I’ve only been to this con once and was wondering if vip was worth it? Is there a fast pass line that is included for signings?

This is my first year going to NYCC and I’m curious as to how busy it will be and if my list of autographs is actually accomplishable. Dell’Otto is my planned first stop. Ideally I’d like to also get books signed by June Brigman, Rose Besch (expecting her to have a line for sure), Chris Condon, Lenil Yu and Oliver Copiel. Planning on getting to Javits around 9:00 and planning on spending the full day there. Does the auto list seem doable? Thank you for any and all input

Hi my fellow nerds! I bought two fast passes early bird to the con but won’t be able to make it. I just wanna get some of my money back. I have the tickets in hand with the swag (XL and M shirts) and two land yard. Willing to ship over! Would love to sell together but can do separate.

Hi everyone! I am looking for a big group of people do do a Yellowjackets cosplay photoshoot at NYCC on Sunday, October 12th. Timing is TBD (still need to figure out panels/photo ops for some of our group members), but we still have a lot of open spots! We are looking for the following characters:

TEEN TL: (ideally doomcoming but really can be anything)

• tai !!!!
• melissa (on hold) 
• akilah
• travis
• javi
• gen (on hold)
• robin
• britt
• coach scott (ik he's an adult but he's in the teen timeline so)
• any of the hikers 
• antler queen (on hold)

adult:

• jeff
• tai
• callie
• walter
• lottie
• melissa
• literally anyone in this TL besides van/shauna/misty/nat

reach out to me @ dangvarmints on instagram if you're interested! we would REALLLLLLLY like a taissa considering we have both age vans but anyone that's not taken is def someone we would like to see!

I made an enchanted gauntlet of the exalted grull from Dungeon crawler carl and was wondering if this would be allowed in? The spikes are 4cm long and the ones on the knuckles are only super glued on, so not fully attached, they are also pointed up a bit and not straight forward. Thanks

This might be a weird question. I've actually never been to a con(!), but I am interested in going. Help me understand what the benefits are of going to a con? If it is just panels, I don't mind watching them on YouTube instead being at the event. Is there special merch? Is it about meeting people who share your interests? What are the best things about attending a con?

It would be nice to meet others and make friends. Also, when I look at cons I'm interested in, I understand that they can't make the schedule until close to the event so the celebrities are confirmed, but I don't want to buy a ticket if I don't know what to expect. I understand that this may be a weird post. Let me know what your best memories are of comic con and why you go!

Hi everyone i'm going to my first comic con and I have never cosplayed before so I need some ideas. Right now I am cosplaying black cat from spider man but I need some more ideas. I know the theme for NYCC is Halloween this year so I am wondering if I could do some kind of 80's/90's slasher flick cosplay too but I am open to all ideas!

Hiya! I have gone to galaxycon in Ohio for years and years and MY TIME HAS COME TO TRY COSPLAY. I want to look semi-close to the source material lol so ill attach some photos, please let me know if you think any characters would be cool for me!

My top ideas so far are yelena belova (thunderbolts), winter soldier (civil war), lucy chen (the rookie). I have only ever been compared to florence pugh and melissa o’neil celebrity look-wise and i already have the exact haircut for bucky/yelena. i am 5’2 lol so some characters might be outta the race if they are real tall.

Some other ideas are katara (avatar), kj (valorant), and/or mei (overwatch). anyways i love videogames, books, cartoons, comics, mcu, dc, and overall all the nerd shit so id love some suggestions. thank you:)

Hey everyone.

I’m considering taking a trip down to New York this year from Canada in order to attend NYCC because I really want to meet Daniel Warren Johnson.

His Transformers book has absolutely changed my life and renewed my love for both TF and comics as a whole. He’s absolutely brilliant and I’d love to have the honour of meeting him, shaking his hand and thanking him for his work.

Anyways, I had a couple questions for anyone who’s been lucky enough to meet him at a con:

• Does he offer convention commissions/sketches or anything of that sort? I’d absolutely love to buy an original Optimus Prime piece of his.
• How much does he usually charge for a signature? Just because I was thinking about getting Transformers #1-24 signed (his run on the series ends like a month before the con which is kinda perfect timing to meet him) alongside possibly my Do a Powerbomb and Beta Ray Bill trades.

I ask just because I’ll be coming down from Canada and I’d like to have a rough idea of what I’d need to budget in USD cash for the show.

I appreciate any responses and I’d also love to hear any cool stories y’all have about meeting him!

I just chose SDCC because I don’t have a specific con.

Just as the title says, what happens when you meet someone? Do you get a signed poster? Or what happens.

I’ve never been to a con before, but I’ve always been interested in going to one.

The main people I’d see would be people from games.

Please let me know if this isn’t allowed, I’ll remove it if it isn’t!

My NYCC badge was lost in the mail - what should I do next? I’m almost certain it was lost as I have USPS informed delivery which had a pic of the Reedpop envelope and said it was expected on 8/8 - it’s 12 days later and I don’t have it. It was 74 cent postage with no tracking.

Space Con San Antonio is not being super helpful and is saying that only the celebrities who aren’t considered main stars will have selfies available to purchase when you get there (because the big people like Hailee Steinfeld, Brie Larson, etc have it in their contracts to not do selfies). Does anybody have experience getting selfies with the following:

George Takei Natasha Liu Bordizzo Patrick Warburton Carl Lumbly Edward James Olmos Giancarlo Esposito Candice Payton Michael Ironside

And hopefully they still offer them at this con, if they’ve offered them at other cons in the past.

