I will be there Saturday and Sunday. If anyone wants to trade. I have lots of sets to trade.

Anyone going to Wizard World chicago in June.

Yep, I'll be there. . . I'd be interested in trading, but I'm mainly looking for sketches and autographs. . .

They bumped the show up to June 26-29, which I think is a step in the right direction (less competition w/ Comic Con), but someone said it was the same weekend as Heroes Con so that could create a conflict for some of the dealers. . .

The website is kinda screwed up in places, but more info is: http://www.wizardworld.com/chicago.html

Anyone else making the trip?

I have to say the guest list for Motor City is MUCH more impressive. . . unfortunately I won't be able to make Motor City this year :-(

Jon

I'll most likely not make it to Wizard World this year, as I already have plans during that time. But even if I didn't, I probably still wouldn't go. It's the same thing year after year, and the show seems to be more poorly run every year.

I intended to go to Motor City Con this year but decided not to go because of gas prices. I simply can't justify the trip.

I'll be there at least 1 day, maybe 2.

I will only go one day probably Friday. I don't go out of my way anymore to attend WW. Each year seems to be less and admission is more. Most card manufactures have not been there the past few times either. Seems like all Chicago shows aren't on their radar as of late.

I am a cards and comics fan. Mostly Superman and Batman and other DC characters.

I hope someone comes to WW Chicago, I just sent in my dealer reservation.

So, that means I'll be there all 3 days. Stop by and say HI.

Ed

It was touch and go there for a while but I'll be there, looking forward to it, it'll be a nice "ramp-up" to San Diego!

I'll be there Ed.

I'll be there. If anyone is interested in pre-commissioning something for the show please shoot me an e-mail.

Less than 42 days until the show and there is only ONE media guest listed so far...Felix Sila (It from "Addams Family" and Twiki from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century").

Yeah, I can see how Wizard World is seriously competing with other shows.....

The Wizard World shows haven't been very media oriented for a while so I'm not surprised. . .

But I did just check the website and they've added:

Jeremy Bulloch
Honky Tonk Man
Iron Sheik
George 'The Animal' Steele

Jon

Oooh! Oooh! George "The Animal" Steele!!!

aka Tor Johnson in Tim Burton's "Ed Wood"!

That's super-awesome!!!

-Bob-

Two new guests. . .

Missy Peregrym
("Reaper", "Heroes", "Stick It" Actress)

And Tony Moran who played Michael Myers (Halloween, not Austin Powers).

Jon

Even more new guests. . .

Including folks from Survivor, Amazing Race and Rock the Cradle -- I have to say this is the biggest/best media guest list years.

Jon

Miracles do happen ---- I'll be there!

Here's the Media Guest List:


Warren Ellis
GUEST OF HONOR
(Anna Mercury, Gravel and Astonishing X-Men writer)

Brian Michael Bendis
SPECIAL GUEST
(Secret Invasion, New Avengers, Mighty Avengers and Ultimate Spider-Man writer)

Todd McFarlane
SPECIAL GUEST
(Spawn Creator: Image Comics Founder)

Missy Peregrym
SPECIAL GUEST
("Heroes", "Reaper", "Stick It" Actress)
*Sat Only

Alex Ross
SPECIAL GUEST
(Project Superpowers and Avengers/Invaders co-writer/cover artist)
*Sat Only

Steve Sansweet
SPECIAL GUEST
(Director of Fan Relations, Lucasfilm Ltd.)

