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The 2021 Hall Map is up. CBCS is at table 1407. |
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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| Just reserved hotel and parking for the show. Leaving the house at dawn tomorrow. |
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Unfortunately I wasn't able to get out of work early tomorrow, but tickets ready and parking reserved for Saturday and Sunday  Was interesting when they announced they were doing onsite rapid tests for free, but I can only imagine how long that line would be lmao. Good thing I got my shots already 🤣 |
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| Just a note, hooked on comics posted they're going to have do you pooh venom parody exclusives at their booth - was told they're limited to 300 copies total and they're trades, virgin, foil and metal covers | ||
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| Just a note, hooked on comics posted they're going to have do you pooh venom parody exclusives at their booth - was told they're limited to 300 copies total and they're trades, virgin, foil and metal covers | ||
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| Anyone go today? How was it so far? | ||
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| Just got back bought no books but the one I wanted was a 9.2 TMNT #1 for $45,000…I wish. | ||
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| A little disappointed in how much creators were charging for raw sigs. I mean I get it, they're probably hurting a little from covid too and they're putting themselves out there by going to the con...but when even lesser known artists are charing like 10 to 20 for a sig and then 20 to 30 on top of that for witnessed...Definitely didn't get as many books signed as I was hoping to. I'm all for supporting creators and I bought a few prints in combination with getting some sigs, but was hoping for a couple PC keys to get signed that I couldn't. Dollar bins did net me a good amount of new books so far though, and picked up a con exclusive stray dogs tpb for less than half of current ebay sold prices. Dropping off books tomorrow for grading since it was so nuts today. Ended up waiting in line to get in for a good hour and a half 🤣 |
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 I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).Splotches is gettin old! |
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| The line to get in... with the 1 station for temperature check was abysmal disgust incompetence | ||
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| @Nuffsaid111 Agreed there was only ONE person checking that was the major bottleneck. Took us an hour to get in. | ||
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| @Nuffsaid111 by the time I got in(after about an hour and a half wait in line) they weren't even doing temp checks. Roughly 90 mins to get in the doors, another half hour to get vaccine check and get my wristband. At least I can get right in tomorrow I guess since that's all done with. Only want a couple more sigs on my asm 700 skyline, and then if I'm lucky hopefully get a sketch from forstner on my stray dogs 1 1st print. By the way, anyone happen to see how much forstner is charging for head sketches(without color)? Was also surprised at the line for Bachalo. Every time I went by there was at least 10 people in line - even Shooter didn't have a line anywhere near that lol. I do have to say it was worth it getting the sigs from Shooter - the dude likes to talk. He told us about how the death of Phoenix came about, and just hearing him talk about Claremont, Byrne etc like they were just all buddies around the office cooler deciding major events in Marvel history, was kinda awesome. The caliber of artists and writers involved in the process and the events that happened to lead to the decision to kill her off in the comics etc, kinda made me feel like a little kid. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Sebastsk8 Despite me having the temp check on Friday and obtain an orange wristband on Friday, I STILL had to go through a temp check on Saturday again! I'm all for safety but this is just knumbskull idiotic policy regardless if city of Baltimore or show organizers. Mindless overkill lunacy. One would think Vax evidence + mandatory masks + temp check evidence on day 1 would be sufficient. But no no no - it's not |
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 Moderators handing out titles: Boom. Roasted.
