Albany Comic Con (April 2010)
April 23, 2010 by Brian Pate
Filed under Anime, Collectibles, Comic Books, Convention Profiles, Gaming, New York, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Event Details:
| Convention | Albany Comic Con |
| Convention Website | http://www.myspace.com/comicbookshow |
| Start Date | 04/25/2010 |
| About This Convention: | 10am to 4pm
$3.00 admission Magic: The Gathering Tournament |
| Convention Guests | Confirmed Guest list.. Matthew Dow Smith, Terry Austin, Ron Marz, Todd Dezago, Keith Dallas, Joe St. Pierre, Bill Anderson, Joe Staton, Fred Hembeck, John Hebert, Lee Moder, Mark McKenna, Paul Harding, Saurav Mohapatra, Paul Abrams, Mike Borkowski, Nick Tapalanski, Jackie Santiago, Christian St. Pierre, Greg Blazer, Jim Whiting, Eric Kimble, Mark Holmes, David Rodriguez,Ken Branch,Bobby Timony,Peter Timony,Declan Shalvey.. |
| Venue Name | Holiday Inn Wolf Road |
| Venue Address | 205 Wolf Road Albany, NY 12205 United States |
| Number of Dealer/Exhibitor Tables | 65 |
| Projected Attendance | 300 |
| What category best describes your convention? | Comic Books |
| What other categories might be appropriate for your convention? | - Anime - Collectibles - Gaming - Science Fiction and Fantasy |
Albany Comic Con This Sunday, November 1st
October 28, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York
ALBANY COMIC CON is SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1ST 2009.
10AM til 4PM
The WOLF ROAD HOLIDAY INN ALBANY NEW YORK.
$3.00 Admission.
Door prizes and show cash prizes.
CONFIRMED GUESTS
PAUL ABRAMS artist Marvel and DC Comics.
BILL ANDERSON artist Marvel and DC Comics.
DENNIS CALERO artist Marvel Noir covers DareDevil,Xmen
TODD DEZAGO writer Sensational Spiderman, Perhapanauts and the new Casper comic.
PAUL HARDING action figure sculptor Marvel/DC.
JOHN HEBERT artist Punisher, Xmen Adventures.
FRED HEMBECK Cartoonist of Marvel Comics.
JAMAL IGLE artist G.I.Joe,Green Lantern, Supergirl
RON MARZ Writer Green Lantern, Silver Surfer and Witchblade
JOE SINNOTT LEGENDARY ARTIST/INKER OF MARVEL COMICS.
MATTHEW DOW SMITH artist Doctor Who, Supernatural and THE ALBANY COMIC CON EXCLUSIVE WITCHBLADE VARIANT COVER.
JOE ST. PIERRE artist Gambit Venom/Wolverine Spiderman 2099
JOE STATON artist Green Lantern,JSA and E-MAN.
HERB TRIMPE artist Hulk, G.I. Joe and THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF WOLVERINE in HULK #181.
ALBANY COMIC CON
LIMITED EXCLUSIVE
WITCHBLADE #131 VARIANT COVER
AVAILABLE AT THE CONVENTION.
COVER ARTIST MATTHEW DOW SMITH AND
WRITER RON MARZ GET IT SIGNED AT THE CONVENTION!!
A HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST
A Magic the Gathering Tournament will be held by AQUILONIA COMICS at the convention.
Scene on the Web: HeroesCon Preview
June 19, 2009 by Brian Pate
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, North Carolina
Heroes Convention, or HeroesCon for short, kicks off today in Charlotte, North Carolina, and here’s a quick roundup of some of the links and talk about it on the web.
The complete event schedule is available as well as a list of where the various guests are appearing at the show.
To give you an idea of what to expect, The Comics Reporter talks about Ten Things I Liked About Heroes Con last year. Robot 6 @ CBR provides a preview, and Creative Loafing gives Ten reasons why HeroesCon 2009 will rock.
C.B. Cebulski at table #711 in Artists Alley selling, signing and reviewing portfolios but will also take part in a few panels.
Archie Comics will have some creators at the show including Jim Amash, Tereas Davidson, Ian Flynn, Joe Staton, and John Workman.
Don’t forget that, according to Blog@Newsarama, AdHouse will be offering a preview of the third volume of artist James Jean’s art book series Process Recess.
Matt Kindt is planning on doing a lot of commissions at the show as well as a panel.
Jason Latour will be at Booth 630/729 or the 12 Gauge Booth with sketchbooks and doing sketches.
Wide Awake Press is going to have a lot of new stuff at the show.
Kim Feigenbaum will have prints and a sketchbook for sale and will be taking commissions – table SP – 340.
Zack Kruse of Mystery Solved! will be sharing table #SP 638 with Dave Wachter.
- @deantrippe Packing for HeroesCon! I will be on Indie Island all weekend!
- @mattfraction i’ll have…complete print-outs of UNCANNY 512 and X-MEN/DARK AVENGERS: UTOPIA at my table all weekend #heroescon
- @redmoongn http://twitpic.com/7rl33 – What Heroescon looks like the day before and completely empty. Here’s the view from our table.
For all of our stories concerning HeroesCon, just follow our tag: http://www.conventionscene.com/tag/heroescon/
