Convention Attention – Baltimore Comic Con 2025 Recap With The Comic Concierge!

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This is Jason David Frank, and you’re listening

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to the Geek Catch Radio Network. the goddamn

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Batman. This is GeekCast Radio, episode 356.

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I’m, of course, TFJuan Mike, and joining me for

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the second time on this podcast for a Baltimore

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Comic -Con recap for 2025. This year, as always,

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it is the Comic -Cons here, J .K. Dan Clark.

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Hello, sir. How are you? I’m doing well. Doing

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well. How about yourself? I could complain, but

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you know what happens. You can complain about

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the lemons, but it doesn’t really work out so

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well for you. So, yeah, I was doing some research

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and doing some research, and I’m like, holy crap.

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We’ve only done this now twice, but the last

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time we did this was in 2022. Like, how did we

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not do this? For two years, three years. But

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I had seen some of your Comic Concierge posts

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on various social medias and other places, and

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obviously you cross -post those to Geekcast Radio’s

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website, our lovely website over there at geekcastradio

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.com. And you were doing your comic book creators

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recommend comic videos, and I just caught up

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with that series right before we recorded and

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all of that. And so I figured, hey, you know,

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let’s do a Comic -Con convention attention recap.

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And that’s what we’ve been doing the last couple

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of years, I think ever since 2021. I think I

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said this in the New York Comic -Con episode

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with my buddy Brad. I honestly, I’ve been doing

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convention stuff for, I don’t know, the longest

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time. I think the earliest times was like 2010.

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We just never had a name for it. And then somehow,

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some way, a couple years ago, when my buddies

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Matt and Chris, when we started doing their ECCC,

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because Emerald City has too many C’s after it,

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we started doing conventions for them out there

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because they do the West Coast stuff. I was like,

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hey, let’s call it something. And I came up with

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convention attention. Of course, after searching

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Google and Apple and every other… No, seriously.

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You have to literally search every other thing

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in the world on the World Wide Web to make sure

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your name is not taken by anything else. And

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granted, this is just a thing that’s under Geekcast

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Radio for the thing. But still, it’s like, oh,

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my God, you didn’t do your research. And it’s

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a whole thing. So Baltimore Comic Con 2025. How

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many years have you been going to Baltimore Comic

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Con? Oh, it’s been about a decade now. Probably

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2015, 2014 was my first year or so. So, yeah.

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Very cool. Very cool. What do you usually, how

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do you usually prepare to go? Like what, what

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are you, when they announced that, Hey, the next

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convention is going to be this state, this state

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and this, how do you usually prepare for it?

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Well, I’m in the area, so I don’t have to prepare

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too much. Mostly it’s just seeing, because sometimes

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I have friends that come in, sometimes I don’t.

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I like to see who the creators are that they’ll

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have. They have a lot of people that are there

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pretty much every year, like Walt Simonson and

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Louie Simonson are there every year. There are

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some other people. Mark Waid is usually there

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every year. But I like to see what creators are

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going to be there, so just get an idea of who

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will be there that year. And then seeing… What

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the panels will be, usually they’ll release that

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a few weeks in advance, like what their panel

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schedule will be. I usually try to make more

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panels. I only got to one this year. And then

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the other piece is since I’ve been doing more

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TikTok videos and things like that, it’s just

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making sure I have. the technology that I need.

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So, um, I had to get like, uh, since I use my

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phone so much, I went and invested in a portable

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charger because, you know, that’s quickly that

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battery will go. And I got, I got a new portable

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mic and, um, uh, whatever they call it, a gimbal

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as well. So that, that’s really all the preparation

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beyond that, um, beyond just like waiting to

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see who’s there. And then, Once I’m there, I

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typically, and I did a video on this, I get their

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yearly yearbook. They do a special yearbook each

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year that is dedicated to a different subject

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matter. This year it was bone. And what they

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do is have creators are at the con who will do

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specific pieces that focus on bone and typically

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incorporate their own characters. And they give

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you this card to go around and get that signed.

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And usually doing that, I will also, that’s where

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I kind of, I got the idea last year to, Because

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a lot of people are out there that, like, you

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know, everyone has a podcast, everyone has something.

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And I wanted to do something that was quick.

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And I thought, like, ultimately, like, put the

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focus on comic books, because that’s very much

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what Baltimore Comic Con is. They do have, like,

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celebrities here and there. I don’t really care

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about the celebrities. Like, I go for the comic

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book creators. So I thought something that was

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quick and easy. So all I did was ask, you know,

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comic creators to recommend a comic. And so utilizing

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that yearbook is kind of a good way of just starting

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a conversation and then asking to do that. Some

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people will say no, which is fine. Some people,

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like, I get it because, you know, some people

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just don’t want, you know, don’t want to do video

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stuff. Some people just, if you say yes to one

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person, you have to say yes to everyone. But

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a lot of people, surprisingly, I think, you know,

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say yes. And sometimes the people I think will

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say no will end up, like, saying yes. Like Stan

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Sakai, for example, the creator of Yusagi Ujimbo.

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this year. I was really excited that he was willing

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to do it, and was very happy to do it. Brian

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K. Vaughn, he, of course, of Saga, Why the Last

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Man, so many others. Probably the biggest comic

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creator that was there. Tom King, usually there

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every year as well, because he lives down in

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D .C. He’s great, and he’s really open to do

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it as well. But yeah, but then there are some

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that didn’t want to, which is fine. So yeah,

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so that was kind of my game plan going in. So

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I spent most of my time doing that. And then

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occasionally looking for, you know, buying comics

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here and there, too. Yeah, between Stan and Tom,

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I was like, okay, that’s good gets. Very, very

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awesome. Yeah, and I’m just running down their

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2025 guest list, and it is all comic creators.

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They had a few celebrities. They had some people

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from Harry Potter. They had the guy who played

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Isaiah Bradley. Michael Biehn was there. And

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they had some voice cast from the 90s animated

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X -Men show. And they did panels with them. I

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missed most of those. I only made it to one panel,

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which was on… It was actually about post -apocalyptic

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stories, and I went there because it had a lot

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of creators I liked, because Donny Cates was

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there. The guy who did The Last Mermaid for Image

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was a book I really liked, and Brian gave on.

