The Press Release:
Big Apple Comic Convention, NYC’s original comic con now in our 28th year, is proud to announce our 4th Annual Holiday Con, a party convention with loads of gifts, prizes, and special events to open and celebrate the Holiday Season, and NYC’s all season love affair with the world of comics and pop culture collectibles with our fans.
The BACC Holiday Con features over 100 exhibitors, artists, guests, and cosplayers, with a special focus on talented up and coming artists from the NYC area. This year we are partnering with Crash Media Partners the supercharged popular art promoters Scott Mauriello and Chris Parente will bring their unique skills to bear on the BIG APPLE Comic Con with exciting new guests and events including:
* Al Kahn the man who brought the multi-billion-dollar Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese anime franchises to the world outside of Japan;
* an entire warehouse (in a dedicated 1400sq ft event room) of top-grade collectibles from the legendary Joe Koch and Forbidden Planet. Amazing Deals and Steals;
* and a completely new Independent Creators Alley (ICA) to give small and independent creators an opportunity to bring their work to a broad mainstream audience at BIG APPLE Comic Con.
All this plus an all-star guest line up including:
* Inkpot and Eagle award winning artist/writer Howard Chaykin (Star Wars, Captain America)
* Animation king Bill Plympton (won Best Film and Best Director LA animation festival 2023).
* Aaron Reynolds the creator of the bestselling phenom Effin’Birds
* The master of Spy vs Spy and cartoon genius Peter Kuper.
* Eisner Award winner Alitha Martinez (World of Wakanda, X-Men, Moon Girl, Black Panther)
* Underground Comics legend Larry Welz (Cherry Poptart, Captain Guts)
* Magical voice of a thousand characters Marc Thompson (Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Transformers)
* Alpha Girl Comics author, and Bram Stoker Award winner Amy Chu, whose mindboggling talent includes Red Sonja, Poison Ivy, Carmilla: The First Vampire
* Mr Monopoly and Genshin Impact, Bottomless Potamus the many voices of actor Tony Waldman
* Seinfeld’s own John O’Hurley and the voice of King Neptune on SpongeBob and other characters.
* Sean Chen visionary creator of EVERMIND and innovative artist for Wolverine, Electra, X-Men
* Bill Tucci Inkpot Award winner, creator of the phenomenal saga Shi (also Sgt Rock. A Child is Born)
* Nik Virella the innovative and spectacular art sensation (Wolverine, Hyperion, 1872)
* Ever sparkling super talented actor/podcaster all around mensch Ming Chen.
* Eisner, Inkpot and Harvey award winner Joe Staton (Batman, Justice League, too many to list)
* X-Men, Batman, Daredevil, Thor never looked so good as when Mark Morales brings them to life
* Bob Camp cartoonist, Artist, director 2X Emmy nominee (Ren and Stimpy, Sponge Bob, Conan)
* Ken Landgraf artist for the greatest vigilante comic of all time New York City Outlaws (Wolverine)
* Michael Fife creator/writer/artist of the action series COPRA (also Bloodstrike Brutalists, Zegas)
* Extraordinary Cosplayer, Wrestler, actor, internet radio Monique “GATA’ Dupree
* Emmy and Ringo award winning cartoonist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma and The Red Hook)
* Charles Forsman creator of Revenger, Celebrated Summer, Slasher, and Automa.
* Zuperhero Comics and “Bootleg Spiderman” phenom Mahdi Khene
* Man of a thousand inks Keith Williams (X-Men, Superman, Star Wars, Harlem Hellfighters)
* Writer, artist, inker Al Milgrom edited Marvel Fanfare for 10yrs (X-Factor, Spiderman, Avengers)
* World renowned comic book culture maven Heidi MacDonald editor in chief of ComicsBeat
* Creator of Squish and Squash and The Crying Boy, Ringo nominated writer illustrator Niall O’Rourke
* Topps sport cards master illustrator Brian Kong
* Kristen Gudsnuk writer/artist of the groundbreaking Henchgirl and the hit series Making Friends
* Sublime artist and colorist James Sherman (Superboy, Silver Surfer, The Punisher)
* Actor Anthony Forest who has had iconic parts in Star Wars, Oppenheimer, and Spy Who Loved Me
* Martial Arts Hall of Famer Sifu Cliff Kupper presents a NYC Premiere of his latest film Martialist 2
* The voice of Tony the Tiger voice actor Tony Daniels (X-Men, JoJo#39;Circus, Sailor Moon)
There will be a dedicated Pokemon event room for players and voice actors.
And how about an Archie Themed Cosplay Contest (are you ready for some real kitch).
This will be our best show ever, as usual in the fabulous Art Deco Wyndham New Yorker Hotel. Maybe Santa will show early this year.
The BACC is a collectible dreamworld event, a national hub for collectors and traders, with some of the greatest collectible books are exhibited, and traded.
All of this in the spacious ballrooms of the Art Deco masterpiece New Yorker Hotel (481 8th Ave @34th St).
Big Apple Comic Con “Holiday Con,” Saturday, November 23, 2024 10am-7pm (early admission 9am)
Tickets: General Admission $30; VIP Admission $85; Kids under 14 $15, Kids under 10 are Free.
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: This surely sounds like an exciting lineup of guests and artists and I’ve enjoyed hitting the Big Apple Comic Con for several years now. For those who’ve never attended one, its very different from the massive New York Comic Con but this one has an advantage of aiming directly at the comic book industry with its dealer room. Collectors are bound to find something that they are looking for if they spend the time perusing the boxes. At the time of this writing this will very likely be my last convention of the year and I am okay with that if this is the case. I cannot attend the Horror and Tattoo Convention in Westchester since I will be out of town when it happens and since I’ve not seen any updates about the Wintercon over at Resorts World Casino, I am thinking that this one might not be happening this year. I’ll look more into this when I am back from my brief trip and now back to the Big Apple Comic Con. There are plenty of awesome artists attending and I’ve met so many of them over the years that it will be fun to see them again. Wrapping up I wonder what you out there in the readership think about this announcement. Have you ever attended this convention? Are you considering doing so this time around. Chime in down below in the comments section and I will see you next time. Keep safe out there.
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