Here it comes!

It's been a while since I've posted a journal. This is due partially to being so busy for the last few months, and partially due to having more jobs placed upon me. But now it's time to start back up with posts again.

I have done far more shows this year than I thought I might be able to. When the year was starting, I was looking at doing ECCC, but once I realized what it was going to cost me to the show, I decided that this would restrict me from being able to do all the other shows throughout this year that I wanted to do.

So I didn't go to ECCC, even though it would have allowed me to meet up with so many fellow board members. But even after making that decision, I wasn't sure I would be able to attend all of the other shows I really aimed to this year.

But somehow I managed to go to Megacon, which was great.

Then I went to Heroes Con in North Carolina for the first time! It was an amazing show!!! It reminded me very much of the show I will talk about in just a moment, but with more of an emphasis on original art.

Then I attended Tampa Bay Comic Con, where I was able to get a number of things done, and meet a bunch of creators that o have never been able to before, including John Bolton, who hasn't attended a U.S. Convention in over 20 years!!!

Now I've got yet another major con coming over the horizon. Baltimore Comic Con is a show that just a few years ago, I never would have thought I would attend. But I have been to the show for the last two years, and I was sure that due to finances, I wouldn't be able to go to it this year.

But thanks to some new jobs and newly acquired funds, I will be able to go for a third straight year! This show means a lot to me, because it was at this show that I met tnerb in person for the first time and as a result, acquired the big brother that I never knew I had. We will be attending the show together again this year as well, and I couldn't be happier about it.

It is also the first show that I ever attended that was strictly comic book oriented. No TV or movie stars, no wrestlers, none of that. Just artists, writers, dealers, producers and manufacturers. I've gotten so many awesome books signed and graded at this show over the last two years, and I hope that this year will be just as rewarding.

The one big difference for us this year is being able to do audio recordings for our new podcast! We are really going to try and get some interviews with creators and attendees, so hopefully we can get some really great audio for our next episode! So far we only have one episode from a few months back. We've wanted to do more episodes by this point but we've been so busy between the two of us that it just hasn't happened.

But now that con season is beginning to come to a close, and all of our other personal distractions are starting to settle back down, we can hopefully start being more consistent with recordings. Baltimore CC will feature our first recording done onsite at a show, so it should be very interesting.

Being an onsite show means that I will try to get at least a few books done right at the show. I have a few options and I hope to get at least 4 or 5 done. But one book that I absolutely HAVE to get signed and submitted at this show is my Marvel Super Special #10.

Being a magazine means it can't be done onsite, since Megacon is the only show every year that CGC can do onsite mags. But having Tom Palmer sign this and then getting it graded will make this the single highest graded SS copy in the world!

Why? Because it is easily a 9.6 copy, which is awesome all by itself. But getting it signed as well is the big bonus here. So far, the highest graded signed copy is one single 9.2 copy. So this will be an OAK when done! With the hyper popularity of GOTG now, these early Starlord books are a lot more pricey tha they used to be, and finding top notch copies of these mags is very tough.

If you're planning on going to Baltimore CC and want to meet up with us, and maybe even do an interview with us to possibly make our podcast, let us know! We can maybe meet up!

Between hanging out with my big bro, getting books signed and graded, doing audio recordings for our podcast, and scouring dealer boxes for awesome books and fantastic deals, this will be a show to remember!!

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