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So you want to set up at a comic book convention....
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Hello all...

Have had this conversation with several folks over the years...."what all is involved" in traveling to and setting up at a con...

 

the avg con goer doesn't see the "behind" the scenes work involved...

 

so, we are going to provide a small pictorial of what we do...

 

sit back, grab some popcorn, and relax! (and it is anything other than relaxing prepping for a show!)

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Hello all...

Have had this conversation with several folks over the years...."what all is involved" in traveling to and setting up at a con...

 

the avg con goer doesn't see the "behind" the scenes work involved...

 

so, we are going to provide a small pictorial of what we do...

 

sit back, grab some popcorn, and relax!

 

You need a real job.

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Hello all...

Have had this conversation with several folks over the years...."what all is involved" in traveling to and setting up at a con...

 

the avg con goer doesn't see the "behind" the scenes work involved...

 

so, we are going to provide a small pictorial of what we do...

 

sit back, grab some popcorn, and relax! (and it is anything other than relaxing prepping for a show!)

 

Where's Flee when you need him?

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and the tetris puzzle comes into shape... important to tightly stack so when you make those sudden stops on the interstate, you are not killed by flying debris

 

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once you have loaded thousands of pounds of comics, you have to load your display system...

 

we use heavy steel gridwall (set weighs 800 pounds in all)

 

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any floor racks, customer bags, tools, etc have to be loaded and accounted for...

 

we tightly wrap all our metal comic holders because 6 hours of "rattling" can get nerve racking on the road...

 

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