Big Apple Comic-Con, Oct 16-18, Pier 94 NYC

[Captain Zorikh]

With only two days to go till opening, the Big Apple Comic-Con, now a part of Wizard World, looks like it's going to be 10 times bigger than it ever was! Over 200 celebrity guests, 500 dealer tables, three days of events, even after-hours events! All the info is at http://www.wizardworld.com and advance tix at http://www.wizardworld.com/bigapple.html

 

Some of the top comics creators present will include Joe Simon, Jim Lee, Joe Quesada, Joe Kubert, Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, Arthur Suydam, Neal Adams, Gene Colan, Jim Steranko, Mike Allred, Carlos Pacheco, Mark Texeira, Jim Cheung, Basil Gogos, Greg Horn, Phil Jimenez, JG Jones, Alex Maleev, Mike McKone, Alex Saviuk, Herb Trimpe, Billy Tucci, Renee Witterstaetter.

 

CGC is going to be there with all three tiers of grading, Gold, Modern, and Regular available, and there will even be a grading competition hosted by Classics Inc http://classicsincorporated.com/cgc_contest.htm

 

NOW who's coming?

[Secret Son]

I thought Arthur Suydam and Gene Colan pulled out???

[Captain Zorikh]

The list changes so often I don't always catch it in time. The website at http://www.wizardworld.com/guests-apple.html is the latest official word, and is, of course, always subject to change.

[Joel Elad]

Here is the full updated list of cancellations, as of tonight, according to the Wizardworld website:

 

Due to professional commitments, the following previously confirmed guests will not be able to attend Big Apple Comic Con this year:

 

Kristanna Loken; Emma Caulfield; Arthur Suydam; Gene Colan; Robert Patrick; Ioan Gruffudd; Lynn Collins; Scott Speedman; Felix Silla; Edward James Olmos, Taylor Kitsch, Cameron Bright, Jamie Campbell Bower; Willem Dafoe; Mark Sheppard; Catherine Bach; Joe Viskocil; Tarah Paige; Lauren Jones; J.G. Jones; Christian Beranek; Matt Serra; Gary Coleman

 

Suydam and Colan have been off the list for a while now... JG Jones and Gary Coleman, by contrast, are relatively new cancellations.

 

Joel