Cal Comic Con 2019 Preview Night - Yorba Linda, CA - Jan 26 3 3

[Bumble Kitty]

What a great time I had!  Thank you to shortboxed for setting up the event and a big thank you to Terry for sponsoring the Con and giving your OK to Preview night.  It was more of a gabfest, with some eating and drinking (Foolkiller...) and a few books changing hands.  I can't wait until tomorrow.  For those who couldn't make it, here are some pics to give you an idea of what it looked like.  I took them at 3 PM.  A lot of folks didn't arrive till a bit later.  By then, I couldn't leave my selling area because it was a little busy.

[Bumble Kitty]

[Bumble Kitty]

[Bumble Kitty]

[Bumble Kitty]

[shortboxed]

Thanks for all the pics @Bumble Kitty! Glad we got to meet in person! I've got a ton of pics coming very shortly...

[shortboxed]

The calm before the storm. A couple boardies and Instagrammers showed up super early to get first crack at books - I guess I should have expected that 

@Dreamtoreal1 @streyouttacomics 

[shortboxed]

Here's a bunch of action shots. The room was buzzing! Not sure if it was from excitement over the books in the room, or the craft beer - probably both!

Edited January 28, 2019 by shortboxed

[shortboxed]

And of course, some books! This is just a small sampling of what people brought. Everyone brought serious goods...

[shortboxed]

I have to give a massive thanks to @Foolkiller for picking up the entire bar & food truck tab - legend. 

And of course to @TerrysComics for allowing us to produce a Preview Night for Cal Comic Con, the best comics-only show, without question. 

We hope everyone had as much fun as we did! It was awesome meeting so many boardies, Instagrammers and dealers.

We capped RSVPs around 50 people, but had 72 people checked-in and missed a few walk-ins, so there were probably closer to 80 people who showed up. 

Amazing!!!

And if anyone has any pics to share - please do!

[Spikenector]

Truly a unique and fun preview night! Here's some of the books that caught my eye!

[rabidwolf]

Thanks for putting this together shortboxed - very well organized especially for an event held in the back of a bar.

thanks to foolkiller for the generosity

And of course Terry for starting this whole thing 

[shortboxed]

Here's my big score from Preview Night 

[STORMSHADOW_80]

Big thanks for everyone involved making preview night happen. Terry, @shortboxed @Dreamtoreal1 and of course @Foolkiller It was great meeting new people and getting a taste of what it’s like on the other side of the table. Here is my pickup from that night courtesy of Red Hood Comics. Great guy to work with 

[shortboxed]

Just published this blog post with more pics from Preview Night!

https://blog.shortboxed.com/2019/02/01/cal-comic-con-preview-night-2019/

[Kihei Collectibles]

Awesome meeting everyone!!! We have to do more events like this!