C2E2 Trip If you went to the show please feel free to post your pictures as well!!! 3 3

[Ken Aldred]

Great thread. Glad you enjoyed the convention.

 

[musicmeta]

Yes, this thread is awesome.  Nice pics.. I'll try to make it to C2E2 one year.  

[Robot Man]

Thanks so much for this cool report. Almost felt like I was there! I know how much time these take. Very appreciated!

[Chaz G.]

Thanks for posting all these. Much appreciated! 

[zosocane]

GREAT report.

[silverseeker]

Fantastic report and great pics...thanks for sharing!

I need to make it out to C2E2 one of these years...

[nickdemeato]

On 3/1/2020 at 4:45 AM, Raze said:

These were hilarious in my opinion. I know I seem to like some childish things but I thought they were funny sooooo i’m going to post them!

 

[Raze]

25 minutes ago, nickdemeato said:

 

I dont know, I was wondering about that. 

[Logan510]

2 hours ago, nickdemeato said:

 

A lot of booths were selling homemade stuff using copyrighted characters, there was even at least one bootleg DVD booth and I know that's 100% illegal.

[OtherEric]

3 hours ago, nickdemeato said:

 

Pretty sure that, unlike a lot of the prints of copyrighted characters, you could fairly easily make the case those are satirical and fair use.  The question is do you want to fight the mouse if they come after you, the answer is the mouse probably wouldn't want to risk the case either.

Also, thank you for the awesome show report, @Raze

[Raze]

24 minutes ago, Logan510 said:

A lot of booths were selling homemade stuff using copyrighted characters, there was even at least one bootleg DVD booth and I know that's 100% illegal.

Yeah I saw those. And was thinking the same thing. Reed Pop should put an end to that. 
 

I think both Reed Pop and the seller could get in big trouble. Does anyone how that works?

[Logan510]

1 minute ago, Raze said:

Yeah I saw those. And was thinking the same thing. Reed Pop should put an end to that. 
 

I think both Reed Pop and the seller could get in big trouble. Does anyone how that works?

Most cons have it in their terms of service that they do not allow bootlegs, but the booths still come. At Wizard World Chicago several years back I saw the police shut down one of those booths, but that's the only time I've ever seen that happen at any con I've attended.

[Raze]

@OtherEric thanks for the info. Istill want to know if Reed Pop can be sued though.

There was a small show here in st louis were someone wanted to sell bootleg dvds and the show said NO and they couldnt set up.

Edited March 2, 2020 by Raze

[sd2416]

1 hour ago, OtherEric said:

Pretty sure that, unlike a lot of the prints of copyrighted characters, you could fairly easily make the case those are satirical and fair use.  The question is do you want to fight the mouse if they come after you, the answer is the mouse probably wouldn't want to risk the case either.

Also, thank you for the awesome show report, @Raze

Didnt they go after a daycare for having their characters painted on the walls?

[Krismusic]

awesome reporting and pics felt like I was there.. thanks again for great pics and such a cool time hope you had fun. 

[nickdemeato]

1 hour ago, Logan510 said:

A lot of booths were selling homemade stuff using copyrighted characters, there was even at least one bootleg DVD booth and I know that's 100% illegal.

 

1 hour ago, Raze said:

Yeah I saw those. And was thinking the same thing. Reed Pop should put an end to that. 
 

I think both Reed Pop and the seller could get in big trouble. Does anyone how that works?

 

1 hour ago, Raze said:

@OtherEric thanks for the info. Istill want to know if Reed Pop can be sued though.

There was a small show here in st louis were someone wanted to sell bootleg dvds and the show said NO and they couldnt set up.

I suppose it comes down to if someone complains to the proper people. There are often stalls like this at car boot sales and they stay around because some people like getting cheap DVDs. Some people who visit tut but say nothing. Maybe a British thing. Reed Pop could claim ignorance depending what was on the application for the stall, but I would imagine they would get some sort of fine. I have no real knowledge to base any of this on

[F For Fake]

Great, thread, @Raze ! Everything I like: wall books, art, artist booths, and toilet humor!

[MSGComics]

My C2E2 Haul

Captain America by Michael Cho $150
- Was my main focus and glad I got it.

Captain America by Mike Perkins $100
- I arranged this before the show and he never disappoints!!!

Powerman and Iron Fist page by Sanford Greene $240, which was marked down from $320
- I thought of getting a commission but splurged a little and got this page.

I picked up some books for holes, but got a nice copy of Thirty Second over Tokyo for a great price, which I was very happy with.  I have included a couple pics

I also had to pick up this comic of Monkey in a Wagon vs Lemur on a Big Wheel for $1

Here is a review that I wrote for another group:
This was my third year in a row attending and for the most part not a whole lot has changed as far as the whole process and where stuff is located etc. That said, I will say there were some noticeable differences.

The first of these, that was pointed out to me by an artist, was that the artist alley is smaller as the aisles are narrower and there are fewer spaces. Artist alley is still huge and the main reason I go, but it was really cramped. Myself and the artist had determined that the loss of space was turned into new vendor spots.

Another noticeable difference was that there was an absence of several comic dealers who I had seen in the past, that were not present. Bedrock Comics and some other noticeable faces were not there. The biggest lack of presence was that Comics4less did not set up with their large island. I ran into Pete, the owner of Comics4less, and he told me he was not doing shows anymore. This seemed to put some comics vendors in different spots than they were normally located. I would say that there were two or three newer comic vendors I had not seen before, but it felt as though there was a lower number of comic vendors than in past years.

There was no shortage in finding any number of key books you were looking for. Some of the prices were at FMV, while some made me roll my eyes. I felt as though Harley Yee had the better selection of golden age books for my interest, while the Reeces, Dale Roberts, and Super World had nice golden and silvera age books as well. There were also plenty of $1 and $2 boxes to dig through as well.

One thing that I did notice was that Comicsketchart.com and Essential Sequential seemed to have merged and are representing a whole bunch of creators now. Many of them would sign one item for free and then charge you for rest, while some like David Finch had no free signatures. With some of the creators I just waited till they were signing at the Marvel and DC booth and then got my comics all signed for free. It seemed as though fewer and fewer creators were signing for free overall. I am also always amazed at the level of talent in the room, by those who were “not in the business” as they clearly have some talent!

Last, and some may not care about this, but C2E2 had a really nice tie in with the AEW event that was happening at the Wintrust arena a block away. Jud was able to score tickets for us to attend the event and a lot of C2E2 folks were there as well. They also had several of the wrestlers signing and doing meet and greets with fans at C2E2. The last wrestling event I went to had Koko B. Ware and had to of been 30 years ago. Nonetheless, it only added to a great weekend of fandom.

Overall, I plan on coming back next year as this is a great show to meet creators and shop the folks that come in from the East Coast as this is about as far west as they will come outside of San Diego. This has a lot of family based activities and other things to do besides shopping. I hope to bring the rest of the family next year, but also know that this may be a little pricey for some. 

 

 

Edited March 3, 2020 by SSkufan

[ADAMANTIUM]

Sounds like fun @SSkufan 

 

[Robot Man]

9 hours ago, Raze said:

Yeah I saw those. And was thinking the same thing. Reed Pop should put an end to that. 
 

I think both Reed Pop and the seller could get in big trouble. Does anyone how that works?

There is a monthly comic show in LA that had been going on for decades. Maybe the longest running monthly con in the country. Local guys know it as the Shrine show. Used to be a pretty good show. About 12 years ago it really started to slip. I gave it up when the promoter started letting bootleg movies and porn in. He just couldn’t even fill tables when you bought one and got one for free.