Patrick Stewart goes to Philly.
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 24, 2010 | Comments Off
It’s A Star Trek Celebration…
Legendary Actor Patrick Stewart To Join Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con
Famed Star of Star Trek, X-Men Franchises To Sign Autographs and Speak Saturday & Sunday, June 12th& 13th!
NEW YORK, May 24, 2010 – Patrick Stewart, known to legions of fans as “Professor Charles Xavier” in the X-Men film series and “Captain Jean-Luc Picard” on the television series “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” will attend the Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, June 11-13 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, it was confirmed today by Wizard CEO Gareb Shamus.
The Emmy-nominated actor, who has performed in more than 100 television and film roles, is one of several actors to appear in all three “X-Men” films: X-Men (2000), X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). His role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, which started on Next Generation, placed him in four Star Trek films: Generations (1994) First Contact (1996), Insurrection (1998) and Nemesis (2002). He also served as the voice of numerous animated characters in movies like Chicken Little and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, as well as popular TV shows such as “Family Guy” and “American Dad.”
“Patrick Stewart is an international movie, TV and stage icon, and just his presence shows our commitment to the fans and the city of Philadelphia.” said Shamus. “With his addition to our already star-studded guest lineup, this makes Philadelphia the largest Star Trek celebration in the country, and will push the Philadelphia Comic Con to the forefront of the industry.”
Stewart, who is scheduled to appear both Saturday and Sunday, will meet fans and sign autographs at the event. He and the Wizard World team are currently planning programming panels, which will be announced shortly. Check back at www.wizardworld.com for further updates. Read more
New Dates in the Calendar
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 24, 2010 | Comments Off
Added some Game conventions and a few for 2011
June 4th-6th, 2010
Kogani Video Game Roanoke, VA
June 11th-13th, 2010
NW Pinball Seattle, WA
July 8th-11th, 2010
Mich Pinball Rochester, MI
Oct 1st-3rd, 2010
Pacific Pinball Santa Clara, CA
Oct 20th-24th, 2010
Pinball Expo Chicago, IL
Dec 31st, 2010-Jan 2nd, 2011
Mewcon Portland, OR
March 11th-13th, 2011
Coastcon Biloxi, MS
Nov 4th-6th, 2011
Contraflow New Orleans, LA
FanimeCon announces performer Karen Dyer as Guest of Honor at FanimeCon 2010
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 23, 2010 | Comments Off
San Jose, CA (May 23, 2010) – FanimeCon proudly announces Karen Dyer, the voice and motion of Sheva Aloma from Resident Evil 5, as a Guest of Honor at FanimeCon 2010 (May 28 to May 31 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center). Karen Dyer will appear on Stage Zero to perform her new singles “Candy Love” and “Intuition” from her upcoming Eva La Dare album, and she will reveal details about her latest action feature film project collaboration with actor/producer Reuben Landon. Karen will also hold autograph sessions and give panels about burlesque, dating, and being a strong woman in the entertainment industry. Her panels will occupy the time slots previously vacated by Keith Burgess, who expresses his regrets for being unable to attend FanimeCon this year.
Karen Dyer was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This first generation Jamaican-American with Irish and East Indian roots began her career as a 10-year-old triple threat. After working for eight years in professional theater productions, commercials, and print campaigns, she traveled the world for three years performing as a back-up singer and dancer for Latin superstar Chayanne.
Since moving to LA, she has worked and performed with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Mike Myers, Ray Romano, Aretha Franklin, Will Smith, Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno, just to name a few. Her film and television credits include starring roles in “Corrupt” with Ice-T and “Urban Menace” with Snoop Dogg, as well as roles in “Tortilla Soup” with Hector Elizando, Mike Binder’s “Sex Monster” with Mariel Hemingway, “According To Jim”, “Malcolm In The Middle”, “Spin City”, “Everybody Loves Raymond”, “General Hospital”, “Thank You for Smoking”, and the “Idlewild” musical film starring Andre 3000 and Big Boi of OutKast.
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Conventions this Weekend, 5/28-5/30, 2010
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 23, 2010 | Comments Off
This is the granddady of all convention weekends. No matter where you are or what your into there is a convention for you this weekend. Madison has two! I really wanted to attend Timegate this year, but my funds are low, and with ConCarolinas being next weekend, I opted for a one day trip to Adventurecon, which will save me considerably on hotel expenses. Where’s everyone else going this weekend?
