FAN EXPO VANCOUVER™ launches April 21-22 2012 at the Vancouver Convention Centre

[Kevin Boyd]

FAN EXPO VANCOUVER™ showcases hundreds of exhibits and sprawls to over 150,000 square feet.

 

April 21-22, 2012 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

 

This annual event will have a phenomenal celebrity guest list who sign autographs, host presentations and conduct question and answer sessions with their fans. FAN EXPO VANCOUVER™ will be one of the most anticipated events of the year.

 

This event is in association with the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, April 27-29, 2012

 

Email info@hobbystar.com

Phone 416-241-7827

Website http://www.fanexpovancouver.com

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/fanexpovancouver

 

Guests TBA

 

 

Fan Expo Vancouver™: the city’s very first major comicon!

 

For the first time ever, Fan Expo Canada™ is extending it’s show westward! Highlighting celebrities, shopping, panels and workshops, you will be able to find the newest and hottest in Anime, Manga, Comics, Sci-Fi, Gaming and Horror.

 

April 21st-22nd 2012, come out and meet your favourite celebrity or creator and shop for the hottest or most rare in comic books, graphic novels, manga, toys, t-shirts and more!

 

Fan Expo Vancouver™ is brought to you by way of Hobby Star Marketing Inc. HSM was founded in 1992 as one of Canada’s premiere sports and entertainment marketing agencies. The company first staked its claim in 1995 with the successful launch of the Canadian National Comic Book Expo. It has since been re-branded as Fan Expo Canada featuring Comic, Anime, Science Fiction, Horror and Gaming. The event has evolved into a spectacular, annual, multi-media even with prestigious acclaim, becoming North America’s 3rd largest event of its kind.

[thehumantorch]

If this is put on by the same organisation that hosts the Calgary Comiccon it has

a great future. The Calgary show grows every year and is very well run. Thanks

for the heads up Kevin.

[aardvark88]

Just got the email about this 2nd coming of Aman G. to the Vancouver area. I wish him well, but be warned there is a lot of backstabbing among comicon organizers here. So I expect there to be a competing 1 day comicon with 1/2 price collector tables set up speedily 1 week before Fan Expo to suck up the collector $$. The Vancouver market since 1977 is totally different than Calgary Anime or Edmonton, AB comicons.

 

http://www.fanexpovancouver.com/location/

[Kevin Boyd]

I guess that's what we're going to find out firsthand, just what kind of a market Vancouver is for a show of this type.

[Kevin Boyd]

 

FAN EXPO VANCOUVER™ takes over the Vancouver Convention Centre April 21st -22nd 2012!

 

Sprawling over 100,000 square feet, FAN EXPO VANCOUVER™ showcases hundreds of exhibits and specialty retailers in the heart of downtown Vancouver.

 

TICKETS ON SALE

FEBRUARY 21st!

 

Pop culture fans of all ages are invited to come out and meet your favourite celebrities and comic book creators and shop for comic books, graphic novels, manga, toys, t-shirts and more!

 

Meet television legends ADAM WEST & BURT WARD! The legendary dynamic duo, live in person at FAN EXPO VANCOUVER™! Many more guests to be announced!

 

If you enjoy Anime, Manga, Comics, Sci-Fi, Gaming or Horror, you cannot miss the incredible line-up celebrities, amazing shopping and special panels and workshops!

 

Celebrity guests will be signing autographs, taking photos with fans as well as hosting live presentations and conducting question and answer sessions with their fans.

[Kevin Boyd]

 

MEET VILLAIN OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES, TOM FELTON!

 

We are very excited to announce that Tom Felton will be at Fan Expo Vancouver™!

 

Bust out your Slytherin gear and don’t miss the chance to meet him and even get a photo op!

 

http://www.fanexpovancouver.com/guests/tom-felton

 

Stay tuned for more details and more guests!

 

TICKETS ON SALE FEBRUARY 21st!

 

Pop culture fans of all ages are invited to come out and meet your favourite celebrities and comic book creators and shop for comic books, graphic novels, manga, toys, t-shirts and more!

 

If you enjoy Anime, Manga, Comics, Sci-Fi, Gaming or Horror, you cannot miss the incredible line-up celebrities, amazing shopping and special panels and workshops!

[greggy]

Got a list of dealers?

[Kevin Boyd]

No list of dealers until March. We just opened it up for applications last week so people are still booking.

[aardvark88]

Will the admission be about $30/day?

[greggy]

Hey dork, it's $20 for one and $30 for both.

 

Try checking the site, fool.

[aardvark88]

Hey dork, it's $20 for one and $30 for both.

 

Try checking the site, fool.

I did check the site, but not everyone has x-ray vision like yourself to see behind their hidden banner line. Thanks greggy.

[greggy]

Hey dork, it's $20 for one and $30 for both.

 

Try checking the site, fool.

I did check the site, but not everyone has x-ray vision like yourself to see behind their hidden banner line. Thanks greggy.

Ummm...it's under the tickets section.

[TheLiamSturgess]

This just made my day 7000000 times better.

[Kevin Boyd]

Some new guests were announced last week including:

 

Nicholas Brandon

(Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

 

Kristin Bauer

(True Blood)

 

And a number of Anime Voice Actor Guests including:

 

Anime Guests

COLLEEN CLINKENBEARD

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

KIDDY GRADE

RIN

 

TREVOR DEVALL

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM

 

RICHARD COX

INU YASHA

 

VERONICA TAYLOR

POKEMON

MIKE MCFARLAND

DRAGONBALL Z

 

BRIAN FROUD

BAKUGAN

JIMMY TWO-SHOES

[TheLiamSturgess]

Veronica Taylor

[Kevin Boyd]

ESAD RIBIC

THE ULTIMATES, THOR

 

WHILCE PORTACIO

HULK

 

MIKE CHOI

DC/MARVEL ARTIST

 

GEORGES JEANTY

BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

 

 

PIA GUERRA

Y THE LAST MAN

 

STEPHEN SADOWSKI

WARLORD OF MARS

 

And many more to come...

 

 

Along with Special Guests:

 

ED BRISSON

PROPHET

 

IAN BOOTHBY

SIMPSONS

 

SHANE ROOKS

WARLORD OF MARS

 

ROBIN BOUGIE

CINEMA SEWER

 

JASON COPLAND

KILL ALL MONSTERS

 

REBECCA DART

RABBIT HEAD

 

CAMILLA D'ERRICO

SKY PIRATES OF NEO TERRA

 

JOHN DELANEY

FUTURAMA

 

NATHAN FAIRBAIRN

SWAMP THING

 

BRANDON GRAHAM

PROPHET

 

JAMES LLOYD

FUTURAMA

 

NINA MATSUMOTO

THE SIMPSONS

 

STEVE ROLSTON

HOUSE OF MYSTERY

 

DAN SCHOENING

GHOSTBUSTERS

 

JAMES STOKOE

ORC STAIN

 

MARLEY ZARCONE

HOUSE OF MYSTERY

 

And many more to come...

[TheLiamSturgess]

Sweet! Will CGC be setting up?

[Kevin Boyd]

Not as far as I'm aware.

[TheLiamSturgess]

[aardvark88]

Will CGC be setting up?

 

No, but I heard a rumor that the actor who played Steve Austin, the $6 Million Man, will be there.