What's the appeal of going to conventions? Meeting uninterested

>>91973552
Molesting cosplayers.

Also, rape.

>>91973552
pretty much
The only reason id go is to get into a screening or something. Walking the floor seems like a good way to get molested by some weirdo.
Plus cosplay is a lot more cringey irl

>>91973811
Vs. Cosplay not irl?

>>91973552
Buying old issues
Basking in the company of fellow hobbyists

>>91973890
Meeting comic book artists and writers

Never mind actors, it's a fad

Casual sex and discounts on nerdy shit.

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>>91973552
Fucking cosplayers.

If you don't cosplay yourself then don't even bother.

For non comic/vidya ones pretty much just comes to having a place to reveal your power level.

>>91973835
vs pictures of cosplay

As time goes on, there are less and less interesting people to go see ("professional" cosplayers,) and more and more annoying people there (wannabe "professional" cosplayers.)

Still, the whole point of a convention at all is to meet people with the same interest. It's overpriced, but fun.

>>91973552
Meeting other fans.

Even an autist can understand that.

>>91973552
It's more than just that, sure you get to meet celebrities and that's cool. But you also get to see cosplayers, meet people with similar interests, not much there other than food is all that scaled up in price so merch buying is a fun activity. It's lots of fun!

>>91974252
Also you get to meet really cool artists and indie writers, as well as a few pros! God I love conventions!

Hooking up with horny nerds.

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>they couldn't even think of anything for Day's "Best known for" section because she isn't in anything

>>91973552
>Nobody knows what Felicia Day is "known" for

Sucking /co/cks

>>91973552
is that robert downey jr?

>buying overpriced merch?

Why does it feel like most of it are those awful Pop Funkos

Hanging with friends, taking dumb photos, going to less popular panels. Doesn't work if it's SDCC or something like that but who knows afford that anyway

I don't give a shit what "celebrities" go, I just go to get comissions from artists. Also what overpriced merch are you talking about? I get everything I'm looking for cheap as shit at conventions.

>>91974315
>>91974319
Best Known For: Betraying fans and siding with the anti-Gamergate crowd

>>91973552
>Felicia Day
>Best Known for ???

LOL

>>91973552
>meeting celebrities

Gross. Conventions are for meeting comic creators, and buying prints from them and supporting them directly. Especially if they're older creators and indie ones. It's also good for panels, buying issues, and meeting other people who are into comics.

>>91974315
You think they'd have gotten away with
>looking like a camel?

>>91973552
You used to be able to find comics and collectibles but most of the dealers only bring the most popular movie-related comics and funko pops.

>>91973903
>Meeting comic book artists and writers
Too bad they mostly charge for autographs now. I understand why they have to but it kinds sucks.

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Do cosplayers actually get molested at Comic Cons or is it just a meme?
Like, basically, some weirdo goes and takes a handful?

Funko POP figures have ruined convention showroom floors at conventions

>>91974866
There are people that are reasoning out "If you're not going to give it, then don't show it." So maybe.

>>91974866
I molest plenty of cosplayers at cons. It's great

What is going on with that picture of Felicia? It looks horrible. Also Katie is brave facing the public after her blowjob pics got leaked not that long ago. Is anyone going to print one out and get her to sign it?

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>>91974907
>things that never happened: the post
Why would you be proud of doing something like that, anyway?

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Ass

I mean I kind of liked her character in Eureka!

>>91974921
I'm a degenerate, that's why. It's pretty easy to not get caught. You just stick to larger cons or cons where people are densely packed. In my 10 years of groping, I've never been caught

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>>91974900
How molesty are we talking?

Like a simple ass-grab, or like a full on japs-on-train hotdog session?

I have a big fetish for fat hairy unkempt nerds so...

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>>91974953
And this is why you should never cosplay. Just wear a merch shirt or something.

>>91973811
>cringey
I hate that this word has become a thing on /co/ of all fucking places. The normie plague is real.

>>91974970
I grope regularly dressed people too, don't worry about it

Someone should go and Ask Laurel to sign her nudes

>>91974980

>any would have confidence to walk up to her and do that

and watson shop doesn't count.

