Oz Comic-Con Brisbane 2014
By Lois Lane
This weekend was the first Oz Comic-Con event for Brisbane, Australia and as a quick summary, wasn't too impressed by the event in general. The attendance was very different to our usual convention, Supanova, and didn't come close to comparing.
It is good for events such as these to be nowhere near crowded, for ease of moving around and seeing all there is to see. This definitely wasn't a problem for OzCC. The attendance itself was lacking severely, which in turn, made the general atmosphere dull and uneventful. On top of the atmosphere, the stalls themselves were uneventful. With multitudes of stores for con-goers to buy their wares, I seemed to find the same merchandise over and over. There was not one individual stall that stood out. Other than the 3D printing service, whom charged way too much for the typical customer to afford.
If I had known that OzCC would have been like this, I would have only purchased a day pass and not bothered for the second. With all of the hype surrounding previous events by these organisers in other states, I had high expectations...which were unfortunately disappointed.
On the organisation side of things with queues, volunteer knowledge and time management, this convention left Supanova for dead. Granted there were substantially less attendees, but everything was organised, weapons were actually checked on arrival, volunteers knew the answer to any question I had, and the lines for photos and autographs were structured.
All in all, the con was a bit of a disappointment, but will make Brisbane much more grateful for Supanova when it comes in November this year.
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