Jeremy Bulloch
(Star Wars- Boba Fett)

Johnny Fairplay
("Survivor")

Lou Ferrigno
(TV's Incredible Hulk)

Mick Foley
(WWE SuperstarHardcore Legend) *Sat Only

Christy Hemme
(TNA Wrestling Knockout)
*Thurs & Fri Only

Sean Patrick Flanery
("Young Indiana Jones", "The Boondock Saints" Actor)

Mike Holman
("*******")

Honky Tonk Man
(Wrestling Legend)

Beth "Venom" Horn
American Gladiators

Gail Kim
(TNA Knockout, TNA & WWE Women's Champion)
*Thurs, Fri & Sat Only

Robert Kurtzman
("From Dusk Til Dawn" creator, "Pulp Fiction", "Army Of Darkness", "Kill Bill" Special Effects Legend)

Dawn Marie
(wresting diva)

Chase Masterson
(STAR TREK: DS9, STAR TREK: OF GODS & MEN Actress)
*Sat & Sun Only

Justin Mentell
Courtesy of The Scream Factory ("G-Force", "Boston Legal", "Death Walks The Streets" Actor)

Tony Moran
(Actor, played Michael Myers in “Halloween” and “Halloween II”; courtesy of Comic City)

Angus Oblong
(Creator of "The Oblongs")

Iron Sheik
(Wrestling Legend, Howard Stern "Killers of Comedy")

Felix Silla
(Adams Family's Cousin It)

George "The Animal" Steele
(Wrestling Legend)

Jesse Blaze Snider
("MTV's Rock The Cradle" star, "Strangeland", "Marvel Presents: Deadpool" Writer)

Kynt and Vyxsin
("Amazing Race")

Virgil
(Wrestling Super-Star)

Jennifer "Phoenix" Widerstrom
American Gladiators

James Zahn
("Death Walks The Streets" Writer/Director)

The list for artists is HUGE:

