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Anytime I see that word, it ends up bad. No offense. I would prefer some type of minor tweaking that make a movie work in our era. The Doom/Richards dynamic (if Doom is in the movie) needs to be explored an is the history of the comic. Plan out a trilogy where Reed and Doom can be seen back in their school days, then intro him as a villain in the 3rd movie, or something like that. That kind of hatred/envy does not happen overnight.

I reread my post several times and I still can't find where I did that. But I guess it's easier to throw out a quick snipe than to express an actual thought.

If a writer charges a nominal fee, I can live with it. What else can they sell at a show, other than books? I do like the small number for free and x amount per book after. But an artist? A known artist, not even a big name, will make plenty of money drawing at a show. I do not see why they have to charge for a sig, or a picture. Though, if they believe the sgning will interfere with the drawing, they can limit signings to certain times.. I get that everything is a money grab, but I think it is getting out of control. And, regarding celebrity autos...don't get me started. I have been going to Trek shows for 20 years. Mostly recently at Creation shows. The part that gets me is not necessarily the Trek, but the Supernatural shows. This show has been on for 10 years and these people have made a good amount of money. The 2 leads are charging over $100 per autograph and another $100+ for photo ops! That is Shatner/Nimoy/Patrick Stewart money, and they have a lifetime of work to show. It is disheartening to me.

I recently made a caf page of my art pages and commissions and Meeley Man contacted me to check out his listings. The message was cordial, not like some of his posts that I have read here. At this time he does not have anything that I am interested in. I guess my point is that I see his posts here as a bit of expected harshness. He posts in a tone that is what he think we expect him to. I also thinks he means some of what he posts in the the way he posts it, and some of it is having fun with the past back and forths. It is a bit confusing sometimes. Does any of that make any sense?

So what is a better fight...Steve Austin fighting Bigfoot or Hulk fighting a Grizzly Bear? BTW that gif is hilarious!

That is a cooool cover. I had never seen it before.

ASM 227, Batman 240, 313, 390

Is that Bane a real guy? Daaaaaamn! Looks like a fun little show...the kind I wish were around where I live still.

We had a few of these near me before I had disposable income. Not any more that I know of. Now I am good to buy more books but the closest smaller show is Albany NY twice a year.

Ha! Pawn Stars. Hard to use a staged reality show as reference. Though I am sure most people do overvalue their "collectibles" as well as using book value instead of current sales as their level line.

I am not a dealer, but I did lend a dealer friend my convertible cart that I got from Costco. I added a removable piece of plywood on the bottom when it gets used as the 4 wheel push cart to support the wider comic boxes.

Yes, unless the coupon doesn't work.

Tried the code...loser. Now I have to pay full price for that AF15!

The claw would never hold on to that kid. I can't even get it to latch on to a stuffed bunny.

But, you have to actually purchase something in order to use the code at checkout, yes? So, either way, discount or not, you are buying something, correct?

Do tell, I have never heard that tale.

Pittsburgh used to be a great show too, 90% comics and artists. I went there twice with a friend...9 hour drive. Worth it to us. Then they got bought out. Good for them, bad for us.

Posture is important, yes, but I mean a booth with mostly comics. Even if I don't find something at your booth. All the dealers seemed to be in generally the same area. Within the first three rows of the main hall doors, and less than I would have imagined. Since I don't make it a point to go to the BIG shows, I am probably a bit out of touch with how many comic vs non comic dealers there are. I prefer a show like Baltimore, which I will be going back to soon, that is more comic centric.

Yup, and Machine Man 19 is the 1st Jason Macendale/Jack-O-Lantern . Those would be the 2 real Hobgoblins. I will pick up the Machine Man sooner or later...weird looking cover.

I went last year and I was very surprised at how few straight up comic dealers there were. I probably shouldn't have been as I have been there before, but the dealers seem to be dwindling and miscellaneous merchandise booths are multiplying.

Score! Actually, now I would wait for him to contact you, and let him guide the action. You now have nothing to lose.

Ha, cool. Just grabbed a Spectacular Spiderman 43 (first Roderick Kingsley) 9.8 white with the coupon.

+1 I'm still pretty new here, but I hate not being able to see an entire thread (up to a point). And, I also see many fewer quality sales threads popping up. Not that I was in on too many big books anyways, but I have learned a lot just by watching and reading.

I love going to the hotel shows, but they are few and far between up here in Western MASS. There even used to be a VFW (or similar) get together, or swap and sell(?) or whatever here and there, but not anymore. Sometimes it is fun just to search for books. A friend of mine runs a show up here in the Northeast and we have the discussion often about where to draw the line with artists vs actors/celebs. I think the bigger the venue, the more you start to lean towards celebs. It's a balancing act with the bottom line. One or two celebs at the right time can tip the scale in the right direction. He concentrates more on comics than on celebs, but the con competition is tough. Regarding the cosplayers aspect, I wouldn't exclude it, but maybe limit it to "body sized" costumes. There is a guy that goes to these shows in a mechanized Hulkbuster Iron man costume. It's really cumbersome. But if a family is dressed as Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and "Spider-Kid", who cares?

I don't know how true that is, but wasn't there a Big Apple / NYCBM a few years ago that was also supposed to be his last? I would believe that as long as he is floating around the scene, he will be, at least, part of a show.