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duckiedarling's review
3.0
Fascinating, and kinda depressing. I think everyone is missing the point of fandom: story. Story makes us human and not cash cows. It takes us away from IP ("Intellectual Property") to look at why movies, art and books are just so darn interesting.
The phenomena that is the San Diego Comic Con is unique; the corporations and the people that go are the leaders and fools of the world (the question is who is who?).
There is one thing that bothered me about this article? book? idk. I was miffed at how the writer can scoff at and claim allegience with other fans. His tone is often snobish and condesending, yet he makes his career (ahem, money) off of paying attention to what makes these people tick. This behavior was sometimes frustrating, and other times confusing. Everybody is a fan of something, even in "polite society."
The phenomena that is the San Diego Comic Con is unique; the corporations and the people that go are the leaders and fools of the world (the question is who is who?).
There is one thing that bothered me about this article? book? idk. I was miffed at how the writer can scoff at and claim allegience with other fans. His tone is often snobish and condesending, yet he makes his career (ahem, money) off of paying attention to what makes these people tick. This behavior was sometimes frustrating, and other times confusing. Everybody is a fan of something, even in "polite society."
jessidee's review
3.0
I probably should have read this before attending SDCC for the first time, because reading it now is a downer. I LOVED my Con experience (mainly because I avoided the madness of Hall H/Ballroom 20/Indigo Ballroom) and had an absolute blast hanging out with my friends and meeting creators. It's interesting, but doesn't really capture the joy that I felt.
lanikei's review
4.0
I will likely never attend San Diego Comic Con, but I have attended several DragonCons, so this book struck a chord. I think it tries to capture the width and breadth of the Con, from the frustration from "true fans" about "Twi-hards" or other fads, contrasted with the old fans from the first cons who barely get recognition at all. It's important to see the change in the last 10 years from fan conventions about the love and work put towards a passion to now when it's so media and industry oriented. The scope of the cons have also grown to include a lot more with hundreds of panels devoted to all aspects of geekery.
I felt that the essay was a pretty honest introduction to nerd conventions, if you've never attended. Good read for a couple bucks.
I felt that the essay was a pretty honest introduction to nerd conventions, if you've never attended. Good read for a couple bucks.
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