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Glad to see you're coming!

For those attending, CGC will be onsite - not an authorized dealer, but official CGC will be accepting submissions for all collectibles (not just comics). If you're in/around the Bay Area, this will be a great opportunity to drop off submissions in person.

If you're wondering what the vibe is like, check out this quick 1:26 video from last year's show:

Shortboxed LIVE is back at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Sun, May 5. Met lots of boardies last year, and hope to see more this year! We've got another amazing lineup of dealers, so you can be sure there will be lots of nice books in the room You can check out some photos of the event from last year's thread here: Dealer lineup: A-1 Comics - Brian Peets - Sacramento, CA Amazing Heroes - Tysan James - Kirkland, WA Bedrock City - Richard Evans - Houston, TX Bird City Comics - Anthony Arollo - Phoenix, AZ Buzzard Bros - Greg Brock - Knoxville, TN Cape & Cowl - Eitan Manhoff - Oakland, CA Fantastic Worlds - Bill Ponsetti - Scottsdale, AZ Graham Crackers - Jamie Graham - Chicago, IL Harley Yee Rare Comics - Detroit, MI Heroes & Champions - Alan Bahr & Phil Schlaefer - Sunnyvale, CA House of Comics - Marc Newman - Berkeley, CA Lee's Comics - Lee Hester - San Jose, CA Peatmonster - Sean Cleveland - Santa Cruz, CA Red Hood Comics - Rob Isaac - Las Vegas, NV Reece's Rare Comics - Austin & Alex Reece - Baltimore, MD Retro Recollectibles - Michael Blowers - Fairport, NY Seeker's Eye - Eric Sexton-Dorsett - Portland, OR Superworld - Ted Vanliew - Holden, MA Torpedo Comics - Steve Houston - Las Vegas, NV Worldwide Comics - Stephen & Sharon Ritter - Fair Oaks Ranch, TX Creator lineup: John Beatty Mateus Santolouco (coming from Brazil) Michael Cho (coming from Toronto) Kelley Jones Rose Besch Gerry Duggan Jason Shawn Alexander Mike Choi Jessica Fong John Giang Walden Wong Maria the Wolf More details and tickets: Sunday, May 5 11am-5pm Parking is free Santa Clara Convention Center (10 mins from San Jose International Airport) Tickets available here: www.shortboxed.com/live

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Thank you! Glad you had a good time. Our goal was simply to put together the best dealer lineup possible and I think we did a pretty good job. However, it seems that it may have been at the expense of having more value-oriented dealers, so we'll make sure to have all bases covered next year.

This is excellent feedback, thank you for sharing! Re: Dealer and Artist signage - noted! We've already made plans to switch to floor stand signage for dealers and artists instead of table banners, since most dealers also have their own signage above the racks. Re: Dealer Variety - also noted! I agree we should have more value-oriented dealers. We actually upgraded Lee's Comics booth from a single 10x10 to the biggest booth at 10x40 just so he could bring his entire inventory, including lots of dollar books. We'll include more value-oriented dealers next year while still keeping big book dealers so all collectors are covered. If anyone else has feedback or suggestions, please don't hesitate to share!

Thanks Ben! Glad to had a good time May I ask for any feedback to make next year's show even better?

Thanks to all the boardies who came! Saw lots of familiar faces and met others for the first time. Overall it was a huge success for our first show. Quick recap: Nothing but comic book dealers, comic book artists, and comic-focused main stage talks. 22 dealers, who all seemed fairly happy with the show - a handful of them did some crazy numbers including a dealer who said it was his best show EVER in 25+ years. 9 artists, many of whom said this was the best and/or most fun show they've ever done, including Kelley Jones. 6 great main stage talks with full audiences. Lots of raffle prize winners including someone who walked away with a $10k Wow Comics #10 9.0 Crowely Pedigree single highest graded; the winner took a gamble and bought a lot of raffle tickets and it paid off! 700+ happy collectors with lots of space to move around and not bump elbows. A few random pics below. Panoramic shot of the convention hall:

Have some pics of the dealer booths; but nothing super close up.

Fingers crossed no emergency calls come in on May 7

We only invited dealers who sell on Shortboxed! There's already a long waitlist for next year's show 3 weeks to go! A couple random tidbits: Discounted hotel room block has sold out! Got some awesome collectors traveling in from all over the country. Rooms are still available at the hotel at the regular rate. Lee Hester has a customer with "around $100,000 worth of nice slabs going back to the Golden Age that he’s looking to sell" and will be in his booth. Alan Bahr is bringing some Okajimas that he's never brought to market. We've also released the full main stage agenda. There will be a stage in the middle of the room with content throughout the day, so you can take breaks from digging to enjoy some great talks. More details at shortboxed.com/live Tickets will be available at the door at 11:00am but highly suggest buying advance tickets to guarantee entry and you'll get in earlier at 10:00am.

