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So, got home late last night, unpacked and passed out.  LONGGG day.  O well.  It was a fun weekend, but I will say, the show really lost a lot of the charm it used to have.  This year they expanded to a third location, so the con is split amongst three parts.  The Expo center, which had the majority of vendors along with some celebrity guests (Amy Jo Johnson, John Rhyes-Davies, Cal Dodd) etc. The Annex, where the artists were, and the SNHU arena, which is across the street.  There, they had the TMNT movie and voice actors, along with more vendors.  Each time you went from one location to another, you had to go through security (bag check and metal detector).  This was NOT good, because there were long lines to go through, slowing things down.  And it was ONE line, so those of us with VIP had to wait with single day people.  Another annoyance was how they handled the groups of movie and TV shows.  I had my TMNT #1 movie poster and a limited edition Mondo poster from SDCC to get signed.  You had to wait on EACH actors line one at a time.  So you would wait for Rob Paulson, then get on another line for Barry, etc.  They would have to take breaks to go to panels or photos etc.  It was a mess.  They should have just done one line for all 4 (or 6 with the movie actors) and just walk down and get whoever you want or don't).  
I can't post pictures of the posters I had signed, too big to photograph.  Other than that, here's what I picked up.  First up my original "Back from the sewers" Gameboy from a kid.  Steve had some fun with this and defaced Kev's turtle head.  Love it! Also had them sign my NES copy of the Arcade game.  Good times.  I was able to add to my Omnibus.  I've gotten a bunch of artists to each do a Casey Head.  So we have Freddie Williams, Chris Allen, Jim Lawson, Frank Fosco, Dan Bergery, Steve Lavigne, Michael Dooney, Eric Talbot, Kevin Eastman, Mark Bode, and Ken Mitchrooney.  I picked up from Kevin Steve's original color's from Bodycount.  Grabbed a super shredder from Aaron Hazouri.  Not sure if everyone knows who he is, but he's a fan artist who got really good and now does some of the stuff for NECA.  I like his style.  Gotta break this up into another post cause too many big attachments I guess.  
 
 

So, got home late last night, unpacked and passed out.  LONGGG day.  O well.  It was a fun weekend, but I will say, the show really lost a lot of the charm it used to have.  This year they expanded to a third location, so the con is split amongst three parts.  The Expo center, which had the majority of vendors along with some celebrity guests (Amy Jo Johnson, John Rhyes-Davies, Cal Dodd) etc. The Annex, where the artists were, and the SNHU arena, which is across the street.  There, they had the TMNT movie and voice actors, along with more vendors.  Each time you went from one location to another, you had to go through security (bag check and metal detector).  This was NOT good, because there were long lines to go through, slowing things down.  And it was ONE line, so those of us with VIP had to wait with single day people.  Another annoyance was how they handled the groups of movie and TV shows.  I had my TMNT #1 movie poster and a limited edition Mondo poster from SDCC to get signed.  You had to wait on EACH actors line one at a time.  So you would wait for Rob Paulson, then get on another line for Barry, etc.  They would have to take breaks to go to panels or photos etc.  It was a mess.  They should have just done one line for all 4 (or 6 with the movie actors) and just walk down and get whoever you want or don't).  
I can't post pictures of the posters I had signed, too big to photograph.  Other than that, here's what I picked up.  First up my original "Back from the sewers" Gameboy from a kid.  Steve had some fun with this and defaced Kev's turtle head.  Love it! Also had them sign my NES copy of the Arcade game.  Good times.  I was able to add to my Omnibus.  I've gotten a bunch of artists to each do a Casey Head.  So we have Freddie Williams, Chris Allen, Jim Lawson, Frank Fosco, Dan Bergery, Steve Lavigne, Michael Dooney, Eric Talbot, Kevin Eastman, Mark Bode, and Ken Mitchrooney.  I picked up from Kevin Steve's original color's from Bodycount.  Grabbed a super shredder from Aaron Hazouri.  Not sure if everyone knows who he is, but he's a fan artist who got really good and now does some of the stuff for NECA.  I like his style.  Gotta break this up into another post cause too many big attachments I guess.  
 