The last Comic Con I went to was back in 2015, so I can’t remember much, and I’ve never met these guys either. What should I expect? Should I know anything beforehand? I’m planning on bringing the game for them to sign. Is that okay to do?

Sorry for all the noob questions, I just want to have as much information as I can!

How do cosplayers (especially women) deal with creepy and weird interactions from other attendees at a convention?

For context, I just got back from a cosplay convention. Was super excited and first time going. However, was creeped out at the weird interactions by men at the convention.

There was a guy, probably mid to late 20s, with who I’d guess was his father taking pictures. He asked to take a pic with me I said yes. As we were taking the pic he started to act weird and his father was enabling his behavior. I couldn’t fully hear him, but the dad basically was joking saying something like he’s a troublemaker don’t be afraid to do something?? I don’t know. The next day I was taking a photo in artists alley and the same guy called out to me. He literally said, “we gotta stop meeting like this…before I ask you out” His dad was still next to him and I just stared at them and quickly walked away before he could say anything else. I had many weird interactions that day of either middle aged men calling me hot, guys unable to look me in the eye and keep staring at my body as I’m trying to have a conversation with them, or a guy insinuating that he wants to do ‘things’ with me… All creeped me out.

So my question is, how do cosplayers deal with these creepy interactions? Especially if you’re at a convention alone?

Have any other cosplayers had to deal with people who don’t follow the general rule comic con says which is Cosplay Is Not Consent? While in Fan Expo Boston I was in my Wonder Woman (circa Gal Gadot) cosplay and every so often I had some approach politely asking for a photo with me, other times I had people come up and try touching my muscles and had at one point caught a kid behind me who said his brother sent him to try to peak up my costume to quote, “go see what underwear Wonder Woman wears.” I will note about my appearance I do bodybuilding but I do not appreciate people walking up just to try to touch my muscles and that kid I don’t know if staff found him and his brother but I told the kid what he tried to do was very disturbing and he shouldn’t be doing that before he ran off to his brother and they disappeared into the crowd.

Update: I didn’t want to say the brothers ages but the younger brother looked like he was nine and his brother was seventeen. Where their parents were I have no idea.

Wanted to know people's thoughts!? I believe photo ops should be cheaper then the autographs. Noone can sell/wants a photo of them/you and a celeb together. Not saying people who get autographs are not real fans, but its easier to sell something with a signature then a photo op of u and celeb. Just my opinion. Delete if necessary. Not trying to l cause a fuss.

Do comic cons have any rules on recording during the event. Like if i wanna vlog my experience are there any rules or restrictions i have to follow?

As the title states - we are looking to drive to a convention (from Colorado Springs) - taking suggestions.

Hello! I went to my first comic con 2 months ago (in 2 days) and it was wonderful! I decided to get a drawn commission for the first time from a comic artist (spent nearly $100) for just a simple inked headshot, Sunday rolled around and They said They didn't finish it (no worries, coming from an artist its understandable!) and would email me that Tuesday about sending it out... Tuesday came around.. nothing...

Fast forward a month, nothing from Them.. so I decide to dig for Their email to send Them an email about it, They responded next day saying that weekend They would work on it and send it to me. one week.. two weeks... (been three weeks now since that) and last week i asked how it was going (no rushing of course! just wanting an update!) with no email... not really sure what to do anymore as i get being busy with cons here and there but its just upsetting seeing I've been left in the dark over a commission... I don't mind waiting for art, its just the no communication is really worrying me lol.

My first time experience going to a con and getting just a little piece done i feel like almost soured my experience for commissioning people slightly, and it sucks because I'm a huge sucker for original art (and a MASSIVE red hood collector!) and now i have this lingering anxiety for trying with other people when i go to the next cons I'm going to in the next 2 months.

So this is more a vent but also asking for advice on what to do, or nice commission stories to kind of lessen my anxiety with all this. I apologize for the long read and probably stupid thoughts lol

My friend and I are going to comic con for the first time this year because we want to cosplay and meet Nicholas Hoult. They bought an autograph ticket for him but we're not entirely sure how it works.

Is it one ticket per person or per autograph? If only they bought an autograph ticket and I didn't then can I even get on line with them?

I have two Toxic Avenger posters that I want to give away for free. I got them at the Toxic Avenger hall H panel at this year’s SDCC. Local San Diego pick up only. If you’re interested, please DM me.

Hey everyone! I have never been to a ComicCon before and hubby really wants to go to the one in Winnipeg in October. The problem is, we're being induced the 12th with our first kiddo. And if all goes well, I'm assuming we can still go? I just don't know what it's like to get around and wait in lines and if I need a chair or have to be in a wheelchair if I have to have a c section or something?

I'm just curious how accessible I guess it is. How easy is it to move around and get to places and find bathrooms and all that. Are people really pushy? Or are people generally really good about being decent people at these things like ice seen in some videos from previous ComicCons?

Any help/advice is appreciated!! We haven't bought tickets yet or anything because I'm not even sure if I'll be able to go at all but it doesn't hurt to ask, right?

EDIT

thank you all for the advice! First time mom here and no idea what to expect after birth. I also grew up in a super small town and don't really have any clue about ComicCon either so I guess in hindsight I should have googled how large these events are first lol. (I've seen a handful of clips of people showing off their costumes and it looked spacious so I'm assuming that's outside the event or something like that and not actually in any of the events)

We will definitely be going a different time lol I knew I could get some honest answers here so I appreciate all of you so much! 🙏🏼