Pontoon's Boston Comic Con Report 2016

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These guys were charming.

 

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This dealer obviously doesn't shop where delekkerste does, hiding his face in shame when a customer shows up in the same shirt.

 

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After a long day, I was too tired and brain-dead to play anything energetic with my son, so we chilled out with an episode of the Avengers.

 

 

 

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And a nice bowl of pasta fagioli.

 

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My dear man, Gene's shirt clearly has a blue monogram at the bottom, the other guy does not.

 

Gene does not wear Sears Roebuck

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Looks more like Kohl's to me. (The dealer, not Gene, that is.)

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After an all-too short night’s rest, it’s up and at ‘em the next morning about 6:00.

 

And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for: scenes from the Pontoon Garden. We’ve been having a drought in MA this year, so keeping the garden alive, let alone nice, hasn’t been easy. We have had a bit of rain this week, which helped, so it was looking like this the other morning.

 

 

 

 

The second picture is deceptive; the lawn mostly looks like hay and weeds. I’ve never been manic about lawn upkeep though, plants and flowers is where it's at.

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Earlier in the year, the front was more like this:

 

 

 

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Perhaps due to the dry weather, we’ve had more critter problems than usual this year; on top of the hedgehog we’ve got squirrels getting in there plus a skunk family. The zuchini crop is way down; cucumbers have been getting nibbled but have been productive enough to compensate. Tomatoes are better than last year, but a far cry from some of the bumper crops we’ve had in the past. The current ripe ones have been picked, so these plants don’t look too spectacular.

 

 

 

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Dry weather and criiters haven't affected these out of control pumpkins, though we’ve had some powdery mildew issues.

 

 

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And back in July, the rasberry crop was booming:

 

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More wall books.

 

GA Collectibles no-nonsense photo.

 

 

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Harley, the comics dealer, not the cosplayer.

 

 

 

 

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All around me, I saw happy funnybook fans.

 

 

 

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You could see the sign for Harely's booth from the entrance, and saw the man himself walking around at one point, but I didn't manage to ask him if he had any Maxx ashcans this show.

 

(It's been a goal of mine to ask him at every show I attend if he has Maxx ashcans, but was too busy at this one for the chance)

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And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for: scenes from the Pontoon Garden.

 

The garden updates are always a nice interlude.

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The hero of and funniest comics dealer in Baltimore; wall books of Mr. Marc Nathan, Cards, Comics, and Collectibles. Or was it Comics, Cards and Collectibles? Collectible Card and Comics?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ryan.]

 

 

Sam Keith, pictured here in absentia, was a cool guy to briefly chat with and puts much effort into his signature. It made the line move slowly but it was worth it.