Here's the full dealer lineup

Friendly reminder, if you haven't booked your room yet, the last day to get the discounted rate is tomorrow, Fri April 14. Link and travel info at shortboxed.com/live 3 weeks away from the best dealer lineup the Bay Area has ever seen

We've already sold out of our entire room block, but the hotel is keeping the discounted rate open until April 14! If you haven't booked your rooms yet, do so before then.

Exciting update: Just got word from the man himself - legendary Batman artist Kelley Jones will be a guest at Shortboxed LIVE. Personally, I'm a big fan so I'm very excited about this! -Gene

I do expect to sell out (capacity is limited) but we'll have some limited tickets available at the door. You can always buy a ticket now, and if you can't make it, we'll refund you no problem. Hope to see you there!

Hope you can make it! Some quick updates: Golden Age: There's a contingent of GA collectors traveling in from around the country, and a few dealers are planning accordingly by bringing some of their best GA stock. Just sayin' Hotel Rooms: Only about 30 rooms left for Sat, May 6. So if you're planning on traveling out, I do recommend booking your hotel soon to get the discounted rate. Booking link: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/CLARA/G-SRBX Floor Plan: Booth numbers aren't assigned yet, but here's a look at the general floor plan. All the comic book dealers will be surrounding the entire room, and in the center will be artists, some communal roundtables (for dealmaking, watching the main stage, eating, resting, whatever), and the main stage where we'll have interviews, talks, raffles and more throughout the day. Everything is in one large room. Raffle Grand Prize: Every attendee gets a raffle ticket, and additional tickets will be available to purchase. Someone at the show is walking away with a $10k book - really. We're raffling off items throughout the day, but the grand prize will be the Wow Comics #10 9.0 Crowely Copy (single highest graded)

Quick update: We've added a couple more dealers to the lineup: Dan Loufek from Comic Cellar and Lee Hester from Lee's Comics! If you haven't booked your discounted hotel room yet, about half the room block is already sold, so I definitely recommend booking soon.

Hey everyone, Gene from Shortboxed here. As has already been mentioned, the Collectors Summit team decided in the best interest of serving the community, to cancel the Bellevue event and team up with us to promote Shortboxed LIVE. This will be an incredibly high quality event with a killer dealer lineup. If you were planning on traveling to Summit, you definitely will want to travel out for this one. Definitely recommend booking your discounted room soon as about half of the room block is already sold. I don't want to hijack this thread since there's already a thread about Shortboxed LIVE here:

Quick updates: First batch of 100 pre-sale tickets with a free t-shirt sold out! Added child tickets, age 9 & under free. Added some great artists and creators: Mitch Gerads Evan 'Doc' Shaner John Giang Maria the Wolf Tom Waltz Ken Mitchroney Ciro Nieli Mark Bode Here's the full dealer lineup at a glance. Definitely a show worth traveling to just for the dealer lineup Harley Yee - Harley Yee Rare Comics - Detroit, MI Will Mason - Dave & Adam’s - Buffalo, NY Brian & Bob Fornesi - Bunky Bros - Bay Area, CA Richard Evans - Bedrock City - Houston, TX Rick Whitelock - Newforce Comics - Charlotte, NC Jamie Graham - Graham Crackers Comics - Chicago, IL Sean Cleveland - Peatmonster - Santa Cruz, CA Rob Isaac - Red Hood Comics - Las Vegas, NV Will Cordero - Torpedo Comics - Las Vegas, NV Ted Vanliew - Superworld Comics - Holden, MA Matt Trujillo - Age of Comics - Albuquerque, NM Brian Peets - A-1 Comics - Sacramento, CA Terry O’Neill - Terry’s Comics - Kelso, WA Bill Ponsetti - Fantastic Worlds - Scottsdale, AZ Tysan James - Amazing Heroes - Kirkland, WA Alan Bahr - Heroes Comics - Bay Area, CA Phil Schlaefer - Champion Comics - Bay Area, CA John Hill - Hills of Comics - Auburn, WA Eric Sexton-Dorsett - Seeker's Eye - Portland, OR Tickets and travel info at shortboxed.com/live

We'll be there!

Still have a couple spots left for Preview Night Comic Swap if anyone wants to get in! Just DM me. We've got someone coming with their late uncle's collection - nothing but vintage and first time being sold. So, get ready! -Gene

A couple updates: Less than 30 tickets left to receive a free con exclusive t-shirt! Unfortunately, Kevin Eastman has to cancel his appearance due to existing contractual obligations with a competitor that prevent him from participating in Shortboxed LIVE. We're working on bringing another legendary creator (or two) to the show!