Hmm, well I feel that this needs to go in the Comics forum.
My two cents on this. Anyone with a half a brain saw this coming as far back as CTCon 2004 when it was announced that they were holding it during Comic Con International in San Diego. Not exactly the wisest decision, most of the talent is going to go where they can see the most fans, sell the most gear, and get the most exposure. Most of the fans are going to go were they can see more action.
In terms of webcomicing I think that the biggest name at CTCon this year was Tim Buckley, and I doubt he would be there if he wasn't personal friends with Brianna. I think Aido might have been their too, but Dayfree and Dumbrella went out west, Dumbrella was at CTCon last year. Last year Sluggy was at CTCon, I've no idea what he is up to these days.
It's their own poor planning. I've got little sympathy for them running their enterprise into the ground.
Funny, when a pair of people near universally beloved by webcomics, puts in hundreds of man (and woman) hours putting something together for webcomics, anime and so on, you all become business majors.
Dude is $35,000 in the hole and all you have to say is 'running their enterprise into the ground'? It never was an enterprise. It is a labor of love that they only broke even on last year.
i'll be brief. The pair of people put on, out of their own pocket, a convention dedicated to webcomics and anime/manga esque things. They treat webcomic artists well, and the thanks they get when they're in the hole is "well, shouldn't have done it during comic con."
Hell, i don't even know these people, but they've got tim, hank, scott and ian all behind them, which is good enough for me.