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15 hours ago, Stevemmg said:

I’m really hoping this great tradition hasn’t come to an end. Any update?  Thanks sir. 

It's not ending, Steve, just put on hiatus for this year. There will be some kind of get together on that Saturday, but most likely informal. I'll pass along more once I have more info 

29 minutes ago, greggy said:

I'm in for this dumpster fire.

Booked hotel and flight.

Great PQ on those books, too 

41 minutes ago, bc said:

I'm a fan of half grades. My favorite grade for my PHM collection is :

Could post more, but want to keep this thread inclusive

-bc

 

 

59 minutes ago, entalmighty1 said:

I was told I needed to identify any books over $5,000, but I only have a 200k policy, so that may have something to do with it.  I have no idea.   

That was their old policy. They changed it to 25K some months ago

2 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

If not Gibson’s, then why not approach Maria’s or Capitol Grill.  Also, there are two brew pubs near the park that have great food and may room to increased crowd occupancy. 

Cheers, Cat

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We're discussing all kinds of options, Cat. Nothing concrete yet, however. I'll let people know once we come to some agreement 

2 minutes ago, mysterio said:

And this beauty just arrived in the mail. The spine (other than that top corner) and the color are ridiculous.

5 minutes ago, mysterio said:

Looks like I'm a little late to the #82 party, but here is mine:

That's REALLY nice 

@bc @ Pontoon Thanks for the kind words. It was a beautiful copy that I won off eBay many moons ago. Ah, the good ol' days 

After some discussion,  it's been decided that there won't be a dinner at Gibsons this year 

Hopefully, we'll come up with some alternative 

11 minutes ago, mysterio said:

Wish I was going this year, but the timing is bad. Hope this tradition stays alive!

Here's hoping 

Since we've been discussing WW Chicago, it's probably a good time to  this thread 

8 hours ago, Monster's Lair Comics said:

After doing this show for the past three years, I think think this will be a hard pass this year. Not worth 20+ hours each way to set up at an expensive show with no guest list, no communication to dealers, and declining sales year to year. It’s such a shame, going to this show used to be a highlight of the year.....

17 minutes ago, Golden Memories said:

You are right Wizard has changed stratagies , I was at an exhibitor  meeting 2 or 3 years ago , can't remember, when   and they stated their goal was to have (If memory serves) 40 shows a year 

Now they have obviously retrenched,   and I also agree about Pittsburgh 

That's  their 1st show there and PA is a tough saturated Market,  its 6 weeks away and to have NO information at all posted

and to not be able to buy tickets at this point is a HUGE  red flag .

To me, there are only 2 explanations 

1) because of the increased competition, they are holding all announcements  for every show until after the previous event 

    if so Pittsburgh should be filled next week  

2) They are holding on event to event  

Chicago tickets are sold out so hopefully that will be a good show  all around

 

3) Wizard doesn't have the money to cover the advances necessary to book the comic/celebrity guests

2 minutes ago, mysterio said:

You may be right about them when it comes to Chicago, as this show has always been a flagship if not THE for WW. 

That being said, even a casual review of Wizard’s history shows a huge number of cancellations. Most notably they announced a show in Albuquerque in three consecutive years and then cancelled all three. With a straight face. 

A year or two ago they also announced a strategy of new shows in smaller cities (Springfield, MO; Peoria, IL; Mobile, AL; and another that escapes me). Those were also cancelled a few weeks later. 

No guest list for Pittsburgh at this late stage is a bit of a red flag. The lack of 2020 dates for NO is out of character for Wizard, as they’ve been announced immediately at the close of the current year NO show for at least 4-5 years. Normally Chicago is the last show on their schedule I’d be worried about, but they should at least have a few guests by now.  

Art is spot on. Wizard Chicago pays for all the other Wizard shows. While there has been little doubt in my mind that the con will go on this year, current ownership is doing everything it can to run the show into the ground 

3 hours ago, bc said:

Other than some World of Fantasy issues, this was one of the first slabbed PHMs added to the Vault

8 hours ago, Red84 said:

On 6/4/2019 at 11:19 PM, greggy said:

Probably

Can't say I'm going if Joey is going cuz he's skipping the show. 

Somehow that doesn't surprise me 

1 hour ago, Stevemmg said:

A big highlight of the show for me every year.  

Steve! 

3 hours ago, Logan510 said:

I'd be interested.

Thanks for the reply, Josh