Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, Washington was such a breath of fresh air away from the east coast cons. This con, unlike many others was very accepting as an amalgamation of different genders, sexualities, races, and open expression was able to reveal themselves in cosplay, art and panel discussions....
As you may know by now, I’ve been to many conventions across the east coast, occasionally traveling a few cities away or even one state over to attend them. Yet, this past weekend, I was given the opportunity to report on a convention on the opposite side of the country: Emerald City Comic Con, out in the tech capital of the country: Seattle, Washington. The weekend was absolutely packed with wall to wall excitement and surprises, and I’m here to give you the scoop on each and every one of them here; From an animator’s perspective!!!
Friday’s excursion into the Green City of Pop Culture led to some major Funko shopping, Cosplay picture snapping and a great panel discussion. This time, more familiar to the locale of the con and armed with my Resident Evil map, I had a few goals in mind as to how I was going to spend my day.
Thursday’s adventure was a great introduction to the ECCC. With today marking the initial day of Region 99s venture to the west coast, the local artwork, indie and professional cosplay here certainly kicked butt with ReedPop once again setting up a fantastic con.
Pop culture is now the driving force behind innovation reaching unimaginable heights in today’s toy society. From Funko to Arcade games, Pop culture has revolutionized the term ‘collectible’ and is now the driving force in the ever-growing toy industry. Funko said something that is now the current gospel of the toy industry and quite summarizes the ever-growing collectible toy market: “Everyone is a fan of something”. Those words, my dear readers, is the mantra that Toy Fair 2019 provided this year…..
Armed with a curious mind and a limited amount of time, I set out to see the Schomburg Center with an excitement of looking at Black comics followed by hopefully glimpsing the past of my African-American roots…
A party and lounge unlike any other and I seriously mean that….
One of the new formats I'm going to introduce to Region 99 will be my “One Question…” series. Here, I go to a particular convention with one question and don't leave until I have it answered. This month, I attended PAX unplugged, which focused on table top gaming and my “One Question” was this: How, in 2018, are tabletop games not only as popular as ever, but seemingly the most popular they have ever been?
So, it’s the holiday season and if you’re still looking for gifts for the kids or possibly yourself, hopefully my nostalgic reflection of NYCC 2018 will help you. Comic Con NYC 2018 was amazing as multiple figures, video games, cosplay and a sneak peak of the New Dragonball Super: Broly movie were in present for viewing and playing pleasure. As you read, hopefully this will either help in your gifting choices, movie choices, or just persuade you to save up and plan for next year’s NYCC 2019 as a gift for yourself!!!
I have to say…that this con is definitely growing. With an estimated 36,000 in attendance for the 2nd year of operation, AnimeNYC 2018 is not only setting the standard for anime and manga conventions in NYC, its also saying that fans are willing to brave the cold and snow to still attend and support an event filled with up anime, manga, and awesome swag…This con is truly Indestructible!!!
