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New York Comic Con Returns in Full Force

Left: The calm before the storm, just before the doors opened for the 2022 New York Comic Con. Middle: A towering display from the anime
One Piece Film Red drew in many photo-takers. Right: The high-end booth of artist Alex Ross attracted a steady flow of comic art fans during the show.

he 2022 edition of the New York Comic Con was held at the
Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan from
TThursday, October 6 through Sunday, October 9. It easily
maintained its position as the second biggest event in New York City
(next to the car show) and, if numbers are to be believed, as the
largest comic book convention in North America.
The many fans—one number bandied about was 300,000—
found plenty to inspire a good time on the show floor, in Artist Alley,
panel discussions, and screenings. A solid percentage of them ignored
promoter ReedPop’s mask mandate, which seemed to be randomly
enforced (it’s no longer a local ordinance in NYC).
There were many vendors with new pop culture products, and a
solid number of their booths appeared well-trafficked. The number
of vintage comic book retailers, however, appeared to be significantly
reduced over previous non-Covid editions
of the show despite a steady stream of
customers for the independent, third-party
grade certification company CGC.

J.C. Vaughn is Vice-President of Publishing
An elaborate Mr. Freeze (Batman: for Gemstone Publishing. This life-size figure of Robert Kirkman’s
The Animated Series) was one of the Invincible was on display at
impressive cosplayers. Diamond Select Toys

Left: Hake’s Auctions’ Kelly McClain had video games, action figures, comics, and VHS on display. Middle: Metropolis Collectibles, seen here during set-up,
was one of the high-end dealers in attendance. Right: Prodigal Son, a new comic from Cobra Kai’s Martin Kove, had a display with Scout Comics.
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