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| Question for all my fellow con-goers. When traveling with your books, mainly on a flight. What do you do to ensure your books safety. I'm unsure if I should top load all my books and set them in my bag. (I have the Jim Lee collectors bag with lined inserts for comics). Or, I was thinking I could bring them all in a BCW star folio x2, but worried about damage, of course everything will be bagged and boarded. l've never traveled to a con like this, nor have I brought books with me to this capacity so just seeking some advice from someone more seasoned than myself. Another question for anyone who has attended MegaCon, any tips for getting signatures? Should I try to get the big names out of the way first or hold off. I do have tickets for certain "special" events, but for Jock, Snyder, Miller,and Dan mora I'm a bit worried. I will be going all 4 days so I know I can squeeze it all in! |
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| I like to keep my books with me during flights, usually in a backpack that I take as a personal item that I can store under the seat in front of me. I bag and board raw books, and then put them in top loaders for more protection. I also place the stack between some heavy duty cardboard, hold them together with several large rubber bands, and then put them in the back, padded section of the backpack that was originally designed for a laptop. I don’t really store much else in the backpack - an iPad, headphones, a book or magazine to read, maybe a light raincoat, that’s it. No reason to give TSA an excuse to need to search it for something stupid. I also include spare bags with boards and top loaders in that stack to keep any new purchases safe for the ride back. If I buy too many books, the middle section of the backpack gets used also! I have never been to MegaCon, but at most conventions, the artists are usually concentrated in one area. Scope out the lines for the people you want, check out their prices to sign, see which ones are long and short, which are moving slowly or quickly, and plot your strategy based on that. Most guests take lunch breaks, so don’t get in a long line right before midday. Or if a popular artist is at break and there’s little to no line, it might be better to wait a half hour or so then, than get in a much longer line when they return and have to wait several hours. Be aware if they are scheduled for a panel, or that break could be a few hours. Also, have your books out, prepped, and ready to be signed. I can’t tell you how many people who have been in line forever, get to the front and then decide they had better search for the books they want signed. |
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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I found out a few Christmas's ago that this container of Ferrero Roche fit about 9 or so raw comics. This container is very rigid and tough plastic so you stuff it in a bag and there's no concern about bending the container or books. It doesn't fit the raw comics perfectly so you'd need to add a little bubble wrap or cardboard to keep the books inside from moving but it works really well. |
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