Friday, October 07, 2022
Is it weird to have a show same week as NYCC?
The next town over has a little comicon tomorrow, which of course isn't as big a deal as NYCC, but it has the benefit of being a con I could actually buy comics at. Unfortunately, I am even less organized than usual, which is saying something, and a bit run-down to boot. A good night's sleep and an absurdly long shower should get me back in it, though.
I don't have a wishlist or plan this time, aside from the usual grab-bag of cheap comics and figures. I do kind of want a pre-Legends non-cartoon Toy Biz Thing, for something only I would find funny. I bought the 3.75 inch "Marvel Legends" Thing, and he felt a little small for what I wanted; and I don't know why those were called Legends and not "Marvel Universe" like the smaller figures used to be. Also I'm annoyed Magneto got a figure in that scale before Nightcrawler, who hopefully will before the scale craps out...
Despite having them on the mind recently, I doubt I'll see any Essential or Showcase collections: they're getting a little thin on the ground, and also seem too heavy to lug around to shows. I recently picked up one book I was always on the hunt for, so I don't know if there's anything...oh, take that back; I got a few issues of Garth Ennis's War Stories--man, all the covers aren't on the GCD? Well, if I find any; I'll fix that. Somebody posted the Legion of Super Heroes "Legends of the Dead Earth" cover the other day, and I found that but could get the Legionnaires Annual. I also got another copy of the last issue of Nth Man, and I wonder how difficult it would be to put together the rest of the run. As long as I'm wishing, I've been watching a ton of Farscape and would gladly take any figures or comics from that if they fell in my lap. I feel like I'd seen Alpha Flight/Inhumans recently and passed on it, although I've blogged a ton of those split annuals. I think I've bought the collection more than once, but I wouldn't mind the (bloggable!) issues for Uncanny X-Men: First Class. Ooh, Pinhead vs. Marshal Law #2! That 2019 Six Million Dollar Man, 2002 Deadman, Justice League Odyssey, I've been trying to replace Punisher 2099 #34 for years...OK, getting hyped up now! Wish me luck.
Hope everything worked out for you overall.
ReplyDeleteI used to have that very same Thing figure back in the day.
Interesting story behind me getting that Thing figure, as that was the day I had my first celebrity experience where I met Mr America's Most Wanted himself, John Walsh! True story. Remind me tell you about that one someday.