 

So, got home late last night, unpacked and passed out.  LONGGG day.  O well.  It was a fun weekend, but I will say, the show really lost a lot of the charm it used to have.  This year they expanded to a third location, so the con is split amongst three parts.  The Expo center, which had the majority of vendors along with some celebrity guests (Amy Jo Johnson, John Rhyes-Davies, Cal Dodd) etc. The Annex, where the artists were, and the SNHU arena, which is across the street.  There, they had the TMNT movie and voice actors, along with more vendors.  Each time you went from one location to another, you had to go through security (bag check and metal detector).  This was NOT good, because there were long lines to go through, slowing things down.  And it was ONE line, so those of us with VIP had to wait with single day people.  Another annoyance was how they handled the groups of movie and TV shows.  I had my TMNT #1 movie poster and a limited edition Mondo poster from SDCC to get signed.  You had to wait on EACH actors line one at a time.  So you would wait for Rob Paulson, then get on another line for Barry, etc.  They would have to take breaks to go to panels or photos etc.  It was a mess.  They should have just done one line for all 4 (or 6 with the movie actors) and just walk down and get whoever you want or don't).  
I can't post pictures of the posters I had signed, too big to photograph.  Other than that, here's what I picked up.  First up my original "Back from the sewers" Gameboy from a kid.  Steve had some fun with this and defaced Kev's turtle head.  Love it! Also had them sign my NES copy of the Arcade game.  Good times.  I was able to add to my Omnibus.  I've gotten a bunch of artists to each do a Casey Head.  So we have Freddie Williams, Chris Allen, Jim Lawson, Frank Fosco, Dan Bergery, Steve Lavigne, Michael Dooney, Eric Talbot, Kevin Eastman, Mark Bode, and Ken Mitchrooney.  I picked up from Kevin Steve's original color's from Bodycount.  Grabbed a super shredder from Aaron Hazouri.  Not sure if everyone knows who he is, but he's a fan artist who got really good and now does some of the stuff for NECA.  I like his style.  Gotta break this up into another post cause too many big attachments I guess.  
 
 

Sorry, he’s not coming today. A shame, glad he made it to Portsmouth. Sitting on line waiting to rob Paulson and cam Clark and then driving home. Will post my pick ups later tonight or tomorrow night when I get a chance to unpack and organize. 

Let the fun begin!

So, got home late last night, unpacked and passed out.  LONGGG day.  O well.  It was a fun weekend, but I will say, the show really lost a lot of the charm it used to have.  This year they expanded to a third location, so the con is split amongst three parts.  The Expo center, which had the majority of vendors along with some celebrity guests (Amy Jo Johnson, John Rhyes-Davies, Cal Dodd) etc. The Annex, where the artists were, and the SNHU arena, which is across the street.  There, they had the TMNT movie and voice actors, along with more vendors.  Each time you went from one location to another, you had to go through security (bag check and metal detector).  This was NOT good, because there were long lines to go through, slowing things down.  And it was ONE line, so those of us with VIP had to wait with single day people.  Another annoyance was how they handled the groups of movie and TV shows.  I had my TMNT #1 movie poster and a limited edition Mondo poster from SDCC to get signed.  You had to wait on EACH actors line one at a time.  So you would wait for Rob Paulson, then get on another line for Barry, etc.  They would have to take breaks to go to panels or photos etc.  It was a mess.  They should have just done one line for all 4 (or 6 with the movie actors) and just walk down and get whoever you want or don't).  
I can't post pictures of the posters I had signed, too big to photograph.  Other than that, here's what I picked up.  First up my original "Back from the sewers" Gameboy from a kid.  Steve had some fun with this and defaced Kev's turtle head.  Love it! Also had them sign my NES copy of the Arcade game.  Good times.  I was able to add to my Omnibus.  I've gotten a bunch of artists to each do a Casey Head.  So we have Freddie Williams, Chris Allen, Jim Lawson, Frank Fosco, Dan Bergery, Steve Lavigne, Michael Dooney, Eric Talbot, Kevin Eastman, Mark Bode, and Ken Mitchrooney.  I picked up from Kevin Steve's original color's from Bodycount.  Grabbed a super shredder from Aaron Hazouri.  Not sure if everyone knows who he is, but he's a fan artist who got really good and now does some of the stuff for NECA.  I like his style.  Gotta break this up into another post cause too many big attachments I guess.  
 
 

