or My Baltimore Comic Con Visit

Is a full Weekend of pure Comic Book bliss better then four days of Pop Culture? I can't answer that. What I do know is I filled a whole, I bought a copy of Fantastic Four #49. OK, it isn't #48 but if I got the one I would have wanted I wouldn't have been able to buy anything else. Although the book I have to guess is no higher than a 4.0.

The other two books I decided to purchase, last minute I might add, especially since I still had to buy food at Dangerously Delicious Pies. They weren't Dangerous but they were delicious. In fact I will be eating my dessert once I am done rambling. I purchase a copy of Incredible Hulk #109 for no other reason than I like the cover. I also purchase a copy of X-men #109, the first Vindicator/Guardian character. I forgot which name came first. I will be reading that after I eat my dessert and after I wash my hands, twice. I have wanted that issue for almost twenty years.

I also decided to find out more about pressing by talking to some dealers and Matt Nelson himself. I can't believe how open he was, not to mention just a fun guy to talk to. When I was a teenager and I wanted to open a comic book store, any store owner I talked to would always ask me why would I want to do that, or they would tell me the negatives and pitfalls of why I should stay away. I found this interesting especially since that was how they made their living. Was it just their way to stop competition? Matt was a great guy to talk to and I will be writing about that for a small while to come. He gave me so much information that I still have to absorb, not to mention watch the recordings.

The other thing is, and this is more of a personal pride, I have just reached my 300th journal. In the beginning I would state every milestone of 25 journals of the ones I liked or thought were worth reading. The last one I did was some time ago, with, which I think, journal 175. I would like to hear what journals do you like, what was written better, what sucked. Be nice or be mean (but at least constructive). You can leave it in the "Discuss on Chat boards" area or send me a message through the boards.

As Always

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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