California Comic Convention 2023 ( CalComicCon ) 4 4

[TerrysComics]

The fifteenth California Comic Convention ( CalComicCon ) will be held on Sunday, February 5th, 2023
The show will again be held in Orange County in Costa Mesa, held just miles from Disneyland and other attractions. 
We will continue to have a raffle that will have CGC graded comics, original artwork and sketches by guest artists. 
This year our show will be at the Westin South Coast Plaza, and we will have a Saturday Comic Swap and other events on Saturday the 4th.

this event will be co-sponsored by Short Boxed and Heritage.

For more information see website: California Comic Convention

Edited July 16, 2022 by TerrysComics
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[joeypost]

[davidtere]

Looking forward to this. Gonna load up the van with my friends and off we will go. Hurrah!

[aardvark88]

Interesting. The Saturday Comic Swap seems to be in the Waterfall room at the hotel rather than Ubering to the beer factory. Should be lots of fun.

[silverseeker]

Great to see that this is back on, @TerrysComics!

[ExNihilo]

On 7/15/2022 at 7:32 PM, TerrysComics said:

Westin South Coast Plaza

Great spot.  Let the significant other go shopping across the street at South Coast Plaza while you spend the day shopping through aisles of comics.  Minutes from John Wayne as well.  

[HouseofComics.Com]

Congrats! Cool to have Shortboxed and Heritage step up to help.

[littledoom]

[nearmint]

Right in my neighborhood.  I'll be there.  

[JWKyle]

[Aarrow108]

On 7/17/2022 at 9:16 PM, ExNihilo said:

Great spot.  Let the significant other go shopping across the street at South Coast Plaza while you spend the day shopping through aisles of comics.  Minutes from John Wayne as well.  

This! Worked out for me perfectly at the last one. I was happy, wife was happy, WE'RE ALL HAPPY! 

[shortboxed]

Hey everyone, Gene from Shortboxed here. As Terry mentioned, we're helping produce this show - the best comics-only show IMHO  

You can expect the same experience as all the previous years, and it's in the same hotel as last time. We'll also be hosting a Preview Night comic swap on Sat Feb 4th from 5-8pm in the hotel after the dealers finish setting up. Even though the comic swap isn't in a brewery anymore, there will be a bar and we're still picking up the bar tab during the comic swap 

Tickets are officially available now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cal-comic-con-2023-tickets-394110915357

That is the official and only link to purchase tickets to Cal Comic Con.

A few important details to note:

• There are VERY limited hotel rooms available, even less double rooms. Once double rooms sell out, only single rooms will be available. If you only see single rooms left and want a double, you can book the single room and call the hotel to ask if they can switch it to a double if they have any available. This way you can still book under the convention rate.
• There are only 100 tickets available to Preview Night, and you must purchase a "Preview Night + Main Event" ticket to attend. We're limited by capacity, and with Preview Night attendees plus all the dealers and staff, we'll be around ~150 people. For context, last Preview Night had <100 people total and the brewery one before that had around ~75 people.
• If you want a table during Preview Night, please email me at gene@shortboxed.com - don't DM me. There are only a dozen or so tables left (about 30 total) and I'll be assigning them on a first come first serve basis and will keep a backup list in case people drop out. As with previous years, tables are half-size 3' table space, which can fit 3 short boxes side by side. It's not a full booth setup. Tables are $40.
• If any dealers here are interested in setting up at the Main Event on Sunday, unfortunately there aren't any dealer booths left - virtually every single dealer from previous years is returning, and Terry has a long waitlist.

I'll continue to post more updates in this thread as we get closer to the show. So happy it's back! 

[greggy]

Room booked for three nights

Thanks for the update @shortboxed

[paperheart]

On 9/13/2022 at 4:30 PM, greggy said:

Room booked for three nights

Thanks for the update @shortboxed

border officials notified

[greggy]

On 9/13/2022 at 5:21 PM, paperheart said:

border officials notified

I'm still considered a trusted traveler so I'll be in with ease as per usual. 

[aardvark88]

On 9/13/2022 at 4:30 PM, greggy said:

Room booked for three nights

Thanks for the update @shortboxed

Staying at Costa Mesa Marriott?

[Cobbledclam]

Costa Mesa or bust! 

[aardvark88]

On 9/13/2022 at 5:24 PM, greggy said:

I'm still considered a trusted traveler so I'll be in with ease as per usual. 

Should not be much of a line up at Disneyworld in February. See if they have a big Star Wars exhibit there since u are staying 3 nights.

[greggy]

On 9/14/2022 at 12:23 PM, aardvark88 said:

Should not be much of a line up at Disneyworld in February. See if they have a big Star Wars exhibit there since u are staying 3 nights.

Disneyworld is in Orlando.

Get the parks correct and why would I want to go there anyways?

[greggy]

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