Sal Abbinanti
Amory Abbott
Kei Acedera
Eric Adams
Paul Allan Ballard
Dartallion Allen
Marcus Almand
David Alusik
Myke Amend
Jordan Amonette
J. Anthony Kosar
Juan Arevalo
John Ashton Golden
Franco Aureliani
Javier Avila
Brian Babendererde
Sam Bahdi
Bethalynne Bajema
Jeff Balke
Alverne Ball
Art Baltazar
Darryl Banks
Banky
Jeremy Bastian
Moose Baumann
Gabriel Bautista
Andrew Bawidamann
Mike Bear
Mike Beazley
Sarah Becan
Joe Benitez
Christian Beranek
John Berger
Lisa Beyer
Kevin Birtcher
Justin Bleep
Nick Bliss
Pam Bliss
Brent Bollenbach
Frank Bonetti
Brad Bowers
W. Brad McFee
Ivan Brandon
Jay Brant
Jennifer Brazas
Tom Brazelton
Jennie Breeden
Mitchell Breitweiser
Jayme Brewer
Tim Broderick
Patrick Brower
Ashley Brown
John Bruni
Shawn Bryan
Steve Bryant
Gina Budziak
Angela Buran
Jon Buran
Jason Burian
Chris Burnham
Erik Burnham
Lydia Burris
Michael Bush
Adron Buske
Jessica Bustraan
Steven Butler
Buzz
Alex Cable
Ryan Cable
Sam Cable
Jim Calafiore
Talent Caldwell
Cpt. Caleb Hayes
Dennis Calero
Zander Cannon
Juan Carlos Ramos
Pat Carlucci
Dustin Carson
Evan Cass
Dan Cassity
Jeff Castaneda
Rene Castellano
Tommy Castillo
C.B. Cebulski
Gail Celio
Jeff Cerica
Justin Cermak
Phil Chan
Anastasia Chatzka
L. Chenier
Neil Chenier
Bobby Chin
Wayne Chinsang
Eddie Choi
Mike Choi
Garah Christoff
Justin Chung
Jeff Clark
B. Clay Moore
Adam Cleveland
Bekah Cleveland
Aaron Clubb
Anthony Coffey
Olivier Coipel
Tim Coman
Katie Cook
Jinky Coronado
Ian Corrao
Todd Coss
Amber Crumb
Melly Curphy
Jeremy D. Mohler
W. Dal Bush
Geof Darrow
Michael Dauenhauer
Tobi Dauenhauer
Peter David
Shane Davis
Matt Dawson
Jeff Delgado
Seann dempsey
Rob Digman
Sarah Dill
Rich Dinan
Eric Dinse
Kurt Dinse
Stacie Dinse
Chuck Dixon
Dan Dockmann
Mike Dolce
T.J. Dort
Brennan Dortch
Dan Dougherty
Chris Dreier
Heather Dreier
Jim Droese
Anne Drozd
Jerzy Drozd
Damian Duffy
Joe Dunn
Justin DuPont
Kenny Durkin
Michael Duron
Alan Dyson
Anita Dyson
Cathy Dyson
John Eberle
Darla Ecklund
Chris Edwards
Josh Elder
Aaron Endres
Edward Endres
Scott Ethan Ambruson
Alan Evans
Irvsher Fabor
Christa Faught
David Faught
Mat Festa
Brandon Filbert
Dave Finch
Mike Finck
Fran Fisher
G.W. Fisher
Marc Fishman
Matthew Flecther
Eva Flora
Thomas Florimonte
Sean Forney
Steph Forney
Brion Foulke
Nathan Fox
Kristin Foxy Allen
Franchesco
Sarah Frary
Wendi Freeman
Wade Furlong
Galindorf
David Gampiti
Agnes Garbowska
Heidi Garcia
Jose Garibaldi
Jerry Gaylord
Rob Geiger
Drew Geraci
Robyn Gerry-Rose
Kasra Ghanbari
Anna Gianni
Thomas Gianni
Aaron Gillespie
Kevin Girard
Derek Glascock
Anna Gleason
Kevin Gleason
Patrick Gleason
Kyle Gnepper
Chris Goble
Andrew Godoski
Hailan Gong
Ben Goodman
Fredd Gorham
Grant Gould
Adi Granov
Jessica Greathouse
Justin Greathouse
Barry Gregory
Chasen Grieshop
Ralph Griffith
Ted Gross
David Gruba
Becky Grutzik
Serena Guerra
Jordan Gunderson
Michael Gurley
Heidi Gutierrez
Ryan Gutierrez
Trin Gutierrez
Gene Ha
Jennifer Hade
Ken Haeser
Joshua Hagler
Trame Hagler
Joe Haley
Andrew Hall
Emilie Hansel
Matt Hansel
Reggie Hansome
Jonah Hardenbrook
Jonah Harding
Luke Harris-Evans
Rob Hassan
