Mega-Con Day 1 & Load-In From Hell....

Usually, the Thursday load-in for a big con is uneventful but not the case for Mega-Con this year...

Not only did we have to load in our stuff in a virtual monsoon but the seals on our cart tires blew out and we had to scurry to find one. Luckily, Chad from Apocalypse Comics let us use his and we finally got the job done but not until 8:30 PM!!!! Ouch.... Nonetheless, had one really nice sale while setting up so that took the sting out of an otherwise laborious, frustrating day.

The really neat thing is that I took the cart to Riker's Automotive Tire Center over on Central Florida Parkway and they fixed the cart and didn't charge me a cent!!! Well, that sort of thing makes you stop and think - after all, these folks didn't know me from Adam's housecat -and could have easily charged me $20.00 per tire to fix the flats - I would not have complained one bit as a comic dealer's cart is a huge piece of one's convention livlihood. It's not like I live in Orlando and would be a regular customer - they just did a nice thing, simple as that. So a huge shout out to Sean Davis and his co-workers at Riker's Automotive Tire Center - what a nice bunch of folks!

As far as the show is concerned, sales were good but attendees were kicking tires and casing the joint. Did sell a Strange Worlds #1 - CGC 9.0 - poppin' a big book like that always makes the first day nice. Marvel's Kick-Ass hardcover is the hot book right now - sold four on Friday and only have three left - they will go today. In fact, Saturday at a Mega-Con is wild and is by far the biggest sales day.

Good....looking forward to it.

It's Time for Mega-Con 2010 in Orlando!

Well, Walkin' Willie's Comix is down here in beautiful - but rainy - Orlando, Florida for Mega-Con 2010. Thing is, we are chillin' in the hotel room as load-in isn't until 2:00!!!! Ouch!

No problem - we will go over early and try to bribe the dockmaster - just kiddin'... We will go over early though as you just can't tell what is going to happen - they let us in 30 minutes early last year.

Mostly, we'll have trades and graphic novels - a few boxes of old stuff too as well as some CGC books. We brought a ton of stuff - it should more than fill up our two 10 x 10 booths.

Speaking of booths, we will be located at Booth Nos. 432 & 434 - here's a link to the show floor plan so you will know right where we are....

If you haven't been to a Mega-Con, it is sort of like Heroes-Con and Dragon*Con got married and had a baby - seems like we've said this before. Anyway, if you would like to take a look at pictures of Mega-Con 2009, here's your link before we "hide" it after the con - i.e. it won't be on the Walkin' Willie's Comix website navigation but will still be around. Mouse over the thumbnails for some really stupid comments by yours truly....

We will try to blog some after each show day - thing is, we are usually too busy to get out much so we'll talk about whatever we find out, whatever we know...

Sure hope it stops raining though - load-in could be a mess. Ah, ain't nothin' but a thing...