New York Comic-con's First Day Packs 'em In
 The first day of the first New York Comic-con saw crowded floors, well-attended panels and a ton of networking. While many had been skeptical of New York's ability to put on a successful comics show—numerous shows have resoundingly flopped before—after only the first few hours, this show seemed to have proven it can be done.
In fact, the show may be a little too popular. With pre-registration numbers ranging from 10,000 to 14,000 being thrown around, the show floor was already packed a few hours after it opened to the public at 4 p.m. With Saturday traditionally the biggest day of the show, most were wondering just how jammed it was going to get.
The "trade only" portion of the day was also deemed a success, with people from every level of the book trade and media with an interest in comics roaming the floor. SSS Comics' Saul Colt thought the trade day was very useful. "I made a lot of contacts I would never have made otherwise," he said. There was a steady procession of book industry types trolling the floors. PW Comics Week encountered editors like W.W. Norton's Tom Mayer, Meg Lemke from Houghton Mifflin, Jaime Levine from Warner Books and Emily Gould from Hyperion, soaking it all up, dropping in on panels and asking questions. PWCW even had a chance to chat with Maura Scanlon, marketing manager from the Jewish Museum, who was doing a little research for the forthcoming Master of American Comics Exhibition, which is slated to move from L.A. to the Jewish Museum and the Newark Museum in September.
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