Ever gone to a comic show at a hardware store?

[CDaBruce]

I'm headed down to Sacramento on Sunday for the Lakers game. Thought I might get there a little early and check this out:

 

OSH Comic Show

 

Not really sure what to expect. Should be interesting, though. People picking up fertilizer and some Spider-Man One More Day issues.

[Cheerio Mate-migration]

weird

[CAP Freak]

Go Lakers!

[CDaBruce]

Go Lakers!

 

Absolutely! What looked like a possible ffith seed in the playoffs at the beginning of the year is now a legitmate championship contender.

It is always fun to watch them smoke the Kings in Sacramento and hush up all those cowbells.

[rob_allan]

This has all the makings of an awesome show...

 

1. Highly unconventional venue

2. Website hosted by AngelFire

3. Very few dealers / Possibly All Local

 

Let us know how this goes. All joking aside I'd probably check it out too

[aardvark88]

Male target market is the same for both tools and comics: 90% male with cash to spend on their toys/tools. Ideal

[MikeS]

Great for telling your wife "Honey, I'm running down to the hardware store, be back in an hour". How can she complain about that ?

 

[CDaBruce]

It actually turned out to be a fun diversion for a Sunday afternoon. The tables were set up outside the front of the OSH. It was a rather windy day so that ran a little havok with one dealer who had wall books up.

 

There were mostly toy dealers there. A lot of Hot Wheels and Johnny Lightning being sold for $2. There was one gentleman there who had a bunch of $1 boxes. He used to own a comic store in Old Sacramento. He still sells at shows (wish I could remember his name). I ended up buying 80 books from him which was way more than I thought I would spend. It was mostly books that would have been hot in mid to late 80's. Nothing too spectacular but a lot of copper independents in amazing condition. Picked up some NM Ron Lim Silver Surfers, a lot of Dave Stevens, Bruce Jones, and Richard Corben stuff. They were fun boxes to pick through.

 

My other purchase was from Comics & Collectibles. Picked up a Watchmen #1, #7 and a Wrightson HOS for about $3 total. And, the big purchase, a G+ Planet Comics #67. Never thought I would buy a sweet Golden Age book at a hardware store. There was a guy with about 15 boxes of 50 cent drek. Serious drek! He was packing up his truck with long boxes 2 hours before the "show" was over. I wonder if he sold a single comic.

And then the Lakers creamed the Kings.