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

This is Jason David Frank, and you're listening

to the Geek Catch Radio Network. the goddamn

Batman. This is GeekCast Radio, episode 356.

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

the second time on this podcast for a Baltimore

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

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

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

well. How about yourself? I could complain, but

you know what happens. You can complain about

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

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

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

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

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

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

I had seen some of your Comic Concierge posts

on various social medias and other places, and

obviously you cross -post those to Geekcast Radio's

website, our lovely website over there at geekcastradio

.com. And you were doing your comic book creators

recommend comic videos, and I just caught up

with that series right before we recorded and

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

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

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

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

said this in the New York Comic -Con episode

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

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

time. I think the earliest times was like 2010.

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

some way, a couple years ago, when my buddies

Matt and Chris, when we started doing their ECCC,

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

we started doing conventions for them out there

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

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

convention attention. Of course, after searching

Google and Apple and every other... No, seriously.

You have to literally search every other thing

in the world on the World Wide Web to make sure

your name is not taken by anything else. And

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

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

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

a whole thing. So Baltimore Comic Con 2025. How

many years have you been going to Baltimore Comic

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

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

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

do you usually prepare to go? Like what, what

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

convention is going to be this state, this state

and this, how do you usually prepare for it?

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

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

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

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

have. They have a lot of people that are there

pretty much every year, like Walt Simonson and

Louie Simonson are there every year. There are

some other people. Mark Waid is usually there

every year. But I like to see what creators are

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

will be there that year. And then seeing... What

the panels will be, usually they'll release that

a few weeks in advance, like what their panel

schedule will be. I usually try to make more

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

the other piece is since I've been doing more

TikTok videos and things like that, it's just

making sure I have. the technology that I need.

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

phone so much, I went and invested in a portable

charger because, you know, that's quickly that

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

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

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

beyond that, um, beyond just like waiting to

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

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

yearly yearbook. They do a special yearbook each

year that is dedicated to a different subject

matter. This year it was bone. And what they

do is have creators are at the con who will do

specific pieces that focus on bone and typically

incorporate their own characters. And they give

you this card to go around and get that signed.

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

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

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

know, everyone has a podcast, everyone has something.

And I wanted to do something that was quick.

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

focus on comic books, because that's very much

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

celebrities here and there. I don't really care

about the celebrities. Like, I go for the comic

book creators. So I thought something that was

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

comic creators to recommend a comic. And so utilizing

that yearbook is kind of a good way of just starting

a conversation and then asking to do that. Some

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

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

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

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

person, you have to say yes to everyone. But

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

say yes. And sometimes the people I think will

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

Sakai, for example, the creator of Yusagi Ujimbo.

this year. I was really excited that he was willing

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

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

Man, so many others. Probably the biggest comic

creator that was there. Tom King, usually there

every year as well, because he lives down in

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

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

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

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

I spent most of my time doing that. And then

occasionally looking for, you know, buying comics

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

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

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

2025 guest list, and it is all comic creators.

They had a few celebrities. They had some people

from Harry Potter. They had the guy who played

Isaiah Bradley. Michael Biehn was there. And

they had some voice cast from the 90s animated

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

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

which was on... It was actually about post -apocalyptic

stories, and I went there because it had a lot

of creators I liked, because Donny Cates was

there. The guy who did The Last Mermaid for Image

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

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

were some other ones I wanted to go to. They

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

does Wolverine, and the person who does Rogue,

and then the person who does... Morph and Professor

X were all there, but I missed it because it

was just one of those things where I was just

trying to get other things done. Yeah, so this

year it was in October. which is normally when,

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

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

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

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

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

usually September, October sometimes. I think

they often try to be before New Year Comic Con,

but I think it's also depending upon when they

can get permits and things like that. This year,

too, it was the same weekend as the Baltimore

Running Festival, so like the Baltimore Marathon.

So that made it, I think, a little difficult

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

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

anywhere beginning of September. This is about

average of where it's at. Sometimes a little

earlier. I kind of like it being around this

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

as Halloween because it just makes things difficult.

