17 NOVEMBER 2015
We've had another burst of Emerald City news, both for attendees and pros.
Pro half table applications are open. If you're wondering what a half table is, it means you get 3 feet of a 6 foot table in Artist Alley. You also get access to discounted hotel rooms for exhibitors and an Artist Alley badge. Deadline: 5 pm PST on 11 December.
Professional applications are also open. This is for entry to the show and includes "the full spectrum of the Pop Culture industries." Which, practically speaking, is huge so it helps that they list these categories: librarians, writers, producers, publishers, licensers, artists, buyers, editors, creators and retailers. The deadline here is 11:59 pm PST on 26 February but they caution you to apply early - once these badges are gone, they're gone.
Minion information (volunteering) will be posted soon.
The ECCC team wants to know which fandoms should be represented at ECCC for meetups, so go ahead and tell them on Tumblr.
And as a reminder: you can still keep requesting the celebrity and comic guests you want to see. Just check to see if they've already been requested.
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Showing posts with label professional registration. Show all posts
ECCC Pro Registration info goes live at noon too
23 SEPTEMBER 2015
Just a note for you pros who thought today didn't involve you. According to ECCC's Twitter, there will be a "full rundown of Pro Registration" at noon as well under the Tickets tab.
Hotels, tickets, Pro Reg - noon PST is truly the Emerald City witching hour today.
Just a note for you pros who thought today didn't involve you. According to ECCC's Twitter, there will be a "full rundown of Pro Registration" at noon as well under the Tickets tab.
Hotels, tickets, Pro Reg - noon PST is truly the Emerald City witching hour today.
It's Pro Badge season - are you a pro?
19 AUGUST 2015
Here's something to do over the next 2.3 months; ask CCI to give you a San Diego Comic-Con professional badge. That's right, Professional Applications are open.
Remember, this isn't registration - that comes later. This is the stage where you either apply as a first-time professional or reconfirm your status. You'll need 3 sources of verification, including one from the last 3 years, and a fair amount of either achievement or luck. If you do get blessed by CCI's panel of judges, you'll register for your badge and any guest badges in the spring.
So let's talk about who counts as a professional, because it's gotten more stringent in recent years.
Creative Pro
These are professionals who "take an active role in the creation, design, writing, editing or production of comics, animation, films, books, video games or toys." Also "those responsible for the content of websites that promote the historic or ongoing contribution of comics to art or society." Yes, that all seems very stretchy, but don't think you can slip in with a few flimsy credentials to your name. Those days are over.
Trade Pro
These would be the agents, managers, publicists, sales reps and biz dev executives of the world, who "need to attend the convention for business reasons." No support staff allowed - well, that's what they say, but I say it depends who you work for. Some people are just too important to travel without their minions.
So realistically, how hard is it to get a pro badge? Harder than it used to be. I won't torture you with tales of the years when even a homejob blog shakier than this one could get you into the Con - but it did used to be a lot easier, which some disgruntled creatives and suits are still grumbling about. I had a rather demoralizing call with an agent right after I got home from SDCC this summer, and she listed several reasonably established writers who couldn't get pro badges. Hence these cold words from CCI: "Not all applicants who meet the guidelines can be accommodated."
And if you're curious how many will be accommodated, they claim "over 13,000 complimentary badges" are given to professionals and their guests. Which isn't really that many. But that's not to discourage you from applying; if you fit the definitions, go ahead and throw your hat in the ring. It can't hurt.
The deadline is 31 October. Happy Halloween to you.
Here's something to do over the next 2.3 months; ask CCI to give you a San Diego Comic-Con professional badge. That's right, Professional Applications are open.
Remember, this isn't registration - that comes later. This is the stage where you either apply as a first-time professional or reconfirm your status. You'll need 3 sources of verification, including one from the last 3 years, and a fair amount of either achievement or luck. If you do get blessed by CCI's panel of judges, you'll register for your badge and any guest badges in the spring.
