Baltimore's Comic Con, held last weekend at the Convention Center, was a big hit among the comic book crowd. This post notes that despite the economic downturn fans continued to spend their hard earned dollars.
Here's an excerpt:
"The Baltimore Comicon is the strongest example this year of the "fantasy economy" prevailing in economic lean times. While Baltimore retains it charm, quirkiness and access to fresh, delicious crabs, signs of the recession are everywhere. Parts of the city only blocks from the convention center consist of blocks of boarded up buildings � last year it was a Rite-Aid.
Despite this, the show yesterday was JAMMED. People were spending money carefully, no doubt, and overall purchases may have been down, but the crowd bustled, many in costume. In fact, entire families came in costume � dad's hobby is turning into a family affair, and the families are not being forced into it. There was an adorable little girl dressed as Captain America � Cap is an aspirational model for everyone.
Next year's dates have been announced � August 28 and 29th, which takes it out of the busy October season and may be just far enough away from SD that people are recovered enough for a leisurely one."
Read more here.