Chicago Comicon: A Tale of Two Cons (Part Three)

Marc Alan Fishman

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6 Responses

  1. J-P Chicago says:

    Are there any Chicago-based publishers out there? I used to go to the ChicagoCons @ the Americana-Congress Hotel and the first few in Rosemont, I remember First being there along w/some other small locals (Kitchen Sink, et al) they would also pop up in Madison @ a distributors show. Right now I wouldn’t pay for a ticket to attend the fiasco/sham of a show you reviewed. I would rather wait until the last day & approach the dealers while they were packing up outside. I would probably get some better deals that way too.

    • Brandon Barrows says:

      Neither of those publishers you mentioned still exist (I pine for First, though), though Kitchen Sink was based in Wisconsin, anyway so…semi-local.

      The only publisher based in Chicago currently, that I can think of, is Devil’s Due…but they probably have bigger concerns at the moment than Chicago Comicon.

    • Keith R.A. DeCandido says:

      Avatar Press — cited by Marc as the only publisher in attendance — is also based near Chicago.

  2. J-P Chicago says:

    Are there any Chicago-based publishers out there? I used to go to the ChicagoCons @ the Americana-Congress Hotel and the first few in Rosemont, I remember First being there along w/some other small locals (Kitchen Sink, et al) they would also pop up in Madison @ a distributors show. Right now I wouldn't pay for a ticket to attend the fiasco/sham of a show you reviewed. I would rather wait until the last day & approach the dealers while they were packing up outside. I would probably get some better deals that way too.

    • Brandon Barrows says:

      Neither of those publishers you mentioned still exist (I pine for First, though), though Kitchen Sink was based in Wisconsin, anyway so…semi-local. The only publisher based in Chicago currently, that I can think of, is Devil's Due…but they probably have bigger concerns at the moment than Chicago Comicon.

    • Keith R.A. DeCandido says:

      Avatar Press — cited by Marc as the only publisher in attendance — is also based near Chicago.