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Sketches for Free at New York Comic Con!

Topps had an impressive booth at New York Comic Con this year and a great offer of free sketch cards to collectors attending the show. Sketches of Mars Attacks, Wacky Packages, or Garbage Pail Kids were available from a terriffic line-up of artists, including fan favorites Jeff Zapata, Joe Simko, Mark Pingitore, and Jason Edmiston, [...]

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New SideKick Products Spotted in the Wilds of New York City

NSU traveled to New York Comic Con last weekend. At the big show (which ICv2 reports drew 116,000), our friends at SideKick were set up in the show’s The Block section. We found SideKick’s Tom Lichtman and The Cardhacks Simeon Lipman there and got a chance to speak with them for several minutes. While there, [...]

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Non-Sport Update Returns to New York Comic Con – 2012 Edition!

The Non-Sport Update team once again traveled to the “Big Apple” for New York Comic Con 2012 to take part in all the show had to offer. The show just gets bigger and better each year, with the entire Jacob Javits Center being taken over by Super-Heroes, Zombies, Manga, and just about any other pop [...]

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An Artist Superhighway at New York Comic Con 2012

Artist Alley at New York Comic Con 2012 was so massive, it had its own hall. And it was packed to the rafters with fans looking for original art, prints, posters, and the opportunity to meet their favorite artists and see what projects they are currently working on. It’s almost  show all in itself! The Non-Sport Update [...]

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