>>91973552
Why is Kevin smith a thing?

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>>91974953

>>91974999

Mallrats, clerks, he had a large niche following in 90s that influenced a lot of people that thought he might become something some day and he ended up going nowhere with it and then became a tool.

Joss Whedon had a similar trajectory, he just received more acclaim before his burn out.

>>91974936
Disclaimer: Quality of ass at your local convention will vary.

>>91973552
You can post on the social meeds that you're such a comix nerdberger xD

>>91974015
No, they're both pitifully pathetic. And nobody wants to molest you.

>>91974999
why are all of those no name blogger cunts a thing when they haven't even released a few critically well-received movies?

Every con I've ever been to has just been an excuse to get a group of friends together in one place, usually because one of them is on the Artist Alley. We've long understood that Saturday's aren't worth doing for the rest of us because they are so busy, so we just use that day to look around the City.

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>>91973552
>mfw there's a con coming up next Friday

It's basically the one time of the year I get to meet people that like things I like, buy some merch, buy some posters, buy some comics, watch some panels, meet some artists to get some advice from and dress up as characters, some more obscure and hard to recognize than others.

So far, I dressed up as The 10th Doctor, aged up version of pic related, the Scout from TF2 and Ben 10 from Omniverse (which very few people recognized, but I guess not many people care about the show in here). I plan to add Apollo Justice to the list, but I bet even fewer people will recognize him.

As for guest actors, they are the ones I'm always least interest in, mostly cause our Con can't afford bigger names and mostly because said actors are from GoT, which I don't watch.

Not to mention the most exercise I get all year, where I stand up and/or walk for hours and circle the Con 40 times in a row.

It's fun times!

Exercise
Cosplay eye-candy
Artists
Meeting people with at least 50% of your power level
Hanging out with friends

>>91974319

She's pretty good on MST3K

>>91974315
Has The Guild already become old?

>>91973552

well the local comic con next month has Adam West and Phil LaMarr so...that's enough for me to get excited.

You faggot ass cosplayers need to grow the fuck up. You and only you are the reason nobody gets into comics. They think you have to dress up and be a faggot to be considered a "fan".

>>91973552
The answer is always the Artist Alley. Or hell, even just going to indie comic conventions for an afternoon. Comissioning quick sketches, realising that artist whose work you follow online is kind of a douche, stumbling across the occasional diamond in the rough or chatting with folks who aren't particularly busy about what their current projects is are my biggest draws towards going to conventions.

>>91973552
>Why go to a baseball game? You can find out who won by watching TV.

>Why go to a rock concert? You can just listen to the album.

These basement dwelling anti-social types are sad.

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>>91973552
>being surrounded by other nerds
>seeing various vendors, some selling comics for dirt cheap
>looking at collectibles
>yes, even if they're uninterested, seeing some celebrities is cool
>swag that might end up being worth money or are just cool (i got a scott pilgrim booklet worth $100 and i got it for free)
>getting out of the house
>going out with friends

>>91975171
Nice autism, anon.

>>91975266
Adults dressing up as comic book characters they don't read is autistic anon.

>>91974319
Felicia Day is known for being an aging booth babe with no talent.

Should I try to hook up with this cute cosplayer girl I know?

>Check local convention site
>Most of the guests are RWBY voice actors
The fuck is this shit?

>>91975304
yeah
we didn't spent four hundred years making sex as taboo as we could for people to not be enticed into having more sex

>>91975152
>already
it's old m8. Dr. Horrible is ancient too

>>91975245
>getting out of the house

In the near future this will be the only reason people cite when they do anything.
>"Why'd you go to that retarded convention? You knew it was going to be retarded before you went..."
>"Just to get out of the house..."
>"Why'd you go see that shitty movie? You knew it was going to be shit before you went..."
>"Just to get out of the house..."

>>91975304
No, she likely has incredibly crazy personal issues. No normal person dresses up in costumes.

>>91975390
Have you never heard of Halloween or do you just live in some third world shithole?

