{"id":11622,"date":"2016-06-20T00:26:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T04:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=11622"},"modified":"2016-06-20T00:26:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T04:26:50","slug":"heroes-convention-charlotte-convention-center-18-june-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=11622","title":{"rendered":"Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center: 18 June 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I made my annual trip to the Charlotte Heroes Convention<\/a> Saturday. I got there kind of late, and it took me all of my time just to walk the floor (and I'm fairly sure I missed a few things), so I didn't take in any panels this year.<\/p>\n

As always, there were lots of costumers in attendance. If there was one trend I notiecd this year, it was Harley Quinn<\/i>, there were lots of Harleys in attendance. I'm not sure if her visibility is high because of the upcoming Suicide Squad<\/i> movie, or it is just her time. (Her actual comics have been quite funny lately, if you like gonzo adventures).<\/p>\n

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Didn't get as much swag as some years, the pulp and old magazine booths are still very few, but I did pick up a good few items:<\/p>\n

Princeless<\/a>, the story of a young princess who is not waiting for Prince Charming to come to the rescue..<\/p>\n

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Bug Sagendorf was E.C Segar's assistant and eventually took over the strip after Segar's death. Before that, he did a lot of the Popeye<\/i> comic books, of which this is a collection:<\/p>\n

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Andy Runton's Owly<\/a> is a pantomime comic characer who has been around for quite a while now. I was not aware he was also in picure books until I saw this one at Runton's booth. He was nice enough to sign it for my niece and draw a custom picture of Owly.<\/p>\n

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I love old panel cartoons. I do have to say after looking through this collection that the late 1960s were not a golden age..<\/p>\n

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Here's Harley<\/i> again!<\/p>\n

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I was amused by the \"Natural Causes\" picture that was the backdrop (more or less viewable here<\/a> in a washed out background) for webcomic artist Greg Craven's Hubris<\/a> strip. so I picked up the first collection:<\/p>\n

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I am confident that none of you remember a cartoon version<\/a> of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/i>, because that would mean you are old:<\/p>\n

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Urban Fantasy comes to comics:<\/p>\n

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