Is that not normal in US? In Australia only VAs are free while for actors you're lucky if its under $20 (Usually its $30-40).

It's not so much Denver as it is the guests themselves. Those types of things are usually negotiated between the convention and the guest before they agree to show up.

IE: For a convention to have a guest come out and do FREE autographs, they usually have to pay an extra free to the guest for them to agree to do it, and even then it's only for a certain amount of time.

So say I'm a guest at a convention. I am paid a flat fee for my appearance, as well as my hotel and flight covered. The convention asks if I plan to charge autographs, I say yes, tell them what I charge, and if the convention thinks it's too high they'll ask to lower it, and I will then ask for a larger sum in the "flat fee" for the appearance to cover the difference.

Yeah, same goes for the UK too.

I will definitely be there since I plan to volunteer this year.

If anyone would like to get some pre-sale tickets, please let me know. I have a code that I can use from now till Monday that guarantees your tickets before the general public can purchase them on Monday.

The thing is though, they are only popular because of us. As such, they should show our gratitude by giving us autographs for free. I don't go into any anime convention and have to pay for autographs. Why should I have to at a comic based one?

It's ridiculous how much people will charge too. Stan Lee was originally supposed to be there last year and he was going to be charging $150 for autographs. He bailed at the last minute and they got William Shatner who was charging that same price. Charging for autographs is just greedy and shows you don't have respect for your fans.

I paid for the convention, that should be more than enough.

Tempting, but I'll wait until they swing by Lexington in March. The show is like half an hour from my house.

Got to meet Mr. Yost at this year's show, that was an interesting experience.

Wish I'd seen this before. That's a pretty horrible thing to say man. They don't have to show gratitude to us at all. You obviously have no concept of how these people make a living once their 15 seconds of fame is over. The convention circuit is a career for some retired or out of work actors/performers. To think they should give you any anything because they somehow owe it to you is possibly the most pompous thing I've ever heard.

David Yost by the way is a hell of a nice guy. Met him a LexCon this past year and he was really great.

This is all really interesting, and it occurs really close to my birthday, which is cool.

However, funds are what they are. Unlike those who go to conventions and come back with duffel bags full of merch, any money I make would go towards getting there, hotel fees, food, and getting back. Adding that autographs also cost money, and yeah :S

One of the many drawbacks of being broke as shit.

Holy fishballs, I just now saw you're in Lexington. Den, you and I have GOT to team up next con!