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On 4/4/2022 at 8:48 AM, Kevin Boyd said:

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COMIC GUEST LOCATIONS

MBARTIST FANALLEY

STEVEN AHOLA    A194
JOHN HEBERT    A199
LOBOS    A191
BOB MCLEOD    A192-193
MOSTAFA MOUSSA    A200-201
JAMES MULLIGAN    3543-3544
JOE RUBINSTEIN    A197-198

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JAMIE TYNDALL    PR04

NO TABLES

DAN DIDIO    NO TABLE
FRANK MILLER    NO TABLE - the only way to get a Frank Miller autograph is at the Saturday screening with the Backstage Pass ticket
SILENN THOMAS    NO TABLE

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JONBOY MEYERS    431
IVAN TAO    431

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WENDY PINI    507

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SAM WOLFE CONNELLY    P01
ZOE THOROGOOD     P02
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LUCA PIZZARI    P04
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DAVE WACHTER    P06
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KEVIN MAGUIRE     P12
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AMY CHU     P14
DAN PARENT    P15
JOE CORRONEY    P16
KAMI GARCIA     P17
JASON BADOWER    P18
ISAAC GOODHART     P19
BRIAN AZZARELLO    P20
CHRIS CAMPANA    P21
CREEES LEE    P22
MARC SILVESTRI    P23
GREG CAPULLO    P25
STEPHANIE PHILLIPS    P28
RYAN PARROTT    P29
BEN PERCY    P30
CHARLES SOULE    P31
STEVE MCNIVEN     P32
FRANK CHO     P33
PETER TOMASI    P34
ARIEL DIAZ    P35
FRANK TIERI    P36
RYAN STEGMAN     P37
DONNY CATES    P38
PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON    P39
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NICOLE VIRELLA    P43
ERIN LEFLER (BUTTERNUT GUACHE)    P44
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SCOTT HANNA    P46
ARTHUR SUYDAM    P48
RENEE WITTERSTAETTER    P50
MICHAEL GOLDEN    P51
TONE RODRIGUEZ    P53
JEREMY CLARK    P54
ANTHONY SPAY    P55
TONY KORDOS    P56
LEO LEIBELMAN    P57
JEFF BRENNAN    P58
MARTIN DUNN    P59
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I set up at this weekend's show, and I did pretty well. While I would love to say it was because I have amazing stock with rock-bottom prices, it was mostly due to the fact that there just weren't many comic dealers there for competition. 

I completely understand that coming out of COVID, Fan Expo had to not go big as far as floor space (it was smaller than the last Wizard), and this limited the number of dealers as a whole. The problem, however, is that unless there are more dealers next year -- and that Fan Expo promotes the increase in number of those dealers -- comic collectors aren't going to return. 

I spoke with a Fan Expo employee who said they were going to increase the floor size -- which is great -- and have more guests/artists/dealers next year, without them clearly saying so, people aren't going to return.

I wonder if this is going to be similar to other of the rebranded Wizard shows.

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On 4/14/2022 at 3:10 PM, RCheli said:

I set up at this weekend's show, and I did pretty well. While I would love to say it was because I have amazing stock with rock-bottom prices, it was mostly due to the fact that there just weren't many comic dealers there for competition. 

I completely understand that coming out of COVID, Fan Expo had to not go big as far as floor space (it was smaller than the last Wizard), and this limited the number of dealers as a whole. The problem, however, is that unless there are more dealers next year -- and that Fan Expo promotes the increase in number of those dealers -- comic collectors aren't going to return. 

I spoke with a Fan Expo employee who said they were going to increase the floor size -- which is great -- and have more guests/artists/dealers next year, without them clearly saying so, people aren't going to return.

I wonder if this is going to be similar to other of the rebranded Wizard shows.

As someone who used to go to the Wizard World show and stopped going when there was like 5 dealers left this is disappointing to hear. I figured I would pass this year and see what people thought. 

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We want comic vendors, at some shows we have lots, at others it’s a struggle. Our exhibitor team is a seasoned mix of folks from Fan Expo, Reed, Wizard and some are former comic retailers. Mark Fitch, George Zotti, Alex Wer, Autumn Hathaway and Rich Capobianco are the best I’ve seen.

This is really the first show in the area post-Pandemic (which lingers) and there was reluctance because of negative association with Wizard - but we did what we set out to do, we had a stellar creator line-up, a great selection of celebs, lots of things for the whole family. A good start. We’ll continue to work to get more comic vendors, we value the feedback.

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On 4/14/2022 at 8:49 PM, Kevin Boyd said:

We want comic vendors, at some shows we have lots, at others it’s a struggle. Our exhibitor team is a seasoned mix of folks from Fan Expo, Reed, Wizard and some are former comic retailers. Mark Fitch, George Zotti, Alex Wer, Autumn Hathaway and Rich Capobianco are the best I’ve seen.

This is really the first show in the area post-Pandemic (which lingers) and there was reluctance because of negative association with Wizard - but we did what we set out to do, we had a stellar creator line-up, a great selection of celebs, lots of things for the whole family. A good start. We’ll continue to work to get more comic vendors, we value the feedback.

In no way am I blaming anyone at Fan Expo for the number of comic dealers this year. Between COVID and Wizard and all that, I don't know if anyone knew what to expect. I just want to stress that a lot of COMIC fans won't be returning next year unless there are more dealers. I know that other Fan Expo events (pre-COVID) had a strong comic book presence, and I would hope that comes to Philadelphia next year.

I've already decided to come back; I just want to make sure that the disappointed fans this year do as well.

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I'm hearing almost nothing about the upcoming show here in Cleveland in a couple weeks so I'm assuming that show will have the same problem.  Booth prices are pretty high ($850 a booth) which is 10 times the price for a local 1 day show and I don't think there will be 10x the buyers attending.  I may go for an afternoon to support the local show but I don't have much hope in terms of the number of actual comic book books.

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