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So I was like, oh, I’ll go to that one. But there

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were some other ones I wanted to go to. They

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did a panel for the X -Men series, this guy who

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does Wolverine, and the person who does Rogue,

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and then the person who does… Morph and Professor

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X were all there, but I missed it because it

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was just one of those things where I was just

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trying to get other things done. Yeah, so this

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year it was in October. which is normally when,

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no, I’m thinking of New York. This year, this

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was in October, though. When is it usually? Is

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it usually in October? Because I don’t remember.

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It varies. It’s been as early as Labor Day weekend

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and as late as Halloween weekend. Okay. So it’s

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usually September, October sometimes. I think

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they often try to be before New Year Comic Con,

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but I think it’s also depending upon when they

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can get permits and things like that. This year,

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too, it was the same weekend as the Baltimore

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Running Festival, so like the Baltimore Marathon.

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So that made it, I think, a little difficult

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for some people to get in. But yeah, it varies.

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It doesn’t have a set weekend, but it’s usually

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anywhere beginning of September. This is about

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average of where it’s at. Sometimes a little

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earlier. I kind of like it being around this

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time. I don’t like it when it’s the same weekend

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as Halloween because it just makes things difficult.

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This was interesting too because you could tell

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a lot of the creators who were at the New York

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Comic Con last week who were at Baltimore this

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week were certainly very, you could tell they

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were feeling it. That’s a lot to do, especially

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those that had to go home and come back. But

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yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, so the reason why

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I ask is because, and I love this, and I mentioned

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this in the New York episode that we did for

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the podcast. As soon as the convention is over,

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the main page of every, and is Baltimore under

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ReadPop? Or I don’t know what. No, I’m pretty

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sure it’s independent. It’s the last independent.

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Okay. Most of these conventions, as soon as they’re

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done with whatever that year’s convention is,

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the main page, all you can find is here’s where

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we’ll be next year. Here’s all next year’s information.

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And they basically bury the current year’s information.

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Like literally the day after the convention is

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over. Yeah. It’s so weird to me. Like, I get

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it. You want to get people excited for 2026.

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Don’t get me wrong. This is the first time I’ve

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been on any of these convention websites where…

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The thing under the 2026 information, which Friday,

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Saturday, and Sunday, September 25th to 27th,

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2026. That’s the next year’s dates, which is

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great. The 2025 Baltimore Comic Con was thrilled

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to welcome the stars and voices of your favorite

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films and shows. So the first thing I did when

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we were preparing to do this podcast is I searched

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out. Baltimore Comic Con on Google. I went to

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their main site, which is what I’m on now. But

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when I did the web search, it also pulled up

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their specific guest page on the website under

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Google. So that’s how I’ve got all the artists,

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all the writers, all the people you’ve just mentioned

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that isn’t Gus from Breaking Bad or Carl Lumley.

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you know, all of the, you know, Phineas from,

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you know, Vincent Martella, isn’t all the celebrity

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stuff. And then I go to the website and I’m like,

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oh, here, here’s all the celebrities. Like you

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mentioned, Cal Dodd and Alison Court and, and

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all of that, Lenore Zahn and whatever else. Cause

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I’m like, oh, interesting how the guest list

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isn’t, doesn’t even show any of those. Oh, right.

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They, they’re on the main page cause they’re

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the celebrities. So I, I always find it interesting

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how certain. Comic -Con websites are laid out

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and how they present themselves before, during,

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and after the convention of that specific year.

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And between New York and Baltimore, it’s been

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vastly different experiences for me trying to

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get information. Yeah. Oh, boy. All right. So

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they did Friday, Saturday, Sunday. So they don’t

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do Wednesday, Thursday. They’re not a five -day

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convention. They’re just the three now. Well,

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I don’t know. Like I said, it’s more like a mid

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-sized con. It’s not the tier of a New York Comic

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Con. But it’s also like, I think it has far more

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creators than I think a lot of other smaller

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cons. So it’s about mid -tier. Yeah, it’s like

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you’re saying. When I was going down the guest

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list of all the creators, I was like, this really

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is a comic convention and i don’t say that disparagingly

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to any of the celebrity guests that show up because

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i know some of those celebrity guests that do

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show up to a lot of these conventions some of

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them really do like comic like i know when michael

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rosenbaum goes to conventions yeah he’s probably

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promoting smallville or whatever other thing

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or maybe he’s promoting doing his own podcasting

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with inside of you or whatever but i know he

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is a comic book fan He wouldn’t do this stuff

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if he wasn’t. But it’s really nice to see a convention

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that puts comic people first. Yeah, and you hear

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that a lot. Writers and artists. You hear that

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a lot from the creators there, too. A lot of

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creators talk about some of the other cons. There’s

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a big difference between the way celebrities

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are treated and comic book creators are treated.

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From the conversations I had from the people

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that were there, the creators there feel much

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more welcome and respected. They’re taken care

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of, I would say. get a lot of positive feedback,

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which I think is why they get so many people

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returning, so many specialist legends like Howard

00:14:50.639 –> 00:14:53.379
Chaikin or like I said, Walt and Louise Simonson.

00:14:53.379 –> 00:14:57.799
They’re there every single year. The Simonsons

00:14:57.799 –> 00:15:00.080
always have the biggest lines too, which I think

00:15:00.080 –> 00:15:02.879
is amazing because even this year with how Brian

00:15:02.879 –> 00:15:05.559
came on, I guess this year Jeff Smith had probably

00:15:05.559 –> 00:15:07.919
the biggest line, the creator of Bone. Bone,

00:15:07.980 –> 00:15:15.240
yep. But yeah. Oh, who was it? Who did you do

00:15:15.240 –> 00:15:19.500
the video with? You did the video with… Was

00:15:19.500 –> 00:15:22.360
it the Stan video that you asked him to recommend

00:15:22.360 –> 00:15:26.019
something and he said something? Stan Sakai recommended

00:15:26.019 –> 00:15:32.039
Bone, yeah. No, he… Who was the one that recommended

00:15:32.039 –> 00:15:36.080
the Brian K. Vaughn thing? Tom King recommended…

00:15:36.080 –> 00:15:40.139
That’s what it was. Tom King, yeah. Folks, I’m

00:15:40.139 –> 00:15:43.720
going to have some sort of link in the show notes

00:15:43.720 –> 00:15:46.139
to this episode so you can go catch all of Dan’s

00:15:46.139 –> 00:15:50.700
videos on geekcastradio .com. But Tom King recommended

00:15:50.700 –> 00:15:54.960
something from Brian K. Vaughn because he was

00:15:54.960 –> 00:15:57.740
literally right across the hall from him. And

00:15:57.740 –> 00:16:00.740
Tom in the video was like, and Brian’s over there.

