Reply To: New York Comic Con
it was pretty bad, imo. the guy who was doing the kevin smith nonsense was also in the venture bros. panel, which ran half an hour late, so they couldn't actually start until the guy got over to the room, half an hour late.
half the audience had never heard of him and were just there for a movie the promo of which prominently featured artificial male reproductive fluids, so they were not exactly interested in any sort of "subtlety", or "humor not involving bodily functions or breasts". (the captain's wife's lament seemed to go over well enough.)
at some point, the gentleman with the kevin smith business decided it would be a good idea to start giving out a bunch of free DVDs of varying quality and interest and so the crowd got noisy and grabby for that, which culminated in the guy chucking dvds into the audience halfway through "flickr".
my boyfriend said jonathan looked pissed pretty much throughout the set, and i could hardly blame him. i didn't really pick up on that, though, and he seemed genial enough afterward during the signing.
the con was interesting though. i now have a shirt that has been signed by ryan sohmer, scott ramsoomair, jon rosenberg, jackson publick, doc hammer, and (of course) the esteemed mr coulton.