n3rdout

Came to add my 2 cents after the end of HeroesCon yesterday. This is the first year that I'm seeing more and more creators having a fee or some sort of free book cap and then charging after that. The random prices are what drove me mad! The ones that have been charging for years, I already knew they would this year, but they ones that have never charged are what threw me completely off. Skottie Young had a 10 book for free cap and then each book after was $5. Charles Soule was 3 for free and then $5 after that. Then I get to Mike McKone and he is $10 per book, which nothing I have from him is worth that to me (tbf, he and some others would do it for free if it was personalized). To make matters worse, I only found this out at their booth. Meaning I had books for people that I ended up not even needing, due to not wanting to pay. The paying is not even the problem, the inconsistencies and not knowing beforehand are what drove me insane. The funny part is, I normally always tip if there is a jar or charity donation jar, but Mike McKone being $10 per book made me not want to even stop at his booth. I mean, I won't even bother going to his booth in the future either. When you have Mike Zeck charging $5 per book, then Mike McKone charging $10 is laughable. Skottie Young even had a dice game you could play at his booth to try and win the right to pay for a sketch, which is actually awesome since he doesn't take commissions anymore. Plus, they would allow me to get back in line to get more books signed. So, that and a combination of getting friends to stand with me, I was able to get all of my Skottie Young books signed. I still had a blast, but it was annoying having to deal with this from most of the people I needed signatures from. Realistically, we can all blame the resellers that roll in with their flatbed carts and 10 boxes, with stacks of 50-100 for each creator for all of this.