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14 minutes ago, mysterio said:

I started on them back in the very late 80s while still in high school. I was a Spider-man and Hulk fan, so in addition to their main titles I also started going after TTA for the Hulk stories (didn't really care about Ant/Giant Man back then). While looking for TTA at shops and the one show I could get to (the OG Chicago Comicon, Christmas in July every year) I started stumbling across the first pre-hero Marvels I got to see. I started buying TTAs way back then, too bad I never bought any of the #13s or #27s I saw!

Fond, fond memories of those shows 

Okay, so I contacted my people and they told me that it's a different company putting this on, but they used the ACE acronym. It's being put on by Atomic Crush Events (ACE) in June at the Rosemont Convention Center

https://www.comicconrevolution.com/chicago/

The sharks are circling,  it would seem

I don't blame you. It just a sad state of affairs that Wizard Chicago has lost so much of its luster 

Those are fantastic looking copies 

19 minutes ago, Ltpink2002 said:

Here you go, Corey. Original thread about the find (long read)

Later thread that provides a synopsis (short read)

34 minutes ago, JollyComics said:

Sirloin at Gibson's?

Prime rib and filet, actually 

3 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

Did anyone take any pictures? 

I got a few from the Gibsons dinner and Bedrock City wall books, but that was it. Unfortunately wasn't able to get around and take more pics 

1 minute ago, mysterio said:

Too many of their decisions in the past several years point in that direction to come to any other conclusion. 

This

Seems legit 

Don't they normally release next year's dates during the show? Interesting 

3 hours ago, eewwnuk said:

If you were at the show looking for oa or commissions, this wasnt the show for you.   The artist alley list was pretty bad.  

You could've approached the pumpkin carving guy about commissions 

1 hour ago, mysterio said:

Any word on 2019 dates? If they have that 5 year contract then they should have an idea of dates to publicize. 

8 minutes ago, JollyComics said:

I didn't attend the shows -- conflicted with schools on the first week.  I only managed to trade comic books outside of the convention at the hotel. The dealer told me that few people showed up on Thursday and Friday.  How's about today?

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend today. Hopefully someone that was there today will let us know

The few dealers I asked said they were having a good show, for what that's worth

The group checking out CentaurMan's awesome pedigree copies

Some pics from the dinner:

Stuart Sayger (standing), CentaurMan (seated), Moondog (to his left), Pedigreeman (back facing camera)

Another great dinner. Thank you to everyone that made the evening so special 

2 hours ago, electricprune said:

They weren’t just a gift. They were a VERY generous gift that was completely unexpected.??

Steve told me he really liked the Flying Pig 

3 hours ago, lou_fine said:

So, I guess this is your kind and diplomatic way of saying this is $350 worth of my hard earned money for these 2 POS "graded" books that I will never ever see again even if I wait for Hell to freeze over.  

Underthebigw added to the list for tonight 

22 hours ago, thirdgreenham said:

Well, every once in a while Mike shouts out “David!!!!!” 

Yeah, it's David Arnold. He just walked by sporting his shades