00:16:00.899 –> 00:16:03.879
You can barely see him because his line’s a mile

00:16:03.879 –> 00:16:08.919
long. I got lucky with where I came on, too,

00:16:08.980 –> 00:16:12.139
because he came back and his line had three people

00:16:12.139 –> 00:16:14.259
in it. And I thought, oh, because they had a

00:16:14.259 –> 00:16:17.059
special signing event. So I’m like, oh, is a

00:16:17.059 –> 00:16:18.460
signing event going on right now? And they’re

00:16:18.460 –> 00:16:21.559
like, no, it’s free right now. So I got in line.

00:16:21.820 –> 00:16:25.419
There’s only four people there. Very cool. So

00:16:25.419 –> 00:16:27.899
that made it. Yeah. So that was nice. There were

00:16:27.899 –> 00:16:29.519
some people I wanted to see. I wanted to see

00:16:29.519 –> 00:16:32.990
Paul Pope because I’m a big fan of him. Every

00:16:32.990 –> 00:16:35.009
time his line came up, it was super long, and

00:16:35.009 –> 00:16:38.429
I just had to manage my time. Same thing with

00:16:38.429 –> 00:16:43.029
Jeff Smith. Still got to meet a lot of other

00:16:43.029 –> 00:16:47.230
people, which was great. That’s the thing I said,

00:16:47.389 –> 00:16:50.690
and I’m sorry, audience. You all know how I am.

00:16:50.789 –> 00:16:54.450
I repeat, repeat, repeat myself a lot. I said

00:16:54.450 –> 00:16:58.009
in the New York episode, I’ll say it here. I

00:16:58.009 –> 00:17:01.090
wish conventions would offer packages for certain

00:17:01.090 –> 00:17:03.769
fans. Like if a convention is going to highlight

00:17:03.769 –> 00:17:06.630
a certain fandom or if it’s going to have a certain

00:17:06.630 –> 00:17:09.349
amount of people from a certain fandom and say

00:17:09.349 –> 00:17:12.529
like the example I used in the New York episode

00:17:12.529 –> 00:17:15.589
was Batman Beyond. Yeah. If you’re going to have

00:17:15.589 –> 00:17:18.250
Will Friedle, if you’re going to have Dana Tan,

00:17:18.390 –> 00:17:20.309
if you’re going to have any of the other voice

00:17:20.309 –> 00:17:23.150
actors, if you’re going to have Bruce Timm, if

00:17:23.150 –> 00:17:26.750
you’re going to have anybody. Give me a instead

00:17:26.750 –> 00:17:30.730
of a four day pass or instead of a blah, blah,

00:17:30.769 –> 00:17:34.130
blah, whatever. Give me a Batman Beyond package

00:17:34.130 –> 00:17:39.690
where I can go for a day. And that’s where I’m

00:17:39.690 –> 00:17:43.130
going. Like, I want to go to a convention to

00:17:43.130 –> 00:17:46.509
have a tailored experience for myself. I don’t

00:17:46.509 –> 00:17:48.529
want to have to go to any convention. I don’t

00:17:48.529 –> 00:17:51.269
care how big or small it is because I don’t do

00:17:51.269 –> 00:17:55.450
well with large or small crowds. where I can

00:17:55.450 –> 00:17:59.329
just be pointed in the right direction, go do

00:17:59.329 –> 00:18:02.809
it, and then go home. That’s how I personally

00:18:02.809 –> 00:18:06.430
am. I understand that’s not how everyone is,

00:18:06.650 –> 00:18:09.890
but to have an option like that for someone like

00:18:09.890 –> 00:18:13.769
me would be really cool, I think. I mean, they

00:18:13.769 –> 00:18:16.230
do. Like, you can get, like, Breaking Ball had

00:18:16.230 –> 00:18:19.329
a package where you could get specific tickets,

00:18:19.509 –> 00:18:21.509
and then you would get your normal tickets, and

00:18:21.509 –> 00:18:23.190
it would include, like, they have a special studying

00:18:23.190 –> 00:18:28.119
event. I don’t know how long it was, but there

00:18:28.119 –> 00:18:31.480
was stuff like that. They did that for a number

00:18:31.480 –> 00:18:33.200
of the creators and some of the guests, too.

00:18:34.920 –> 00:18:37.960
I don’t know if they would have anything in the

00:18:37.960 –> 00:18:39.579
BaltimoreCon that would really suit that. They

00:18:39.579 –> 00:18:41.460
had a little thing for Ghostbusters and stuff

00:18:41.460 –> 00:18:44.579
like that, but there isn’t really… Outside

00:18:44.579 –> 00:18:47.940
of those specific tickets for the creators, I

00:18:47.940 –> 00:18:49.279
don’t know if there’s anything that they could

00:18:49.279 –> 00:18:52.750
have that would… I think my point is, like,

00:18:52.829 –> 00:18:56.890
Disney World is so large. Comic conventions,

00:18:57.250 –> 00:18:59.970
most of them are so large. I mean, unless it’s,

00:18:59.970 –> 00:19:03.069
like, really small. But, like, you take New York,

00:19:03.170 –> 00:19:07.009
San Diego. San Diego, obviously, is much larger

00:19:07.009 –> 00:19:11.569
than New York. But, like, I need direction. I

00:19:11.569 –> 00:19:16.180
don’t just want to be let loose. be drowned in

00:19:16.180 –> 00:19:19.220
the sea of everybody trying to figure out where

00:19:19.220 –> 00:19:21.460
to go and what to do first, because there’s so

00:19:21.460 –> 00:19:25.839
much choice. I need a TV guide. I need a convention

00:19:25.839 –> 00:19:29.400
guide here. Show me which channel to turn to

00:19:29.400 –> 00:19:33.319
first. And you know what I mean? That’s all I’m

00:19:33.319 –> 00:19:36.000
saying. So I understand that maybe Baltimore

00:19:36.000 –> 00:19:39.680
isn’t big enough to do that or something, but

00:19:39.680 –> 00:19:42.960
I just wish that there was something like that.

00:19:43.869 –> 00:19:47.650
Just for any convention, not just Baltimore specifically.

00:19:49.009 –> 00:19:53.230
Yeah, I don’t know. It’s tough because you can

00:19:53.230 –> 00:19:55.829
do that. I don’t know. I don’t know what you’re

00:19:55.829 –> 00:19:59.349
looking for specifically. I don’t know either.