This was interesting too because you could tell

a lot of the creators who were at the New York

Comic Con last week who were at Baltimore this

week were certainly very, you could tell they

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

those that had to go home and come back. But

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

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

this in the New York episode that we did for

the podcast. As soon as the convention is over,

the main page of every, and is Baltimore under

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

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

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

done with whatever that year's convention is,

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

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

And they basically bury the current year's information.

Like literally the day after the convention is

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

it. You want to get people excited for 2026.

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

been on any of these convention websites where...

The thing under the 2026 information, which Friday,

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

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

great. The 2025 Baltimore Comic Con was thrilled

to welcome the stars and voices of your favorite

films and shows. So the first thing I did when

we were preparing to do this podcast is I searched

out. Baltimore Comic Con on Google. I went to

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

when I did the web search, it also pulled up

their specific guest page on the website under

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

mentioned, Cal Dodd and Alison Court and, and

all of that, Lenore Zahn and whatever else. Cause

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

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

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

the celebrities. So I, I always find it interesting

how certain. Comic -Con websites are laid out

and how they present themselves before, during,

and after the convention of that specific year.

And between New York and Baltimore, it's been

vastly different experiences for me trying to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

creators than I think a lot of other smaller

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

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

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

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

to any of the celebrity guests that show up because

i know some of those celebrity guests that do

show up to a lot of these conventions some of

them really do like comic like i know when michael

rosenbaum goes to conventions yeah he's probably

promoting smallville or whatever other thing

or maybe he's promoting doing his own podcasting

with inside of you or whatever but i know he

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

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

that puts comic people first. Yeah, and you hear

that a lot. Writers and artists. You hear that

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

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

a big difference between the way celebrities

are treated and comic book creators are treated.

From the conversations I had from the people

that were there, the creators there feel much

more welcome and respected. They're taken care

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

which I think is why they get so many people

returning, so many specialist legends like Howard

Chaikin or like I said, Walt and Louise Simonson.

They're there every single year. The Simonsons

always have the biggest lines too, which I think

is amazing because even this year with how Brian

came on, I guess this year Jeff Smith had probably

the biggest line, the creator of Bone. Bone,

yep. But yeah. Oh, who was it? Who did you do

the video with? You did the video with... Was

it the Stan video that you asked him to recommend

something and he said something? Stan Sakai recommended

Bone, yeah. No, he... Who was the one that recommended

the Brian K. Vaughn thing? Tom King recommended...

That's what it was. Tom King, yeah. Folks, I'm

going to have some sort of link in the show notes

to this episode so you can go catch all of Dan's

videos on geekcastradio .com. But Tom King recommended

something from Brian K. Vaughn because he was

literally right across the hall from him. And

Tom in the video was like, and Brian's over there.

You can barely see him because his line's a mile

long. I got lucky with where I came on, too,

because he came back and his line had three people

in it. And I thought, oh, because they had a

special signing event. So I'm like, oh, is a

signing event going on right now? And they're

like, no, it's free right now. So I got in line.

There's only four people there. Very cool. So

that made it. Yeah. So that was nice. There were

some people I wanted to see. I wanted to see

Paul Pope because I'm a big fan of him. Every

time his line came up, it was super long, and

I just had to manage my time. Same thing with

Jeff Smith. Still got to meet a lot of other

people, which was great. That's the thing I said,

and I'm sorry, audience. You all know how I am.

