Designer Toast

Welcome to my Toasty ECCC 2018 sale! Hope you all have been well. This will be a light thread as I'm here hanging out with family and friends this weekend. My usual rules apply. - First, come on in and have some fun. This thread is not a serious affair. - USPS Priority shipping; - No returns; - Payment via PayPal; - First rules all; - I sell to those I want to, so PLers, HOSers, mopes, jerks, button humpers, and general turds are not welcome here - you know who you are. - If you're new to my sales thread, I only attend a few shows each year and have been selling on these boards for the last 10 years.

Saw it this morning and it was good. Very colorful, great visuals and a good opening sequence. It wasn't the first Avengers movie, but what really can be? 8 out of 10 pieces of toast for me.

A local gaming shop with some comics bought it from someone. Luckily they wrote a check and canceled it asap. I saw it, not that convincing to me - but to someone with little experience in comics it could be somewhat convincing. The box with the issue number did not have the month in it but had a 12-cent price on it. Pence copies of the book did not have the month in the issue number box, but US copies did.

No amount of greed in this hobby surprises me anymore or the lengths people will go to make money. In my area I've seen a forged X-Men 1 and two bunk copies of Hulk 181.

I don't get it either. It certainly changes the landscape for any show using 'comic con' or any variation of it now. The thing that likely worked against the SLCC organizers was a series of internal e-mails that popped up during discovery. That and (I believe) the trial was held in San Diego. The verdict is the verdict, and we all know it doesn't mean the jury called it right. Rose City Comic Con and a few others have preempted any legal problems by getting licenses to use the term comic con in their event names prior to the verdict. All other shows not seeking permission will likely take 'comic' out of the event name and just go with 'con', or wait for a cease and desist letter. It'll likely be the big shows getting those notices first. This , is going to cost some shows a good amount of money and hassle with buying new URLs, graphics, banners, printing, business registrations, and the like.

BREAKING Jury Decides For San Diego Comic-Con In Trademark Suit Looks like internal e-mails sent between the SLCC organizers may have been a big part of it. SDCC was asking for $20mil in damages, but only received $20K. Let the re-branding commence.

Wizard World in Portland, Oregon the first year was a really good show. I set up there and crushed it. Did well the following year too. I set up there last January and I was one of 5 comic book dealers. There were more guys selling beef jerky than there were comic book dealers - no joke. A lot of empty booths including one directly behind me. I asked if I could occupy the empty booth to fill up space and was told that would be "a 100% no." This after WW was offering people in the area free booths. When I brought that up I got a line of BS that free space was being offered to their media partners. There were around 20 empty booths, Artist Alley had multiple empty spots, they were handing out the program from the 2016 show, the guests were terrible (Kato Kaelin of OJ infamy was greeting people as they came in), and I could go on. I did very well at that show despite the problems, but nobody else seemed to. That empty booth next to me? People started throwing their garbage in it and I joked with another exhibitor about how many raccoons and rats we'd be seeing rummaging through the trash. I told the management about the garbage and they did nothing. People went on the WW Facebook page and absolutely mess all over the show, going so far as going to the personal Facebook page of the owner to complain. Yet, this coming April, WW is coming back to Portland and they have Jason Momoa as a guest.

I have this book shrink wrapped against a cardboard insert somewhere...

I need to catch up from last season still. Saw an article reporting this season's premiere was the lowest watched in five years, over 40% drop. Maybe a lot of people are downloading, DVRing? I'm a dummy when it comes to the ratings system for television.

Dear Bleeding Cool, Could you possibly put more ads on your horribly designed, outdated website?

Unreal. I cannot imagine being in that situation. Best to you and your family, Eggman.

http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/08/19/daredevil-season-3-born-again-netflix/

On second episode and so far

I can't seem to find the poop emoji...

Which Sasquatch do you refer to?

Who is hairy - Wolverine or Puck...

I met Magik Woo during his road trip to Florida. He's quite a character.

I'm closing this out. Invoices sent. Not much left, but let me know if you're interested in anything below. Thanks for the purchases! SUPERGIRL TURNER SET / NM+ only 1 available / $100 DIABLO HOUSE 1 RETAILER EXCLUSIVE NM+ / 1 available / $25 PREACHER 1, RETAILER INCENTIVE COPY / NM / 1 copy / Asking $475.00, open to offers / An 8.0 sold this month for $535.00, a raw NM on eBay sold for around $670.00