00:19:59.490 –> 00:20:00.990
I feel like you want the convention without the

00:20:00.990 –> 00:20:05.690
convention. Kind of. That’s why I stay home and

00:20:05.690 –> 00:20:13.349
do podcasts. I mean, yeah. Like I said, Baltimore

00:20:13.349 –> 00:20:16.150
is a good site because even this weekend, it

00:20:16.150 –> 00:20:18.970
didn’t get too bad. You could still have conversations

00:20:18.970 –> 00:20:22.589
with people and you could move around. I’ve been

00:20:22.589 –> 00:20:27.690
to New York Comic Con and it’s just seeing people.

00:20:27.930 –> 00:20:32.430
It didn’t get that bad. That’s why it’s good

00:20:32.430 –> 00:20:36.309
to be there because I go all three days. The

00:20:36.309 –> 00:20:39.170
Friday is great just to get a lay of the land,

00:20:39.349 –> 00:20:41.869
know where people are at. If there are specific

00:20:41.869 –> 00:20:44.569
creators that there are ones that I know that

00:20:44.569 –> 00:20:46.369
are going to be busier over the weekend that

00:20:46.369 –> 00:20:50.789
try to focus on more. And then Saturday, um,

00:20:50.910 –> 00:20:52.750
and then, you know, they have the panel schedules

00:20:52.750 –> 00:20:55.650
too. And I think too, if you’re looking for like,

00:20:55.730 –> 00:20:57.569
Oh, I don’t want, you know, I want to be able

00:20:57.569 –> 00:21:00.130
to be guided. Then panels are a good option because

00:21:00.130 –> 00:21:02.529
usually panels aren’t super packed depending

00:21:02.529 –> 00:21:06.390
upon the, the, the, uh, the size of the con,

00:21:06.490 –> 00:21:08.829
but like even, you know, with Baltimore, there’s,

00:21:08.829 –> 00:21:12.039
you get some people, but, They’re usually like

00:21:12.039 –> 00:21:15.740
midsize and you get some good conversations going

00:21:15.740 –> 00:21:17.819
with different things and from a variety of topics.

00:21:17.859 –> 00:21:19.660
Like there are some that focus on certain creators

00:21:19.660 –> 00:21:23.019
and, you know, on a variety of different issues.

00:21:23.079 –> 00:21:25.420
So if you wanted something that’s more like I

00:21:25.420 –> 00:21:28.440
want, you know, kind of laid out and specific

00:21:28.440 –> 00:21:30.660
panels are a good way to go. Cause you can kind

00:21:30.660 –> 00:21:35.470
of guide you that way. Yeah, absolutely. All

00:21:35.470 –> 00:21:37.650
right, so you went to all three days. Let’s go

00:21:37.650 –> 00:21:43.650
through. How did your Friday start? My Friday

00:21:43.650 –> 00:21:45.170
was interesting because my kids were with me

00:21:45.170 –> 00:21:48.109
because they had Friday off because I don’t even

00:21:48.109 –> 00:21:51.829
know why. It was a statewide teachers and service

00:21:51.829 –> 00:21:56.589
day. A friend, Greg, came down who I used to

00:21:56.589 –> 00:21:59.130
do talking with circus with, and we actually

00:21:59.130 –> 00:22:01.599
got a hotel this weekend. Stayed in the city.

00:22:01.680 –> 00:22:03.680
I live not that far away. I live in Baltimore

00:22:03.680 –> 00:22:05.960
City, but not in the Inner Harbor. But because

00:22:05.960 –> 00:22:08.660
of the running festival, we thought it would

00:22:08.660 –> 00:22:11.259
be easier just to have a room. So we went and

00:22:11.259 –> 00:22:16.220
checked in. And then I took my kids to the convention.

00:22:16.339 –> 00:22:18.720
We walked around. I just kind of hung out and

00:22:18.720 –> 00:22:20.859
found some stuff for them. And there was actually

00:22:20.859 –> 00:22:23.119
a lot of stuff for them, for toy -wise. There

00:22:23.119 –> 00:22:25.039
was a whole lot. They’re really into Pokemon.

00:22:25.579 –> 00:22:27.259
There was a ton of Pokemon stuff. There was also

00:22:27.259 –> 00:22:29.339
a lot of Godzilla stuff. My oldest is huge into

00:22:29.339 –> 00:22:33.950
Godzilla. And then after that, I mentioned the

00:22:33.950 –> 00:22:35.950
yearbook. I went around and talked to some people,

00:22:36.009 –> 00:22:38.730
got some videos done for some of the creators.

00:22:39.009 –> 00:22:42.029
I hit up Tom King because his line is usually

00:22:42.029 –> 00:22:44.410
one of the longest and a few other people. So

00:22:44.410 –> 00:22:48.009
that was kind of my Friday. And then Saturday,

00:22:48.289 –> 00:22:53.589
it was kind of a lot of the same. That was basically

00:22:53.589 –> 00:22:56.650
most of my day. There were certain things I was

00:22:56.650 –> 00:23:00.960
eyeing out. I found an Absolute for Watchmen,

00:23:01.059 –> 00:23:04.680
and it was going for $60, but it’s also huge

00:23:04.680 –> 00:23:07.059
and heavy, so I’m like, I’m going to wait. I

00:23:07.059 –> 00:23:09.980
waited until the final day, and I’m glad I waited

00:23:09.980 –> 00:23:13.339
because that stand ended up slashing its prices

00:23:13.339 –> 00:23:16.259
in half, so I ended up getting it for $30. But

00:23:16.259 –> 00:23:19.220
Saturday was mostly just… I went to one panel,

00:23:19.240 –> 00:23:22.019
like I mentioned, and then was mostly going around

00:23:22.019 –> 00:23:24.019
with the Baltimore yearbook, trying to get that

00:23:24.019 –> 00:23:27.839
signed and speaking with creators. doing some,

00:23:27.859 –> 00:23:30.460
you know, some of the videos was majority of

00:23:30.460 –> 00:23:32.619
my Saturday was kind of getting that done. So.

00:23:33.480 –> 00:23:36.539
Very cool. Very cool. And then what about Sunday?

