The New York Comic Convention reported the attendance of over 95,000 fans for its Friday-Sunday, October 8-10, 2010 show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. This event, the show’s fifth, also marked the first time the New York Anime Festival was held at the same time (admission to one show was good for the other).

Reaction from the comic book dealers we spoke with ranged from mild to enthusiastic, with several back issue specialists reporting no problem moving high-grade comics while there was more bargaining going on for mid-grade specimens.

From the fans, however, it was nearly a unanimous endorsement of the show, with perhaps the exceptions of the peak periods on Saturday and Sunday around the Marvel and adjacent Capcom booths, near which it was almost literally impossible to move at those times. Despite artist alley being set up in a different hall, that area was very well attended as well.

We have a full selection of photos from the convention in our Main Event section this week