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How did it go from a 9.2 to an 8.0?

Thanks to everyone who made it to the swap, either as a vendor or an attendee. There were over 150 people in the room and it was pretty hectic for a while. So many good books in the room! And it was great to put some faces to names. If you dropped off books with CGC, you made the right decision to do it at the swap, as the lines were long on Sunday. I really hope everyone had a good time! Wasn't quite the same experience as the brewery from last year, and the hotel wouldn't let people take drinks away from the bar unfortunately, but I'm already making plans with the hotel to set up a satellite bar in the lobby space in front of the comic swap room. However the room and setup was nice, and obviously the location in the same hotel as the main event and where everyone was staying was a huge bonus. There were even more people and more books than last year. Overall I'm very happy with the event, so thanks again to everyone who came! If anyone has any constructive feedback for the event, please feel free to chime in. Whatever we can do to make it a better event, we'll do. -Gene Pics coming below...

Boardies- if you want to grab a drink from the hotel bar (on us), please grab a drink ticket from us at the check-in desk. This helps us ensure we're not buying drinks for the whole hotel BJ and I (Gene) are checking everyone in and we're wearing Shortboxed t-shirts.

[Posted with Terry's permission] Looks like it's gonna be an awesome weekend full of comics! Just a reminder, on Saturday there's two awesome events: We are hosting the Comic Swap from 1:00-4:00pm in the Mesa Verde room on the first floor. There will be a lot of really nice books showing up! All collectors and dealers that will not be set up on Sunday, so it's all material you won't see at the main event. You're welcome to bring books to sell & trade, but we don't have any more table space available. Admission $10. Artist Reception from 6:00-10:00pm on the Waterfall Terrace. Meet & greet with Erik Larsen, Joe Staton, Jim Steranko, Michael Golden and Renee Witterstaetter. Bring books to get signed! Food will be provided and there will be a cash bar. Admission $30. Link to Comic Swap thread:

Short answer: yes! Longer answer: Since the event is being hosted in one of the conference rooms, they aren't able to setup a bar inside the room. However, I will be opening up a tab at the hotel bar during the event

Update: all tables sold! You're still welcome to add your name to the waitlist in case of any last-minute cancellations. Remember, you can still bring books to sell/trade as a regular paid attendee for $10, you just won't have table space.

TABLE SPACE AVAILABLE! Update: all table spaces sold We just had one extra spot open up, if anyone wants it, shoot me a DM ASAP. If there are multiple requests, I will add you to the waitlist and go through the queue in order received. -Gene

Looking forward to a great Comic Swap! If you have table space, I just sent out setup details. If you're attending, there will be a check-in table outside the room and you can just pay the $10 admission fee at the door. The room is the "Mesa Verde" room on the first floor of the hotel.

We're cancelling this event, and will plan another one in the future as soon as it makes sense to do so. -Gene We're hosting a free comic book swap in the Seattle area on Saturday, April 4! We've rented out an entire brewery, Good Brewing in Woodinville, so we'll have the entire space to ourselves to buy, sell and trade comics, pulps, and OA. We've already got 30+ RSVPs and a couple folks coming from out of state and one from Toronto! There will be tables set up for everyone, but with limited space and to ensure everyone has some space to set up, please limit yourself to 3-4 shortboxes max. Leave the full convention setups at home. We teamed up with Kihei Collectibles to put on this event after hosting a successful brewery comic book swap at Terry O'Neil's Cal Comic Con last year. And of course, nothing goes better with comics than craft beer, so we decided to rent out a brewery again and we'll definitely be picking up a few rounds for attendees. There are tons of collectors in the Pacific Northwest so we just wanted to do something fun to bring the community together and encourage some buying, selling and trading. We'll be capping the attendance at around 50 people due to space limitations, so please RSVP at the link below if you can make it! More details in the flyer and please RSVP at www.shortboxed.com/seattle I've also included a few pics from last year's Cal Comic Con swap at Stereo Brewing to give you an idea of what to expect. Note: the pics are from an event we hosted in Southern California, this new event is in a different brewery near Seattle.