00:23:37.259 –> 00:23:39.960
Yeah. Sunday was mostly the same. I wasn’t there

00:23:39.960 –> 00:23:42.380
long for Sunday. Um, by that time I was kind

00:23:42.380 –> 00:23:45.400
of like, I got one I needed and I was just a

00:23:45.400 –> 00:23:47.259
little bit, I was like, I was conned out like

00:23:47.259 –> 00:23:50.460
by that point. So we left, I was only there Sunday

00:23:50.460 –> 00:23:54.299
for a couple hours and got, got the last, I got

00:23:54.299 –> 00:23:59.339
a last few, uh, interviews done and that that’s

00:23:59.339 –> 00:24:00.960
really it was like i was going to spend majority

00:24:00.960 –> 00:24:03.640
of my money on sunday so that’s when i bought

00:24:03.640 –> 00:24:06.980
most of my books that i got um some stands that

00:24:06.980 –> 00:24:09.940
were like five for 20 and i i right now i actually

00:24:09.940 –> 00:24:14.500
don’t do single issues anymore i donated majority

00:24:14.500 –> 00:24:16.619
of my single issues to a local comic book store

00:24:16.619 –> 00:24:19.019
so i if i do buy comics physically it’s mostly

00:24:19.019 –> 00:24:24.920
just it’s just trades or trades so i got I got

00:24:24.920 –> 00:24:28.420
that, uh, got some trades. So a few trades, like

00:24:28.420 –> 00:24:29.920
I mentioned, watch my absolute and some other

00:24:29.920 –> 00:24:33.500
like five for 20 deals and stuff. So that was

00:24:33.500 –> 00:24:37.079
most of my Sunday and then headed home. So, but

00:24:37.079 –> 00:24:39.059
yeah, it was overall, I love, it’s one of my

00:24:39.059 –> 00:24:40.519
favorite weekends of the year. I, like I said,

00:24:40.579 –> 00:24:42.539
I wish I had got to some more panels and there’s

00:24:42.539 –> 00:24:44.680
some people I wanted to see. I didn’t see, but

00:24:44.680 –> 00:24:46.559
had a lot of great conversations. I talked to

00:24:46.559 –> 00:24:50.430
Aaron Campbell. For a pretty long time, he’s

00:24:50.430 –> 00:24:53.569
the artist of… He did the comic Infidel. He’s

00:24:53.569 –> 00:24:57.509
done Hellblazer. That book was my favorite book

00:24:57.509 –> 00:24:59.390
of the year when it came out. So it was great

00:24:59.390 –> 00:25:02.710
talking to him. I talked to a number of other…

00:25:02.710 –> 00:25:06.930
I talked to Sarah Meyer. They’re doing the Teenage

00:25:06.930 –> 00:25:09.150
Mutant Ninja Turtle Saturday morning cartoon

00:25:09.150 –> 00:25:12.789
book right now. The art in that. And also…

00:25:13.740 –> 00:25:16.519
the great graphic novel called monstrous, which

00:25:16.519 –> 00:25:19.599
had a video on, but a really great conversation

00:25:19.599 –> 00:25:22.000
with Sarah about a lot of different things. And

00:25:22.000 –> 00:25:25.299
even off, like even not even doing the, uh, the

00:25:25.299 –> 00:25:29.200
video piece because, um, there is from the, from

00:25:29.200 –> 00:25:32.420
the area area actually lives in Baltimore. So

00:25:32.420 –> 00:25:35.140
talking to her about a lot of talking to them

00:25:35.140 –> 00:25:37.960
about a bunch of different things. So it was

00:25:37.960 –> 00:25:40.380
really good having a, um, The cool thing about

00:25:40.380 –> 00:25:42.420
comics, like, when you, you know, with movies,

00:25:42.539 –> 00:25:44.559
there’s no way you can have a conversation with

00:25:44.559 –> 00:25:46.059
someone, you can have a convention like this

00:25:46.059 –> 00:25:48.220
and talk to all these different type of actors

00:25:48.220 –> 00:25:51.880
or directors. But comics, there’s a closer connection

00:25:51.880 –> 00:25:54.720
between the fans and the creators, which sometimes

00:25:54.720 –> 00:25:57.019
can be a bad thing, but a lot of times can also

00:25:57.019 –> 00:25:59.299
be a really good thing, too, like, with this.

00:25:59.400 –> 00:26:02.640
Because for me, like, Stan Sakai, like, I equate

00:26:02.640 –> 00:26:06.140
him to someone as… as big as like Martin Scorsese

00:26:06.140 –> 00:26:08.059
in the sense of their, their talent and impact

00:26:08.059 –> 00:26:10.259
on me. So being able to like have a conversation

00:26:10.259 –> 00:26:13.200
with him legitimately, like the nicest guy in

00:26:13.200 –> 00:26:16.400
the world, he’s like so kind and so great with

00:26:16.400 –> 00:26:18.900
his time. And that’s, you see that really throughout,

00:26:18.980 –> 00:26:21.400
like a lot of comic creators are super nice.

00:26:21.519 –> 00:26:26.140
Mark Wade, Walt Simonson, our chicken is a bit

00:26:26.140 –> 00:26:28.460
prickly, but in a good way, he’s, he’s just hilarious

00:26:28.460 –> 00:26:31.160
to be around. Like this is like, he tells great

00:26:31.160 –> 00:26:34.369
stories. If he, if he does a panel, always advise

00:26:34.369 –> 00:26:37.089
like listening to uh i missed this panel this

00:26:37.089 –> 00:26:40.230
year but howard chicken is like um i think he

00:26:40.230 –> 00:26:42.910
would like him because he’s kind of a grump but

00:26:42.910 –> 00:26:44.529
like a good kind of grump like he likes to just

00:26:44.529 –> 00:26:46.150
like go off on like millions different things

00:26:46.150 –> 00:26:48.390
but probably my favorite conversation i had was

00:26:48.390 –> 00:26:51.329
with james robinson who does not do a lot of

00:26:51.329 –> 00:26:55.490
cons in america you know yeah so that was great

00:26:55.490 –> 00:26:57.609
i keep talking to him because i’ve really loved

00:26:57.609 –> 00:27:01.710
a lot of his books this year And he’s legitimately

00:27:01.710 –> 00:27:04.750
had quite the career with Starman and so many

00:27:04.750 –> 00:27:10.130
comics. And there was a few people I tried to

00:27:10.130 –> 00:27:13.049
go up to, and it didn’t. Like, Esau Rubik, it

00:27:13.049 –> 00:27:16.670
didn’t really click very well. There’s a little

00:27:16.670 –> 00:27:19.089
bit of a language barrier there. Yeah, it was

00:27:19.089 –> 00:27:21.349
just kind of awkward. You know, and it’s okay,

00:27:21.450 –> 00:27:24.569
though. I mean, you know, all you can do is…

00:27:24.880 –> 00:27:27.579
Yeah. Yeah. And to be clear, it wasn’t mean or

00:27:27.579 –> 00:27:29.940
anything. It was just like, right. It just, yeah.

