Evan's Comic Book Blog

Ok guys so now the good part of the show. I had a great time. I was there Friday and Saturday, set up with a friend of mine who's a dealer. We got a table last minute so we were in the ground floor of the Dunkin Donuts Center instead of the Cobvention Center with all the other comic dealers, which turned out to work well. Sales were great, surprisingky it was busy, very steady. Today was non stop all day long. Friday was less crowded, I got to walk around more and it was easier to get around. I walked the convention center pretty easily to look for books to buy. I didn't find much though. I only bought 2 books at this con, a Star Wars 2 CGC 9.4 and a Journey into Mystery 103 CGC 3.5. But I was happy with those books and I got them for a great price. I also picked up some slabs from CBCS that they shipped to the show for me and I was very happy with the grades I receieved.  Saturday was crazy busy. I only walked to the convention center once and didn't want to do it again b...

Man this show was a mess. First I'll talk about the show itself then I'll talk about how it was for me. So those of you who have been to this con know it's very disorganized and not run well and it was no different this year. This is the third straight year I've gone, and it gets worse every year, as the show grows, so do the problems. The floor plan was terribly designed. All the booths were facing the wrong direction, the flow of traffic was slow because of it. Artist alley was randomly in the middle of the show floor. They let a lot of vendors set up with random junk. They had a guy selling old fashioned soda, some weird haunted elevator green screen thing, even a rock wall, why? I have no clue. This show is held in two separate builds, the Dunkin Donuts Center and the Rhode Island Comvention Center. It's so poorly laid out its crazy. They would only let you walk in and out in certain ways. You'd have to leave one building and go outside to get to the other...