#confail

I’ve been going through my five years of con archives, and I noticed something weird: I have a detailed folder for almost every single convention... except Fanime 2012.

I finally realized why. My rule was always to upload and organize the pictures on my PC the moment I got home. But for Fanime 2012? I remember skipping the upload and just erasing the memory card. That's it. No backup, no selection, just gone.

That single act tells you everything you need to know about the convention that year. It must have been such a miserable experience—a classic "Line Con" or just a logistical nightmare—that the photos weren't even worth the time it took to drag them into a folder. My organized past self decided that the best review was to delete the evidence.

It’s a great reminder: even if a con is huge, if the experience is bad, it doesn't leave a memory worth keeping.

#confail - LA's Epic Icon Comic Con cancelled one week out

We’ve just heard through the grapevine of another con fail: this time Epic Icon Comic Con, to be held May 4-6 at the Los Angels Convention Center, was cancelled a mere week out.  Sound familiar?

    As recently as April 8th they were still announcing guests.

  But it all fell apart.

The shows’ main feature was a “Back to the Future reunion” with Christopher Lloyd. Tom Wilsonand a DeLorean.…