So, got home late last night, unpacked and passed out.  LONGGG day.  O well.  It was a fun weekend, but I will say, the show really lost a lot of the charm it used to have.  This year they expanded to a third location, so the con is split amongst three parts.  The Expo center, which had the majority of vendors along with some celebrity guests (Amy Jo Johnson, John Rhyes-Davies, Cal Dodd) etc. The Annex, where the artists were, and the SNHU arena, which is across the street.  There, they had the TMNT movie and voice actors, along with more vendors.  Each time you went from one location to another, you had to go through security (bag check and metal detector).  This was NOT good, because there were long lines to go through, slowing things down.  And it was ONE line, so those of us with VIP had to wait with single day people.  Another annoyance was how they handled the groups of movie and TV shows.  I had my TMNT #1 movie poster and a limited edition Mondo poster from SDCC to get signed.  You had to wait on EACH actors line one at a time.  So you would wait for Rob Paulson, then get on another line for Barry, etc.  They would have to take breaks to go to panels or photos etc.  It was a mess.  They should have just done one line for all 4 (or 6 with the movie actors) and just walk down and get whoever you want or don't).  
I can't post pictures of the posters I had signed, too big to photograph.  Other than that, here's what I picked up.  First up my original "Back from the sewers" Gameboy from a kid.  Steve had some fun with this and defaced Kev's turtle head.  Love it! Also had them sign my NES copy of the Arcade game.  Good times.  I was able to add to my Omnibus.  I've gotten a bunch of artists to each do a Casey Head.  So we have Freddie Williams, Chris Allen, Jim Lawson, Frank Fosco, Dan Bergery, Steve Lavigne, Michael Dooney, Eric Talbot, Kevin Eastman, Mark Bode, and Ken Mitchrooney.  I picked up from Kevin Steve's original color's from Bodycount.  Grabbed a super shredder from Aaron Hazouri.  Not sure if everyone knows who he is, but he's a fan artist who got really good and now does some of the stuff for NECA.  I like his style.  Gotta break this up into another post cause too many big attachments I guess.  
 
 

Sorry, he’s not coming today. A shame, glad he made it to Portsmouth. Sitting on line waiting to rob Paulson and cam Clark and then driving home. Will post my pick ups later tonight or tomorrow night when I get a chance to unpack and organize. 

CGC WILL grade it, if it falls within the dimensions of a comic, 10-1/2" tall x 7-5/8" wide x 1/4" thick, which it may.    https://www.cgccomics.com/submit/collectibles-we-grade/
or if a bit too thick, they can use a magazine holder:
CGC grades most magazines that fit within the following dimensions: 11-1/2" tall x 8-7/8" wide x 1/2" thick (except magazines with hard covers or jeweled covers). These titles include (but are not limited to) Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Time, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest and TV Guide, as well as comic magazines.
It could have some decent value, since it is a signed and numbered limited edition.
 

Let the fun begin!

Sadly he’s not. Honestly the con has got great guests but has really lost a lot of its appeal. They have super strict security here now and every time you leave an area you have to be rechecked by security. So going from where the voice actors are to where the artists are requires you to go through security twice.  Going back and forth is a real hassle. Trying to take a load off my ankle before the film tonight. 

Let the fun begin!

Let the fun begin!

Let the fun begin!

I'm flying in from a talk in DC late Friday night and staying on-site, let me know if you wanna grab dinner Saturday night.

Just a warning to everyone.  Apparently a bunch of pages have flooded the market and they are being wrongly marketed.  I was perusing Anthony and Romitaman's sites as I typically do looking for Eastman and Laird pages and found that they each have what they claim are pages from Fun with Guns (the backup story added to the second print of Raphael #1).  They claim they're original art, but they're not.  In actuality, they're the stets that Michael Dooney made when he worked on Shell Shocked in 89, taking the OA and copying it to then tone the pages for them all to match.  It's why it's signed by Dooney (even though Anthony thinks it's lairds signature apparently).  Given the heft asking prices (anywhere from $4,500-$6,500 per page) I wanted to warn you guys before buying them, since not everyone knows this is not what is being advertised.   

Just a warning to everyone.  Apparently a bunch of pages have flooded the market and they are being wrongly marketed.  I was perusing Anthony and Romitaman's sites as I typically do looking for Eastman and Laird pages and found that they each have what they claim are pages from Fun with Guns (the backup story added to the second print of Raphael #1).  They claim they're original art, but they're not.  In actuality, they're the stets that Michael Dooney made when he worked on Shell Shocked in 89, taking the OA and copying it to then tone the pages for them all to match.  It's why it's signed by Dooney (even though Anthony thinks it's lairds signature apparently).  Given the heft asking prices (anywhere from $4,500-$6,500 per page) I wanted to warn you guys before buying them, since not everyone knows this is not what is being advertised.   

Just a warning to everyone.  Apparently a bunch of pages have flooded the market and they are being wrongly marketed.  I was perusing Anthony and Romitaman's sites as I typically do looking for Eastman and Laird pages and found that they each have what they claim are pages from Fun with Guns (the backup story added to the second print of Raphael #1).  They claim they're original art, but they're not.  In actuality, they're the stets that Michael Dooney made when he worked on Shell Shocked in 89, taking the OA and copying it to then tone the pages for them all to match.  It's why it's signed by Dooney (even though Anthony thinks it's lairds signature apparently).  Given the heft asking prices (anywhere from $4,500-$6,500 per page) I wanted to warn you guys before buying them, since not everyone knows this is not what is being advertised.   

Not sure if you guys have been reading the Batman/TMNT IDW book, but was really glad to pick this page up recently.  Absolutely love the toning and look on these!