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Skriven 2007-04-22 17:53:23 av Mac Breck (166.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 13802 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (165.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: update from jms 4/15/07
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"Jan" <janmschroeder@aol.com> wrote in message
news:f0gk0402snk@drn.newsguy.com...
> In article <462bc5b2$0$1460$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net>, Mac Breck
says...
> >
> ><jmsatb5@aol.com> wrote in message
> >
> >> This will also cut down a bit on the dealers who come in
> >> with stacks of books fifty high or more then resell them,
> >
> >And the rest of the people in line don't lynch 'em?  Man, the dirty
> >looks aimed at those people must be beauts.
> >
> >
>
> At comic conventions it's not always easy to tell who the dealers are
from the
> collectors because they all tend to have boxes of comics with them. At
venues
> where JMS appears regularly, such as Comic Con in San Diego, it's more
likely
> that the 'box' people are dealers, though not always by any means.
Last year at
> Heroes Con in Charlotte, quite a few people were simply collectors who
brought
> every comic that JMS had written - and that's a LOT - because it
wasn't a show
> or area of the country where JMS has been any time recently.

Anybody who gets in line with a box of stuff to be signed is clearly
pushing it, dealer or not.


> Still, when you get into a line that ends up stretching the better
part of a
> city block,

I've been in lines like that, back in the late 80's when I used to go to
Trek cons and Michael Dorn (Worf from TNG) was signing.  I was *amazed*
at how gracious he was.  He signed everybody's items and only stopped
when *all* of the people in line made it through.  Prior to this, I'd
been lines that were a city block long, and by the time I got within
sight of the actor or writer, they quit and left, and I didn't get
*anything* signed, sometimes after spending an hour in line.



> you know you're going to be there for some time so you generally
> relax and have a good time talking to the others in line with you.
JMS keeps
> the line moving, too, which is always a big help.

IMHO, getting into line with a box of stuff and wanting JMS to sign more
than a few items, is inconsiderate to both JMS, and to the rest of the
people in line.  How would these people like to sign their name
thousands of times?  They should put themselves in JMS's place.



> So, no, not much in the way of dirty looks at all that I've noticed.
Even the
> big cons are generally pretty relaxed.

Still, IMHO, wanting more than a few items to be signed is selfish and
inconsiderate.

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Mac Breck (KoshN)
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