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Don't worry guys, we'll get all the good stuff in your honor this year.

This year's Free State show was a real treat! A recent estate sale in the area brought over 100 impressive pre-code and pre-hero books to the market and they were the belles of this ball. Customer flow started off a bit slower than usual, but I will attribute that to the weather, which started off kinda shaky and continually got better as the day wore on and the customer traffic followed the same pattern. Outside of the pre-code/pre-hero stuff mentioned above, not many wall books were moving. The main exception to that was anything Ms./Captain Marvel. Ms./Captain Marvel keys were moving off of the vendors' walls, but not much else of significance to note or trend to reference. The lone copy of Carnage: Mind Bomb in the room did sell. Customers ravenously hit discount and dollar boxes all day long, which is typical for this show. All in all, it was a solid showing for Free State 2018.

No guests announced yet, but I imagine we'll get some initial announcements sooner rather than later. Still happy that Planet and C2E2 won't be sharing the same weekend now!

I've been trying to find a decent copy of 73 for a few years, the budget and availability haven't synced up just yet. Have a 5.5 blue WF3, it's painful to think I'll have to pay FAR more for the 2nd appearance than I did the first.

Coming up on 100 days out! 102 to be exact, but who cares!?!?! Hoping to see some crazy stuff at this show come October!

Just that it is happening, but I haven't heard anything about vendors, etc. Wondering if it isn't going to be more of a cosplay or pop-culture feature or something. Details are pretty scarce at this point.

@SSkufan I thought the same thing, but decided to just pass, as opposed to being "that guy."

That LS show runs 10a-7p. I predict some BORED vendors long before the end of that show. I thought about going, but decided against after seeing the length of it. I don't see a 1st time one-day show sustaining a crowd for 9 hours.

Yes. At the Embassy Suites.

Actually staying at the Embassy Suites. I'm a Hilton Honors member, so I'll take free drinks and a free cooked to order breakfast any day. Plus there is nothing like just riding the elevator up to your bed after a long day on the show floor.

Booked my hotel for this show last week! Looking forward to it!

That sucks man! Good for my wallet, bad for my good times!

Keep us posted! Time to grab some beers and some fish and chips!

"That Guy" is always a pain. He's damn good help though and we had a lot of fun at your expense @SSkufan!!!

I'll definitely be setup here once again! Hope to see everyone there!

Show went really well. Attendance felt like it was definitely down, but the people that were there were spending money. I'd rather see a light room with people spending money than a packed one full of tire kickers! Free State ComiCon will at the same location on September 8th!

I hear you. We were talking Saturday at FanCon about wanting to do C2E2 and/or Heroes in 2019. Going to be pretty tough to pull that off.

It couldn't be more true. What a real kick in the pants for those of us in the fly over. Two of our biggest shows on the same weekend, with WonderCon taking place as well. Talent pool will be stretched thin.

Way to mail it in Tom! Sending the wife out to do work while you play in the Windy City!

No preview night for the FanCon show. Not sure if that will come back for FreeState 2018 or not, as last year was just a trial run, I believe. I'll be there in my usual spot (CoMo Comic Books). Swing by and introduce yourself!

I hate it when its more than 12 months between shows... Patience is not my forte. Though I'm thankful for the extra time to recoup my wall. It's taken a beating this year!

Good luck to everyone who's setting up or just prowling around!

The vendor list was just announced and I've got to say, I don't recognize most of the names. I'll be there in my usual spot (CoMo Comic Books), as will Sean with Back in Time, Erin with Middle School Geek (while Tom is up farting around in Chicago) and Craig with FanCon Comix. I'll be interested to see what walks in the room with some of these newer vendors!

He did some ground work before the show. I just didn't have much to offer. But I agree with the fact that it's not often something I have people clamoring for. The fact that I'm still building my run means anything too nice winds up in my collection :).

I just picked up a pretty nice #7, but mostly run in mid to lower grade issues until the more modern issues. Stop by and see if anything tickles your fancy!