Jeremy Haun
Legenia Hearns
Mark Heike
Stephanie Heike
Brooke Hennen
Larry Henry
Phil Hester
Casey Heying
Kelly Heying
Jessica Hickman
Adam Hicks
Barry Hicks
Ethan Hicks
Kelly Hicks
Matt Hicks
Megan Hicks
Steve Higgins
Luther Hill
Anthony Hochrein
Tom Hodges
Dennis Hopeless
Greg Horn
Marcus Howell
Kelly Howlett
Leia Huddleston
Mike Huddleston
Terry Huddleston
RJ Hudecek
Rocci Hudecek
Jason Hurley
Mike Hutchison
Mitch Hyman
Mike Indovina
Lora Innes
Mike Innes
Bryan Irrera
Jane Irwin
David Isgrigg
Andrea Iverson
Joel Iverson
Woodrow J Hinton III
Kevin J Smith
Bryan J.L. Glass
Derik Jackson
Matt Jacobs
JAG
M. Jason Robards
Emily Jenkins
Eric Jimenez
Jessica Jimenez
Rich Johannsen
Jeremy Johnson
Jeremy Johnson
Josh Johnson
Mason Johnson
Quinn Johnson
Erik Jones
Nat Jones
Chad Jordan
Kijin Jung
Thomas K. Meyer
Aaron Kanitz
Matt Kapolczynski
Robert Katzman
Mike Kelly
Ryan Kelly
Tom Kelly
Riley Kenney
William Kenney
Ryan Kent Paul
Stu Kerr
J. Kevin Carrier
Bart King
Caleb King
John Kipling
Chris Kirby
Mandy “Kitty” Swain
Douglas Klauba
Lucas Klauba
Charles Klein
Alisa Kober
Len Kody
Joseph Kosar
Rich Koslowski
Don Kramer
Chad Krenrick
Alex Kruse
Zack Kruse
Matt Kubinski
Andrew Kudelka
Steve Kurth
Jim Kyle
Brandi Labbe
Jesse Labbe
Annie Lacourisiere
Thierry Lafontaine
Rob Landgren
Matt Larsen
Rich Larson
Jason LaTour
Victor Layne
Bob Layton
Kevin Leen
Nora Leen
Donna Lees
Jhan Lees
Travis Legge
Zach Lehner
Leo Leibelman
Dan Leister
Alayna Lemmer
Jon Lennon
Matt Lennon
Raymond Leonard
Ryan Leonard
Bruce Levine
Jim Libasci
Kim Libasci
Miriam Libicki
Danny Limor
Yoni Limor
Russell Lissau
Billy Littlepage
Lorenzo Lizana
Ted Logan
Pat Loika
Phil Longmeier
Aaron Lopresti
Comfort Love
Chester Lucero
Anthony Lucia
Kurt Lukas
James Lynch
Chris MacCarver
David Mack
Oona Mackinaw
Nick Main
Radames Malave Jr.
Antonio Maldonado
Alex Maleev
Francis Manapul
Andrew Mangum
Danita Mangum
Amber Manos
Ashley Marino
Steve Maxwell
Michael May
Mariel McCarver
Michael McClain
Scott McCullar
Zach McDivitt
Andy McDonald
Michael McElroy
Mark McHaley
Sean McKeever
Mark McKenna
Jim McKern
Ren McKinzie
Kevin McQuarn
Angel Medina
Guadelupe Medrano
Bill Meiggs
David Meiggs
Kevin Mellon
Melody
Michael
Brian Michael Bendis
Jason Millet
Lil Minion
Jacob Minor
Kevin Minor
Matthew Minor
Rodrigo Mireles
Mortal Mirror Studio
J. Mitchell
Len Mitsch
Christopher Mitten
Timothy Mitten
Matthew Mohammed
Samantha Molinelli
Rich A. Molinelli
A. Monnie Aleahmad
Jason Mood
Sean Moran
Nick Muntean
Joe Myers
Thomas Negovan
President Nelson
Bennett Neuhauser
Tom Nguyen
Joel Niddrie
Rafael Nieves
Diana Nock
Jacque Nodell
Aaron Norton
Mike Norton
Edmund Nowiszewski
Travis Nuckolls
John O’Malley
Darrell O’Riley
Chris Oatley
Mike Oeming
Elaine Oldham
Jaysin Osterkamp
Otter
Andy Owens
Alfred Paige
Erin Pakowski
John Palazzo
Steve Palenica
Mia Paluzzi
Mike Pampinella
Alex Parent
Dan Parent
Ande Parks
Dave Pasciupo
Sam Pass
Susan Pennington
Andrew Pepoy
Mike Perkins
David Petersen
Khoi Pham
Rochelle Phister
Tom Pinchuk
Linda Pineda
Robert Pineda
Roman Pineda
Brett Pinson
