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Don’t forget to dress up! Milo and I didn’t dress up for the occasion we just slapped on some superhero shirts and jumped in the car.

There is simply so much to look at, it can be a young nerd’s heaven. There is nothing like digging around looking for that one issue you’re missing in your collection.

For the budding collector, it is an even better experience.

If your kids really love this stuff, it is the perfect way to connect them with their interests. While acceptance of what is typically considered, ‘nerd culture’ is sharply on the rise, there are only so many events in the Cincinnati area that cater to these interests.

If you have kids who are even slightly interested in things like comic books, Star Wars, or Doctor Who, it is completely worth the trip.

There is A LOT to be stimulated by, and it can easily become overwhelming for younger ones. So, it probably isn’t the best event for children who are actually too young to read comic books. Milo is only three, and he found himself starting to get overwhelmed by the whole thing after about an hour.

The convention was pretty huge and there were a lot of people.

I’m already looking forward to going again next year. We skipped those because I didn’t think Milo would care, or really know who he was meeting. There are also those who are involved in the comic industry, like artists Khoi Pham and Mark Bagley. There were also meet and greet booths featuring celebrities like Lou Ferigno, Henry Winkler, and the original Green and Black Power Rangers. Milo’s favorite part of the entire event was the massive Lego display hosted by Bricks by The Banks, which gave him a hearty dose of his beloved building blocks.

There was a really nice Doctor Who area in which fans could take pictures with a Dalek or replica of the Tardis. The Ohio Star Wars Collectors Club had multiple remarkable film models and replicas to photograph and explore. There were some smaller displays in the lobby which Milo and I took advantage of. There a number of excellent photographic opportunities. Cincinnati’s convention is considerably more low key than that. Other, larger, conventions, like the world famous San Diego Comic Con, tend to have a large number of exhibits and displays, which focus on getting people pumped up about the future of video games, television programs and feature films. Milo let me off easy with a couple of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle buttons, but with the sheer volume of posters, toys, comics, and clothing items, it is impossible to make it through without hearing, “can I have that?” a number of times. What this means for parents, is that you have to be willing and prepared to spend some money, and understand that the event’s primary function isn’t simply family entertainment, but to sell stuff. I know, had Milo not been there with me, I would have spent considerable time scouring the long boxes for 1980’s issues of The Incredible Hulk and The Flash to satisfy my own nerd proclivities. Ultimately, people participate in the conventions to sell their wares, and attendants go there to buy things. That was one important thing to know before going in.

What that looks like in reality, is the largest comic book store in the world. In its simplest terms, these conventions are events in which people who read comics, make comics, sell comics, sell products associated with comics, and individuals otherwise associated with geek culture gather together in appreciation of all things nerd. Perhaps the first thing to understand is what a Comic Convention really is.