GALLACON 2012

Gallacon 2012

A Gallatin Comic Convention

An event of 2012

Gallacon 2012

·         Gallacon was notably the first comic event of NYU.

·         As a Comic Book League member, I was the only one there

·         The three guest speakers were Daniel Ketchum (an editor of Marvel) Amy Reeder, Heidi MacDonald, and Bon Alimagno.

·         Daniel Ketchum talked of the gay marriage of Northstar and Kyle in the X-Men comics and how comics are commonly used for a metaphor for real world events.

·         Based on Daniel Ketchum, we are at least guaranteed that the marriage will NOT end with the two selling their marriage to the devil to save the life of a loved one (THANK GOD)

·         Amy Reeder and Heidi MacDonald talked of women in comic books and how there was always women in the media but they were commonly misrepresented until recently.

·         Apparently Mrs. MacDonald was put off by Power Girl’s breasts originally.

·         The gallery exhibits showed art from the Comic Book League and other artists.

·         The CBL comic issues shown were like in a format similar to a comic stack.

·         The other arts were of some random anime sketches and a more defined layout on a canvas

·         Notably Mr. Alimagno had his speech cut short due to the time the other speakers spent on their speeches

·         Based on Mr. Alimagno, specialty comic stores and even DC and Marvel Comics would more likely be in jeopardy once someone finds a working online comic format similar to iTunes and Amazon.

·         Being from the San Francisco Bay Area and having countless bookstores close in my area, this view is noted

·         In a panel from later on, an editor prefers to have sketches and layouts in photocopies and digital.

·         They prefer to have a cover page layout, a dialogue layout and an action layout of pages for reference in what people do.

·         The odds of making it big in the industry are notably limited so they encourage going to any means of distribution, being it smaller publishers or online comics read for free.

·         Writers are noted to build a portfolio by anthology writing books and collaborator works.

·         The job of editors is notably lacking in detail.

·         There were no cosplayers in the event.

·         Most of the attending were older persons.

·         Daniel Ketchum represented the LGBT community in his speech, saying that different spectrums of sexuality exists so sometimes gay characters are equally critiqued for not being ‘gay enough’ or ‘way to flamboyant.’