I repeat, repeat, repeat myself a lot. I said

in the New York episode, I'll say it here. I

wish conventions would offer packages for certain

fans. Like if a convention is going to highlight

a certain fandom or if it's going to have a certain

amount of people from a certain fandom and say

like the example I used in the New York episode

was Batman Beyond. Yeah. If you're going to have

Will Friedle, if you're going to have Dana Tan,

if you're going to have any of the other voice

actors, if you're going to have Bruce Timm, if

you're going to have anybody. Give me a instead

of a four day pass or instead of a blah, blah,

blah, whatever. Give me a Batman Beyond package

where I can go for a day. And that's where I'm

going. Like, I want to go to a convention to

have a tailored experience for myself. I don't

want to have to go to any convention. I don't

care how big or small it is because I don't do

well with large or small crowds. where I can

just be pointed in the right direction, go do

it, and then go home. That's how I personally

am. I understand that's not how everyone is,

but to have an option like that for someone like

me would be really cool, I think. I mean, they

do. Like, you can get, like, Breaking Ball had

a package where you could get specific tickets,

and then you would get your normal tickets, and

it would include, like, they have a special studying

event. I don't know how long it was, but there

was stuff like that. They did that for a number

of the creators and some of the guests, too.

I don't know if they would have anything in the

BaltimoreCon that would really suit that. They

had a little thing for Ghostbusters and stuff

like that, but there isn't really... Outside

of those specific tickets for the creators, I

don't know if there's anything that they could

have that would... I think my point is, like,

Disney World is so large. Comic conventions,

most of them are so large. I mean, unless it's,

like, really small. But, like, you take New York,

San Diego. San Diego, obviously, is much larger

than New York. But, like, I need direction. I

don't just want to be let loose. be drowned in

the sea of everybody trying to figure out where

to go and what to do first, because there's so

much choice. I need a TV guide. I need a convention

guide here. Show me which channel to turn to

first. And you know what I mean? That's all I'm

saying. So I understand that maybe Baltimore

isn't big enough to do that or something, but

I just wish that there was something like that.

Just for any convention, not just Baltimore specifically.

Yeah, I don't know. It's tough because you can

do that. I don't know. I don't know what you're

looking for specifically. I don't know either.

I feel like you want the convention without the

convention. Kind of. That's why I stay home and

do podcasts. I mean, yeah. Like I said, Baltimore

is a good site because even this weekend, it

didn't get too bad. You could still have conversations

with people and you could move around. I've been

to New York Comic Con and it's just seeing people.

It didn't get that bad. That's why it's good

to be there because I go all three days. The

Friday is great just to get a lay of the land,

know where people are at. If there are specific

creators that there are ones that I know that

are going to be busier over the weekend that

try to focus on more. And then Saturday, um,

and then, you know, they have the panel schedules

too. And I think too, if you're looking for like,

Oh, I don't want, you know, I want to be able

to be guided. Then panels are a good option because

usually panels aren't super packed depending

upon the, the, the, uh, the size of the con,

but like even, you know, with Baltimore, there's,

you get some people, but, They're usually like

midsize and you get some good conversations going

with different things and from a variety of topics.

Like there are some that focus on certain creators

and, you know, on a variety of different issues.

So if you wanted something that's more like I

want, you know, kind of laid out and specific

panels are a good way to go. Cause you can kind

of guide you that way. Yeah, absolutely. All

right, so you went to all three days. Let's go

through. How did your Friday start? My Friday

was interesting because my kids were with me

because they had Friday off because I don't even

know why. It was a statewide teachers and service

day. A friend, Greg, came down who I used to

do talking with circus with, and we actually

got a hotel this weekend. Stayed in the city.

I live not that far away. I live in Baltimore

City, but not in the Inner Harbor. But because

of the running festival, we thought it would

be easier just to have a room. So we went and

checked in. And then I took my kids to the convention.

We walked around. I just kind of hung out and

found some stuff for them. And there was actually

a lot of stuff for them, for toy -wise. There

was a whole lot. They're really into Pokemon.

There was a ton of Pokemon stuff. There was also

a lot of Godzilla stuff. My oldest is huge into

Godzilla. And then after that, I mentioned the

yearbook. I went around and talked to some people,

got some videos done for some of the creators.

I hit up Tom King because his line is usually

one of the longest and a few other people. So

that was kind of my Friday. And then Saturday,

it was kind of a lot of the same. That was basically

most of my day. There were certain things I was

eyeing out. I found an Absolute for Watchmen,

and it was going for $60, but it's also huge

and heavy, so I'm like, I'm going to wait. I

waited until the final day, and I'm glad I waited

because that stand ended up slashing its prices

in half, so I ended up getting it for $30. But

Saturday was mostly just... I went to one panel,

like I mentioned, and then was mostly going around

with the Baltimore yearbook, trying to get that

signed and speaking with creators. doing some,

you know, some of the videos was majority of

my Saturday was kind of getting that done. So.

