Long Beach Comic Con

The second installment of Long Beach Comic Con has seen the light and I was there on opening day. There was a little ceremony which I missed most of because the line to the pre-purchase tickets were quite long.

The floor was set up to have the artist alley in the middle and then the vendors had set up shops around it. Image, Top Cow and Boom! had big booths at the very entrance and was pretty much the first thing you saw.

Initially we raided the trade boxes which were 70-90% off and really found some awesome stuff. The comics selection was great overall and I'm just happy I managed to pull off before spending every dime I owned. Which could easily have happened since the ATM was close and conveniently located.

The program was pretty good with Jeph Loeb and Mike Mignola doing signings and a whole bunch of known and unknown artists hammering out stuff in the alley.

Unfortunately I couldn't attend the rest of the weekend but I was happy what I got out of the 5 hours spent there. Next year I hope to plan ahead better!

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