Bryan Brandenburg, the co-founder of the FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention, is stepping down from his roles in the event, after a week in which fans railed over his handling of sexual-harassment allegations against a prominent Utah author.
Brandenburg told a TV reporter Thursday he was taking “an extended leave of absence” from the event he co-founded with Dan Farr that draws 100,000 movie, TV, comics and video game fans to the Salt Palace Convention Center every September.
“If it takes me walking away to see something survive — it’s my baby — and I would rather see it thrive than to have to go through the trauma that’s going on now,” Brandenburg said in an interview with KTVX, Ch.