HighwayStar
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I'd be willing to bet money that the photo is an accurate representation of what happened at their tables. I looked the event up online expecting to hear low overall turnout, but I must admit that their turnout (based on pictures) was probably pretty good. That said, the headliners were clearly the people labeled on their actual site as "celebrities" (none of the voice actors are on this list) which is primarily actors from Dr. Who and Star Trek, plus Dave Batista and non-headline Marvel actors. So, I would expect the vast majority of people went for those people.
Of the remainder, I'd be really impressed if they did much business at all. From a video J Michael Tatum at least got one person to come by his booth with a MHA funko pop, and there's a photo of someone's Sabat autograph on a figure. But I've seen the pull the mid/bottom range actors have at events more focused on anime and it isn't that strong. I've seen voice actors on Jamie's tier (or better) that are sitting on their ass doing nothing for hours at a time, I've literally sat talking to some of them for a while due to nothing better to do. But heck, she should consider it a win if she got 10 or more people to pay her $30 at an event where Kevin Conroy and John DiMaggio were in attendance and charging $40 a pop.
There were 28 voice actors listed to be at the event and devoid of any of the WW drama even if she'd never gotten involved in this at all, Jamie's definitely not in the top half of that list possibly even in the bottom 25% (depending on how you rate certain characters). Honestly, if she had 10-20 people show up to this event asking for autographs purely as a show of moral support it might've been better for her than before. (that's a mixture of her drawing power and the competition she'd have been up against at this event) But then, to be honest I have no idea why anyone would pay for these people's autographs. While I wouldn't pay for a Hollywood celebrity to sign something, I at least vaguely understand that, but I don't understand paying an anime voice actor.
It’s like Vic said in his deposition: voice actors are a dime in a dozen. That he makes more than the average VA at a convention doesn’t change that.I'd believe it.
I attended World Super Con back in June, where there some pop/geek culture shared convention space with football players like Frank Gore, Joe Montana and Deion Sanders. As you see even Vic, who can bring in hundred of people in random, last minute hotel signing, didn't get much play.
I was only there for a few hours, on one day. @Svetlana hung around, I think.