Gonna be a great show! We're bringing a bunch of Golden Age slabs we haven't brought out before

All table spots are sold out! However, you don't need a table to sell/trade - all comic swap attendees are encouraged to bring books to sell or trade with others, you just won't have table space. Last year, the majority of attendees simply brought one shortbox or a backpack full of books. There may be cancellations, though, so if you want to be added to the wait list just shoot me a DM and I'll add you to the queue. Looking forward to meeting everyone and having an awesome comic swap! -Gene

Only 2 table spots left! Thanks to everyone who has locked up table space or bought a ticket to attend. Gonna be a great event The room for the event is booked and we won't be able to add any more tables. If you don't get a table space, you can obviously still attend to buy/sell/trade, you just won't have a table space. Plenty of people just brought books in their backpacks last year to show around. However, if you want a space, shoot me a DM ASAP to lock it up. -Gene

Only 3 half-table spaces left! The room for the event is booked and we won't be able to add any more tables. If you don't get a table space, you can obviously still attend to buy/sell/trade, you just won't have a table space. Plenty of people just brought books in their backpacks last year to show around. However, if you want a space, shoot me a DM ASAP to lock it up. -Gene

Case in point

Only 8 out of 30 table spaces left! If you want to secure a table, please send me a PM! Just to clarify, you can attend without reserving a table space. This is just for people who want some space to put out books for sale/trade.

Great point Terry - avoid the long CGC lines on Sunday by dropping off at the swap on Saturday

If anyone has questions or wants info on the official Comic Swap on Saturday, Jan 25 there is a separate thread for that event here:

For the second year in a row, we'll be hosting the official Cal Comic Con Comic Swap on Saturday, January 25, 2020 from 1:00-4:00pm - the day before the main event on Sunday. Last year we held it in a brewery, but this year with the con moving to a bigger and better venue at the Westin South Coast Plaza Hotel in Costa Mesa, we'll be hosting the comic swap in the same hotel, so all 3 of the weekend's official events will be in one place. What is the Comic Swap? The event is open to anyone to attend with $10 paid admission. You can bring comics to sell or trade, and collectors and dealers will also be setting up tables to sell & trade as well. None of the people setting up tables will be setting up at the show on Sunday, so it will be completely different books than Sunday. It's a chance for collectors to set up and sell & trade with each other, and last year many dealers were buying up books as well. Over 75 collectors came last year, nearly everyone with books to sell & trade. There were some amazing books in the room and some big deals went down. And yes, even though we're not hosting in a brewery this year, we will still be buying beers. If you only want to attend but don't need table space, you can pre-pay admission on the Cal Comic Con website and bundle it with the Saturday evening Artist Reception and Sunday main event. How do I reserve a table? We are only offering 3' half-table spaces and there are only 30 total spaces available. More than half are already accounted for from either dealers that are not setting up on Sunday or from people who attended last year. We are taking an interest list NOW, so if you'd like a table, please send me a PM ASAP and I'll add you to the interest list. I'll go down the list in the order that I receive them and follow up with you to confirm and pay the $30 table fee. There will not be enough table spaces for everyone who wants one, so if you don't get one, you can of course still attend and bring comics to sell & trade, you just won't have table space. Again, if you want a space, there are only a few available, so please send me a PM ASAP and I'll add you to the interest list and I'll reach out to everyone in order until all spaces are taken, which shouldn't last long. Cal Comic Con Event Thread This event thread is only for the Cal Comic Con Comic Swap. If you have questions about the Artist Reception on Saturday evening or the main event on Sunday, please go to the official event thread here: https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/455235-california-comic-convention-2020-calcomiccon/ Below are some photos from last year:

We're hosting a free comic swap this Sunday in San Jose, CA. Well, specifically Campbell. Our last swap had 30+ people show up with books to sell and trade. There's a mix of everything that shows up; all genres, raw and slabs, cheap and expensive. A lot of trading. It's a ton of fun and I hope to see a couple boardies there! See flyer for more details.

Option #4

We flew from Seattle and shipped our booth and slabs. It wasn't cheap, so thanks to everyone who picked something up