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Super cool show!

Thanks for the con report! Our Berkeley shows are staying strong too.

Thanks to everyone for coming! Wonderful vibes at the show. Very cool to have Bunky return as well as Shin Kao.

Next shows June 24 and August 5, both on Saturday.

They are bulky. What's interesting to me is that in the last two weeks my friend told me he's doing well with Funko at his store and on ebay (presumably better, older ones?) and in Rozanski's Mile HIgh newsletter I believe he recently said that his Jason St. store turns over the entire Funko inventory every 60 days.

Vendor list for this Sunday:

Bunky Brothers (on the stage, along with artist Dan Brereton)
A-1 Comics
Cape and Cowl
Heroes
Champion
Shortboxed
DevCo Comics
Bronze Age Batcave
Steve Wyatt/Robert Humes
Lee’s Comics
Worlds of Wonder
Shin Kao
Ultra Comicbooks
JCT Comics
Sacto Sanctorum
Harvey Doss Comics
Comic Web
House of Comics
Ted’s Comics
Antone Perry
Brett's Comics
Carnage Comics
Mike’s Comics
Santa Rosa Comics
Dragstrip Comics
Bill McGregor

On 2/28/2023 at 2:14 PM, JWKyle said:

Got my war chest refilled after the Calcomic Con. I'm planning on being there 

Awesome! I was hoping you guys could make it.

One week until the show. It will be our last show until June 24, so try to make it if you can!

Nine vendors who weren't at the January show! Keeping it very fresh.

On 2/6/2023 at 11:24 PM, the blob said:

Thor 385 has sold well for a long time. I don't know why, it has an ugly cover, but these Hulk classic battle covers seem to do well.

Also, first Erik Larsen work at Marvel. And oddly, scripted by Stan Lee.

On 2/4/2023 at 6:48 PM, divad said:

Bats and Spideys for the most part, which of course are the stalwarts of any rebound. 

The lingua franca of comics!

Great conversations all day. Next show is March 5 and we should have seven new vendors at that one who didn't do the Jan. 15 show.

On 1/15/2023 at 5:29 PM, The Brain said:

 

 

Worked out that we had "full access" to the parking lot's this time.

Just in time, as we seem to have had record attendance today! Despite everyone being sick of the rain, having more rain, and three NFL games.

Also added Ed Hueck as a first-time vendor. Rain forecast looks to be improving for tomorrow. Showers until light rain right at the end of the show.

On 1/9/2023 at 7:41 AM, C. Spaulding said:

My family and I are flying in for the 49ers playoff game on Saturday and will be sticking around through the weekend so I’ll be stopping by. I’m looking forward to it!

Very cool! There's always a reason to come to the Bay Area besides our show.

Vendor update: Santa Rosa Comics can't make it but our regular vendor (and board member) JCT Comics will be setting up.

Vendor list for our show on Sunday, the 15th! Coming right up.

Record number of vendors, including two on the stage.

A-1 Comics

Harley Yee

Shortboxed

Felix Comic Art (I believe selling just printed work from artists he reps, not OA)

Comic Cellar

Bud Plant

Heroes

Champion Comics

Lee's Comics

Steve Wyatt

Batcave Comics and Toys

CWcomicsales

Comic Web

Worlds of Wonder

Harvey Doss

Dragstrip/GoDaddyO

Bronze Age Batcave

SactoSanctorum

Brett's Comics

Mike's Comics

Kalen's Collectibles

Ray Storch

DevCo Comics

Santa Rosa Comics

House of Comics (plus Wormboy with some stuff up front)

On 11/23/2022 at 11:04 AM, Conali said:

  If you’re offering a book for $300 with an OBO, why is the auto decline set at $285?

I'd just consider that a courtesy discount, like at shows where good books often get 5-10% knocked off.

On 11/21/2022 at 6:02 PM, wormboy said:

 He will have a tough time doing this again in California (he’s from Nevada). 

And, on his way home after being caught, he stopped at a shop about 30 minutes east of Sacramento and told the owner, "yeah, I was going to go to the Berkeley show today but decided to come buy from you instead." Seriously.

That would be a very cooll subset. I like it!

That seems about right. A huge frogman fondness too, of course.

I am guessing that's from Super Friends 25.

Very early in the show--I believe he stole from the first two booths up front. And we'd made it 6.5 years with zero reports of even a book missing at our show--so yeah, it's disappointing.

Was very cool having Lee Hester back and having Bud Plant for the first time. Next show is January 15. Tony Fleecs of Stray Dogs will be the guest of honor and Harley Yee will be joining us.

Attendance was very steady both per our usual and our Nov. 2021 show. Lots of new biggish buyers though. People keep finding us.