New York Comic-Con 2020
By George Robbins
Around this time of year, we are always treated to a number of different cultural events that get us through to the end of the year. While this year is relatively the same in some aspects, in most things are most definitely different. The Covid-19 pandemic has completely changed the way that these events are held this year and we will most definitely be seeing an entirely different series of events as the year rounds out. Every live convention that was meant to be held in person this year was cancelled and some of them were made up for. They were mainly made up by the fact that online versions of them ended up being held.
Not every convention was actually so lucky because some of them were cancelled in their entirety for this year and some through next year as well. One huge example of a convention with good intentions that just wasn’t executed properly was Comic Con @ Home. It was a way for organizers to try and make up for the fact that San Diego Comic Con was cancelled. Unfortunately it was not very well put together and many of the panels people were hoping for were not going to be there because they had nothing to show. On the other side of things was DC FanDome, which was DC’s first convention held entirely online and it was a pretty big success.
Now, we are fast approaching New York Comic-Con which was cancelled awhile back but is now set for an online showing. In fact, it is going to start tomorrow Thursday October 8th and it will run through October 11th. Organizer ReedPop made the announcement that it would be held online back in August and it seems like they will really be trying to do as well as DC FanDome did. Really all they are trying to do is outdo their West-coast counterpart which shouldn’t be all too difficult, but we’ll have to wait and see. For those interested, all panels will be streamed for free via YouTube.com/NYCC and it will start at 8am PST, so have fun.