Not going this year.

I am not going to Wizard World Ohio this year. For the past 3 years the comic haul from a once great show has been pitiful. I used to bring home an average of 30 awesome comics from this show when it was Mid Ohio Con. Last year I got one raw comic and the Walking Dead hand out. Most of the dealers have fled to greener pastures and the ones I've talked to said they are'nt coming back.

It's $40.00 just to go to the Friday night opening. That paid for the Swamp Thing 11 9.4 in the picture below. I can do better online and elsewhere with my money. So far I have the books below and have a Tales to Astonish 87 9.4 white pages coming. I've done well at the Gem City Con in recent years and also at an even smaller show, Buckeye Comicon. Gem City was mentioned in one market report in the guide this year. It's not huge but growing each year. I'm sticking to pure comic cons in the future.

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