TheWatcher

1 hour ago, 1Cool said:

Wow - that is scary empty considering pictures of past Cons.  

The crowds have picked up since then. It's a decent turnout

4 hours ago, wikked said:

I'm less than an hour from Chicago, and am trying to give you hundreds of dollars, but you won't answer your pm's anymore

I got people confused. Nevermind 

A sad day for the hobby with the passing of Russ Heath. May he rest in peace

8 hours ago, comicquant said:

I'm thinking about driving up early Sunday from Indy...  Sort of a last minute decision so wanted to ask if its possible to grab a ticket/pass at the door?  

I doubt that'll be an issue, Josh, especially on Sunday 

1 hour ago, 1Cool said:

What the heck is that in the bag on the table??  Chocolate ding dongs is what it looks like.

Cigars. They were a gift for electricprune 

Thanks to everyone that attended and made the sushi dinner a FANTASTIC time 

The sushi dinner has the greggy seal of approval  

2 hours ago, Stevemmg said:

Dave Kapelka has a nice 9.0 in his case. 

Thanks for the heads-up, Steve. I'll see you at the dinner 

32 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

 

Yes, starting to look a bit like one of those CGC graded books when they was going through one of their real extremely loose grading time periods.  And to top it off, supposedly White Pages which is a real killer for a book from jay's point of view.  

This is what happens when you go into an auction too late and you end up putting in tracking bids or sure fire losing bids that are too high.  

I am just glad it didn't hit my max bid.  

Also found a 5.5 "graded copy" of Brenda Starr 14 with the classic Kamen bondage cover from some grading company called CGGroup World.  No idea what that is, but it definitely looks quite a bit nicer and more tightly graded than the Archie 50 above, which means it must have undisclosed restoration for sure.   If I remember correctly, it cost me about twice as much for the Brenda Starr as compared to the Archie 50.    

The good thing about being a long term collector though, is that time tends to heal all things, including bad purchasing mistakes hopefully.    

CGG was PGX's original name before being forced to change it, as it too closely resembled CGC

31 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Was he around 30 years old, about 6' tall with short dark hair? Might be David Arnold. 

That would be my guess

45 minutes ago, jsilverjanet said:

Theres a lot of stuff to buy. I saw what people purchased before I even showed up and still brought about 2 short boxes full.

This. Not sure what you collect, but there's a lot of quality GA books at the show. Prices tend to match the quality of the material, especially the high end stuff, but there's plenty of other books that aren't early Actions or Schomburg Timelys. That been said, I know someone that was looking for a GSX 1 and couldn't find a dealer with a copy at the show 

8 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

And who can forget these?

Wacky Packs were so awesome! Never got the complete collection as a kid, but, damn, I tried 

People attending

TheWatcher

joeypost 

Logan510 + Emily 

greggy 

Moondog

electricprune 

Sharkey

Sharpcomics.com + Erica

BitterOldMan + ghilliebear 

It was a blast to see a ton of boardies at the show, and spend time chatting with them. Thursday was surprisingly well attend, and they were eager to spend money

3 hours ago, mysterio said:

Still hoping for pics, and any intel on 2019 dates won’t hurt either...

Working in it. I actually had to work at the convention today 

Just now, jsilverjanet said:

did you see Greggy?

No. Wasn't there long enough to run into him. I'm sure he'll complain about something when I see him tomorrow 

1 hour ago, Chip Cataldo said:

Here's some stuff I used to have. I've got more pics, I just have to find them. 

I had the Spirograph as a kid. Really enjoyed making designs with it

49 minutes ago, Red84 said:

Looking forward to Friday. Already have a book waiting to be picked up at Metropolis. 

Set-up day today. Saw Bob Storms at the registration table, and Dale Roberts going through dealer boxes

Just now, electricprune said:

Steve backed out?

No, I copied an earlier version of the list. I corrected it

People attending

TheWatcher

joeypost 

Logan510 + Emily 

greggy 

Moondog

electricprune 

Sharkey

Sharpcomics.com + Erica

40 minutes ago, B2D327 said:

Here's one along those lines that I remember wanting as a kid. The heart pumped blood that you could see through the torso

And then there was Mike Powers: the Atomic Man from GI Joe; my favorite of all the toys I had at the time

Oh, I remember those 

I believe my cousin had the Mike Powers action figure

13 minutes ago, mysterio said:

I go to buy books. It’s always a great show for that. 

This, but I would add that the con has a special place in my heart because I get to see many old friends again