Comments on: Williams upped at NY Comic-Con http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/01/williams-upped-at-ny-comic-con/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:19:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Christopher Moonlight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/01/williams-upped-at-ny-comic-con/#comment-443853 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:12:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/01/williams-upped-at-ny-comic-con/#comment-443853 "Would it be condescending if the same were done for small press or manga?" I'm not sure I see the connection. Kids aren't a sub genre. They're the future (the whole future) of comics. “Would it be condescending if the same were done for small press or manga?”

I’m not sure I see the connection. Kids aren’t a sub genre. They’re the future (the whole future) of comics.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/01/williams-upped-at-ny-comic-con/#comment-443770 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:29:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/01/williams-upped-at-ny-comic-con/#comment-443770 1. PARENTS will be bringing their children to the show. FAMILIES will be experiencing everything comics have to offer. Those adults become advocates for the medium, AND encourage the development of new talent. 2. Children get an entire day. Would it be condescending if the same were done for small press or manga? yes, there should be shows just for kids, but to have one of the largest cons host such a thing is tremendous. I hope they do it every year, and host events before the con, with libraries and schools! 1. PARENTS will be bringing their children to the show. FAMILIES will be experiencing everything comics have to offer. Those adults become advocates for the medium, AND encourage the development of new talent.
2. Children get an entire day. Would it be condescending if the same were done for small press or manga? yes, there should be shows just for kids, but to have one of the largest cons host such a thing is tremendous. I hope they do it every year, and host events before the con, with libraries and schools!

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/01/williams-upped-at-ny-comic-con/#comment-443647 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:59:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/10/01/williams-upped-at-ny-comic-con/#comment-443647 I know that comics aren't just for kids anymore (and I'm all for that. My comics aren't for kids) but children should always be in mind, when planing the whole convention. They're what's going to keep comics going in the long run. What are we telling them, by giving them just one day out of the whole deal? It's as condescending as the kids table at Thanksgiving. I know that comics aren’t just for kids anymore (and I’m all for that. My comics aren’t for kids) but children should always be in mind, when planing the whole convention. They’re what’s going to keep comics going in the long run. What are we telling them, by giving them just one day out of the whole deal? It’s as condescending as the kids table at Thanksgiving.

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