Very cool. Very cool. And then what about Sunday?

Yeah. Sunday was mostly the same. I wasn't there

long for Sunday. Um, by that time I was kind

of like, I got one I needed and I was just a

little bit, I was like, I was conned out like

by that point. So we left, I was only there Sunday

for a couple hours and got, got the last, I got

a last few, uh, interviews done and that that's

really it was like i was going to spend majority

of my money on sunday so that's when i bought

most of my books that i got um some stands that

were like five for 20 and i i right now i actually

don't do single issues anymore i donated majority

of my single issues to a local comic book store

so i if i do buy comics physically it's mostly

just it's just trades or trades so i got I got

that, uh, got some trades. So a few trades, like

I mentioned, watch my absolute and some other

like five for 20 deals and stuff. So that was

most of my Sunday and then headed home. So, but

yeah, it was overall, I love, it's one of my

favorite weekends of the year. I, like I said,

I wish I had got to some more panels and there's

some people I wanted to see. I didn't see, but

had a lot of great conversations. I talked to

Aaron Campbell. For a pretty long time, he's

the artist of... He did the comic Infidel. He's

done Hellblazer. That book was my favorite book

of the year when it came out. So it was great

talking to him. I talked to a number of other...

I talked to Sarah Meyer. They're doing the Teenage

Mutant Ninja Turtle Saturday morning cartoon

book right now. The art in that. And also...

the great graphic novel called monstrous, which

had a video on, but a really great conversation

with Sarah about a lot of different things. And

even off, like even not even doing the, uh, the

video piece because, um, there is from the, from

the area area actually lives in Baltimore. So

talking to her about a lot of talking to them

about a bunch of different things. So it was

really good having a, um, The cool thing about

comics, like, when you, you know, with movies,

there's no way you can have a conversation with

someone, you can have a convention like this

and talk to all these different type of actors

or directors. But comics, there's a closer connection

between the fans and the creators, which sometimes

can be a bad thing, but a lot of times can also

be a really good thing, too, like, with this.

Because for me, like, Stan Sakai, like, I equate

him to someone as... as big as like Martin Scorsese

in the sense of their, their talent and impact

on me. So being able to like have a conversation

with him legitimately, like the nicest guy in

the world, he's like so kind and so great with

his time. And that's, you see that really throughout,

like a lot of comic creators are super nice.

Mark Wade, Walt Simonson, our chicken is a bit

prickly, but in a good way, he's, he's just hilarious

to be around. Like this is like, he tells great

stories. If he, if he does a panel, always advise

like listening to uh i missed this panel this

year but howard chicken is like um i think he

would like him because he's kind of a grump but

like a good kind of grump like he likes to just

like go off on like millions different things

but probably my favorite conversation i had was

with james robinson who does not do a lot of

cons in america you know yeah so that was great

i keep talking to him because i've really loved

a lot of his books this year And he's legitimately

had quite the career with Starman and so many

comics. And there was a few people I tried to

go up to, and it didn't. Like, Esau Rubik, it

didn't really click very well. There's a little

bit of a language barrier there. Yeah, it was

just kind of awkward. You know, and it's okay,

though. I mean, you know, all you can do is...

Yeah. Yeah. And to be clear, it wasn't mean or

anything. It was just like, right. It just, yeah.

So, um, also had like an awkward exchange with

Klaus Jansen, not like, cause he was eating at

the time and I didn't realize it. So it was like

trying to have a conversation and like, didn't.

So, yeah. So it was one of those things, but

it was great overall though. So. Yeah. I mean,

look, all you can do is ask. If they say yes,

awesome. If they say not right now or no, I'm

not. I don't want to. It's not into my, you know,

if they decline, they decline, and that's okay.

