 Add to the previously mentioned, Heidi Macdonald turns in a two parter, here and here at the Pulse.
Big, crowded and a bit unfriendly sounding, and in pt2, LOR style geek out comparison to the social hierarchy of the comiccon social order and apparent segregation due to irreconcilable differences, according to her anyway.
- So expecting the "civilians" to convert isn't always practical. But what about the opposite paradigm? Us Old Tribes are always expecting the New Tribes to somehow groove on what we're doing. Isn't there something we can learn from the newcomers? Comicon is a huge success and comics are cooler than ever before. And yet the problem is that everyone seems to want to spend time talking about comics instead of reading them. -
This bit is particularly sad sounding.
 -And then there was Artist's Alley – or Artist's Ghetto, as more than one wag called it. "It's desolate," said one artist, surveying the chill, remote aisles, and cold concrete floor. Indeed, situated on the far eastern tip of the floor, on beyond Ballroom 20 even, a trip to artist's alley was like a ferry ride across the North Sea: suddenly the lush carpeted walkways and deluxe booths gave way to aisles full of guys at tables drawing. -
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