Alright so I am Back! The SE:NYC tag in my signature is now black signifying it has come and gone
Overall for the first year the con was very well attended and was a very intimate show. No insanity that the bigger (SDCC and NYCC) shows are like. More like a modern old 'house' show.
For Saturday there was a good line of people waiting to get in but the vibe was completely different than the big shows
Saturday AM Line closer to letting in time
That said I do think the show drew more people in part because they were selling NYCC tickets early. Saturday the line was insane for NYCC Tickets.
Saturday NYCC Ticket Buying Line
Sunday on the other hand, largely in part due to Fathers Day and another local show in town, attendance was a bit tame. I am not sure if they hit expectations for Sunday. Around 9 AM there was nowhere near the same line as Saturday that time. Show floor opened at 10 AM for regular ticket holders.
Sunday AM Line when I arrived at 8:50
The artists at the show were amazing talents and most seemed happy to be there, I even overheard one or two say they wished it was a three day show. Even the exhibitors were happy with the vibe of the show.
I met the young guns, Tony Daniel, David Mack, Chris Cleramont, Francis Manpul, Betsy Peterschmidt, Peter David, and whole bunch more
Francis Manpul did this sketch in like 1 minute for this guy. Amazing
I did some panels (Saturday - Young Guns; Sunday - Batman 75th, Marvel 75th, and a panel held by a professor about the golden age of comics) and mostly spent time on the show floor. Overall I had a great time. I even met Dan Didio and told him we need some amazing Batman panels and took a photo with him.
My one gripe was that I bought the VIP pass, which let you in at 9:30 a half hour early. However I think the show organizes may not have mentioned that to the artists cause on Saturday a good portion of the artists were not even at the show and some booths were not set up and the same for Sunday. Now I have worked booths for my company before so I understand that early morning set up feeling and people are around before you get to set up, so I am not upset. My one suggestion would be that in future years they push the start time to 11 to 8 and let the VIPs in at 10:30 or at least tell artists there are attendees on the floor that early. But again on Sunday when they let us in there were no more than 15-20 people on the VIP line so a VIP was likely still able to get a majority of stuff done before an artist who may not yet have shown up arrives.
Anyway the site is still up so you can take a look at the talent they brought this year and I hope they do this again next year. Because I have a few cons this year and really do favor fantasy art I was a bit tame on my spending, but I did pick up a small custom piece. However I did see some people drop some big bucks. I am sure commissions were a big draw and I know someone bought a big piece from Tony S Daniel due to the number of benjamins on the table
I did get a few older comics signed but realized I photographed them with some surprises for a buddy so had to take that down to not spoil it for him
Here is some swag
Thanks go to Brains S for blinging my Pass with the Special Edition Lanyard, made my day
My custom Griffin by Betsy Peterschmidt, which came out amazing. also considering a custom from Morgan O Shay.
and finally there were some cosplayers
FOR KEN!
There is no Dana only Zuul and Gozer
I'm in love with this girl, marry me wherever you are
full album here
http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/mllNY/library/SE NYC 2014?sort=3&page=1
