By Tom Spurgeon
* this weekend is Emerald City Comicon, which is in the major regional show category and getting a bit more major every year. They seem to have done a pretty good job of folding an aggressive media-guest track without irritating any of the comics people, many of whom have genuine affection for the event. If travel worked out okay, I'll be there sitting in the back of the room for various panels, and attending the Fantagraphics pinball-related party in Belltown Saturday night. I hope to see some of you there.
* I keep forgetting to say so, but Konami Kanata is scheduled to appear at TCAF this year.
* in other TCAF news I forgot to post, The Marriott Bloor/Yorkville will be the official hotel this year, with a special convention rate.
* finally, Mark Evanier talks about WonderCon complaints. I think I get what he's saying, although I think that complaints about the town and any peccadilloes of attending convention in said town are fair game. They're not fair game in terms of blaming the nice people that work on the con, but where a con is held and what that means I think are legitimate avenues for analysis.