Evan's Comic Book Blog

I think growing up in the 90's was the best time to be a kid, especially if you liked superheroes.  I grew up watching Batman the Animated series, the Batman movies, power Rangers, Superfriends and other great cartoons.  It was definitely a fun time to be a kid.  Batman has always been my favorite superhero and I can remember having almost all the animated series figures and watching that show over and over again.  Batman and Power Rangers had the biggest impact on me as a young kid.  I can remember how blown away I was with the Batman movies like Batman and Robin and Batman Forever, of course seeing them now they don't hold up at all, but as a kid you didn't care about the story, you just wanted to see Batman on the big screen.  I had read some comics when I was young at school but it wasn't until I saw the first Spiderman movie where I can actually remember buying any comics.  I didn't really have any comic shops around where I lived growing up....

I went to Comiconn last weekend at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.  I had fun at the show.  We didn't set up this year so I was just there as an attendee.  I think I made the right choice this year, even though last year was good for selling books  This year there were far less dealers.  The venue itself is great, its a casino so you cant really complain.  I played some tables after I was done with the con and had a pretty good time.  The show had its issues though.  I didn't have a dealer pass this year so I bought my ticket ahead of time online.  I went on Saturday only.  The way they let you in was kind of weird.  Whether you bought a ticket in advance or not you had to wait in the same line.  You then had to make your way to the Foxwoods box office to hand in your printed ticket for another ticket.  You then had to go onto another line where you exchanged that ticket for a wristband.  I think they could ha...