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INTEREST: Comiket 91 Plagued by Queue Issues

It seems like they need to do something along the lines of how Disney handles queues for their most popular attractions, giving out tickets and estimated wait times. That frees people up to go look at other stuff and buy at places with lesser lines, so everybody wins (so I've heard - never experienced it in action myself). But it sounds like it just gets worse every year, and it's going to hurt them sooner or later if they don't fix it. Even just a "Now Serving #___" ticket system would be an improvement. If my local deli can do it, they should be able to.

I know from experience behind the scenes that the people working at those booths loathe comiket... It's some of the worst days of the year for those people... one of the worst retail experiences you can have.

I skipped corporate for this reason. Almost all booths were having queues outside west hall it seemed and would be next to each other making it confusing to get in.

That's how a lot of the most popular actual doujin groups have started doing it in recent years: Even if you line up super early you can't get certain goods unless you have a numbered ticket, and they give out the tickets prior to comiket at other events/locations.
So to get the most sought-after new books/games requires a two step process now.

The industry booths are not going to be that organized unfortunately. I know from experience behind the scenes that the people working at those booths loathe comiket... It's some of the worst days of the year for those people... one of the worst retail experiences you can have.
It's not like the doujin circles where people actually care about their own product, either. The industry booths are staffed by low-paid part timers and employees of the company who drew the short straw that year.

sounds like a typical summer weekend at six flags

The picture for the sold out Is The Order a Rabbit? blanket is actually from Getsuyoubi no Tawawa. So either wrong picture or wrong anime listed. Either way both are popular so I am not surprised it sold out fast.

With Comiket being bogged down with unbelievably long lines every year, I'm more than enough satisfied to simply admire doujinshi on the Internet instead...