Aside from the plane ride, what a great day. I hung around SD for a bit and then Seattle. I'm just now home so I'll send out some invoices. What's left: THE WALKING DEAD AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS 1 BLACK HAMMER BATMAN 27 HARLEY QUINN 24 DARK DAYS: THE CASTING 1 DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE AGAIN 1 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and USAGI YOJIMBO (one-shot) RETAILER EXCLUSIVE IRON MAIDEN: LEGACY OF THE BEAST TMNT Pizza Cookbook VENOM 150 FORBIDDEN PLANET VARIANT / 1 copy NM+ / 1 copy NMish / $20 eachEDGE OF THE VENOMVERSE STAN LEE EXCLUSIVE / NMish / 1 copy / $25.00 CROSSWIND 1 / Image Comics SDCC Exclusive / NM+ /$18 each / 2 available (1 per person) VALIANT ICONS SDCC 2017 BLIND BAG, RETAILER EXCLUSIVE / 1 bag left / $75.00 SUPERGIRL TURNER SET / NM+ only 1 available / $100 DIABLO HOUSE 1 RETAILER EXCLUSIVE NM+ / 1 available / $25 PREACHER 1, RETAILER INCENTIVE COPY / NM / 1 copy / $475.00 / An 8.0 sold this month for $535.00, a raw NM on eBay sold for around $670.00

You got it. Thanks!

Show ended and I watched the place empty out from across the way at a very nice restaurant - I ate at way too many great places this week. This is probably the most enjoyable SDCC I've had in a while. Seems like there were more people this year than last. Ran into a lawyer and his wife at dinner. The attorney told me San Diego PD did a sting op on people selling tickets to SDCC and he's representing someone who was charged for (allegedly ) trying to sell a comic con ticket. Pretty crazy. Scheduled a later flight and plan on sleeping in and walking around the city a bit in the morning. Once home I'm off for another vacation with Mrs. Toast. I'll invoice everyone before leaving and get your stuff out. Anyhow, here's what's left from the thread and thanks for the purchases THE WALKING DEAD AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS 1 BLACK HAMMER BATMAN 27 HARLEY QUINN 24 DARK DAYS: THE CASTING 1 DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE AGAIN 1 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and USAGI YOJIMBO (one-shot) RETAILER EXCLUSIVE IRON MAIDEN: LEGACY OF THE BEAST TMNT Pizza Cookbook SUPERGIRL TURNER SET / NM+ only 1 available / $100 DIABLO HOUSE 1 RETAILER EXCLUSIVE NM+ / 1 available / $25 VALIANT ICONS SDCC 2017 BLIND BAG, RETAILER EXCLUSIVE / 1 bag left / $75.00 VENOM 150 FORBIDDEN PLANET VARIANT / 1 copy NM+ / 1 copy NMish / $20 each PREACHER 1, RETAILER INCENTIVE COPY / NM / 1 copy / $475.00 / An 8.0 sold this month for $535.00, a raw NM on eBay sold for around $670.00 EDGE OF THE VENOMVERSE STAN LEE EXCLUSIVE / NMish / 1 copy / $25.00 CROSSWIND 1 / Image Comics SDCC Exclusive / NM+ /$18 each / 2 available (1 per person)

You're good

I normally would've had more, but I'm just taking it easy this trip instead of spending every second chasing stuff.

THE WALKING DEAD AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS 1 BLACK HAMMER CROSSWIND 1 Image Comics SDCC Exclusive $18 each 2 available (1 per person) NM+ BATMAN 27 Foil edition, comes pre-bagged and boarded. Very hard to determine grade due to the book coming prebagged with a board. No refunds or returns on foil covers. This is likey the best price you'll see on these boards. Mikel Janin cover $25 each 2 left HARLEY QUINN 24 Foil edition, comes pre-bagged and boarded. Best price you'll see on these boards. No returns or refunds on foil covers. Hard to grade due to polybag. $25 each 2 available DARK DAYS: THE CASTING 1 SUPERGIRL TURNER SET NM+ only 1 available $110.00 VALIANT ICONS SDCC 2017 BLIND BAG, RETAILER EXCLUSIVE $75 each Only 4 available Only 1 left! These blind bags come with one of the following books inside. The bags are black so you cannot see what's inside. Each bag might contain one of the following books: - Raw art for Bloodshot Salvation; or - An advance look at the ---script for Ninja-K’s first issue (and potential spoilers for the series’ first arc); or -Quantum and Woody exclusive with new art by guest artist Joe Eisma that won’t appear in the first issue at all. These are sold as-is and no returns. I can't even begin to guess on a grade, and the only thing I can say is they did come straight out of the case. DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE AGAIN 1 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and USAGI YOJIMBO (one-shot) RETAILER EXCLUSIVE DIABLO HOUSE 1 RETAILER EXCLUSIVE NM+ / 1 available / $25 IRON MAIDEN: LEGACY OF THE BEAST 1 PREACHER 1, RETAILER INCENTIVE COPY / NM / 1 copy / $475.00 For info, a CGC 8.0 sold this month for $535.00, a raw NM copy sold on eBay for nearly $670.00. If this doesn't sell today, I'm going to sub it. TMNT Pizza Cookbook VENOM 150 FORBIDDEN PLANET VARIANT / 1 copy NM+ / 1 copy NMish / $20 each EDGE OF THE VENOMVERSE STAN LEE EXCLUSIVE / NMish / 1 copy / $25.00