00:27:30.900 –> 00:27:34.680
So, um, also had like an awkward exchange with

00:27:34.680 –> 00:27:36.660
Klaus Jansen, not like, cause he was eating at

00:27:36.660 –> 00:27:40.160
the time and I didn’t realize it. So it was like

00:27:40.160 –> 00:27:42.519
trying to have a conversation and like, didn’t.

00:27:42.880 –> 00:27:45.200
So, yeah. So it was one of those things, but

00:27:45.200 –> 00:27:49.069
it was great overall though. So. Yeah. I mean,

00:27:49.069 –> 00:27:52.809
look, all you can do is ask. If they say yes,

00:27:52.869 –> 00:27:56.990
awesome. If they say not right now or no, I’m

00:27:56.990 –> 00:28:02.410
not. I don’t want to. It’s not into my, you know,

00:28:02.410 –> 00:28:04.789
if they decline, they decline, and that’s okay.

00:28:04.890 –> 00:28:09.410
But you have to ask or else you’re never going

00:28:09.410 –> 00:28:12.900
to know. Yeah. uh it was cool too because i i

00:28:12.900 –> 00:28:15.039
did get i did get recognized a couple times which

00:28:15.039 –> 00:28:17.299
was weird but like a good weird that was really

00:28:17.299 –> 00:28:20.980
cool even like from um uh comic book creator

00:28:20.980 –> 00:28:23.299
which was really cool because like that like

00:28:23.299 –> 00:28:25.180
that’s to me it was like the coolest thing because

00:28:25.180 –> 00:28:28.400
it’s um when like a creator likes my stuff and

00:28:28.400 –> 00:28:30.400
thinks i’m doing a good job on on the way i approach

00:28:30.400 –> 00:28:33.099
comics like that you know like that’s good because

00:28:33.099 –> 00:28:34.960
like i feel like oh i actually do know what i’m

00:28:34.960 –> 00:28:38.460
talking i feel like i have some form of understanding

00:28:38.460 –> 00:28:43.720
if a comic book creator is complimenting me on

00:28:43.720 –> 00:28:47.160
when I’m a well -established creator that I have

00:28:47.160 –> 00:28:52.019
utmost respect for. I think the Baltimore Comic

00:28:52.019 –> 00:28:55.039
Con is a great first con to go to if you’ve never

00:28:55.039 –> 00:28:57.980
been to one. Especially if you’re a comic fan.

00:28:58.099 –> 00:29:00.660
If you’re a comic fan, it’s fantastic because

00:29:00.660 –> 00:29:03.579
there are so many legendary creators and new.

00:29:05.079 –> 00:29:06.579
artist alley. I also like talking to some of

00:29:06.579 –> 00:29:10.519
the, like, uh, you know, the, the people that

00:29:10.519 –> 00:29:12.700
aren’t names, like there are not guests that

00:29:12.700 –> 00:29:15.180
are there in artist alley, or like I talked to

00:29:15.180 –> 00:29:17.640
some people that are just, um, a guy who was

00:29:17.640 –> 00:29:19.519
selling his book. He actually partnered with

00:29:19.519 –> 00:29:21.700
like a comic book store that was there. Those

00:29:21.700 –> 00:29:24.059
are great stories too, because that can then

00:29:24.059 –> 00:29:27.170
in a few, you know, maybe in a year or two. He

00:29:27.170 –> 00:29:28.809
could be a big name. Like, remember Tom King

00:29:28.809 –> 00:29:30.609
when he first came to Baltimore Comic Con? He

00:29:30.609 –> 00:29:32.869
was just a guy in artist’s alley selling his

00:29:32.869 –> 00:29:35.690
novel next to the bathroom. And now he’s, like,

00:29:35.730 –> 00:29:38.190
one of the biggest names in comics. That doesn’t

00:29:38.190 –> 00:29:40.009
always happen, but it’s cool seeing that journey

00:29:40.009 –> 00:29:44.730
when it does. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, everyone

00:29:44.730 –> 00:29:46.849
has a story, and everyone’s story is important

00:29:46.849 –> 00:29:50.089
in one way or another. No matter where it starts,

00:29:50.309 –> 00:29:54.210
where it currently is, or where it ends. It just

00:29:54.210 –> 00:29:59.359
doesn’t matter. Certainly. I don’t think this

00:29:59.359 –> 00:30:02.160
was ever going to be a thing, but man, oh man,

00:30:02.279 –> 00:30:05.599
it would have been awesome if a certain I Hate

00:30:05.599 –> 00:30:08.119
Fairyland creator would have been there this

00:30:08.119 –> 00:30:16.180
year. Yeah. He was there two years ago, I believe.

00:30:16.279 –> 00:30:18.460
Yeah, because I got books signed from him. I

00:30:18.460 –> 00:30:20.700
forget what I got. I got the Wizard of Oz book

00:30:20.700 –> 00:30:24.059
signed. um by scotty young but he wasn’t yeah

00:30:24.059 –> 00:30:28.619
he’s i believe he’s on the west coast so he he

00:30:28.619 –> 00:30:32.339
comes every every great once in a while but yeah

00:30:32.339 –> 00:30:35.240
yeah yeah i’ve met him there are some people

00:30:35.240 –> 00:30:37.160
there’s there’s some creators that i like i’ve

00:30:37.160 –> 00:30:40.000
never met that i really want to like edgar baker

00:30:40.000 –> 00:30:41.940
is on the top of that list but yeah unfortunately

00:30:41.940 –> 00:30:44.500
scotty young wasn’t there this year i don’t hopefully

00:30:44.500 –> 00:30:47.980
next year you never know but hopefully hopefully

00:30:49.230 –> 00:30:52.250
Uh, what was your favorite part of the con this

00:30:52.250 –> 00:30:54.910
year? I would say it’s just like the conversations

00:30:54.910 –> 00:30:59.609
I was able to have with some, like I said, like

00:30:59.609 –> 00:31:02.029
having conversations with some up and coming

00:31:02.029 –> 00:31:04.009
creators, but my favorite ones was like having,

00:31:04.069 –> 00:31:05.930
I had a pretty long conversation with Aaron Campbell,

00:31:06.029 –> 00:31:07.630
which was kind of cool. We talked about a whole

00:31:07.630 –> 00:31:10.329
lot of different stuff, uh, about comics and

00:31:10.329 –> 00:31:13.670
James Robinson as well. Um, cause I, we meant

00:31:13.670 –> 00:31:16.009
I was talking about welcome the main yard. And

00:31:16.009 –> 00:31:18.210
I think comic creators really appreciate it when

00:31:18.210 –> 00:31:21.750
you, Spell out something specific you like about

00:31:21.750 –> 00:31:23.650
a book. I talked about Welcome to the Main Yard

00:31:23.650 –> 00:31:26.150
and specifically this one page that includes

00:31:26.150 –> 00:31:29.009
this family. Not this family, but this couple.

