Scare LA was a great start for their first year. It was of course not without some problems that I’m sure will be fixed in the years to come. The space that the used was in downtown Los Angeles, in an art building, there was no real direction to go like when you got the elevator, there was no sign outside that indicated which way to go I guess it was just assumed second floor. Once you figured out that it was on the second floor, it opened up to a scene of a skeleton behind a fence, and make up artist putting prosthetics on individuals. It was not overly crowded as you walked. I personal like to walk around the perimeter of the con to see how big it is, where the panels are going to be and the classes. If you didn’t pick up the booklet you would have no idea what class was what or what time they were going to be. This for me was a problem; I want to know what class is going on and what time they are running. Sure I have the booklet but at cons like ComiCon tell you what is going to be going on in a certain area. That is helpful.
Aside from not going to classes or seeing any panels because the times were so far apart that when I showed up (after getting terribly lost my fault) there was a 3-hour gap between events. I looked around the booths which only one person said hello to me and I regret not getting his name. He had some very awesome Science Fiction Pulp art which taking a lit class based off of all of those things it interested me greatly. I was to busy getting set up, and trying to fix our camera which did not happen sorry no pictures, so I did not pay to much attention. Little did I know that he would be the friendliest vender. Not one vender said hello to my photographer or myself. In fact I felt that we had acquired more dirty looks looking at what was to be offered then anything. Some venders were to busy talking to their friends to even bother to say hello or ask if we needed help. I worked in customer service so I know how this goes and I absolutely hate when I am not even acknowledged. It is my biggest pet peeve.
Aside from that, some of the booths should have been in the corner by the Pulp Art artist because their were people standing in the middle of the aisle just staring and chatting about something like airbrushing etc. I had to rudely and abrasively say excuses me to even get through.
Over all it was not a failed event. A lot of what happened wasn’t even their fault, there were some minor flaws but that happen and I wish I had gone on Saturday instead of Sunday. I feel bad that I was treated like I was by the venders of the event and it made my photographer and myself not want to stay because what was the point? The next even is hours away and we did not want to give these people our hard earned money when they couldn’t even say hello.
