Organizers of the pop culture convention came under fire for scheduling an in-person event over Thanksgiving.
Last year’s convention wascanceleddue to COVID-19, as wasthe bigger planned conventionfor this July.
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“Star Wars: Light of the Jediauthor Charles Soule tweeted of the initial news.
Many in the industry took issue with this current planning.
We all missed Thanksgiving with our families in 2020.
Make it during the one non-denominational fall holiday weekend in U.S., w/ always peak airfare prices.
And I’m sure A-list celebs will LOVE doing this.
Black Friday, indeed,” author Tara Bennett tweeted.
“My family missed Thanksgiving last year because of the pandemic,” tweeted comic book writer Dan Slott.
“This year, we’ll all be vaccinated.
There’s no way I’d be attending any event instead of spending that time with them.
Even if everything were magically back to normal…
I can’t imagine fans and pros who celebrate Thanksgiving in the U.S. feeling differently.”
