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Current Vendor list, with a few notes: A-1 Comics Lee's Comics (has a killer new Marvel collection) Shortboxed Champion Comics Heroes CW Comic Sales Worlds of Wonder (EdgerX) (highlights from a great new collection) MDComics Plus (going to have 28 feet of table space there!) ComicWeb Brett's Comics Harvey Doss (bringing his entire brick and mortar store--180 shortboxes) Drag Strip Comics (Lou spent the pandemic picking off key book after key book, including lots of esoteric stuff) House of Comics (way more than I brought to San Jose) Kalen's Collectibles (at the last show, specializing in 80s and up slabs) Santa Rosa Comics (hundreds of new ten cent books, albeit more Dell than the exciting companies) Ray Storch JCTComics DevcoComics (check out the IG) Bronze Age Batcave (always getting new boxes from CGC) Sacto Sanctorum (generally 80s and up) Castle of Doom (some big oldschool toys, some comics)

Tim and I are happy to announce that the Berkeley Adult School has just started renting the big room again and we have our next comic show on Sunday, September 26. Thanks to those of you who braved the Veterans Hall a month ago, but we are back to the usual place with twice the comics and big, free parking lot. The vendor lineup not only has the return of CWcomicsales, Ray Storch, and myself, but at least five new to the show vendors, so there will be a huge amount of fresh stuff. A lot of dealers will be able to return to their full 16 feet setups as well. We do have one change, which should help us socially distance just a tad. Early admission from 11 to noon will now be $15 and admission from noon to five will stay at $10. Wormboy is killing it on the Instagram @berkeleycomicshow Website: www.berkeleycomicshow.com (Can't make this show? Our next show after this is on Saturday, November 6.)

Probably Lou--Drag Strip Comics. He will be at the Berkeley show Sept. 26.

Yeah, Berkeley's a great enough comics town as it is. Adding Phil would make it crazy good! (We did lose Image Comics though...)

1) thanks for the report! 2) Definitely happening next year. August 21 is the date for this new, annual show. 3) The crowd was free-spending and this was a great inaugural effort. 4) Definitely a Steve Wyatt show and everything was really smooth. As always, he has a great guest list and they will call it a comic fest next year which is an echo of his Big Wow Comic Fest, which is a much missed show in San Jose. 5) covid-wise, masks are required everywhere indoors here and the statewide vaccine check goes into effect Sept. 20 for events 1,000 people and up. Stockton is way more than 1,000 people and despite it being held a week before Sept. 20, they are requiring proof of vaccine or very recent covid test. This San Jose show was quite roomy and spread out--very nice vibe.

See everyone tomorrow!

Cool group shot! I had the Golden Helmet one as a kid and reread it a dozen times. Great format. The others aren't familiar but I probably saw a few of them when I chose the Fleece one at the store originally.

I got trapped in that second small room myself. I was in the middle and couldn't go out either door. Had to finally ask someone with a backpack to flatten against someone else for a second so I could escape.

What great, varied pickups! Everyone wanted us to do a show ASAP and we were so sad that no venues were available to us for a late June show, followed by early August. The regular venue at the adult school is opening up rentals starting Sept. 1 and we are discussing dates with them for more fall shows. Announcement soon, I'm pretty sure.

You know, for when you don't have an anvil handy in your pocket, for dropping purposes. Any piano in a storm.

This is supposed to become an annual show and considering it's from the guy behind Big Wow, which was a sweet show with a good comics core, it has a good chance to grow into something we look forward to on the calendar. I'll be setting up with Harvey. I'm sure Edger will have a reload of $3 books as well as the usual new gold, silver and bronze priced as marked.

Omigod Pov, I love this new genre, drop the piano covers.

The Shortboxed setup was dreamy and so professional. They are really going places. The Terry selection was dreamy too and it was kind of just his alternate stock.I did miss A-1 having all the longboxes of silver bronze raws. If you liked the Lee's Comics booth, that was pretty much just his latest batch he's processed on the wall and everything else pulled from his ebay stock, so check out his ebay store. He's a board member too.

You're referring to board member EdgerX's famous $3 pile. Usually it's spread out, but he had it all boxed up and in order this time. He had to split space with board member HarvDoss. We'll be announcing fall dates for the old location soon and it has twice as many comics. Kudos to the fans for withstanding old school crowded conditions (or old San Diego at noon on a Saturday) and to the vendors for loading in up a long, winding ramp. We've definitely trained everyone to bring $10 cash to get in the door so the line just flies.

Another great DC collector was able to get one of the last All-Stars and one of his final three World's Finests he needs from Terry too. Terry gave me a nice deal on a Thor 129 too.

Awww! Sweet! Tim and I set the place up this afternoon. Be careful on stage meeting the artists--not a lot of room up there.

Gathering of the tribe, tomorrow!

Oh-reminder. The website has a wantlist feature which we send to all the vendors in advance and then notify you of any hits. Especially good for the obscure stuff that otherwise might be left back at the warehouse. All these vendors have so much stuff they can't bring to the show, unless requested.

One week to go!

Congrats on being named one of the forumites of the year! Well-deserved. Hopefully we will have a Berkeley show the first weekend in November that coincides with the Alameda fair.

I imagine the vendors are very well stocked these days as shows are just starting to get rolling around here. Three rooms of comics! First show in the core Bay Area counties. This show we have: Terry's Comics A-1 Comics Heroes Champion Comics Silverweb Lee's Comics Harvey Doss Worlds of Wonder (Edger X) Shortboxed Bronze Age Batcave Ray Storch Drag Strip Comics Both Fantastic Comics (CW on the boards and the Berkeley LCS) Mike Jeter ComicWeb Brett's Comics Also want to say, Harley Yee and Superworld have both contacted me recently and they will return to be part of future shows again.

Will post the vendor lineup very soon!

No parking lot but it is suburban with a school across the street. Ie, almost no one parking on the street. The school also has what, a 35 car parking lot? San Pablo just a big block or so away and Plaza Bart and El Cerrito Plaza with huge parking lots just five or so blocks away.

Newbold's book is The Forensic Comicologist.

Tim and I are super happy to have our convention return, even if we couldn't return to our preferred venue. Next show is at the El Cerrito Veterans Hall, near El Cerrito Plaza BART. Happy to say that Terry's Comics is coming up from southern California and that we have Dan Brereton as our guest of honor. Street parking should be significantly better than our first years at the Berkeley Senior Center. Many board members setting up. www.berkeleycomicshow.com