SHORTBOXED is a new startup company that is working as a consignment center for vintage comic books— they’re looking to give eBay, WhatNot, Instagram and Facebook a run for their money. They’re introducing an APP that will allow you to track your collections and doing all kinds of things that if they can accomplish is going to make them a major player in the field.
They invited SUPERWORLD COMICS out for the show and because owner Ted was going to be traveling, sons #2 and #3 asked if I’d have any interest in coming out to help and to shop the show. I was buried in work but I thought the idea of four or five days sitting in the California sun sipping a cocktail by the pool and working on my laptop sounded like a winner (they proposed the idea to me in the middle of winter) so I agreed.
We left Boston on a 9am flight and arrived a few minutes before scheduled in San Francisco— caught an Uber the 45 minute ride to the show location and checked into our hotel which was connected to the Santa Clara Convention Center— it was a Hyatt— I’ve had good experiences with Hyatt Hotels in fact the restaurant at the Hyatt in Greenville South Carolina was four stars and maybe even five— so I was excited for the food here.
I shouldn’t have been.
More Next Week.