>>91975372
Back when Whedon made a huge fucking deal about making one of the first ever Hulu originals.

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cheap comics and cute girls

>>91975397
We're not talking about fucking Halloween are we faggot?

>>91975397
>adults who dress up on halloween
anon, I...

Kevin Smith did some live podcast thing at my city's comic con last night. They charged for admission on top of the expo pass though so I said fuck that, went to a screening of Howl's Moving Castle instead.

>>91975245
>having friends

>>91974829
I had a guy who works on IDW Transformers sell me a ketch book for $10 and then he autographed it. Dude was pretty chill, if not as socially awkward as me.

>>91975462
What's Kevin Smith's modern-day appeal? He hasn't made a movie that fans or critics have liked in over a decade. Anybody who wants to hear a fat guy articulate about comics can just go on YouTube. Clerks nostalgia only goes so far.

>>91975307
Are you in Texas?

>>91975544
He's a nerd just like us

>>91975544
>What's Kevin Smith's modern-day appeal?

He's basically Nerdman, who is a paragon of all things nerd.

>>91975544
Reply to what I asked above. Why do you have a problem with a pretty well-known director sharing his opinions but aren't on some crusade against the sluts that don't read comics and cosplay in "review" videos of movies and cartoons?

You're mad a comic book reader and fan has found extended success after being one of the only people to include comic book culture and references in his movies for the longest time. Why?

Why do I constantly see this yet not the same amount of "why is this cunt who doesn't care about comics a thing?"

>>91974829
>Funko Pops
Thanks, I have cancer just from thinking about them.

>>91974319
ruining supernatural

>>91975560
No.

>>91975586
t. Wil Wheaton

>>91975602
Who the fuck is that?

Why can't you answer my question?

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>>91973552
probably the only time you guys get out from your basement

>>91975602
I think wil wheaton will always bother me more than Kevin smith in terms of their "celebrity status". Primarily beause wil wheaton claim to fame was being a mary sue on TNG.

>>91975624
>OG xbox
>cata poster
Jesus christ... "master race"

>>91975586
I didn't bring up sluts. That was a different anon. What are you even talking about?

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So much salt about cosplaying, can't tell if this is legit autism or just bait.

>>91973552
Going to the Calgary Expo today to meet Lieber and play in a Street Fighter tournament, it's just fun to go out and see everything there.

>>91975656
I did. There's no "difference" to be had there. What the fuck are you even saying?

You said what is the appeal of KS I asked what is the appeal of sluts who do the same thing but are just fucking leeches.

You replied with a fucking name.

>>91975629
I don't think a character that came off that dweeby can ever be called a mary sue.

>>91975586
>Why do I constantly see this yet not the same amount of "why is this cunt who doesn't care about comics a thing?"

What the fuck are you talking about? People rail on Felicia Day for being a fraud all the time.

>>91975696
In this thread yes, in general no.

>>91975696

that's mostly for her sticking her nose into videogames, not comics or tv or any of the other things.

She mostly seems to survive on doing patreon type of things, she even created some kind of fan name for her fans and is currently feeding on them.

I mean honestly she's never really done anything to get fame she has and thankfully because of her aging has continued to lower the ceiling on her so she'll be disappearing soon.

>>91974979
Teach me your ways, master

>>91974979
Just girls?

>>91975899
No, guys too.

>>91974979
Grope me, anon ;)

I met my girlfriend at a con. So there's that.

>>91975661
It's all bait anon. Even things you agree with are bait.

>friends all go to cons constantly
>accompany them and at first be fat sweaty guy who's quiet
>get /fit/ over time and lose interest
I'm going to my last con this August just to watch JAM Project live.

sex with furries

>>91973552
Wait, isn't Felicia pregnant with that 70 year old grandpa?

