A reasonably nice Saturday morning drive and train to Penn Station and as soon as I got out to the street I ran right into Harris, Sharon and Angie and went across the street to the show at the Penn Plaza Hotel. It was 11 and there was still quite a line to get in, so Harris went ahead with his press pass and I was able to get a wristband and get a place in line so I was in after about 25 minutes of waiting. Seems Tom Felton was drawing a big crowd as the fall show was nowhere near this crowded. We walked around and saw Jane, Monica, John, and Val. Stopped and talked with Dave Fox, Brian Kong, and Sara Richard. There were just about zero cards to be found, but we did get the UD Marvel Kree-Skrull Wars packs that were in the bags being distributed upon entry. We also scored some 501 Legion promo cards at their table. We then went downstairs and saw Jane waiting to get "Simpsonized", and she told us she saw James Marsters and he looked awful. Shortly after that Harris and I saw him and Jane was right, he looked like Buffy had just beaten the **** out if him! I hope he's ok, he really did look awful. That was it for the show for us at that point.

We then set off on our New York adventure, I know very little about New York, Harris has some knowledge, but he had his trusty phone with many apps to help get us to a record store in Brooklyn, were we also had lunch at a fancy bar/restaurant with some fancy prices, $10 for a grilled cheese sandwich! It was, however, a very fancy grilled cheese sandwich.

We then returned to Manhattan and hit another record store and Forbidden Planet, Harris got some CD's but we found nothing at Forbidden Planet. Went to check out Washington Square Park, interesting people watching, and then off to meet back up with Sharon and Angie for dinner at Guantanamera, a Cuban restaurant, the food was very good and we all had dessert, although everyone passed on the dessert that Harris claimed had human milk in it. Enough said about that!

We then walked back towards Penn Station, through Times Square, it was a nice night so we took our time in Times Square and even found Midtown Comics, which was a nice store, and they even had non-sports cards! I got 5 packs of Marvel Beginnings and pulled a Roger Stern autograph card.

Arrived at Penn Station and said goodbye and was lucky to catch the train back to New Jersey right away so I was home before 11, it was a long day but even though the show was a bit of a letdown (but not unexpected), I had a great time just hanging out in the city for a day with Harris, Sharon, and Angie. Next up, WW Philly, which is usually a good show.

We missed you, Alan! I don't have any pics, but Harris took a few that he may post later.

sounds like a good time

I love Midtown comics

good pull on the packs
- its nice that you can pull packs now with UD
knowing that the correlation is good and someone hasn't pulled the rare

would be interested in a Skree-Skull pack if you have an extra
I have a marvel Stussy pack will trade for it ??

One day tickets were $25 at the door. It was $20 if you bought them online in advance. But there was a $4.87 processing fee

I arrived around 1. There was no line to get in but there was a great deal of confusion. So it took me about 10 minutes for me to get inside.

I got the Fanboys comic that I got at Celebration IV in Los Angeles signed by Dan Fogler.



Dan Fogler's table was right next to Tom Felton's.


I shopped around for comics and cards in a very crowded and hot vendor area. As Batman said, there were no card vendors. I was pleased to pick up variants for Fringe (the backstory to the TV show) and Formic Wars (the backstory to Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game).

Then I attended James Marsters's QA. He was quite energetic and very popular with the girls and women in attendance. I'm sorry for the poor picture. But if his demeanor is any indication, he seems to be fine.


Then I sat through MOCCA's Comic Book Club's improv comic book talk to get a good seat for Tom Felton's Q&A. It was pointless as the panel was not very entertaining and the staff cleared the room afterwards.

Tom Felton was very popular. It was a very entertaining Q&A.


According to Morena Baccarin, this convention was her first since V was cancelled. Since she didn't need to keep the hair short anymore, she is growing it out - which is her reason for the hat. The Q&A was cut short by the moderator after someone from the Howard Stern asked questions about her race.


Thanks for reading

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We missed you, Alan! I don't have any pics, but Harris took a few that he may post later.

I was there in spirit, Batman!

~Alan

As Batman posted above, it was a good day out. I love NYC so I'm happy to go to Big Apple Con, even if there isn't all that much for card collectors.

Here's some pictures of the show to go with his report above.


Tom Felton from Harry Potter


Kristanna Loken from Terminator 3

James Marsters


Artist Jimmy Cheung

Artist Sarah Richard


Artist Dave Fox

And here are a couple of pictures from Midtown Comics


Midtown Comics has a number of cards for sale


And not only that, but they have $400 Green Lantern sneakers. Only 300 pairs made. You WILL buy them!

Also, cool post chen12. Too bad we missed you.

Thanks for dropping by the table...always a pleasure talking shop with you! I'll post sketches when I have them organized....

By the way, if you ever need recommendations on cool places to check out, Krissy and I have a long list

I MAY go to Philly, as about 20 people asked me if I would...we'll see...