Spending Dough

Above, comic books for sale at last year's Comikaze Expo. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Great news was received today, and it comes at the most opportune time.

My Nebraska farm tenant told me this morning that he finished harvesting the corn crop grown on my land and the check from the buyer will be coming within the next week or so. As expected, although corn prices are down (what can you do?), we had an almost unbelievable high yield this year that will help to make up for it.

Above, a costume and t-shirt vendor at the 2012 Comikaze Expo. Photo be Armand Vaquer.

What I mean about "opportune" is that the crop check should be here before I go to Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo on October 31 for the Godzilla/Gamera anniversaries panel discussion. [Details here.] As one can imagine, Comikaze Expo (besides comic books, celebrities, panels and displays) has many vendors hawking their goods. With plenty of spending money on hand, I will be able to make some purchases there.

For the list of Comikaze Expo's exhibitors, go here.