So let's talk about who counts as a professional, because it's gotten more stringent in recent years.
Creative Pro
These are professionals who "take an active role in the creation, design, writing, editing or production of comics, animation, films, books, video games or toys." Also "those responsible for the content of websites that promote the historic or ongoing contribution of comics to art or society." Yes, that all seems very stretchy, but don't think you can slip in with a few flimsy credentials to your name. Those days are over.
Trade Pro
These would be the agents, managers, publicists, sales reps and biz dev executives of the world, who "need to attend the convention for business reasons." No support staff allowed - well, that's what they say, but I say it depends who you work for. Some people are just too important to travel without their minions.
So realistically, how hard is it to get a pro badge? Harder than it used to be. I won't torture you with tales of the years when even a homejob blog shakier than this one could get you into the Con - but it did used to be a lot easier, which some disgruntled creatives and suits are still grumbling about. I had a rather demoralizing call with an agent right after I got home from SDCC this summer, and she listed several reasonably established writers who couldn't get pro badges. Hence these cold words from CCI: "Not all applicants who meet the guidelines can be accommodated."
And if you're curious how many will be accommodated, they claim "over 13,000 complimentary badges" are given to professionals and their guests. Which isn't really that many. But that's not to discourage you from applying; if you fit the definitions, go ahead and throw your hat in the ring. It can't hurt.
The deadline is 31 October. Happy Halloween to you.
Ready for Creative Pro Registration?
27 FEBRUARY 2015
It's not too often attendees get to feel smug in our SDCC life. More often we feel completely subjugated and at the mercy of CCI, various security guards, Fate, etc. So I can't help smirking when I hear about other groups struggling with the same forces we do like, oh, say, the horror of registration. (It's a smirk of solidarity, I swear.)
Today is Creative Professional Registration. If you want a paid and/or complimentary guest badge, you'll go through the same process attendees did a few weeks ago. You need to get your registration code out of your Member ID profile, enter the waiting room between 9-10 am PST and then wait for the magic to happen.
Complimentary guest badges will sell out within half an hour, according to the sage forecasters at the Toucan blog. I'm intrigued by that, because attendee Pre-reg and Open Reg each took an hour for a total of 130,000 badges, so does that mean there are roughly 32,500 complimentary guest badges available? That can't be right. Remember, today doesn't even include Trade Professional Registration. Well, let's assume this is going to be some kind of slowed-down sale so as not to stress out the sensitive creative personalities at the wheel.
Now remember - this is only to get a guest badge. You yourself, the Creative Pro, don't need to bother with these shenanigans to get your own badge. You have a whole leisurely two months to register for your "guaranteed" badge and that starts today at 11:05 am PST. And it sounds like while you might bomb out getting a free guest badge, you can definitely get a paid one: "Last year, paid professional guest badges never reached capacity." (Across the land, attendees just screamed "What?")
Again - today is just for Creative Professional Reg, not Trade. You should know which one you are, but if you don't, check your Member ID.
Good luck.
It's not too often attendees get to feel smug in our SDCC life. More often we feel completely subjugated and at the mercy of CCI, various security guards, Fate, etc. So I can't help smirking when I hear about other groups struggling with the same forces we do like, oh, say, the horror of registration. (It's a smirk of solidarity, I swear.)
Today is Creative Professional Registration. If you want a paid and/or complimentary guest badge, you'll go through the same process attendees did a few weeks ago. You need to get your registration code out of your Member ID profile, enter the waiting room between 9-10 am PST and then wait for the magic to happen.
Complimentary guest badges will sell out within half an hour, according to the sage forecasters at the Toucan blog. I'm intrigued by that, because attendee Pre-reg and Open Reg each took an hour for a total of 130,000 badges, so does that mean there are roughly 32,500 complimentary guest badges available? That can't be right. Remember, today doesn't even include Trade Professional Registration. Well, let's assume this is going to be some kind of slowed-down sale so as not to stress out the sensitive creative personalities at the wheel.