>>91975434
maybe if you're desperate enough to drop your standards below a 5

>>91973552
buying lots of cheap floppies/trades and getting cool posters, don't give a shit about the other stuff

>>91974992
Literally what are you trying to say

>>91975215
>Going to a baseball game
Nothing like being bored out of your mind for a couple of hours
>Why go to a rock concert
Because interesting things can actually happen

>>91977891
This is /co/. 5s=10s here

>>91973552
>Best known for: Arrow
>Appearing: TBD
>It's Black Driver

Bold move, Cotton.

>>91977891
>below a 5
where the fuck do you think we are, faggot

>>91975544
his podcasts are pretty okay.

>>91973903
this is the only reason, went to a few, met mignola, greg capullo, frank miller, jim lee, dan slott, tim seely, alex ross and got a frank cho commission

> At DragonCon
> Vendor called Crazy Eds'
> Selling comics
> Selling Eclipse issues of Miracleman for their original price

Shit he really was crazy

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Is Stan The Man on the hunt?

Find out next time, True Believers! Same Bat-Time! Same Bat-Channel!

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I go to conventions to:

1) Meet creators whose works I enjoy. If they've got a panel I'll sit on it and try to talk to them afterwards. If they've just got a table on the floor I'll go there and talk to them. Matt Wagner, Stan Sakai and Sergio Aragones are always a strong draw.

2) Find stuff I would otherwise have a bitch of a time trying to find. Most of the time I can find comics I can't find locally. That's how I've gotten my missing issues of Lobo and Glamourpuss. Fuck me if I can even find any issues of Cerebus past #150. Pro tip: Wait until the last day of the con when vendors are trying to dump their remaining stock.

3) Get brief glimpses of what's coming out, grabbing free buttons and garbage that can be sold to suckers who didn't get the chance to go, look at irl cosplayers and either be disgusted or get a boner or both OR see the rare one that's actually very good.

Big cons (SDCC, NYCC) are a bitch to attend, mainly just trying to get tickets. Go to small/medium instead

Meeting surface level "such a geek"s. It can be pretty fun if you're fucking around with friends, but past 2010ish there's absolutely nothing worth going for if you're actually interested in comics.

All the comic shopping is done online, all the intense hobbyist discussion is done online, all the cool collectibles are online...

>>91973552
To be an attention whore IRL AKA cosplay

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>Post your face when you walk by/through the artist alley

>>91980228
It was the closest thing to anything interesting with the con I went to.

>>91975648
It really needs to be pointed out to you that the poster is photoshopped in? Do you often walk into walls with that poor depth perception?

>>91973903
actors are a fad?

>>91974829
why do they have to?
seems irredeemably shitty.

>>91973606
Fpbp

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>>91975629
The infuriating thing is that he acts like he's "in" on the joke of Wesley, and assumes authority he doesn't have in the "nerd community." He doesn't get that no, we hated HIM too, not just the shit character he plays.

>>91975441
You've never been to a fucking costume party?
I swear, you guys live the most boring lives.

>>91980925
what's the point?

>>91980962
Well what's the point of anything? Go to have fun with your friends or something. Get drunk. Play party games. It's just fun, dude. You remember what fun is, right?

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>>91981017
>Well what's the point of anything?

I don't know.

>>91981106
So it's depression then. I get it, anon.

>>91980228
>artist alley
>tfw I want to make shitty fan art and make a quick buck someday

what's wrong with the artist alley? I've actually only really been to 1 or 2 small cons so I don't know.

>>91980228

>Go to local con
>Row upon row of artist
>Literally every single one of them draws exactly the same and it's nothing but SU, the dubbed parts of Jojo's, and attack on titan.
>All charge exorbant fees for prints, even though some of this stuff was drawn years ago

>One confused asian man classically trained at painting, selling his prints for cheaper while being obviously better.

The untalented, the unremarkable, and the unattractive diminishing the accomplishments of others. Shocking.

>>91974866
I've gotten groped a few times at cons, and I'm an ugly nerdy guy who doesn't cosplay.

>>91981017
>have fun with your friends
>Get drunk
>Play Party Games
You're making a lot of presumptions here.

>>91982302
>untalented, the unremarkable, and the unattractive
Hey lay off of Kevin and Felicia. There's being honest and then there's being rude.

