Designer Toast

What a great night - cruised around the city, drank some good beer, had a fantastic dinner! Slept in again. It's been nice not having to run and run and run around. Great trip! I ran into some retailer exclusives and thought I'd put them up here. DIAMOND RETAILER EXCLUSIVE VALIANT ICONS SDCC 2017 BLIND BAGS $75 each Only 4 available These blind bags come with one of the following books (pics below). 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 - An advance look at the -script for Ninja-K’s first issue (and potential spoilers for the series’ first arc) 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.

Thanks for the purchases so far. Quantities updated. I'll have more stuff later. Off to dinner and going out to enjoy the city with friends! Anyone ever see a comic with a goat skin cover? I have now. <------------- not a joke. THE WALKING DEAD All Out War SDCC set, limited to 1,000 sets $65.00 per set 4 3 2 available, pre-sealed set SOLD OUT AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS 1 Skottie Young cover, limited to 500 $20 each 2 1 copy left NM+ (1 per person) BLACK HAMMER Fabio Moon cover, limited to 500 $20 each 1 copy available NM+, maybe better 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 Same story as the Batman 27 book. No refunds or returns on foil covers. DARK DAYS: THE CASTING 1 John Romita Jr. cover $30 each 2 available SOLD SUPERGIRL TURNER SET NM+ only 1 available $110.00

Gorgeous weather here. Amazing Brazilian steak house dinner last night. Spent part of the day wondering around the Gaslamp Disrict. Hope you all are having a great day.

SUPERGIRL TURNER SET Michael Turner covers. NM+ 1 set available $110

Update of what's left and what ain't. Likely the best prices you'll see on these boards... THE WALKING DEAD All Out War SDCC set, limited to 1,000 sets $65.00 per set 4 3 2 available, pre-sealed set SOLD OUT AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS 1 Skottie Young cover, limited to 500 $20 each 2 1 copy available SOLD NM+ (1 per person) BLACK HAMMER Fabio Moon cover, limited to 500 $20 each 2 available (1 per person) SOLD NM+, maybe better 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 4 3 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 4 available Same story as the Batman 27 book. No refunds or returns on foil covers. DARK DAYS: THE CASTING 1 John Romita Jr. cover $30 each 2 available SOLD

DARK DAYS: THE CASTING 1 John Romita Jr. cover $30 each 2 available SOLD Foil edition comes polybagged with board. Again, I’m not going speculate on grade but they look very nice No returns or refunds on foil covers.

HARLEY QUINN 24 Foil edition, comes pre-bagged and boarded $25 each 4 available ------> 1 left! Same story as the Batman 27 book. No refunds or returns on foil covers.

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. Mikel Janin cover $25 each 4 available -----> only 2 left

Bit of a lazy day today. Slept in, had a fantastic breakfast after a very, very late night of great company and perhaps one too many Wid Hefs. I'll be posting some more stuff shortly. In thread requests: Please avoid doing this. It can clutter up the thread. I appreciate people wanting certain items, but I didn't come prepared for a big haul this trip so I likely will not be picking up anything that comes in a box. I'm flying home this year and not doing the usual drive back. Thanks.

I would have posted more, but cut out of the show early to enjoy the evening at a nice dinner with a rooftop view I'll post some more tomorrow. Thanks for swinging by and having a look

CROSSWIND 1 Image Comics SDCC Exclusive $18 each 2 available (1 per person) NM+

BLACK HAMMER Fabio Moon cover, limited to 500 $20 each 2 available (1 per person) SOLD NM+, maybe better Homage cover!

I tried and it didn't work. I wish I had grabbed more of those. Hope you're doing well!

AMERICAN GODS: SHADOWS 1 Skottie Young cover, limited to 500 $20 each 2 1 copy available SOLD NM+ (1 per person)

THE WALKING DEAD All Out War SDCC set, limited to 1,000 sets $65.00 per set 4 3 2 available, pre-sealed set SOLD OUT Comes pre-sealed in a Top Secret manila envelope containing six double size issues reprinting the All Out War story arc. Each cover has a member of Shiva Force on it – classic GI Joe style and one of the cooler exclusives Skybound has put out!

