Another Con Down!!

I went to the Tampa Bay Comic Con on Saturday, and since my original help backed out on me, I dragged along my oldest godson (11) for his very first comic con!

We had a great time, though he didn't much care for the couple of times when we had to stand in line for more than 20 minutes, or when I was at the CGC booth having to fill out all the forms, but these were few and far between moments. Otherwise, he had a great time and was actually helpful to me a few times in regards to my signature acquisitions.

So I got 15 books signed, four books submitted for universal grading, and a photo op with John Rhys Davies! In between having all of these things done, my godson and I traversed aisle after aisle of various dealers offering a wide variety of wares.

Unfortunately, there really wasn't much of a significant comic book dealer presence. At least not ones with a fair amount of higher grade raws worth considering for CGC anyway. I tried to find a good raw copy of Secret Wars #8 for a friend who wanted to get one with Zeck and Beatty signed on it at the show, but since this was the second day of the show and EVERYONE was apparently looking for copies of it to get the sigs, no one had a single copy left.

Oh well, can't say I didn't try.

I originally was going to bring a book for Steranko to sign, but instead I just found a nice print at his table, had him sign it and placed it in my poster tube!

While I ultimately decided against cracking anything for Bernie Wrightson to sign, I still made a point to go over to his table while he wasn't busy, shake his hand, thank him for coming to the show under his recent circumstances and wished him well.

All in all, I got sigs from Zeck, Beatty, Wilson, Wolfman, Pollard, Brunner and Tedesco, as well as John Rhys Davies! So I was able to accomplish enough to make the trip worth it. We'll see how everything comes out once it's all back in my hands.

There we as one more aspect to the show that I took advantage of as well, but I will refrain from discussing it here. I will do up an article for my Facebook and other places for that discussion.

Up next...... Baltimore Comic Con!!!!!!

Anyway, below is a pic of the front entrance of the Tampa Convention Center. I will post more pics from the show in the replies!

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