I am very impressed by your dedication to comic fandom. I have only been to one SF con east of the Mississippi, and that was a science fiction con in Ohio where we had a large gathering of Klingons. We, as a family , used to hit cons on the west coast, up until about 2012, so we could kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, spend time with family at home and spend time with friends at cons. Kind of miss those days. I do want to get back to San Diego for Comic con sometime, but there are higher priorities.