Video Experience:…read more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QraHFdGJ-I&t=69s This was my first time attending the Merced California Republic Comic Con so I did not know what to expect however visiting Merced in the past and knowing that the event is just getting started I had an idea that it would be a smaller, family friendly event. To start, it was located at the Merced Fairgrounds and had enough free parking for everyone. Tickets were sold at a reasonable price and they offered a family package deal as well. It was a lot cheaper than other comic cons. CRCC had a number of vendors from clothing lines, unique handmade lifestyle accessories, anime accessories, action figures, plush toys, a lot of old school toys (great for you collectors), art work, illustrators, a lot of stickers were out there, comic books and comic book writers and one vendor also offered free photos. Other entertainment that was at CRCC were panels, game room and cosplayers and a cosplay contest! In regards to celebrities, they had a few but the biggest celebrity in my eyes was having Ingvild Deila. She was an assistant to Tony Stark in Marvels Age of Ultron and played Princess Leia in Rogue One. Overall I had a great time taking some video at the event. I think I would go back because they are still growing and I believe they have a lot of potential. Merced is a small town that no one really knows about and I think they deserve to have their own city Comic Con! Every Comic Con has to start somewhere. If it gives you an idea on how much I enjoyed the event and would return, I drove from San Jose to Merced; about a 2 hour drive. =) If I were to provide my two cents, here is what I would suggest: 1. Food Trucks 2. Continue to seek out more celebrities 3. Hold a cosplay photo shoot for certain themes 4. Hold raffle give aways throughout the event. Might make people stay longer. To do this, have your vendors offer free product to raffle off in their vendor table fee. 5. More Attractive set ups for the panel and game room.

The first true Comic Con convention for the greater Merced Area. Plenty for the family to do and…read moresee. It's the convention I look forward to each year.

I haven't had Domino's pizza in at least 20 years! I only visited this time because they were…read morepromoting their sick kids hospital day.They're pizza takes me back to the good old days where my father would take me to get Dominos because I was a good lad but ever since he left the family I have not got it their pizza since then, Overall friendly staff and variety of comics and comics accessories, Would recommend to any comic book lover.

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the place had a LOT of cool stuff and i even found a Miku figure and Murder Drones comic i was…read morelooking for, the guy working was so nice and helpful! the comic was also way cheaper than i expected because I thought it would be $10-20 but it was only $5! I really enjoyed it

COMICS PLUS is a pretty big comic book store with a giant selection of comic and anime items in,…read moreof all places, Los Banos. Where is Los Banos, you ask? It's a few minutes east of the 5 freeway, two-thirds of the way to Sacramento from Los Angeles. They had such a good selection that we were able to get an action figure to be given as a Christmas gift from here. They had some obscure first editions too. Very cool!

Big Mike's Comix and Cards is a cool place to go. There are actually 2 store fronts, separated by…read moreSubway. One store is the comics side and the other is the trading card side. They are offering weekly tcg tournaments and sell the hottest tcg and singles. The comic book side offers new releases and tons of back issues and old school comics. A+++

Shop is a beautiful ran shop with great prices, incredible selections and the staff is just as…read morepleasant. They offer great prices for cards brought in to them. Make this a must go for any card collectors in the area.

Was trying to buy a Pokemon card, that had a price sticker already. They still went ahead of…read morechecking pricing and wouldn't honor the sticker price over $1!

Everything you could ask for in one location! Great selection of retro games and toys, hot wheels,…read morepops.

Great staff very helpful I enjoyed this establishment so much I asked to be put on the pull list…read morefor a comic I'm reading that way I can continue to do business here for the foreseeable future.

This comic store is great! Sean is really easy going, and it's really easy to order comics through…read morehim. He texts you qhen they come in and as long as you maintain contact with him, he will hold your books for you. I had some surgery and was not able to go in and grab my books for months. But I just kept contact with Sean, and whenever a family member could make it by to grab my books, I sent them over. I definitely recommend Invincible Comics.

Best place in town for all of your comic book and trading card needs. They have a huge selection of…read moreback issues and new releases. They also have a large selection of TCG like Pokemon, Magic The Gathering, and One Piece. Definitely my go to place, staff is also very knowledgeable and take the time to answer your questions.

Went in the get some first edition Pokemon cards priced. Owner was a joke... said everything was…read morepretty much worthless even though I looked it up right in front of him and item were ticketing at like $300 and up.. he didn't even know what to say lol classic comic book store scalper lol don't waist your time in here

The owner and his son took time to talk to me and answer all the questions I had. It will be on the…read moretop of my list of card shops in Fresno for some time.

After 35 years of expertise.. Marc and his team are simply the best of the best!! If have the…read moreability to stop in.. I can't recommend it enough! Let them know Scotty from The Chrome Bridge sent you!