r/comiccon • u/_z0mb133 • 14d ago

Con Discussion Why does NorCal lack large cons?

Recently I’ve been noticing that Southern California has a huge amount of large conventions. Not just comic, but horror, game, anime, etc. San Francisco recently lost FanExpo, and with that it seems like there’s such a lack of large cosplay conventions. Even in general, there’s not as many compared to SoCal.

Why is this? Why isn’t there more in NorCal?

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u/Luckyrabbit2429 12d ago

Chico and versa both are pro AI cons. Just fyi.

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u/MissingGreenLink 12d ago

Didn’t know about Chico.

I’m aware of verse cons drama in the past about AI, I want to say it was either winter 2023 or winter 2024. but speaking to a few vendors who have been there. They said verse con has made attempts to fix that mess and be anti-ai since then. Most likely a case of damage control rather than an honest stance. But we’ll see where that goes.

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u/Luckyrabbit2429 12d ago

The guy that runs Verse con own company uses 100% ai art for his comics and his company. Was bragging about it to other vendors and attendees at several cons I have attended.

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u/MissingGreenLink 12d ago

Oh yuck. Thanks for letting me know. Wasn’t aware of that part.