But you have to ask or else you're never going

to know. Yeah. uh it was cool too because i i

did get i did get recognized a couple times which

was weird but like a good weird that was really

cool even like from um uh comic book creator

which was really cool because like that like

that's to me it was like the coolest thing because

it's um when like a creator likes my stuff and

thinks i'm doing a good job on on the way i approach

comics like that you know like that's good because

like i feel like oh i actually do know what i'm

talking i feel like i have some form of understanding

if a comic book creator is complimenting me on

when I'm a well -established creator that I have

utmost respect for. I think the Baltimore Comic

Con is a great first con to go to if you've never

been to one. Especially if you're a comic fan.

If you're a comic fan, it's fantastic because

there are so many legendary creators and new.

artist alley. I also like talking to some of

the, like, uh, you know, the, the people that

aren't names, like there are not guests that

are there in artist alley, or like I talked to

some people that are just, um, a guy who was

selling his book. He actually partnered with

like a comic book store that was there. Those

are great stories too, because that can then

in a few, you know, maybe in a year or two. He

could be a big name. Like, remember Tom King

when he first came to Baltimore Comic Con? He

was just a guy in artist's alley selling his

novel next to the bathroom. And now he's, like,

one of the biggest names in comics. That doesn't

always happen, but it's cool seeing that journey

when it does. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, everyone

has a story, and everyone's story is important

in one way or another. No matter where it starts,

where it currently is, or where it ends. It just

doesn't matter. Certainly. I don't think this

was ever going to be a thing, but man, oh man,

it would have been awesome if a certain I Hate

Fairyland creator would have been there this

year. Yeah. He was there two years ago, I believe.

Yeah, because I got books signed from him. I

forget what I got. I got the Wizard of Oz book

signed. um by scotty young but he wasn't yeah

he's i believe he's on the west coast so he he

comes every every great once in a while but yeah

yeah yeah i've met him there are some people

there's there's some creators that i like i've

never met that i really want to like edgar baker

is on the top of that list but yeah unfortunately

scotty young wasn't there this year i don't hopefully

next year you never know but hopefully hopefully

Uh, what was your favorite part of the con this

year? I would say it's just like the conversations

I was able to have with some, like I said, like

having conversations with some up and coming

creators, but my favorite ones was like having,

I had a pretty long conversation with Aaron Campbell,

which was kind of cool. We talked about a whole

lot of different stuff, uh, about comics and

James Robinson as well. Um, cause I, we meant

I was talking about welcome the main yard. And

I think comic creators really appreciate it when

you, Spell out something specific you like about

a book. I talked about Welcome to the Main Yard

and specifically this one page that includes

this family. Not this family, but this couple.

You kind of see their entire relationship in

one page. We were talking about that for a while.

Also, I was talking to David F. Walker, who is

another favorite creator of mine. I was talking

to him about his run on Luke Cage. Power Man

and Iron Fist eventually went to Luke Cage. One

of my favorite single issues he did was this

last issue of Luke Cage, where it was just Luke

Cage telling a bedtime story to his daughter.

And I mentioned that. And then we were talking

about that a bit, and he mentioned that the reason

he did that was because editorial would not let

him use Jessica Jones or their daughter the entire

time. And then when he found out the book was

being canceled, he's like, all right, well then

I guess I'll just go ahead and do this then.

So do it anyway. Yeah. So that found that was

interesting to me. It also goes to show a lot

of times people will complain about things in

comics about like why certain things aren't happening.

And I don't think people understand like a lot

of things like, like, why aren't you using this

character? Why aren't you doing this? And sometimes

it's not always up to the creator. And that was

just a reminder of that. So, but yeah, that was,

that was my favorite thing was like having, having

those conversations with him. Especially, like

I mentioned, James Robinson, because he doesn't...

This is the first time he's been in this con,

I think, in nearly eight, nine years. It's a

pity. I didn't mention Sansa Kai. I didn't talk

to him for a long time, because his line was

a lot longer. I've met him before, so this was

the second time I met him, but still, it was

great meeting him again. Very cool, very cool.

