What this blog's about.

Since I haven't had a chance to write a new entry last week, I figued now would be a good time to re declare the intentions of this blog. I originally set it up to plug my comic Neuropsychosis and I still will. But as time has gone on I've decided to evolve it's concept into something else. The Neuropsychosis and David Arroyo blog will now be fundamentally a blog about comics. The comic material will be written from three angles the first will be of course a fan angle. This will be reviews observations and examinations of comics that I want to opine about. Comic culture falls under this heading. The second will be a scholarly one. These entries will be about comics as literature and art. And the third angle is a creators angle. These will be about the creating of comics as I've come to understand it over the last nine years of writing and drawing Neuropsychosis. This will be the main thrust of the web log. But I will also write occasionally about other things that interest me too. Including movies, music, Disneyland, Mixology, Beer, and my own comic's universe. But these entry's will be occasional. All entries will be well written and there will be no schedule, as I will write when I have something to write about. But I am planning for it to be frequent, I recommend the RSS feed if you wish to follow it for some strange reason. So with out further ado. My blog Version 2.0.

Why Comic Con Shouldn't Move to Anaheim.

Another Comic Con International has come and gone. And now in the wake of that enormous show comes the topic that has been on many people's minds for about the last three years. “will Comic Con be moving after 2012”. It's been big news up here with the OC register almost acting like it's a fact. But is it a good thing? True the Anaheim Convention Center (A.C.C.)is supposedly larger, but I've been to conventions in Anaheim and I believe it unsuitable to Comic Con International. Here are some reasons I believe that Comic con Shouldn't move to Anaheim.
First, it's the San Diego Comic Con International. Sounds silly, but Comic Con has a regional identity. The convention began in 1970 as the Golden State Comic Con but quickly took on the name San Diego Comic Con, The international came around 1990. As such it is part of the fabric of San Diego and San Diego part of the fabric of it. It would be like moving the Rose Parade from Pasadena, true there are towns with wider streets, without that overpass, but Pasadena is part of it's identity.
Next, it's much hotter in Anaheim. A big part of my love of going to Comic Con is to get out of the Hellish 106 Degree summer temperatures I live in. It's a little cooler than that in Anaheim in July but not much. Speaking of July. There is this little thing right next door to the A.C.C. called Disneyland. And I bet you can guess what month is their peak season, you guessed it July. You think it's crowded in the Gaslamp district, Just wait until you mix the Comic Con crowd with a Disneyland crowd. Which leads me to.
Hotels will be harder to get because many of the nearby and some of the distant rooms will already be booked by Disneyland guests, trust me I've had the problem with Anime Expo, and Comic Con would be much larger. Also as there is no public transit on the level of the trolley system so everyone at a distant hotel will have to drive to the convention Center, and thus pay Southern California Parking prices leaving less money for the con. Another Problem I have with Anaheim, is I find that other than Disneyland there is considerably less to do in Anaheim after con Hours. There is enough eateries though so score one for Anaheim. Also, the city of Anaheim, I think would be far less willing to let stuff spill into it like it does at the Gaslamp district. I can't see Cafe Diem setting up in Downtown Disney. Or the Hornetmobile parked outside of The Disneyland hotel. I can't even see it happening in the new mall just down Katella as everything there is a corporate shop.
But finally, the toughest thing is I believe that Comic Con will outgrow The A.C.C. as well. While the A.C.C. Is larger, Having Been there I can't believe that it has more actual open floor space (this is just conjecture correct me if I'm wrong) The size may solve crowding but it won't change the line situation, as long as admissions are up this won't change, there will always be huge lines when a large number of people all want to do the same thing. Also if Comic Con ups registration numbers the crowding will return. So from an operational standpoint I don't think the Change of convention centers will really make a difference, and if there is no difference, why make the change.
Now I love Anaheim I go to Disneyland often and I have family in Orange so I know and enjoy the area and I don't believe that Anaheim will make a good home for Comic Con international. I also believe that the only way the crowding issues will change is if Comic Con sells less tickets, No matter where it's held. Which leaves me with the conclusion that changing where Comic Con is held won't make a very big difference in it's problems therefore they should stay in San Diego and solve it's problems there (see my previous post). Comic Con is a part of San Diego, and San Diego a Part of it.