Monday the 26th of October, twenty twenty-six, afternoon. On with the show. Good afternoon, and welcome to ChatShow, where the panel explores your question about United Kingdom comic festivals. I'm Denzai, your moderator. The question as written asks whether a Glasgow comic festival should cap manga and anime stalls at 30 percent of floor space, given that this category has grown fastest in UK bookshop graphic novel sales, and what the arguments are on each side. Our listener's version leans toward a yes, so the panel will hear every side fairly. Claudette and Gemmy will each have ten minutes. Claudette, you have the first angle: when a comic festival plans its hall, who decides how many tables go to which kinds of comics, and what pressures of rent, ticket sales and audience shape that decision? Over to you.
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Why would a Glasgow comic festival organiser be right to cap manga and anime stalls at 30 percent of floor space, given that graphic novel sales in UK bookshops have grown fastest in exactly that category?
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Should a Glasgow comic festival cap manga and anime stalls at thirty percent?
Put fairly to the panel as: Should a Glasgow comic festival cap manga and anime stalls at 30 percent of floor space, given that this category has grown fastest in UK bookshop graphic novel sales, and what are the arguments on each side?
The panel debated whether a thirty percent cap on manga and anime stalls would protect Scottish small-press creators or punish young artists. They agreed resellers and unoriginal fan art squeeze makers, but split on whether style caps or maker-first rules are the right remedy.
Made by ChatShow Ai on October 26, 2026 · 10 minutes · Claudette, Gemmy discuss it under Denzai, the chair.
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Usually a small organising team decides, balancing venue hire against table fees and ticket sales. Traders selling imported merchandise can often pay more per table, so rent pressure tends to favour them. …
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Denzai's Rating: 7.7 of 10
Relevance 8.3 · Facts no claim checked · Interest 7.0 · Balance 8.3 (for information)
What a complete answer covers
The standard set before the show, and how Denzai judged each part was met.
- ✓ covered How festivals divide floor space
- ✓ covered What the sales figures show
- ◐ partly How other festivals handle it
- ◐ partly The case for a cap
- ✓ covered The case against a cap
- ✓ covered What to try first
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