The ToyMan Show is always great fun to attend. It is stuffed to the metaphorical gills with comics, toys, DVDs, CDs, VHS, Funko, trading cards, and all kinds of collectibles. I often plan to just go for a brief bit in the morning and end up staying longer than intended due to losing track of the time browsing all the great wares and chatting with the many awesome vendors!
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| As soon as doors opened, the show got healthily busy. |
Clarkson came along with me and enjoyed riding in his cart. We started the show off by saying hello to our friend Spike from Lost in Space Toys and Collectibles. We also chatted with John from Bigfoot Comics and caught up with Tim Metzger. Jack from Fortress Comics had a bunch of cool older books, and we discussed how he'd been doing. I ran into the awesome folks of Go Getter Gamez; we discussed how remakes and remasters have been especially popular lately. They were kind enough to pose for a picture with some of their snazzy wares:
Next, I saw some of the superb folk from Tatertot; they are always a treat! In the upstairs area was the show's special guest, Karen Whitfield, the Bronze Age Batgirl. "From 1978–1985, Karen toured with the legendary Adam West, Burt Ward, and the Caped Crusaders, bringing the excitement of Batman to live audiences," as her official bio shares. As we continued tooling around the show, I saw Kerry O'Brien, and he told me how he had a new book out--a memoir titled, "Emotional Graffiti." Speaking of books, I picked up the latest release from Jacqueline James, "A Thru Z Day at the Zoo." I showed it to Gibson later that day, and he loved saying the alphabet and seeing what letters went with which animals! Here is a photo of my copy:
Other author friends of mine were present as well. I had a lovely time talking with Jessica Mathews about how the family and I had been, then Lindsay Hornsby told me about her recent attendance at SLICE and agreed to draw her interpretation of Moon Knight for me on a sketch card--she'll be in touch in the next day or two with the finished project, and I can't wait! Before heading out from the show, we said hi to Cayden of Tri Fox Shoppe, and he filled us in on how life had been and which keychains and stickers had been selling well versus which had not. It was a cool way to hear about what kind of fandoms seemed to be trending/bigger than others lately. Right before walking out the door, I was able to grab a pretty crisp copy of, "Uncanny X-Men," #221. It's a personal favorite issue of mine thanks to the awesome cover featuring Havok and how it contains the first full appearance of the ever-zany Mr. Sinister. Here's a pic of that:
This ToyMan Show was spectacular. I talked with old friends, made some new ones, browsed a metric ton of nerdy goodies, and Clarkson enjoyed seeing all the items and hanging out in his cart as well. The next show is December 13th, and the December show is always a massive one. I'll see you there at the Machinist Hall (12365 St. Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, MO 63044)!
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