Rhode Island Comic Con (November 2013)
February 27, 2013 by ricomiccon
Filed under Anime, Book Festivals, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, Horror, Rhode Island, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Rhode Island Comic Con | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.ricomiccon.com | |
| This convention will take place: | |
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| Start Date (Format mm/dd/yyyy) | |
| 11/02/2013 | |
| End Date (Format mm/dd/yyyy) | |
| 11/03/2013 | |
| About This Convention | |
| Rhode Island Comic Con is New England’s largest pop culture and sci fi convention. The show features the largest group of celebrity guests and artists in New England and vendors featuring toys,comics,gaming and anything you can image.The show features amazing reunions such as Batman and the Power rangers as well as Weird Science,V, Beastmaster and many others | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| Rhode Island Convention Center 1 Sabin St Providence, RI 02903 United States Map It |
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| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | |
| 200 | |
| Projected Attendance | |
| 25000 | |
| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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| Guests | |
| Adam West,Burt Ward,Nichelle Nichols,David Anders,Anthony Michael Hall,Jason Davide Frank | |
Rhode Island Comic Con (November 2013)
November 19, 2012 by susan.soares1971@gmail.com
Filed under Anime, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, Horror, Rhode Island, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Event Details:
| Convention Name | |
| Rhode Island Comic Con | |
| Convention Website Address | |
| http://www.ricomiccon.com | |
| This convention will take place: | |
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| Start Date (Format mm/dd/yyyy) | |
| 11/01/2013 | |
| End Date (Format mm/dd/yyyy) | |
| 11/03/2013 | |
| About This Convention | |
| After a very successful first show, Altered Reality Entertainment is excited to announce the dates for its 2013 Rhode Island Comic Con. Slated for November 1st through 3rd, 2013 at the Rhode Island Convention Center, the biggest show in the smallest state will feature fandom’s favorite guests from comics, television, film, gaming, wresting and many other genres and mediums. Stay updated on our website for guest announcements starting January 2013. | |
| Venue Name and Address | |
| 1 Sabin Street Providence, RI 02903 United States Map It |
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| Please select the Category that best describes the convention | |
| Comic Books | |
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Scene on the Web Weekly: November 5-11, 2012
November 7, 2012 by Brian Pate
Filed under Canada, Comic Books, Convention News, Horror, Movies, Rhode Island, Top Stories
World War Z gets a poster (and come back later this week for the 1st trailer), the comics industry aims to help Hurricane Sandy victims, reports from the Rhode Island Comic Con and Central Canada Comic Con, and more.
Scene on the Web Weekly: October 29 – November 4, 2012
October 31, 2012 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Movies, Rhode Island, Sports, Top Stories
Which Comic-Con just had over 70,000 in attendance? Where can you meet the cast and filmmakers of “The Collection”? Which Valiant character will the USA Luge Team be adopting the look of? Find out all this and more in this week’s Scene on the Web Weekly.
Rhode Island Comic Con Presents a Cast Reunion of the Original Battlestar Galactica in November 2012
October 24, 2012 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Rhode Island, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories
- Dirk Benedict (Starbuck)
- Richard Hatch (Apollo)
- Herb Jefferson, Jr. (Boomer)
- Anne Lockhart (Sheeba)
- Jack Stauffer (Bojay)
- Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia)
- Felix Silla (Lucifer)
- Noah Hathaway (Boxey)
- Sarah Rush (Flight Corporal Rigel)
Sailor Twain Signing Tour
September 23, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Top Stories, Vermont
Mark Siegel debuts his new graphic novel Sailor Twain with several signings across the Northeast.
September 23, 2012 - 1:00 PM
Brooklyn Book Festival!
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
209 JORALEMON STREET
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
“Make Believe” panel with Derek Kirk Kim,
Becky Cloonan and moderated by Ellen Kushner.
St Francis Screening Room
180 Remsen Street
& other events!
Tuesday October 2
SAILOR TWAIN BOOK RELEASE!
Posman Books Chelsea Market
75 9th Avenue, New York NY 10011
Friday October 5th 5:30 PM
SAILOR TWAIN SAIL ABOARD CLEARWATER
Food and wine and the Hudson River! Departs at 5:30 PM from the 79th Street Boat Basin, NEW YORK Reception continues after the sail, at the dock.
Reserve your spot now! Limited Space!
