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What Happened At Oz Comic-Con?
Over the weekend Oz Comic-Con gained plenty of negative coverage as a result of poor organisation, complaining customers, and massive, uncontrolled queues that spanned through the entire Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. We spoke to the company behind the event, and other people involved in the convention industry and asked — what went wrong?
The Great Oz Comic-Con
“Comic-Con comes to South Australia in 2012″ read the headline, as part of an “internationally recognised comic-book convention” continued the article. Fans, media outlet: everyone was excited. Even Gail Gago, the Tourism Minister for South Australia let her enthusiasm get the better of her: “[t]he San Diego convention started with 300 people in 1970 and last year attendance exceeded 130,000,” she said, fully believing that this Oz Comic-Con was affiliated with the globally renowned Comic-Con International. But it’s not. Not even close. We decided to investigate: was this a genuine misunderstanding, or a great Oz comic con?
(A Version Of) Comic-Con Headed To Australia
It doesn’t seem to be affiliated to the actual San Diego / New York Cons, but from March 31st next year, around 10,000 faithful are expected to converge on…Adelaide. Guests include Stewart McKenny, Jonathan Frakes and Jewel Staite (who I’ve had crush on in both Stargate Atlantis and Firefly). Oz Con then moves to Melbourne on June 30 with none other than Stan Lee and Patrick Stewart! Updated.