May 28th-30th, 2010
Fanime San Jose, CA
Anime Oasis Boise, ID
Nakamacon Madison, WI
Phoenix Comic Con Mesa, AZ
Wiscon Madison, WI
Animazement Raleigh, NC
Balticon Baltimore, MD
Baycon San Fransico, CA
Conduit Salt Lake City, UT
Conquest Kansas City, KS
Marcon Columbus, OH
Miscon Missoula, MT
Media Westcon Lansing, MI
Oasis Orlando, FL
Strategicon Los Angeles, CA
Timegate Atlanta, GA
Adventurecon Piegon Forge, TN
Rawr PartY Perry, FL
Rocket City Furmeet Huntsville, AL
Florida Battlecon Orlando, FL
C4 Expo Ft. Mitchell KY
World Steam Expo Dearborn, MI
Nashcon Franklin, TN
Fan Film Saturday
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 22, 2010 | Comments Off
My friend Justin pointed me to this. I am a Dalek by the Arc Attacks.
Conventions Added
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 22, 2010 | Comments Off
These came from Convention Finder
August 5th-8th, 2010
Mysterium Minneapolis, MN
October 9th-10th, 2010
Fox Con Augustus, ME
October 29th-31st,
Central Canada Con Winnipeg, MB
November 13th-14th, 2010
EXP-CON Honolulu, HI
November 19th-21st, 2010
Dark Carnival Bloomington, IN
March 18th-21st, 2011
Zenkaikon King Of Prussia, PA
FanimeCon 2010 Selects the American Red Cross and APA Family Support Services as Featured Charities
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 21, 2010 | Comments Off
San Jose, CA (May 21st, 2010) – FanimeCon, Northern California’s largest anime convention, is pleased to announce the American Red Cross and APA Family Support Services as the featured charities for 2010. The Red Cross will receive all money collected from the FanimeCon 2010 Charity Auction, and the FanimeCon Board will donate a matching amount to APA. In addition, Youth Preparedness volunteers from the Silicon Valley chapter of the American Red Cross will promote their organization and earthquake awareness at the FanimeCon Charity Auction tables in Exhibit Hall 2 of the San Jose McEnery Convention Center from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 29, 2010.
The American Red Cross, Silicon Valley Chapter is a humanitarian organization that helps millions of people each year prevent, prepare for, and cope with emergencies. Due to the events in Haiti, Chile, and China, the organization’s theme this year is earthquake awareness. With an estimated 94% of FanimeCon’s membership living in earthquake-prone California, the majority of convention attendees can benefit from earthquake preparedness.
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Freddy comes to Fl.
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 21, 2010 | Comments Off
Orlando, FL – One, two, Freddy’s coming for you, three, four there’s a lot in store…as Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend dusts off their coffins for another spooktacular year. This year’s event returns to the Wyndham Orlando Resort on October 8-10, 2010. Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend is fast becoming one of the most popular horror events in U.S. with fans coming from all over the world to attend. Last years show was monstrous, with the most fans in attendance so far, reaching record breaking numbers.
Their first guest announcements, which have already caused a stir, include a Nightmare on Elm Street reunion featuring the gloved one himself, Robert Englund “Freddy Krueger”, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, and Amanda Wyss. From Friday the 13th, horror’s favorite mother Betsy Palmer “Mrs. Vorhees” makes an appearance along with Adrienne King. Also in attendance will be Danny Trejo of films such as The Devil’s Rejects and From Dusk Til Dawn. Danny will be there supporting his two upcoming films Machete and Predator. It’s a family affair with father and son duo Jake Busey “The Frighteners” and “Starship Troopers” who is making a return appearance, and his dad the legendary Gary Busey star of over a hundred films including Point Break and Silver Bullet. The master of special FX, Tom Savini “Dawn of the Dead” will be there as well, plus many, many more to be announced over the next few months!
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Wizard Philly Exclusives announced
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 21, 2010 | Comments Off
The Exclusives for Wizard World Philly have all been announced and can be seen here A few toys and a few comics for this years show.
