Same. SDCC 16 and 17. Were good. Then 18 and 19 got so crowded. This year was not so bad. First time in a long time that I was actually able to move around and breath.
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I love how many vendors have boxes of comics on their tables labeled “wall books”…”why are they in the box??”
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I spent the whole time today digging through short and long boxes. From 10-5…I think I hit every vendor with comics, though. I would have to say there may have been more than there are at NYCC. It was busy, but didn’t feel anywhere near as crowded as NYCC.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t hear a lot of people asking about slabs or taking them down while I was digging (o had my head down most of the time). I will say 90% of the vendors still have $1 and $2 books in the $5 and $10 bins…and 90% of the books individually priced are just ridiculous. Even with the “50% off keys” it’s not even close. Some modern books I felt were worth considering, but then I would look closer and see they were riddled with spine ticks or discolored….slapping NM+ price and it’s VF/NM at best. I got some good photos that should give some here a laugh.
Yeah, they’ll “give you a deal” if you bundle a bunch…and maybe that price may be fair market value….but that’s not my game. But I didn’t come home empty handed, which I felt was possible. Got a couple books I’m pretty happy about. I’ll share those a little later.
I did not stop by any artists. I did go back to look at the Megos at the end but they had already cleared out. 
Will post a few the few pics so took today a little later.
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Most of these dealers that go from one Con to another, and to another, and to another … think it’s year 2019/2020.
They’re off their rockers; particularly the big cons
I had my eye on a “9.8” comic of Harley Quinn by AH the one where she is tied up in the straight jacket…
Lets just say that it was priced waaaaaay more than eBay and when I made an eBay offer, they wouldn’t budge. I was very close on buying a Hulk 181 7.0 ( with an old CGC label) for $3K. Guy wanted 3700 and said if I took it today, he would drop it to 3K. Man if I only had that extra kind of cash…