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| Today was preview night at SDCC. It felt great to be back at con after so long. The show is definitely smaller with fewer booths and less crowded this year. I like having more space in the exhibit hall but I imagine it's less than ideal for creators and vendors trying to make sales. A few things I noticed, aside from the size, is that a lot of dealers have at least some graded VHS movies and video games. And also Dragon Ball has a huge presence this year. Here are some pictures I took today, mostly wall books. There may be doubles but this also most of the comic walls this year.                                        |
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| Nice I am just waiting for the BP trailer and confirmation that Sheri is the BP | ||
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@dielinfinite Couldn't make the sojourn to SDCC this year, but very cool; thanks for sharing.   |
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| @dielinfinite thanks for the pics. I still need to make it to SDCC struck out again this year. Glad I dont have to live through the queue anymore for NYCC |
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 It was a one trick pony show but always hilarious.
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| @dielinfinite Thanks for sharing!!! | ||
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| Love the pics! It kills me to miss this show. |
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 I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out.
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| a part of me wants to go. but with the cost of airfair, hotel, expensives like food...it will get expensive....then there is the cost of ticket. All the good panals you have to camp out for usually. takes the fun out of it if you practically need to take out a loan to afford to go and thats before you buy stuff. |
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| Liking the Detective Comics #2 don’t see many pre Batman issues anymore. | ||
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| @dielinfinite thanks for sharing your photos. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by dielinfinite at heroes con in charlotte I noticed this time. saw some very expensive graded, still in shrink wrap games that you'd think were random. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Murmonster Must be Worldwide Comics...I recognize the inventory. Cool book. |
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| Interested to hear what kind of feedback there will be from vendors who set up at the show this year. Typically vendors at SDCC are expecting to get top prices for the books they bring there. Not sure that the market is in that kind of mood currently. I'm thinking it might be more like the after-party for an orgy. | ||
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| I always viewed SDCC as being less comic related and more entertainment related | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by poka I heard a lot of people in the industry think that. SDCC and NYCC have become more about pop culture then comics. they like doing conventions like Heroes Con in Charlotte or the convention in Baltimore because its focuses mainly on...well comics. they have venders or panels or guests that dont deal with comics. but the soul of the convention is comics |
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Quote:Originally Posted by poka Couldn’t agree more. Still fun but yeah, less comics |
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Quote:Originally Posted by poka I've always found SDCC entertaining.  |
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 Staple topics, nice.
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| Always a good time for me, went to my first in 1984, and now have been going every year since 1995. | ||
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| Just spotted Tom Savini doing a signing …I thi k there might be an Ozzy Ozbourne signing? |
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Anyone need 10 copies of Stormwatch? |
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Due to an issue with my paycheck, I only got half a paycheck this period so I had to be super conservative with my spending today. I had to leave a lot of stuff behind but I’ll see if there’s any deals to be had when I go back on Sunday I had a nice conversation with Ron Lim. My plan was to take my George Perez Infinity Gauntlet sketch and have other artists add to it to recreate the cover for Infinity Gauntlet #1 but Lim convinced me to leave it as is. It also means I’m not submitting anything to CBCS at the show this year. Considering the state it’s in, I’m okay with that |
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 To answer your question, no, this is not where the comics go to die.
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Quote:Originally Posted by dielinfinite I think the decimal point is in the wrong place....should be .30 |
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Quote:Originally Posted by dielinfinite If I remember right, that Homage Swimsuit Special is pure 1990's comic art gold. (If you like 1990's comic art) |
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 No rust here...
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| where are the 4 for a 1.00 boxes? Those were the days eh? |
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| loving your photos. with what I see on tv, and youtube. they only highlight the big stuff. movie, tv, super collectables, etc. | ||
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| I guess it was an Ozzy appearance! | ||
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| @power_struggle55 "I heard a lot of people in the industry think that. SDCC and NYCC have become more about pop culture then comics." Really!! It started getting bad at SDCC around 2008 when Twilight came out. Since then about half the people who go are not there to buy comics, they are only there to see the Movie Stars. I stopped going around 2014 when it became a pain in the ass to get a ticket. |
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| Last day of SDCC! My last few pickups. Here I have the Sin City: Hard Goodbye Curator’s Edition. This is basically an Artist’s Edition. It is larger than other artist editions even though the art boards it reproduces are the same size so the pages have a border. The extra space is mostly used in the bonus materials in the back. I also picked up the Art of the Boys and Fables: Te Complete Covers by James Jean. So a lot of art books this show. I got some free Avengers promo and I bought a signed copy of Tales for a Halloween Night vol 7 signed by John Carpenter, Sandy King, Tim Bradstreet, Janice Chiang, and Sean Sobczak It had been my first time meeting with Tim Bradstreet since Covid made him a bit more reclusive so it was great seeing him again! I did set up a purchase for one of his original pieces, the Bernthal Punisher since it would go well as a companion piece to the commission I’m waiting on from him, a recreation of his cover for Punisher 3 but with the Netflix versions of Punisher and Daredevil.     |
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| Had a blast all 5 days! “Omg, Comic-Con sucks!” my son is not having a good time. We've spent 3 days trying to get an opportunity to get an autograph from a legend. The first day we were in a line to get an autograph from this awesome artist. The attendant was about to strap the wrist bands on our arms and notices our badges. The line attendant says no professionals, we are denied the opportunity for a signing. Justice was pissed, and I was broken hearted. This young man wanted to burn this comic book, he was frustrated. We spent a few more days trying a lottery to get this autograph, and to no avail, luck wasn't in our favor. 3rd day, still no luck, didn't get a lucky ticket, and was not able to secure a wrist band for the fantastic creator’s signature. My son is done with Comic-Con, this place is crappy. 630pm rolls around and we go to the Comixology booth to get autographs from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, success! This is a good score. I notice that another person has come up to talk to Greg and Scott. I turn to my son and say “ dude, look who it is?” It's now 655pm, the attendants and staff are starting to move people out. Justice grabs the 30 year old book I gave him, he waits patiently, on the outside of the stanchions, to ask for this grail of an autograph, and sure enough, after my son waits patiently, my son walks up to the man and asks for his signature. At this moment, it's closing time, and all of these fantastic creatives want to leave the show floor, it had to have been a long tough day and week of signing merchandise. After patiently waiting, this guy starts to leave the booth. My son, waiting on the outside, finally gets an opportunity to asks the question, “please may I have your John Hancock?” I can't look, I'm afraid of the disappointment and frustration this kid is going to feel if he is denied, and he'll never want to go to a convention, or read comics again. This extremely awesome person, pulls a blue Sharpie out of his pocket and proceeds to write on the front cover of the book that my son has. I'm extremely elated about the transaction that is at hand, and so happy for my youngest, that he got to experience this awesome gift of a signature from a creative! The same experience I felt when I got an autograph from a favorite inspirational creator that I totally loved when I was of the same age. Thank you Todd Mcfarlane for making this young man's weekend, forever grateful! An awesome lesson in patience and seizing an opportunity.  |
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| Todd McFarlane loves his fans. Once I read awesome creator and professional badge I knew who you were talking about. A few years back at NYCC I remember professionals/vendors being upset they couldnt get wrist bands for Todd's signing. The reason being, he wanted to make sure the wrist bands weren't all taken up before the general admission was let on the floor. |
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