Cosplay Thursday: Anime Central
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 20, 2010 | Comments Off
Aftercon has cosplay pictures from this weekends Anime Central
Upcoming stops.
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 19, 2010 | Comments Off
We will be going to Adventurecon on May 28th for some comic shopping followed by Friday June 4th at Heroescon ending the night and spending the entire weekend at ConCarolinas/Deepsouthcon. It’s gonna be fun, hope to see some of our readers there!
Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 19, 2010 | Comments Off
At last weekend’s Steampunk World Fair in NJ. Video by Z3sus
Wizard changes some show dates.
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 18, 2010 | Comments Off
Note: I’m changing the dates on the sidebar as well.
Gareb Shamus Announces New Dates For Big Apple, New England Comic Cons; New Jersey Date Also To Change
Big Apple Comic Con Moves to Oct. 1-3 and Relocates to the Newly Renovated Penn Plaza Pavilion, New England Comic Con Now Oct. 15-17; New Jersey Comic Con Date To Be Announced
NEW YORK, May 18, 2010 – Wizard World CEO Gareb Shamus today announced changes to three of the events on the North American Wizard World Comic Con tour. The Big Apple Comic Con will be held on Oct. 1-3 at the newly renovated Penn Plaza Pavilion in New York City. The new dates for the New England Comic Con are now Oct. 15-17 at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, and the New Jersey Comic Con will move to a date to be announced shortly.
“We spoke with the publishers and their creators, and they worked with us to help facilitate new dates. They pledged their support, and we liked what they had to say,” said Shamus.
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Honky Tonk Man Tagging In to the Phoenix Comicon
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 18, 2010 | Comments Off
Legendary professional wrestler Roy Wayne Farris, better known as the Honky Tonk Man, is coming to the 2010 Phoenix Comicon. Farris has been in the business for over thirty years and has seen it all.
Of Farris’ announcement, Programing Director, Joe Boudrie proclaimed, “Watching Honky dismantle Ricky “the Dragon” Steamboat to claim the WWF Championship back in ’87 was one of the best days of my life,” adding, “seriously, it ranks up there with my wedding day and the day I found out Scott Bakula would be helming an Enterprise.”
Farris hales from Memphis, Tennessee, birthplace of modern-day professional wrestling. He turned a bit part as an Elvis impersonator in the enterprising new forum into a full-blown persona who wrestled with the stars at the top of their game.
Last May the Honky Tonk Man, along with Bushwacker Luke, earned the UCW Tag Team Championship belt. Convention Director, Matt Solberg stated, “Through all of the twists and turns wrestling has taken, the Honky Tonk Man has maintained a dominant presence. You can’t help but respect the man.”
Added some Creation dates for 2011
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 17, 2010 | Comments Off
Jan 28th-30th, 2011
Creation Xena Los Angeles, CA
Feb 4th-6th, 2011
Creation Twilight San Fransico, CA
Feb 11th-13th, 2011
Creation Supernatural Los Angeles, CA
March 11th-13th, 2011
Creation Star TrekSan Fransico, CA
April 14th-17th, 2011
Creation StargateVancouver BC
Creation Twilight Arlignton, VA
May 13th-15th, 2011
Creation Twilight Hartford, Ct
June 10th-12th, 2011
Creation Twilight Raliegh, NC
Aug 26th-28th, 2011
Creation Twilight Cinncinatti, OH
Fanaticon Videos
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 17, 2010 | Comments Off
Darth Vader kicking things off with bagpipes. Video by slynchmaaas
Some images by poqeu4rioqwuertpioq
Conventions This Weekend May 21st-23rd, 2010
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
Another great week in convention land. Lots of variety in the lineup. Anyone going to any of these conventions?
May 21st-23rd, 2010
Imagicon Birmingham, AL
JampconChattanooga, TN
FX International Orlando, FL
Creation Weekend of Horrors Los Angeles, CA
Tonner Doll Lombard, IL
Keycon Winnepeg, MB
Texicon Ft. Worth, TX
Another Game ConHudson, OH
Otafest Calgary, AB
Fanaticon Photos
By Shawn Scott Smith| May 15, 2010 | Comments Off
Fanaticon was a great show putting many veteran shows to shame and for a first year con it was simply amazing. I can’t wait to attend next year and it was great to meet so many of you at the show.
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