Saturday October 6th 7:00 PM
THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE Sailor Twain Special Author Presentation
351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CONNECTICUT
Sunday October 7th 4:00 PM
Books and Books Westhampton
130 Main Street Westhampton Beach, NEW YORK
Tuesday October 9th 7:00 PM
Porter Square Books
25 White Street Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS
Wednesday October 10th 12-1:30 PM
Bank Square Books
53 West Main Street Mystic, CT
Thursday October 11th 3:00 -5:00 PM
THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES
Guest Speaker
94 South Main Street, White River Junction, VERMONT
Thursday October 11th 7:00 PM
The Norwich Bookstore
291 Main Street, Norwich, VERMONT
October 12th–14th
NEW YORK COMIC CON: First Second Booth #1214
FRIDAY:
Steampunk 101 Panel 9:00 – 10:00 PM LATE NIGHT Room 1A06
SATURDAY:
From Concept to Comic
NYCC Stage 11:00 – 12:00pm
The Unbound Stage 12:45 – 1:45pm – Author Autographing Table 5
Comics Quickfire 5:15 – 6:15pm NYCC / Variant Stage
Live-drawing game run by Dave Roman
SUNDAY: 11:30 – 12:30PM – Author Signing First Second Booth #1214
Monday October 15th 7:00 PM
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St. Brookline, MASSACHUSETTS
Tuesday October 16th 6:00 PM
Doylestown Books
16 S Main St. Doylestown, PENNSYLVANIA
Wednesday October 17th 7:00 PM
The Village Bookstore
10 Washington Avenue Pleasantville, NEW YORK
Thursday October 18th 7:00 PM
Oblong Books & Music
6422 Montgomery Street Rhinebeck, NEW YORK
Friday October 19th 7:00 PM
Books on the Square
471 Angell Street Providence, RHODE ISLAND
Saturday October 20th 1:00 PM
Chester County Book & Music Company
975 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PENNSYLVANIA
Tuesday October 23rd 7:00 PM
Newtonville Books
10 Langley Road/ Newton Centre Newton, MASSACHUSETTS
Thursday October 25th 6:30 PM
“SECRETS & MYSTERIES OF THE RIVER HUDSON” THE NYPL SAILOR TWAIN EXHIBIT!
The New York Public Library, Old Maps Division Exhibit opening and special author presentation at 6:30
RECEPTION/DRINKS to follow
The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NEW YORK
Saturday October 27th 12:00-3:00PM
Friendly Neighborhood Comics
191 Mechanic Street/Route 140, Bellingham, MASSACHUSETTS
Tuesday October 30th 7:00 PM
WORD BOOKSTORE
126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NEW YORK
RI – New York Drawings Signing
September 15, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Other, Rhode Island, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Cartoonist Adrian Tomine signs at Ada Books on Wednesday October 3, 2012.
Ada Books
717 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
(401) 432-6222
RI/MA – Hic & Hoc Mini Tour
July 27, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Lauren Barnett and Alabaster sign at Ada Books on Friday August 24th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm and at Million Year Picnic on Saturday August 25th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Ada Books
717 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
(401) 432-6222
Million Year Picnic
99 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
ICON-7 Keynote Speech
June 14, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Comic Books, Comic Strips, Convention News, Movies, Other, Rhode Island, Television
Cartoonist Lynda Barry (with special guest Matt Groening) delivers the keynote address tonight Friday June 15, 2012 at the Veteran’s Auditorium in Providence, RI at 5:30 PM as part of the Illustration Conference, ICON•7!
The event is $25.00 with tickets available at the door which also give you entry into the Rhode Show Bazaar, which opens immediately after next door at the ICON’s Renaissance ballroom which will be transformed into a creative hotspot and bazaar, where a select group of artists will have the opportunity to take center stage and be the inspiration. There you’ll have the opportunity to meet and speak with dozens of the most creative minds in the world including Ms. Barry and Mr. Groening.
Day passes for the ICON•7 conference are still available for Friday and Saturday as well.
Veteran’s Auditorium
1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence, RI 02903
Goliath Signing Tour
March 1, 2012 by Colin Solan
Filed under Canada, Comic Books, England, New York, Rhode Island, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Tom Gauld goes on a signing tour of the United Kingdom and North America in honor of the release of his latest graphic novel Goliath.
Friday 9th March. Gosh Comics, London. Details
Saturday 10th March. Forbidden Planet, Cambridge. Details
Thursday 15th March. Here, Bristol. Details
Thursday 29th March. NoBrow HQ, London. Details
Wednesday 4th April. Signing and talk at Analogue, Edinburgh.Website
Thursday 5th April. Travelling Man, Leeds. Website
Saturday 21st April. Comica Comiket, London. Details
Friday 27th April. Desert Island, Brooklyn. Website
Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th April. MOCCA, New York. Details
Monday April 30th. Ada Books, Providence (with Matt Forsythe).Website
Wednesday May 2nd. Librarie D+Q, Montreal (with Matt Forsythe).Website
Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May. TCAF, Toronto. Details
