Jet City Comic Show - Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2015 - Tacoma, WA

[James Taylor-migration]

Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2015

Tacoma Convention & Trade Center

1500 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402

 

10am to 5pm Both Days

 

Jet City Comics Show is a "Back to Basics Comic Book Convention", a bit "old school" with some "new school" added in but the focus remains on comics.

 

www.jetcitycomicshow.com www.jetcitycomicshow.com

 

Actors:

Michael Berryman - The Hills Have Eyes, Weird Science

Linnea Quigley - Scream Queen Legend, The Return of the Living Dead

Vernon Wells - Mad Max 2, InnerSpace, Commando, Weird Science

 

Comic Creators:

Matthew Clark

Nancy A Collins

Clayton Crain

Sean Dietrich

Randy Emberlin

Michel Gagne

Emi Lenox

Jose Marzan Jr.

Bob McLeod

Ibrahim Moustafa

Mark Rahner

Ron Randall

Christopher Sebela

Stan Shaw

Matthew Southworth

Jen Vaughn

Jeffrey Veregge

Brett Weldele

Shane White

G Willow Wilson

 

Authors:

Terry Brooks - Shannara Series

Robin Hobb - Farseer Trilogy

Brian Herbert - 50th Anniversary of Dune

Chelsea Campbell

Megan Chance

Kate Danley

J. Lincoln Fenn

Camille Greip

Alex R Kahler

Elliot Kay

Lisa Mantchev

Shawn Speakman

Bruce Taylor

Mark Teppo

Roberta Trahan

[Gatchaman]

Already got my tickets.

[James Taylor-migration]

Awesome, hope you enjoy the show.

[kinzebac]

I'm hoping to attend this con if my schedule allows.

[Flatliner1313]

Had fun last year. Will be back again this year.

 

[Stumptown]

This was a lot of fun last year in a great venue and now it's two days so should be a whole lot more fun.

[Stumptown]

Day before bump

 

[aardvark88]

How is the buzz at Jet City Saturday? I had to return from USA-side early, as the trick-or-treaters start knocking on my door at 5:30 pm PST.

[Stumptown]

I went on Sunday. Dealers said it was much busier on Saturday. Several thought they should stick to one day and I think a weekend other than Halloween weekend may have benefited? I didn't pick up anything worth noting just stuff for my shop.

[RCheli]

I went on Sunday. Dealers said it was much busier on Saturday. Several thought they should stick to one day and I think a weekend other than Halloween weekend may have benefited? I didn't pick up anything worth noting just stuff for my shop.

 

I think this is a question not only for this show but a lot of shows.

 

One day cons have been stretching to two, and two to three. And I'm not sure if there is enough value in it for the dealers.

 

If you think you can get 800 people for a one-day show but 1,100 over two days, is that extra 300 people going to spend the money that can recoup the costs of incurred?

[kinzebac]

I went on Sunday. Dealers said it was much busier on Saturday. Several thought they should stick to one day and I think a weekend other than Halloween weekend may have benefited? I didn't pick up anything worth noting just stuff for my shop.

 

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend this year. How was the selection of SA and GA books?

[Stumptown]

Not a lot. Three or four dealers?

[aardvark88]

There were more than 4 quality SA/BA/CA dealers (Steve Sibra (ex-Rocket Comics), Ken, Clancey, King and others) at the smaller 1 day Bellingham comicon Oct/15 than Jet City. That is to be expected as the smaller mom/pop/private collector may not have enough decent comics to sell at Jet City, work a full-time day job, and cost of booth/table obviously goes up for a 2 day con.

[kinzebac]

Not a lot. Three or four dealers?

 

 

This is good to know for next year. I did see Cloud 9 Comics listed as a vendor,which I know has SA and some GA, but i did not recognize any other vendors from the list of exhibitiors that sell SA and GA.

[kinzebac]

There were more than 4 quality SA/BA/CA dealers (Steve Sibra (ex-Rocket Comics), Ken, Clancey, King and others) at the smaller 1 day Bellingham comicon Oct/15 than Jet City. That is to be expected as the smaller mom/pop/private collector may not have enough decent comics to sell at Jet City, work a full-time day job, and cost of booth/table obviously goes up for a 2 day con.

 

 

I've contemplated making the drive up for this show in the past. I will have to make it next year for sure.