![]() The rooms were crowded, yes, and they did fill-up, but a half-hour wait was definitely much less than, say, at New York Comic Con and San Diego, where if you wanted a DC panel, you’d probably have to give up a whole morning or afternoon. I arrived at the panels about thirty minutes early and had no trouble getting in. I wanted to attend two panels: the DC Metal Panel and the DC Rebirth panel. The easiest days for kids were Friday and Sunday, as Saturday’s crowd was significantly larger in terms of room to move on the con floor. Those two hours mattered in respect of crowding on the exhibit floor, which was minimal, and, overall, the crowd on Friday was not bad at all, as compared to the crowd on Saturday, which was extreme and turned into a wall of people. That price also included early entry at 2 p.m., rather than the regular 4 p.m. (I had a press pass.) First, I was thrilled that tickets were even available, and that’s a decent price for three days of a big con. I bought two 3-day deluxe passes, at $99 each, just a week before the con for the twins. I suspect it’s because my daughter obviously presents on the autism spectrum, or perhaps Taylor makes a habit of not charging the full price for teens and younger kids, but whichever it was, my twins came away beaming, and thrilled, and having had their con made after only being there for two hours on Friday. I sent my twins (age 18) with cash for the full price, but she only charged them $40 total. Success! They stood in line for Taylor for only about 20 minutes, received not only autographs for their DVDs but selfies for each of them, plus a joint selfie with Taylor.Īnd here I must commend Tayler for her manner with fans. Boston Comic Con 2017 offered me a chance to rectify this and, well, my son was seriously ill this winter and I wanted him and his twin to have a little something special this summer. Just a few weeks ago, my younger son reminded me that I once pulled him out of an autograph line for Taylor at New York Comic Con because it was impossibly long. Our trip to Boston Comic Con was a last minute decision, fueled by discovering that Veronica Taylor (the voice of Ash from Pokémon) was one of the voice actors in attendance and that the cost of her autograph and a selfie was reasonable $25 for each. (Also, Veronica Taylor is a lovely person to her fans.) ![]() Boston Comic Con: The Good Stuff It’s easier to reach the celebrities. So here are ten things to know if you’re thinking of adding Boston Comic Con to your con attendance list. But that doesn’t mean it’s without problems. Longer answer: Boston has a number of advantages: better location, a more congenial area outside the con, and a better chance to see the celebrities you want. That left me with many questions as to how these changes would affect the con, with one overriding question for those of us in the Northeast and within close proximity of two big shows, Boston and New York Comic Con: Would this new revamped Boston Comic Con work as a substitute for the bigger and slightly insane show that has become NYCC? Previously, the con was run independently. It was also the first year under the con’s new ownership, Fan Expo. This is the convention center where PAX East is also held, and it’s a larger location for the growing con. The shift in dates has been made permanent but the location has shifted once again, to the Boston Convention and Exposition Center, just a block away from the World Trade Center. This was my first visit to Boston Comic Con in four years, since the Marathon Bombing forced the shifting of the con from April to August and from the Hynes Convention Center in downtown Boston to the World Trade Center at the Boston Seaport. ![]() Alas, I could only pretend this was my car.
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