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Host a Comic Con at Your Library
- 1. HOLDING A COMIC CON AT YOUR LIBRARY Avon Library & Ridgefield Library @ CLA 4/21/16
- 2. AVON Population: 18,000 Building Size: 42,000 sq. ft. Annual Budget: $1.5 million Full-Time Equivalent: 14.5 Hours Open per Week: 52 Annual Circulation: ~291,000 Average Daily Visits: ~500 COMIC CON HQ RIDGEFIELD Population: 24,600 Building Size: 43,671 sq. ft. Annual Budget: $2.6 million Full-Time Equivalent: 27.5 Hours Open per Week: 60 Annual Circulation: ~330,000 Average Daily Visits: ~800
- 5. WHO PAYS FOR THE BATCAVE??? AVON Year 1 RIDGEFIELD Year 1 Plus generous donations AVON Year 2 $1,500 from the Friends $10,000 from CT Humanities $1,200 from the Library Board $2,800 from the Friends RIDGEFIELD Year 2 $900 from Fundraising
- 6. Traditional Newspapers Schools Flyers in the library Website Social Media GETTING THE WORD OUT New Comic Convention Sites Downtown Stores MOOC Girl/Boy Scout Troops YouTube
- 9. ARCH NEMESES
- 15. LEGACY
- 16. LEGACY
- 18. HOLDING A COMIC CON AT YOUR LIBRARY Avon Library & Ridgefield Library @ CLA 4/21/16 Tina Panik … tpanik@avonctlibrary.info Marisa Hicking … mhicking@avonctlibrary.info Geri Diorio … gadiorio@ridgefieldlibrary.org John Casiello … jfcasiello@ridgefieldlibrary.org Ann Victor … aevictor@ridgefieldlibrary.org
Editor's Notes
- Introduce ourselves one by one. Say what our fandoms are Ask for audience composition: how many ref/youth/teen librarians? How many directors? Ask how many people know what a ComicCon is? How many people have attended a Con? You are at a Con right now! And by watching this presentation, you’ll find out what a con is.
- Just so you know who we are… Avon and Ridgefield are not that different.
- Avon: story of attended NYCC and planning their own con on the train; Gnovel collections Ridgefield: GERI SRP theme Superheroes, needed an all ages event, we held it on July 25, 2015. JOHN we are in the midst of a superhero boom (TV and movies), the Library administration was hoping an event like this would broaden the public’s perception of us, we are not just books and shushing bunheads. ANN we are all different kinds of nerds, and an event like this means we might get to see some people at the Library whom we don’t usually see at the Library.
- Avon: started with the space we had, then imagined what events we could hold where. Ridgefield: JOHN they put the three biggest nerds on staff in charge, we dreamt big, but had no money, so kept it real Avon: partnered & forged connections with the Boy Scouts, got advertising into the elementary schools Ridgefield: GERI partnered & forged connections with NCL, Lion’s Heart, town businesses, Ridgefield Music Arts Center, and SRP volunteers ANN Need support from the staff and administration. PLAN EARLY (we started in April for a July event), especially if you want speakers, get staff buy-in – we had many, many staff members work that day – even if they were not scheduled! JOHN We partnered & forged a connection with Avon Library! They helped us with T-shirts, answered questions, offered support and decorations. GERI This is a giving profession – ask around for help! You never know who will offer to help you.
- How can your library spend time & money on such a thing? Avon: Glenn says yes to everything! So we came up with a plan Ridgefield: GERI Assistant Director wanted an all-ages program! It’s her fault! Funding – how do we pay for all this? Avon: Year One, regular program money, $1,200. Year two: grants, $10,000 Ridgefield: JOHN Year one, Friends of the Ridgefield Library, $2,800 plus generous donations. Year two: fundraising: Hard Drive SMASH $960 so far ANN Set up for the first year may be high, getting things you can use over & over decorations, t shirts. 1500 presenters, 700 t shirts, 500 decorations & face paint & green screen Use your resources – we did a lot of DIY, photocopies and kids crafts supplies
- Avon: elementary school advertising, Boy Scouts Ridgefield: JOHN town businesses, flyers to Comic Shops, ad in paper, cardboard cutouts around building ANN We made a video, put it on the website & social media; also tell patrons ahead of time that this will NOT be a normal day GERI MOOC meet up, The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact on Pop Culture, Smithsonian course, presented by EdX, 5 weeks, weekly leading to the con; got the usual library patrons introduced to this unusual library program; free to do - just time
- ANN: scavenger hunt, parades with no weapons policy for cosplay, crafts, drawing program, face painting, hang with Batman & Captain America & Spider-Man & Peggy Carter JOHN: programs on lower level (presenters, gallery show, drawing duels) and lobby (raffle, door prizes, greeting photos) GERI: upper level (green screen photos, 3D printing Iron Man, Hoopla demos, brackets, 3D animation demo, RMAC music) JOHN: we floated around whole building troubleshooting, Batgirl social media reporter
- Avon: food ended too soon, costume contest was hard, not enough center floor activities Ridgefield: GERI presenter cancelled last minute, lack of Stormtroopers ANN craft supplies not available due to national demand, JOHN we were run ragged, Nutmeg Festival same day; You may attract a unique audience who are not the usual library patrons. Just say no to each other!
- Play Avon Con video
- Best parts: Avon: phone free, storm trooper
- Play Ridgefield Library Comic Con video
- Ridgefield: GERI green screen little girl wonder & Cinderella ANN parade JOHN Spider-man & little girl
- Ridgefield: GERI green screen little girl wonder & Cinderella ANN parade JOHN Spider-man & little girl
- Avon: all ages programming, keep momentum going, creation of Fandom Club stats from both years, compare & contrast Ridgefield: JOHN try & see attitude for first year; create RidgeCon branding for 2nd year, 2015 stats (500 people), it was our highest attended single day event in Ridgefield Library history ANN reading the interest level of our community – broadening things this year to include other fandoms (Downton Abbey) GERI circulation boost, new demographics attracted, legitimization of graphic novels