CCR 2026 Report

Had a fun time at Comic Con Revolution – Ontario. Held in Southern California’s Inland Empire, about 60 miles from the coast, it offers locals the comic con experience in their own backyard. People were happy to be there, many for the first time.

A big appeal of the show in recent years has been the celebrities who come in for photos and autographs. Among this year’s guests were the casts of the Flash television series that included Grant Gustin, Tom Kavanagh and John Wesley Shipp; Battlestar Galactica with Edward James Olmos, Katee Sackhoff and Grace Park; and Beverly Hills 90210, including Jenny Garth, Ian Ziering and James Austin Green.

In fact, about half the main exhibition hall was designated for celebrity guests, while Artist Alley was in a separate ballroom in the same venue. On Sunday, I made a quick visit to the area and saw Gustin, Cavanagh, Shipp, and Garth; the day before, as I left my table to grab lunch, I passed Ziering on the floor, checking out Artist Alley.

While comic book sales weren't as strong as I would have liked, afterwards, in making my final tally, I happily discovered that I did better than I thought, in large part boosted by sales of prints and original art and sketches! Foot traffic was light on my end of the floor much of the time and a large percentage of people who stopped by, even if they liked my work, weren’t comics readers. (That said, I was happy to see that two comics legends, Chris Claremont and John Romita, Jr., had healthy lines throughout the show!)

Nevertheless, it was fun to meet the usual spectrum of fans, like the two young women who immediately and enthusiastically vibed with the series and got a kick out of the variety of stories. They laughed at the situations I told them Rob often found himself in, at one point saying “We love Rob!” and “Poor Rob never seems to take a break!” (Which gave me the segue to tell them about the story, “Crime Takes a Holiday,” where Rob spends his entire vacation trying to figure out what a longtime foe is up to when he spots him in the same area.) They purchased all my trade paperbacks and a selection of other issues.

There was also the kid who bought the first issue and asked me to sign the cover with a special pen he has for such occasions—then returned later asking me to draw a doodle on the cover because he assured me it would increase its value lol!

And there was the otherwise amiable gentleman who at least three times during our conversation let drop that he’d just gotten out of prison after seven years in stir—but he never said for what, and I wasn’t quite clear what the etiquette was for asking! Anyway, though sales were just a bit disappointing, I had a fun time and enjoyed meeting attendees and fellow creators.

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