I hit the Windy City show yesterday, was fun, and have a few observations:
- lots of Weird Tales, Spicy __ Stories, Argosy, Western, Amazing Stories -- I am curious if those are the most collected, or simply the most common?
- lots of reprints, I wasn't aware that was such a big deal
- I didn't see a ton of what I'd call "big books" -- as a relative newbie though I'm not sure I'd even recognize them
- to my eye, the ratio of cool to generic/drek seems higher in pulps than comics -- but I think people's mileage would vary on this
- more comics than I expected at the show based on the advertising
- I couldn't stay for the Fri night auction, but walked through the preview room and the condition on many of those books was incredible!