That's kind of the issue, though, with him being at Wizard or at Dragon or at any show... by making him a guest, these conventions were supporting Granito and his fraud. Perhaps unwittingly, but supporting nontheless.
Due diligence needed to happen at all these shows. It *is* actually the job of the convention - this is what I'm talking about when I say "do your job" - it's the convention's job to check the credentials of the people they advertise as 'guests' and make sure that Joe Whoever actually did shoot Hitler right in the face on the Moon in 1954, or whatever the claim is, to ensure that the attraction you're advertising honestly does exist, and that people who pay money to come to your show are getting what they paid for. When it turns out dude really didn't shoot Hitler on the moon, or work on the Batman animated series... somebody's been lied to. And that ain't right. Conventions shouldn't be a party to these kind of lies, even unwittingly.
This goes right in hand with the fact that the convention organization has a responsibility to ensure its attendees aren't being sold fraudulently represented works. That could be bootleg videos, or bootleg merchandise, or artwork Rob Granito claims he did all by himself. There's a basic level of honesty here, not just on Granito's part, but on the part of major, major conventions (well, okay, expecting honest behavior on the part of the Wizard organization is probably asking too much) that is disturbing.
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Date: 2011-03-29 05:35 am (UTC)Due diligence needed to happen at all these shows. It *is* actually the job of the convention - this is what I'm talking about when I say "do your job" - it's the convention's job to check the credentials of the people they advertise as 'guests' and make sure that Joe Whoever actually did shoot Hitler right in the face on the Moon in 1954, or whatever the claim is, to ensure that the attraction you're advertising honestly does exist, and that people who pay money to come to your show are getting what they paid for. When it turns out dude really didn't shoot Hitler on the moon, or work on the Batman animated series... somebody's been lied to. And that ain't right. Conventions shouldn't be a party to these kind of lies, even unwittingly.
This goes right in hand with the fact that the convention organization has a responsibility to ensure its attendees aren't being sold fraudulently represented works. That could be bootleg videos, or bootleg merchandise, or artwork Rob Granito claims he did all by himself. There's a basic level of honesty here, not just on Granito's part, but on the part of major, major conventions (well, okay, expecting honest behavior on the part of the Wizard organization is probably asking too much) that is disturbing.