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>>91975434
>cure

Her?

>>91975624
>blocks access to the closet which could be used for storage

I mean there a hundred different things wrong with that picture, most of which are obvious. For some reason that issue bugs me the most.

>actually has a hanger in the closet that isn't being used

why?

>>91974247
And does it work?

I went to Japan expo in Paris and it was basically a bunch of groups buying merch, and no interaction between people who didn't already know each other.

>>91982364
I'm sorry Anon

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>>91974829
>tfw at the Calgary Expo
>tfw Todd MacFarland is a guest and is doing all his autographs for free
>tfw by the time I found out the entire fucking con has been cleaned out of all Spawn material

>>91980129
He's suppose to attend my comic con next month,I hope he's able to attend it.

>>91973552
I want to be in a threesome with Katie Cassidy and Felicia Day while Kevin Smith watches in the corner wearing a Batman cowl.

I generally find a lot of cool merch there. Some more obscure trades are still basically impossible to find, but almost any given single issue in the past 40-50 years should be readily available.

There are also usually some pretty good selections of MTG and old video games too, though I'm pretty well stocked on those these days.

The artists/writers are a nice bonus if you enjoy their work. I got to meet Darwyn Cooke and Brian Azzarello before and they were both pretty nifty. I also got to meet Dan Slott before he blew up (Arkham Asylum: Living Hell and the first issue of New Ways to Die) and he was a surprisingly nice guy.

>>91974913
Felicia Day is always facing to the right or left in every picture for some reason

>>91983261
It works for me. Dunno how things are in France. But you're in a place where everyone has similar interests to you, it makes it easy to find things to talk about.

>>91983316
I'm not sorry at all, it's just about the only times in my life I've ever felt desirable.

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>>91984372
>"I got to meet Darwyn Cooke"

>I will never meet Darwyn Cooke

>>91973552
None of these people are real celebrities.

>>91973552
>Felicia Day
>Best known for: NOTHING

>>91976176
How? I've never understood how people meet at cons.

>>91985347
By talking about mutual interests.

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>>91986857
>yfw zero interests

Ever seen a drunk person at these conventions?

>>91984884
I think you'll find that many people face to the left or the right very often, anon.

>>91975434
>Auto focus
Pleb

>>91987204
>>>/p/

>>91987083
You're not even interested in 4chan? Memes? Futurama?

Why are you even at a con then?

>>91987204
>autofocus not focusing on what's filling the frame

How?

>>91975544
When he was at my local con last summer, he was advertised as "from AMC' s Comic Book Men".

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>>91987700
>discussing 4chan in real life
>Memes? I'm not that cancerous
>Futurama. I mean not really into it enough to call it an interest.

>Why are you even at a con
Someone implied I'd have fun and meet people. But I'm not good at either of those things.

>>91987815
>>discussing 4chan in real life

I remember the good old days when m00t held panels at Otakon...
Conventions should be the exception to Rules 1 and 2.

>>91987926
I don't think there's anything I do here that I'd want to discuss in real life.

>>91973552
>uninterested celebrities
They don't act that way right? It's their job to show fans attention at least that day.

>>91988198

The point is that most of those celebrities are faking attention and doesn't actually care about the source material or nerd stuff, just about being hot on camera and banging better looking people than the nerds paying to see them live.

Of course, some of them do care about, and try their best to interact with fellow fans, but those are mostly creators, who in the end are looping to care about themselves.

If you can ignore that, it is pretty fun overall.

>>91973890
>>91973903
Pretty much these two things, and getting stuff signed

>>91988002
You tell people you post on /pol/ and suddenly every other person you meet is confessing they're secretly right-wingers.

A lot of black kids especially seem to think they're the only one.

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>>91989469
>talking about /pol/ irl

>>91974319
I liked the Guild

>>91989532
I don't even do that, I just mention it if people ask me what boards I post on. They all start ranting about politics.

>>91973890
the problem is that "nerd culture" made what conventions were for a secondary thing so you have to go to smaller events to do this...isn't that bad because they are usually cheaper but is sad