CLOSED! Welcome to another Toasty SDCC Sale! I didn’t plan on coming this year, but things changed at the last minute. I’m here on some other business and a little adventure so I thought I’d throw in a sale while I was here. Let’s get the ugly out of the way. If you’re a seller at this show, I promise you the following: The usual applies… - First, come on in and have some fun. This thread is not a serious affair. - Good prices and accurate grading; - USPS Priority shipping; - 100% money back guarantee, not responsible for shipping damage; - No pre-selling nonsense here; - Payment via PayPal (USD only); - First rules all; - No PM requests; - I sell to those I want to – PLers, HOSers, mopes, jerks, button humpers, and general turds are not welcome here. - Probably not doing any CGC subs, but if I decide to then I’ll post it with the respective book and I don't do “upgrade fees” if your book comes back higher than 9.8 – my philosophy is that if you paid for the book to begin with, then you own it. However, this is likely going to be a raw sales thread due to my limited time. If you're new to my sales I do a whopping two shows a year - this one and ECCC, though this may be my last SDCC show. I have excellent feedback from boardies here.

Saw an IMAX 3D screening this morning. This movie is a lot of fun! End credits, I mean at the very end of the credits is hilarious Yes, there are two credit scenes: one during and one at the very end. Without saying too much, a really good twist about the middle, and not everyone is going to be happy with MJ. To those who will hate on this film, this ain't your daddy's Spider-Man. Welcome to 2017.

Congrats on the buy and find!

I sold a high grade, raw copy for $35 at the last show I did.

The one taking place in Portland in June I believe they are not taking any comic book dealers. Likely because it would violate any non-compete the convention center has with Rose City Comic Con. Over 32 celebs scheduled at the Portland show and Walker Stalker will also be at the same event.

It was a bit weird as at the show they announced exhibitors could sign up for 2018 at the end, then they pulled the plug on that. They recently announced they were adding shows and new dates to their schedule. I don't know how they've stayed afloat with all the problems they've had. The Portland show this year was a mess. One example: they were handing out 2016 maps to attendees. No joke.

Wizard World Portland 2018???? Can't seem to get an answer from WW if they're coming back to Portland, Oregon or not. Anyone got any info?

Looks like the guy they arrested was targeting police and was going to try and kill Jason David Frank of Power Rangers fame.

Never a matter of if, but of when. This will certainly change the landscape of security at cons. One person with a trench coat can conceal a lot and one person with enough motivation will figure out how to get it done. Glad to see no injuries or fatalities. Kudos to Phoenix PD.

Condolences to the Cavanaugh family and friends I'm not second guessing why Jim Cavanaugh did what he did, I wasn't there and don't have all the facts. I'm also not excusing what the alleged thief did, I despise thieves. This is a tragic and sad event all around. One person is dead and at least one person is going to face some sort of robbery charge and likely a manslaughter charge, perhaps murder, over $20. Next will come the civil lawsuits and the rest of the ugliness. In a lot of states if you steal something and employ any force during an act of theft, it becomes robbery instead of a simple shoplifting or theft charge. An act of recklessness resulting in death can turn that into a manslaughter or murder charge very quickly, and worse if the state has mitigating factors where death results from a criminal act - which is most states. Guy threatening you with a knife? Probably a shooting event. Guy breaking in your house in the middle of the night? Probably a shooting event. Guy seriously harming your family? Probably a shooting event. Guy walking into your business and stealing $20 in merchandise? For you brick and mortar store owners - let it walk out and call the police. I've seen people get seriously hurt trying to take action and you simply never know who you're dealing with or what might be coming your way. If you're carrying a firearm for self defense, be sure you do more than the minimum to get a conceal carry permit. Go the extra distance and take additional defensive shooting classes and get educated on the law (criminal and civil) surrounding liability and your rights. Know what you limits are and have a realistic outlook on your shooting skills. Looks like you don't need a permit in Missouri, but do yourself a favor and get some proper training so you can make the right decision if you ever have to pull that trigger. When you pull a firearm on someone, you're either 100% right or 100% wrong. Missouri has a stand your ground law, but that doesn't mean you have to place yourself in a bad situation simply because it is legally permissible. You might smoke a bad guy and have your buddies patting you on the back, but even if you're in the right you had better be prepared to lay out $50K or more to defend yourself in a wrongful death lawsuit, and more importantly prepared for the metal and emotional toll taking a life will likely bring. Worse yet, you find yourself charged with murder. 9-1-1 left them on hold? WTF?? Their call-in system must be pretty bad for this to have happened. Guaranteed lawsuit. I hope they find the thief and charge him. He set the wheels in motion and needs to answer for it.