Connie Pinson
Bradley Pipkin
Missy Piscione
Steve Piscione
Aaron Pittman
Jessica Plummer
Calvin Pohlhammer
Ernest Posey
Bill Preston
Alice Price
Andy Price
Nate Pride
Primo
Eric Quintero
Kanisha Ragland
Ronald Ragland
Humberto Ramos
Miguel Ramos
Rodney Ramos
Eric Rampson
Khary Randolph
Zen Rankin
Scott Redding
Gary Reed
Bill Reinhold
Leanna Reinhold
Linda Reinhold
Mike Reinhold
Bob Renzas
Dave Reynolos
Chris Rich-McKelvey
Kyle Richard
Stephanie Richardson
LaMorris Richmond
Lisa Richmond
Alberto Rios
Carrie Robare
Shawn Robare
Tom Roberts
David Rodriguez
Melissa Rogalla
Brian Roll
Brad Rooks
Alejandro Rosado
Drew Rose
Erik Rose
Jean Rose Lim
Scott Rosema
Suzy Rosema
Jonathan Rosenberg
Rachelle Rosenberg
Geoff Rousseau
Jesse Rubenfeld
Mark Rudolph
Josh Ruggles
Terry Ruggles
Carlos Ruiz
Ramsey Rusef
Joe Rykowski
Nigel Sade
Pascal Saint-Clair
Darren Sanchez
Kevin Sandstrom
Stuart Sayger
Alan Schell
Ronald Schell
Jake Schroeder
Julie Schroeder
Kurt Schulenburg
Barb Schulz
Gary Scott Beatty
Keith Seroka
Andre Seymanowicz
Aaron Shaps
Sean Shaw
Sean Shaw
Brian Shearer
Brooke Shelley
Eric Shelley
MB Sherman
Matt Simmons
Kris Simon
Chris Sims
Randy Siplon
Paul Sizer
Luke Smarto #2
Luke Smarto
Brandon Smith
Brooke Smith
Peter Smith
Ted Smith
Uko Smith
Alvin Snerling
Larry Snodie
Anthony Snyder
Taki Soma
Carly Spade
Carla Speed McNeil
Chad Spilker
Pete Stathis
Ryan Stegman
Patrick Stephenson
Drew Sternitzky
Jay Sternitzky
Michele Sternitzky
Evil Steve
Matt Stewart
Tom Stillwell
Tammy Stoop
Tracy Stoop
Benita Story
Scott Story
Jim Su
Jake Sullivan
Stephen Sullivan
Pab Sungenis
Arthur Suydam
Ryan Swain
Joanthan Switzer
Jeff Swolley
Matt Synowicz
Adam Talley
Billy Tan
Justin Tauch
Alex Tichenor
Matt Tichenor
Dirk Tiede
Michelle Timian
Miller Timmons
Dann Tincher
Glenn Tippett
Gregory Titus
Caitlin Touchton
Scott Turk
Brook Turner
Andrea Tyler
Christopher Uminga
Jim Valentino
Angela Valverde
Ethan Van Sciver
Heather Vanderzee
Tim Vaulato
Tony Venturini
Tim Vigil
Ervin Villahueva
April W.
Dave Wachter
Carrie Wade
Robb Wadzinski
John “waki” Wycough
Joe Walerko
Colin Wales
Jeff Wamester
Sean Ward
JOSH WARNER
KATHY WARNER
Jon Warren
Mike Watson
Ron Watson
Brendan Wenberg
Matt Wendt
Rebecca Whitaker
Mike Wiley
Elaine Williams
Freddie Williams
Demi Winters
Lance Winters
Lucius Wisnieski
Adam Withers
Renee Witterstaetter
Jeffrey Witty
Marc Wolfe
David Wong
Chris Wood
Cori Wood
Don Wood
Kurt Wood
Ashley Woods
Patricia Woods
Chad Woody
Matt Wright
Frances Wun
Carla Wyzgala
Stan Yan
Jason Yungbluth
Ahmet Zappa
Erin Zelmanski
Paul Ziomek
Peter Ziomek

Congrats if you made it this far!

Hope to see some of you in Chicago!

Ed

Ahmet Zappa -- wasn't he on MTV for a while as a VJ or something. . .

Definitely a better list than what they've had for several years -- I'm looking forward to the show. . .

Anyone want to set up some trades?

Jon

Man, why is Wizard so gung-ho on wrestling? I know it's popular, but the number of wrestling guests seems a little excessive.

I'll not be able to attend this hear. I hope those of you who do have a great time.