So we don't often like to talk about negatives,

but I ask this to, and one of the reasons why

I do convention attention is to show people listening

to this, if they want to go to the con of what

to avoid or what to, what maybe the con can do

better or whatever. Were there any negatives

this year? is there anything that the con staff

or anybody that they could change for next year

that they maybe didn't pull off so well this

year? I didn't really deal with any negatives

at all. Like, I mean, they did have an issue

where they had a misprint on a bunch of badges

or in things like that, which had the wrong time

for Saturday. Cause it said it started at one,

but it started at 10, but like that, my badge

was right. So it didn't really matter, but no,

I mean like. Baltimore at this point is a pretty

well -oiled machine. It's been going for such

a long time with the same people running it that

rarely do you run into certain issues or things

not going well. Things are organized. I know

what they're doing. You get in and get out. Even

the first day, I was not waiting in lines that

often. The worst thing, I think, is sometimes

when you have lines that... or impeding on other

tables and things like that, but they did a good

job of separating lines out so that that didn't

happen. I didn't really have many negatives that

were con -related. It was a little annoying.

We had a lot of solicitors outside of the con,

but you can't really do anything about that because

that's out of the control of the con. I didn't

really have any major negatives at all this year.

And like, you know, like I said, Baltimore has

been doing this for a while, so they kind of

know what's up at this point in time. So. Very

cool. Very cool. Are there. All right. So what

are your final thoughts and what are the, are

there any other cons you're going to in later

this year? Well, this year is almost over, but

2025 and next year in 2026. Probably I have not,

not have any plans for any cons at all besides

Baltimore. Cause it's like I said, it's I'm in

the area. So it's really easy to go to. I might,

I mean, sometimes there's the wonder con in DC

and I always tell myself I'm going to go to that,

but I never do. That's not the 2026. So maybe

I'll do it this year. I don't know. So yeah,

that's, I mean, like I said, if you're looking

to go to a comic book convention. You're a comic

book fan, and New York is far too scary, and

San Diego is far too complicated with how inexpensive.

Baltimore is a good option. It's a cheaper option,

and I think you'll get your money's worth, especially

if you're looking for comics and you're looking

to see comic creators of old and new. They have

it. And I think, like you mentioned, next year

it's near the end of September, so it won't be

too cold. So that's, you know, it's not too busy

of a time of year. But yeah, so check it out.

Yeah, check it out. September 25th to the 27th,

I believe, of next year is when it is without

actually looking at the website. Yeah, I'm looking

forward to see what they're doing for the yearbook

next year. Like I said, they did Bone this year,

and I'm wondering. I hope in one year it's...

I don't know. I would be interested to see, because

usually that impacts who's coming. So I'm really

hoping next year it's the criminal, because it's

always an independent creator or independent

property. So if it's something Ed Brubaker -related,

I'd be excited, because that means he's going

to the con. But I don't know. We'll find out.

I hate Fairyland. I hate Fairyland. Yeah, that'd

be great, too. The work of Scott Young. Probably

be the only way you can get him there. No, he's

been there. Like I said, he's been there two

years. Yeah, I remember. I remember you said

he's been there, but I'm just saying it would

probably be the only guaranteed way you could

get him there next year. Yeah, I mean, especially

now, because I think, like I said, I think he's

West Coast, so. Yeah. I want him also. Mark Russell.

He's one of my favorite creators, too. I've interviewed

him, but I've never met him in person. Cool,

cool. Very awesome, very awesome. Alright, so

where can people find the Comic Concierge online,

sir? Just search most social media platforms.

Most of my stuff is on TikTok and Instagram and

YouTube and all those great platforms. Alright,

alright. Well, that's going to do it for us,

folks. I think that's going to do it for us.

So last time you heard, like I said, the Top

100 Animated Series nominees for the 2000s. Obviously

you heard this episode recapping Baltimore Comic

Con 2025. Next time will be the Top 100 Animated

Series 2010s nominees. Or 2010s to present nominees.

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