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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Fresno-based comic publication store is representing Central Valley concern with an yearly trek to the East Coast to instrumentality portion successful the New York Comic Con (NYCC).
Legends Comics and Games successful Fresno made the travel this past weekend, the culmination of a 48-hour thrust to New York.
The owner, Darrick Oyama, says helium loaded up each the inventory helium could and drove crossed the state to beryllium a portion of the event.
"This is truly a full tiny store successful itself that we acceptable up here," Oyama said. "[It's] a batch of work, but it's it's a batch of fun. We get to conscionable a batch of caller people. We person regulars and fans retired present connected the East Coast."
Oyama says helium adjacent runs into different radical from Fresno astatine New York City Comic Con. He says the friendships and connections from going to conventions assistance adhd to what Legends Comics has to connection successful Fresno and Clovis.
"We conscionable marque connections, effort and acceptable up things that we tin bring backmost to Fresno to heighten the Central Valley," Oyama said.
Oyama says the ordeal of traveling backmost and distant is worthy it for the accidental to acquisition the normal and bring that acquisition backmost to his loyal customers.
"We bash it for the community, really. We had a batch of enactment during COVID erstwhile we were forced to unopen down. A batch of customers came retired and did curbside pick-up with us," Oyama said.
"So we wanted to springiness thing back. We started doing each these signings and bringing celebrities successful for radical that can't marque it to these conventions."
YourCentralValley.com's interrogation with Darrick Oyama was provided by Manny Gomez.
