The process of setting up a Comic Convention in México

The Comic Convention Conque is the biggest and best organized one in my Country and as it turns out, we are the only Comic Boom Shop selling Vintage material - that is, Golden and Silver Age comic books.

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Like the San Diego Comic-Con in the US, these Comic Conventions celebrated in Mexico are becoming more of a pop culture event rather than a Comic event.

Among the biggest and most renowned companies attending are: Netflix, Hasbro, Panini, Disney (Star Wars & Disney) and Time Warner.

In the past, these conventions used to host only pop and mom stores. Small business trying to make an extra buck and a name for themselves but now, as in every side of the world, big corporations are taking over. No problem there as Vintage Comics have a very specific niche and there are only a few stores selling that kind of material accross the country.

This Convention holds a Hobbie venue, an Otaku (Japanese culture) fandom venue, a video game venue and a Role play & board game venue, extending over 3 floors of the biggest Convention center in the city, pretty big huh?

Anyway, to not bore you more with introductions, I will show you a step by step of the process I could document through the setting up of the convention:

Setting up the bones

This is how the early steps of a Convention looks like

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_{Some Stands are very simple and humble}

_{Some others are made of painted wood and with hand made features}

_{There are others that even look like custom made platforms specifically there to grab your attention}

Some companies set up the stand by themselves - like me - with only two pairs of hands and some knowledge, some others hire tens of people to prepare it to look like a professional store in a high end avenue, it´s all about budgets but most stands require at least 10 hours of continuous work to set up perfectly.

Putting some meat on the bones

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_{After some hours of work the Stands start to take shape and look like something appealing to the public}

_{Some others look like a mess and it seems they are not going to be on time for opening day}

_{There are stands that look like freaking houses - and to set them up companie pay what a house is worth - just for a few days of selling and promoting a brand}

After a long day, the place smelling like a farm and some misunderstanding, the place starts looking like a proper convention.

Putting some clothes to the finished body

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But that is not all... do you want to see the process of my Comic Book stand? It´s not that impressive but it is the family business :D

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And we´re ready! The Opening day is tomorrow and I can´t wait to share it with you. I hope I can livestream tomorrow to show you how the inauguration goes :D