any of the other public psychological disasters so evident at these affairs. I spoke to the con chair for a bit and he stated that their intention was to keep the show a manageable size and to try to maintain the $25 price point as long as possible. It's refreshing to see a convention that isn't attempting insane growth from day one.
Anyway, I had fun and next year I have plans for new and exciting programming that will set Con Bravo on fire. Also maybe we'll throw a room party. Anyway, that's next year. Time to not think about conventions for a while.
Late Sunday night we went out and saw the Toy Story with the Real 3D. This is the first 3D movie I've seen since they quit sucking. And let me tell you, this is no SPACEHUNTER or STARCHASER LEGEND OF ORIN, this 3D really works and looks great and didn't give me a headache. Movie's pretty good too.
Also there is a new Zero Fighter page up for you! Hope everybody down in the States had a great July 4th and at LEAST gets today off work.
Here's a stitched-together panorama of the main floor at about 3pm on Saturday. There aren't a lot of people about because most everybody was in the main events room or one of the function rooms.
The hotel was perfect for a convention of this size, with a small pool that as far as I could tell nobody swam in and panel rooms equipped with mini-kitchens and bathrooms, which is always a plus. Anyway, between the big events the main floor filled up a bit.
Here's a photo of two cosplayers explaining cosplay to what appears to be a Normal Citizen.
This was a general geek-interest show so you had Snow White cosplayers, Dr. Horrible cosplayers, Dr. Who cosplayers, and video game cosplayers. Dealers room was small, mixed in with artist-alley artists, and other than old import video games, didn't hold much to interest me. The VIP guest was Robert "Lord Zedd" Axelrod. I did a panel on Saturday and then we poked our heads into the costume contest:
I believe that's the first skit contest I've seen in ten years. They haven't changed a lot. Sunday we came back down and it seemed a little quieter. Did the Old School Classroom thing and there were even fewer people in the audience, which I blame firmly on the really popular "bad fanfic" panel I was scheduled against, the 5pm Sunday time slot, and the fact that you know, there are only so many young people that are going to be interested in 35 year old cartoons. The crowd was college-age, late teens and twenties for the most part. The staff was also young but they seemed to handle things with a maturity and a responsibility not seen in con staffers twice their age. For a first year show the convention was lacking in freakouts, drama explosions, emotional meltdowns, or any of the other public psychological disasters so evident at these affairs. I spoke to the con chair for a bit and he stated that their intention was to keep the show a manageable size and to try to maintain the $25 price point as long as possible. It's refreshing to see a convention that isn't attempting insane growth from day one.
Anyway, I had fun and next year I have plans for new and exciting programming that will set Con Bravo on fire. Also maybe we'll throw a room party. Anyway, that's next year. Time to not think about conventions for a while.
Late Sunday night we went out and saw the Toy Story with the Real 3D. This is the first 3D movie I've seen since they quit sucking. And let me tell you, this is no SPACEHUNTER or STARCHASER LEGEND OF ORIN, this 3D really works and looks great and didn't give me a headache. Movie's pretty good too.
Also there is a new Zero Fighter page up for you! Hope everybody down in the States had a great July 4th and at LEAST gets today off work.
