BLACKPOOL COMIC CONS

Well, as the dust settles on Saturday's first Blackpool Comic Con  it seems, judging by what I've read on social media there was quite a few disgruntled attendees who'd paid for expensive VIP photoshoots, and either didn't get what they'd paid for or didn't feel they'd got quite what they'd expected.  A report in the Blackpool Gazette say ticket sales, according to a spokesman for venue were around 12,000. In a statement from Comic Con Co Ltd,says the legal capacity had not been breached. Well, that's as maybe, but considering that number, and a lack of organisation,  the odds are some people are bound to be disappointed.

 But one thing  I've noted at this event is that some  guests (none that I went to see, I hasten to add) are charging double the amount for just an ordinary autograph, which in my book is just a straightforward rip off. But, if that's what some people are prepared to pay, who am I to argue.

Thankfully, I'm not really a collector of autographs, but I do feel for those that are.  I do like meeting and having a brief chat with my favourites, and admit to having the odd autograph myself, which I mainly got for free at the excellent Cult TV festivals from a few years ago, which guaranteed at least one free autograph from any attending guest.

These days its rare for me to pay for something that was once expected by the starstruck autograph hunter from a grateful celebrity who you'd made a star!