Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Speaking of Ricksneatstuff... Here he is with my good buddy Bitteroldman and the fellow with a large fist of hundos that went away happy with my Fight Against Crime #20 (thanks Hap!) Sorry Rick, but I just couldn't go any lower on that one, private collection and you know how that goes with me. It did sell for full price to a happy collector later in the day who figured out that he would be looking for a long time for another one. Ray is so far from a bitter old man as I could imagine. He had that poop eating grin on his face all day. He kept coming back and buying books all day. He mentioned he wanted a Jimmy Olsen #44 on the boards and low and behold, one popped out of my boxes for 1/2 guide and into his grubby little hands. Funny how and LA Dodger and SF Giants fans could get along so well but we both love the sport! (and Crumb) gino2paulus2, Ricksneatstuff, comicjack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Another new local friend, dreamtobereal1 with a happy purchase from my boxes of junk. Great guy with a real passion for this stuff. Thanks Pablo! STORMSHADOW_80, Dreamtoreal1 and comicjack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 A couple more walls of four color fun. After a while they just become a blur some times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Boardie n2wdw caught a red eye out here from the east coast just for this show. I think he didn't go home empty handed or unhappy. I almost had to get him a dolly to carry out his purchases from my booth. He came back and showed me a few of his big purchases. The one I remember the most is a killer copy of the Airboy with the "give your girl a whirl" bondage cover. Wow, just wow! I'm certian he will post it. Thanks for the business Mike and it was great geeking out with you! Ricksneatstuff, comicjack and STORMSHADOW_80 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 These were the ONLY two cosplayers in attendence. (other than Carbo)...I think they kind of felt a bit out of place because no one was paying much attention to them. I took a "pity picture" of them so they felt better. comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 My good friend and local guy Jim Maley. Had a bunch of raw in a box $5. GA comics that I hit fast. Oh, no, they wern't all Disneys...He had a very nice presenting Batman #25 (black motorcycle cover) that wanted bad and would have bought but the spine was 3/4 split and he wanted a fortune for it. So I settled for a decent #34 (also motorcycle cover) for the third the price and went home a happy tin man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Canada was well represented by the very cool and soft spoken Roy and the rather crazy Greggy. Thanks for coming down boys. Always good to see you and I hope you had fun. Ron Murry "photobombing" in the background! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Speaking of Rocking Ron Murry, here he is giving me his best Dr. Strange perspective pose with a couple off books I purchased from him. STORMSHADOW_80 and gino2paulus2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 A couple more dealer walls just to show you the crazy amount of killer material at this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Another shot of Ricksneatstuff with a couple of purchases with ComicJack I believe. Sorry if I didn't get this one right. The day was a blurr. That Mystery Men was off the hook! I suspect that we will see some of Rick's purchases up in a sales thread one of these days. But that's OK, Rick's always got an eye on the next "pretty" and it works out in all our favor when he does. Usually it's Comcav who comes out on top. But I have gotton lots of great deals from Rick. One of the best and most standup boardies here. Good meeting you boys! comicjack and Ricksneatstuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Jeff is a boardie from up in Washington. I forgot his board name.Always has just killer stuff and one of the best guys to deal with in the room. He picked up a copy of Frankenstein #1 that was the best copy I have ever seen. He was off the hook happy and I don't blame him. Such a rare book. Who says all the GA guys are all a bunch of geezers? I saw LOTS of younger guys spending good money on GA in the room. This hobby is in good hands my friends! comicjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 And, yes there was some pretty original art in the room brought to us courtesy of Beccra and Saul Zimmerman. I picked up a beautiful copy of Crown #1 from Saul. Deslabbed 8.0. Thank you my friend one of the highlights of the show for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 No CalComCon report could be complete without a shout out to the hard working guy that puts on this extravaganza every year for us. Terry O'Neil. Thanks so much Terry, it is always an honor to be able to set up and attend maybe the best one day show in the country! If that guy didn't buy it, how about a steal of a deal on that beautiful Marvel Mystery in the lower left corner? Junkdrawer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Here's my paltry haul from the show. I got some nice books I really wanted and came home with a boatload of cash for WonderCon! I even got a nice pile of books to resell later. All in all very happy. Even got this cool double sided porclean Chesterfield flange sign from Carbo. I'm probably the only guy in the room that would give this a second glance. Some times things very cool pop up in very unusual places... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 That's it for this year kids. Epic as always. Great seeing old friends and meeting new ones face to face. Safe travels my friends. The day goes so fast so I enjoy every minute of it. Already thinking of next year! Murphman13 and sagii 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Robot Man said: Here's my paltry haul from the show. I got some nice books I really wanted and came home with a boatload of cash for WonderCon! I even got a nice pile of books to resell later. All in all very happy. Even got this cool double sided porclean Chesterfield flange sign from Carbo. I'm probably the only guy in the room that would give this a second glance. Some times things very cool pop up in very unusual places... Just an excellent report RM, and as always it's almost like being there Nice seeing Boardies and their purchases 'in real time'. Cool pick ups all, and nice to see i'm not the only Abbot and Costello guy (though i cherry pick certain issues from the run). Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFifthHorseman Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Robot Man said: He picked up a copy of Frankenstein #1 that was the best copy I have ever seen. He was off the hook happy and I don't blame him. Such a rare book. Happy to hear that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFifthHorseman Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Robot Man said: What's with the 3 copies of Duck Album??? FOUR (bottom right) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2wdw Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Robot Man said: Boardie n2wdw caught a red eye out here from the east coast just for this show. I think he didn't go home empty handed or unhappy. I almost had to get him a dolly to carry out his purchases from my booth. He came back and showed me a few of his big purchases. The one I remember the most is a killer copy of the Airboy with the "give your girl a whirl" bondage cover. Wow, just wow! I'm certian he will post it. Thanks for the business Mike and it was great geeking out with you! Thanks! I really enjoyed meeting you in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 great report, thank you very much...cong on super mystery and Crown outstanding books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
