http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/19/fan-expo-canada-draw-42000/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/19/fan-expo-canada-draw-42000/#comment-5099 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:48:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/19/fan-expo-canada-draw-42000/#comment-5099 Yes, the con was jammed with people. I was surprised it didn't get shut down. For large parts of Saturday there wasn't room to raise your arm in any direction without hitting another fan. Shatner, during his special talk with fans repeatedly said there was 50,000 at the show and it was Sunday morning. Yes, the con was jammed with people. I was surprised it didn’t get shut down. For large parts of Saturday there wasn’t room to raise your arm in any direction without hitting another fan. Shatner, during his special talk with fans repeatedly said there was 50,000 at the show and it was Sunday morning.

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/19/fan-expo-canada-draw-42000/#comment-5083 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:43:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/19/fan-expo-canada-draw-42000/#comment-5083 For once I actually believe the estimated numbers of a con. There may have been 42 000 there, but it felt like 50 000! You could barely move in the isles, the line ups to buy tickets were huge, the lineups to get into the hall were even bigger. At one point the vendor selling food outside the hall had to resort to cutting hotdogs in half and placing them on hamburger buns. It was the only food they had left. It was just really, really crowded. For once I actually believe the estimated numbers of a con. There may have been 42 000 there, but it felt like 50 000! You could barely move in the isles, the line ups to buy tickets were huge, the lineups to get into the hall were even bigger. At one point the vendor selling food outside the hall had to resort to cutting hotdogs in half and placing them on hamburger buns. It was the only food they had left. It was just really, really crowded.

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/19/fan-expo-canada-draw-42000/#comment-5045 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:42:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/09/19/fan-expo-canada-draw-42000/#comment-5045 It's really weird to see Shatner and Nimoy in two pictures side by side roughly 40 years apart! It’s really weird to see Shatner and Nimoy in two pictures side by side roughly 40 years apart!

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