Now remember - this is only to get a guest badge. You yourself, the Creative Pro, don't need to bother with these shenanigans to get your own badge. You have a whole leisurely two months to register for your "guaranteed" badge and that starts today at 11:05 am PST. And it sounds like while you might bomb out getting a free guest badge, you can definitely get a paid one: "Last year, paid professional guest badges never reached capacity." (Across the land, attendees just screamed "What?")
Again - today is just for Creative Professional Reg, not Trade. You should know which one you are, but if you don't, check your Member ID.
Good luck.
Creative pros - are you ready for registration?
5 FEBRUARY 2014
While we attendees can anticipate
that Open Registration is going to look a lot like it did last year,
Creative Professional Registration is going to be a tad bit different this year. If this
applies to you, you should have already gotten your CCI email explaining the
deal but here it is anyhow:
- Creative professional badge registration is happening very soon. Trade professional registration will open later this spring. Trade pros cannot register during creative professional registration.
- However, the complimentary guest badge is not guaranteed since they’re just so damned popular.
- The paid guest badge is 220 whether you’re registering a junior or adult guest if you go through professional reg – so they give this hilarious advice on getting the discounted junior attendee rate: “We recommend purchasing an attendee junior badge during Open Online Registration for the general public.” Like it’s that simple and guaranteed. Seriously, pony up for the full cost and save yourself the horrorshow that is Open Reg.
- You'll get an email prior to the professional badge registration with a unique code and link. To get the complimentary professional guest badges, you have to endure the online waiting room that we attendees are farmed through during our registration. CCI reports that the EPIC waiting room "has been extensively tested and used successfully" in recent years. This is about as true as it can be.
- Once those complimentary guest badges are gone, the waiting room will close and you’ll experience the sickening wave of despair we attendees know so well. Except not really because you’re still going to Comic-Con – you just have to pay for your guest now.
And finally, make sure you read all the tech this and that to make sure your system is ready for the system. The EPIC waiting room does work pretty smoothly in my experience but it's good to know its idiosyncracies in advance.
SDCC professional applications close 31 Oct
3 OCTOBER 2014
If you believe you qualify as a Comic-Con professional, and would like to participate in Professional Badge Registration, you have until Halloween to submit your application and materials.
There are 2 categories of qualified professionals.
The Creative Badge: this is for you if you have "an active role in the creation, design, writing, editing or production of comics, animation, films, books, video games or toys."
The Trade Badge: this is for "agents, publicists, managers, executives, marketing, sales, business development, advertising, legal representatives, and other industry professionals who need to attend the convention for business reasons."
A disclaimer: a lot of times I meet first-timers who assure me they don't have to worry about getting a badge because they qualify as a professional. Not to besmirch anyone's accomplishments but these days you can't swing a stick without hitting someone who publishes their own web comic, or has a self-pubbed novel on Amazon, or did some editing on a game. At least in my world, you can't. So just be aware that this isn't a sure thing. CCI makes a point of saying that "not all applicants who meet the guidelines can be accommodated" - probably because they receive more than 12,000 professional applications every year.
Find out more here.
If you believe you qualify as a Comic-Con professional, and would like to participate in Professional Badge Registration, you have until Halloween to submit your application and materials.
There are 2 categories of qualified professionals.
The Trade Badge: this is for "agents, publicists, managers, executives, marketing, sales, business development, advertising, legal representatives, and other industry professionals who need to attend the convention for business reasons."
A disclaimer: a lot of times I meet first-timers who assure me they don't have to worry about getting a badge because they qualify as a professional. Not to besmirch anyone's accomplishments but these days you can't swing a stick without hitting someone who publishes their own web comic, or has a self-pubbed novel on Amazon, or did some editing on a game. At least in my world, you can't. So just be aware that this isn't a sure thing. CCI makes a point of saying that "not all applicants who meet the guidelines can be accommodated" - probably because they receive more than 12,000 professional applications every year.
Find out more here.
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