40. Gareb Shamus: Superhero Expert and Comic Con Founder

In 1970s New York, the way to a boy's heart ran through a stack of baseball cards. 

The Shamus family knew that. But Mr. and Mrs. Shamus didn't just buy their sons a pack of cards. They opened a full-fledged comic and card shop.

...And they unleashed a legend.

In this episode, Gareb Shamus talks about how he went from baseball card shark on his elementary playground to founding ACE Comic Con and Wizard Entertainment. 

Listen in as Gareb and Erik chat about... 

- How Gareb's parents opened a comic and card shop using the family's personal inventory

- Gareb's first magazine and how it's popularity proved to be its downfall

- What happened that finally got the money pouring in to Comic Cons

- The scoop on live, in-person events during COVID and afterward

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