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| @Nuffsaid111 how did the vendor prices compare to NYCC? | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Hcanes Pretty much the same unfortunately. If not digging in dollar bins one is paying equal or more ebay. I bought nothing for comics |
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| @Nuffsaid111 same here. Although I did buy...a lot of prints lmao And dropped off a few books with cbcs. |
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My one and <pretty much> only significant purchase at Baltimore Comic Con - and I couldn't be happier. - Even though Joe Giella was not, sadly, in attendance was able to obtain this 11 x 14 India Ink and Watercolor. |
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| Frank Cho was giving away free sigs at the AWA booth during the last hour | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by jake Frank shows up to the show on Friday with a few hours left. Then he shows up on Saturday with a few hours left in the show. Not a good look imo. I was a bit annoyed to say the least. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Nuffsaid111 Frank had a long line on Saturday so I got some other signatures before heading over there. By the time I got there it was closing time and Frank was done signing. He was still nice enough to sign my four books. Frank lives near Baltimore and has been going to the show every year since before I started going several years ago. |
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| @Nuffsaid111 I can see that. Hoping to see an artist or writer, and not being at their table. I have experienced creatives do that from time to time. I don't know which is better, having a long line in front of them or not being there. Frank and Jim Shooter had long lines, so I will just talk to them another time. @drchaos I like that Frank stayed local and didn't move to LA or NYC. I remember him from University of Maryland in the 90s. It was fun watching him grow as an artist. His comic was originally University Square and then when he got syndicated, it was rebranded as Liberty Meadows. At the time, he partnered with a local comic book studio, Insight Studios Group, and then started coming into his own. A lot of artists were coming from the school newspaper, the Diamondback, like Aaron McGruder (The Boondocks), Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid; his comic back then was called Igdoof), and some others. I would like to say that something was in the water, but I think that it was the newspaper's print production schedule. The Diamondback came out roughly 250 times a year, so the student cartoonist was already used to a professional-level schedule if they made the deadlines. I looked at other school papers and most of them were monthly, so you get up to 12 times to showcase your work?! I don't know if the students today get that opportunity of a frequent deadline schedule, since the paper is fully online now. I bought this Bubblegum Crisis print by Frank Cho and colored by John Staton.  |
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| Oddly enough every time I went by Jim Shooter he barely had a line. I did have to wait a bit to get my books signed but that was because of his storytelling(although I loved his stories...was well worth the wait). The only ones I saw with extremely long lines were bachalo/Townsend doing double signings because they were only signing for about an hour each day, and forstner probably because of all of the witnessed sketches being done(she posted on Facebook she overbooked commissions big time and got backed up quickly). |
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| @Sebastsk8 Yeah, Shooter was talking a lot, which is historically good for storytellers, starting with shamans telling tales from the campfire. Over time they get to refine their stories. Bachalo is interesting, since he is tied to the Sandman franchise. The second season audio book of Sandman came out last month. Maybe we might even get to see Death: The High Cost of Living on screen or in audio book form. Don't know much about Townsend, other than that he is affiliated with Spider-man books. Wanted to talk to Forstner, but, like you said, her line was backed up. I don't do too well in lines, so I hope to see her another time. |
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| @Sebastsk8 Garth Ennis had a huge line that I waited on Friday afternoon. Afterwards Christopher Priest had less people but the line took longer as there was a lot of talking with each person. Trish Forester had a long line because of the hot book (Stray Dogs) and because she was drawing a lot of remarks. Tom King also had a huge line as usual. Frank Cho had a huge line but I lucked out when he signed my books outside of his signing times. Jerry Ordway did not have the longest line but there always seemed to be 8-10 people waiting on him. Everyone else I saw had a pretty short wait. |
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| @jake She is from the Baltimore area and told me that she does Baltimore every year. |
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@drchaos Good to know. There is always next year  |
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| @jake she also does signings at local shops. Think she was just at third eye comics for a signing when the tpb came out. | ||
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| @Sebastsk8 Cool. Been meaning to hit Third Eye. They have a pretty good back issue section when I call them. Annapolis is along the way to the beach and fishing. Just more convenient to order from MCS. | ||
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| @jake I was surprised Third Eye wasn't set up at Baltimore. A lot like Midtown skipping out on NYCC this year. |
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| @drchaos Now that you mention it, Third Eye wasn't on the list this year. Could be hard staffing the event. I bought Sandman #1 from Midtown many years ago. I was late coming to the party, starting at issue #22 in the middle of the Seasons of the Mist story arc. That was the series that got me back into comics, so of course I had to get #1-21 On Sunday, I submitted my biggest order to-date, 75 comics. Now, the waiting game, lol... |
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