![]() ![]() On top of this, the celebrity guest list wasn’t anything to sneeze at either. There were alleyways and avenues of toys, collectibles, games and gear they had seemingly pulled from the reaches of my adolescent toy box, and I was completely in love (flat broke by the end of it, but in love). ![]() It was as if I had stepped back into my childhood. I remember walking into Fanboy for the first time. Naturally, I just had to go and see what all the fuss was about. The 2014 event was booked in the heart of downtown Knoxville at the Knoxville Convention Center, an A+ location. The event was started in 2012 by a Las Vegas promoter, a super guy named David Heynen. In 2014, when I heard a show called Fanboy Expowas coming back to town, the news had me pretty pumped. On top of that, we were out the ticket price for entry. However, we could make it through the entire floor of these events in a matter of minutes with little to show for our time. Not that there’s anything wrong with flea markets, mind you. These typically turned out to be high-end flea markets with little draw to them. I’ve always been a collector of nostalgia-video games, toys, action figures, comic books, horror movies-so I had been to some so-called local “conventions” before. □Ĭomic conventions are like nirvana to those who are kids at heart, lucid dreamers, the last of the Bohemians. Of course, there are plenty of people who don’t find enjoyment in such events, and that’s okay, I suppose. The costumes, the collectibles, the celebrities-fantasy in action. There’s something about the atmosphere that’s electric, like a static you can feel coursing around the small hair on your arms. I love comic conventions, simply adore them. ![]()
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