As one of the non-existent Westcoast Wacky people, I've attended Comic-Con quite a few times. But even though I get a free ticket every year, I stopped going a decade ago (and certainly wouldn't want to go during Covid). That place becomes a zoo since it's so popular for everything BUT comics now. In the early 2000s, the comics & cards section was huge and packed. But last time I went, the comic section was tiny and deserted, while the majority of booths were carbon copies of the next booth selling stuff for Anime, popular TV shows, superhero movies, steampunk & vampire attire, plushie toys of all genres (like the Swapmeet, but for nerds)... and if you wanted to see any of the in-person talks in the convention halls, you had to wait in impossibly long lines all day. Getting food took hours too, as the crowd spilled out into the streets for miles at meal times. It was like a zombie apocolypse, but where everyone spoke Klingon. And I was the jerk loudly saying things like, "What?... George Lucas is HERE... in Hall <mumbled letter>?", or "Yah, it was so cool, I just got to meet the whole cast of 'Firefly'. They're over at the <mumbled words>." and stuff like that while riding the escalator up and down. Way more fun than going to the events. But I almost never saw vintage Wackys there. There was a booth that had 'em, and as I was asking the dealer to get them out of the case, one of the well-known collectors (unnamed) cut infront of me and grabbed them. It was just a stack of commons, so he saved me money on nothing. But that was the last time I saw that dude in person. He didn't even recognize me either, which is funny.
Anyway... unless a Wacky collector is totally into Disney's messed up version of Star Wars, Anime, Furries, Cosplay, or the latest superhero movie, it's not worth the crowds. I'm sure the East Coast shows are more comic & card oriented than these out here. Wondercon in Anaheim is a much easier show to navigate, smaller, less crowded, and same stuff for sale. So, that might be a better one to try. To be honest, it's the coin shows that seem to have the most Wacky surprises, since they don't really know much about them but put 'em out anyway if they have some. Are you guys really still going to in-person shows during a pandemic, though? I'm not looking forward to in-person conventions of any kind after this crazy couple years. It took the fun out of it.