00:31:29.150 –> 00:31:31.589
You kind of see their entire relationship in

00:31:31.589 –> 00:31:34.490
one page. We were talking about that for a while.

00:31:34.910 –> 00:31:37.250
Also, I was talking to David F. Walker, who is

00:31:37.250 –> 00:31:39.869
another favorite creator of mine. I was talking

00:31:39.869 –> 00:31:44.309
to him about his run on Luke Cage. Power Man

00:31:44.309 –> 00:31:46.410
and Iron Fist eventually went to Luke Cage. One

00:31:46.410 –> 00:31:49.119
of my favorite single issues he did was this

00:31:49.119 –> 00:31:52.279
last issue of Luke Cage, where it was just Luke

00:31:52.279 –> 00:31:54.500
Cage telling a bedtime story to his daughter.

00:31:54.759 –> 00:31:57.460
And I mentioned that. And then we were talking

00:31:57.460 –> 00:31:59.859
about that a bit, and he mentioned that the reason

00:31:59.859 –> 00:32:03.119
he did that was because editorial would not let

00:32:03.119 –> 00:32:06.660
him use Jessica Jones or their daughter the entire

00:32:06.660 –> 00:32:08.829
time. And then when he found out the book was

00:32:08.829 –> 00:32:10.650
being canceled, he’s like, all right, well then

00:32:10.650 –> 00:32:12.630
I guess I’ll just go ahead and do this then.

00:32:12.750 –> 00:32:16.029
So do it anyway. Yeah. So that found that was

00:32:16.029 –> 00:32:18.210
interesting to me. It also goes to show a lot

00:32:18.210 –> 00:32:20.009
of times people will complain about things in

00:32:20.009 –> 00:32:22.329
comics about like why certain things aren’t happening.

00:32:22.890 –> 00:32:25.549
And I don’t think people understand like a lot

00:32:25.549 –> 00:32:26.930
of things like, like, why aren’t you using this

00:32:26.930 –> 00:32:29.589
character? Why aren’t you doing this? And sometimes

00:32:29.589 –> 00:32:32.049
it’s not always up to the creator. And that was

00:32:32.049 –> 00:32:34.490
just a reminder of that. So, but yeah, that was,

00:32:34.490 –> 00:32:37.039
that was my favorite thing was like having, having

00:32:37.039 –> 00:32:39.579
those conversations with him. Especially, like

00:32:39.579 –> 00:32:42.940
I mentioned, James Robinson, because he doesn’t…

00:32:42.940 –> 00:32:45.500
This is the first time he’s been in this con,

00:32:45.599 –> 00:32:48.920
I think, in nearly eight, nine years. It’s a

00:32:48.920 –> 00:32:52.279
pity. I didn’t mention Sansa Kai. I didn’t talk

00:32:52.279 –> 00:32:53.880
to him for a long time, because his line was

00:32:53.880 –> 00:32:57.559
a lot longer. I’ve met him before, so this was

00:32:57.559 –> 00:32:59.660
the second time I met him, but still, it was

00:32:59.660 –> 00:33:03.299
great meeting him again. Very cool, very cool.

00:33:05.450 –> 00:33:09.329
So we don’t often like to talk about negatives,

00:33:09.470 –> 00:33:13.549
but I ask this to, and one of the reasons why

00:33:13.549 –> 00:33:17.509
I do convention attention is to show people listening

00:33:17.509 –> 00:33:22.269
to this, if they want to go to the con of what

00:33:22.269 –> 00:33:26.069
to avoid or what to, what maybe the con can do

00:33:26.069 –> 00:33:28.349
better or whatever. Were there any negatives

00:33:28.349 –> 00:33:32.380
this year? is there anything that the con staff

00:33:32.380 –> 00:33:35.920
or anybody that they could change for next year

00:33:35.920 –> 00:33:38.720
that they maybe didn’t pull off so well this

00:33:38.720 –> 00:33:41.619
year? I didn’t really deal with any negatives

00:33:41.619 –> 00:33:44.220
at all. Like, I mean, they did have an issue

00:33:44.220 –> 00:33:47.359
where they had a misprint on a bunch of badges

00:33:47.359 –> 00:33:49.460
or in things like that, which had the wrong time

00:33:49.460 –> 00:33:51.299
for Saturday. Cause it said it started at one,

00:33:51.339 –> 00:33:53.140
but it started at 10, but like that, my badge

00:33:53.140 –> 00:33:55.119
was right. So it didn’t really matter, but no,

00:33:55.200 –> 00:33:57.809
I mean like. Baltimore at this point is a pretty

00:33:57.809 –> 00:33:59.910
well -oiled machine. It’s been going for such

00:33:59.910 –> 00:34:03.210
a long time with the same people running it that

00:34:03.210 –> 00:34:06.950
rarely do you run into certain issues or things

00:34:06.950 –> 00:34:09.449
not going well. Things are organized. I know

00:34:09.449 –> 00:34:12.750
what they’re doing. You get in and get out. Even

00:34:12.750 –> 00:34:15.829
the first day, I was not waiting in lines that

00:34:15.829 –> 00:34:18.170
often. The worst thing, I think, is sometimes

00:34:18.170 –> 00:34:23.099
when you have lines that… or impeding on other

00:34:23.099 –> 00:34:25.159
tables and things like that, but they did a good

00:34:25.159 –> 00:34:30.139
job of separating lines out so that that didn’t

00:34:30.139 –> 00:34:34.000
happen. I didn’t really have many negatives that

00:34:34.000 –> 00:34:36.099
were con -related. It was a little annoying.

