WonderCon April 1-3 2022 0

[Dreamtoreal1]

Was a good show!

[Robot Man]

Apparently finestcitycomicsd on IG reported a young thief apprehended in cuffs. Pictures and names the perp.

So lousy to see this going on. But great to see him get caught.

Any dealers in the LA area should take a look for the future. 

[BitterOldMan]

On 4/3/2022 at 5:05 PM, Robot Man said:

Apparently finestcitycomicsd on IG reported a young thief apprehended in cuffs. Pictures and names the perp.

So lousy to see this going on. But great to see him get caught.

Any dealers in the LA area should take a look for the future. 

Book him Danno. Check out the budge on his right side.  All suspects are considered innocent until convicted in a court of law.

Edited April 4, 2022 by BitterOldMan

[Terry JSA]

On 4/3/2022 at 10:10 PM, BitterOldMan said:

Book him Danno. Check out the budge on his right side.  All suspects are considered innocent until convicted in a court of law.

Imagine going to jail for stealing comic books. 

[comicjack]

On 4/3/2022 at 10:45 PM, Terry JSA said:

Imagine going to jail for stealing comic books. 

Have to go back to the old ways fingers chopped off no more stealing 

[Robot Man]

On 4/3/2022 at 7:45 PM, Terry JSA said:

Imagine going to jail for stealing comic books. 

And wearing that shirt. Don’t drop the soap…

[BitterOldMan]

On 4/4/2022 at 6:59 AM, comicjack said:

Have to go back to the old ways fingers chopped off no more stealing 

Reminds me of Chop Poker from Tales of the Crypt.  Come to think of it everything reminds of some comic book that I read or will read.

[alexgross.com]

lets see some pics from this show! who went? how were sales for the dealers that attended? how was the weekend crowd?

saw @Robot Man's pics in the GA section,  that was great to see. gotta be more to see from some of you others. 

 

[Terry JSA]

On 4/4/2022 at 12:23 PM, Robot Man said:

And wearing that shirt. Don’t drop the soap…

The shirt was just a disguise. 

[DarkPhantom13]

I was surprised at how empty the show was both attendance wise and artist wise. First time I have seen them selling tickets at the door in many years. Show was alright but I was a bit disappointed overall. Hopefully as things go back to normal the shows will go back to what they once were. I got a pretty badass sketch of Wolverine done by the great Joe Rubenstein for my buddy though.

Edited April 5, 2022 by DarkPhantom13

[Robot Man]

I went on Friday. Yeah, real light crowd wise. No big corporate presence. No Marvel, DC, Dark Horse ect. No big toy companies. Mattel, Kenner, Hasbro. Plenty of Funko Pop though. No Hollywood presence. A BIG blow to the SDCC folks. This is where their revenue comes from. They have been burning the “little guys” for years. Might have caught up with them.

I go to buy old funny books. Dealer presence, especially out of state dealer presence was really dim. I had fun. Bought a small handful of books but came home with 3/4’s of the money I brought and easily got through the show in one day.

As far as guests go. Not very many. And the ones there were mostly people I didn’t know.

My daughter grew up on the Teenage Turtles. I brought a carded Hot Wheels toy to have Eastman sign for her. I saw the line and the asking price for an autograph and just walked away. Seemed like a money sucking event for suckers.

At the end of the day, it was nice to be at a con. Buy a few books and see some friends I haven’t seen in a couple years.

The true test of this con will be in July. I probably won’t be going but doing Torpedo instead. They really need to up the ante for the next one. 

[LDarkseid1]

On 4/3/2022 at 7:45 PM, Terry JSA said:

Imagine going to jail for stealing comic books. 

Seriously lol, and what a scummy dude. Whoever steals comics deserves a nice little place in hell as far as I'm concerned. Not cool!

[LDarkseid1]

Wondercon was unfortunately not as successful for me as I was hoping. Was trying to upgrade a certain one of my Strange Adventure issues, but couldn't find one in high enough grade. Did manage to upgrade my #212 and #214 from 9.0's to 9.4's though. So that was awesome!

[Crops068]

On 4/5/2022 at 11:18 AM, LDarkseid1 said:

Wondercon was unfortunately not as successful for me as I was hoping. Was trying to upgrade a certain one of my Strange Adventure issues, but couldn't find one in high enough grade. Did manage to upgrade my #212 and #214 from 9.0's to 9.4's though. So that was awesome!

Imagine how unsuccessful it was for that thief.....

I hope all the people he hit got their stuff back!

[LDarkseid1]

On 4/5/2022 at 5:53 PM, Crops068 said:

Imagine how unsuccessful it was for that thief.....

I hope all the people he hit got their stuff back!

Yeah let’s hope so!