Wizard World Chicago....comic treasure trove!
Hello comic brethren and sisthren(?), 
Jon and I recently returned from Wizard World Chicago 2008. Every year we ditch our wives and jobs, throw on the spandex, jump into Jon's version of the A-Team van, and peel out Knight Industries 2000-style for good ol' Chicago, U.S.A.
We learned long ago that if you can only attend a Con for 1 day, that day must be Sunday. The reason, you ask? Deals, deals, deals. That's right...more swag for your dollar. No vendor wants to cart 50,000 comic long boxes back across the country to the San Diego Con. So, what do they do about it? They slash prices deeper than a Dooku can trim Skywalker anatomy, that's what! The final day of the Con, Jon and I routinely came across vendors selling comics at ten cents each.
As the day wore on, prices only got better. Granted, it may take some time to find what you want from a ten cent comic box, but us Geeks got a lot of time! Am I right? The best part of the Con? When your knees start hurtin' from rooting around in boxes on the floor, and your finger tips get chapped from filing through "bagged and boardeds" you might stand up just in time to see something like....
Worth the price of admission, my friends. The cheap comics are just an extra perk!
On the other hand, you might see something like....
Also worth the price of admission, but in a different way. I've got to go wash my filthy brain out with soap. Peace!
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I actually think that would be written as sisterthren. But I'm not English so I have no idea!
Ditch our wives? How do you know that wasn't one of our wives in the Spider-Woman outfit. Hmmmm....
Deals, deals, and Spider-Women. That is truly the real reason to go on Sunday.
Doku? Skywalker anatomy? Ewww...
The Con was again a successful trip this year. Since we didn't go last year, breaking a string of I think 7 in a row (Bart's fault) it seemed like it had been too damn long. Too long to get cheap comics (I got 5 DC Showcase Presents for $5 each! Woot!), see scantily clad ladies walking around a bunch of comic book geeks, and to have some alone time with Bart.
Alone time with Bart and Skywalker anatomy. My weekend was a success.
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Jon |
July 1, 2008 at 4:11 PM