00:34:36.199 –> 00:34:39.139
We had a lot of solicitors outside of the con,

00:34:39.340 –> 00:34:42.340
but you can’t really do anything about that because

00:34:42.340 –> 00:34:49.239
that’s out of the control of the con. I didn’t

00:34:49.239 –> 00:34:52.460
really have any major negatives at all this year.

00:34:52.539 –> 00:34:54.440
And like, you know, like I said, Baltimore has

00:34:54.440 –> 00:34:57.039
been doing this for a while, so they kind of

00:34:57.039 –> 00:35:00.619
know what’s up at this point in time. So. Very

00:35:00.619 –> 00:35:04.199
cool. Very cool. Are there. All right. So what

00:35:04.199 –> 00:35:07.219
are your final thoughts and what are the, are

00:35:07.219 –> 00:35:09.840
there any other cons you’re going to in later

00:35:09.840 –> 00:35:11.639
this year? Well, this year is almost over, but

00:35:11.639 –> 00:35:16.269
2025 and next year in 2026. Probably I have not,

00:35:16.329 –> 00:35:19.409
not have any plans for any cons at all besides

00:35:19.409 –> 00:35:21.630
Baltimore. Cause it’s like I said, it’s I’m in

00:35:21.630 –> 00:35:24.170
the area. So it’s really easy to go to. I might,

00:35:24.190 –> 00:35:26.730
I mean, sometimes there’s the wonder con in DC

00:35:26.730 –> 00:35:28.730
and I always tell myself I’m going to go to that,

00:35:28.769 –> 00:35:32.150
but I never do. That’s not the 2026. So maybe

00:35:32.150 –> 00:35:34.449
I’ll do it this year. I don’t know. So yeah,

00:35:34.530 –> 00:35:36.170
that’s, I mean, like I said, if you’re looking

00:35:36.170 –> 00:35:39.260
to go to a comic book convention. You’re a comic

00:35:39.260 –> 00:35:42.039
book fan, and New York is far too scary, and

00:35:42.039 –> 00:35:45.340
San Diego is far too complicated with how inexpensive.

00:35:46.179 –> 00:35:48.239
Baltimore is a good option. It’s a cheaper option,

00:35:48.400 –> 00:35:51.579
and I think you’ll get your money’s worth, especially

00:35:51.579 –> 00:35:55.599
if you’re looking for comics and you’re looking

00:35:55.599 –> 00:35:59.530
to see comic creators of old and new. They have

00:35:59.530 –> 00:36:01.989
it. And I think, like you mentioned, next year

00:36:01.989 –> 00:36:05.809
it’s near the end of September, so it won’t be

00:36:05.809 –> 00:36:11.710
too cold. So that’s, you know, it’s not too busy

00:36:11.710 –> 00:36:15.570
of a time of year. But yeah, so check it out.

00:36:16.130 –> 00:36:20.090
Yeah, check it out. September 25th to the 27th,

00:36:20.090 –> 00:36:22.050
I believe, of next year is when it is without

00:36:22.050 –> 00:36:24.409
actually looking at the website. Yeah, I’m looking

00:36:24.409 –> 00:36:27.090
forward to see what they’re doing for the yearbook

00:36:27.090 –> 00:36:30.090
next year. Like I said, they did Bone this year,

00:36:30.210 –> 00:36:33.250
and I’m wondering. I hope in one year it’s…

00:36:33.250 –> 00:36:35.750
I don’t know. I would be interested to see, because

00:36:35.750 –> 00:36:38.170
usually that impacts who’s coming. So I’m really

00:36:38.170 –> 00:36:42.010
hoping next year it’s the criminal, because it’s

00:36:42.010 –> 00:36:44.670
always an independent creator or independent

00:36:44.670 –> 00:36:47.530
property. So if it’s something Ed Brubaker -related,

00:36:47.750 –> 00:36:49.329
I’d be excited, because that means he’s going

00:36:49.329 –> 00:36:52.110
to the con. But I don’t know. We’ll find out.

00:36:52.360 –> 00:36:55.340
I hate Fairyland. I hate Fairyland. Yeah, that’d

00:36:55.340 –> 00:36:58.599
be great, too. The work of Scott Young. Probably

00:36:58.599 –> 00:37:02.119
be the only way you can get him there. No, he’s

00:37:02.119 –> 00:37:03.519
been there. Like I said, he’s been there two

00:37:03.519 –> 00:37:06.059
years. Yeah, I remember. I remember you said

00:37:06.059 –> 00:37:07.800
he’s been there, but I’m just saying it would

00:37:07.800 –> 00:37:10.380
probably be the only guaranteed way you could

00:37:10.380 –> 00:37:13.199
get him there next year. Yeah, I mean, especially

00:37:13.199 –> 00:37:14.679
now, because I think, like I said, I think he’s

00:37:14.679 –> 00:37:18.630
West Coast, so. Yeah. I want him also. Mark Russell.

00:37:18.849 –> 00:37:20.670
He’s one of my favorite creators, too. I’ve interviewed

00:37:20.670 –> 00:37:24.030
him, but I’ve never met him in person. Cool,

00:37:24.269 –> 00:37:27.610
cool. Very awesome, very awesome. Alright, so

00:37:27.610 –> 00:37:30.809
where can people find the Comic Concierge online,

00:37:31.190 –> 00:37:34.610
sir? Just search most social media platforms.

00:37:34.829 –> 00:37:37.469
Most of my stuff is on TikTok and Instagram and

00:37:37.469 –> 00:37:41.739
YouTube and all those great platforms. Alright,

00:37:41.840 –> 00:37:44.099
alright. Well, that’s going to do it for us,

00:37:44.139 –> 00:37:47.019
folks. I think that’s going to do it for us.

00:37:47.420 –> 00:37:51.539
So last time you heard, like I said, the Top

00:37:51.539 –> 00:37:56.039
100 Animated Series nominees for the 2000s. Obviously

00:37:56.039 –> 00:37:58.519
you heard this episode recapping Baltimore Comic

00:37:58.519 –> 00:38:03.199
Con 2025. Next time will be the Top 100 Animated

00:38:03.199 –> 00:38:09.780
Series 2010s nominees. Or 2010s to present nominees.

00:38:11.159 –> 00:38:15.079
So that’s what’s coming up next. You can join

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00:38:37.639 –> 00:38:39.820
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00:38:39.820 –> 00:38:41.980
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