Another Heroes in the books.
And another great show. It seemed like dealers were ready to make money. I saw great prices, and didnt really scoff at anything.
As usual bought books from Rick, Dale and Harley. My wife got a Star Wars #1 from Mario and about 75 Flash comics from the 60s/70s. 30 of which were from a dollar bin which was amazing.
Met with Tom Lyle again, who is probably the most friendly creator there. Loves to talk and has great stories to tell. He graciously signed 25 Batman & Robin books, a page of original art from Detective and he did a sketch cover ($100) I tipped him $40 for his Heroes Initiative for signing all that. I talked to him several times during the weekend.
Jim Shooter was great as well. I handed him GI Joe 33, which I have been collecting sigs on. His eyes got big and he said I love seeing this book. I told him that Joe was the title that got me collecting comics. He replied that that was their intention. That a kid may not care who Daredevil is, but they know GI Joe and Star Wars. I told him it worked, and he thanked me and shook my hand. A touching moment. Now that guy with 5 long boxes for Shooter....
Good to meet Garcia-Lopez, though he didnt talk much. Joe Galeia was great, as well as others I got including Beatty and Hanna.
I saw dealers start packing up at 3 on Sunday. That may be a new record
Here are the big books I got, and the sketch from Lyle.
And here's a cosplay pic, I was Robin.
And now the wait begins again for next year!