While I was set up at both Wizard World Chicago and Ohio this year, I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of one of my new favorite talents in the comic book industry, not to mention, a hell of a nice guy. His name? Gavin Smith.

I told you guys to expect a post from me that was completely cosplay based.

So here’s what happened, folks. Remember when I mentioned how busy Saturdays were at cons? Turns out that I was totally right about that. The Heroes and Games booth was rocking it all day! I don’t think that I had a chance to sit down until dinner time, which was around 9pm. So if you were wondering where the day 3 recap was, wonder no more. There wasn’t one. Until now.

I think that it goes without saying that today was awesome. Fridays are always good, but I have to prepare myself, because tomorrow is going to be ridiculous.

Now since today was the first official day of Wizard World Chicago, we, as exhibitors, had to have our setup completely done before the 3:00pm deadline so that the staff could open the doors to the public.

Whether you’re a collector or a vendor, Wizard World Chicago is definitely the best place to be this weekend.

June. 2010. Origins weekend. Columbus, Ohio. There’s a new comic shop in town. Not that rare of an origin story, but no one would have ever been able to predict that it would take Columbus and the retail comic world by storm. Now fast forward four years.