Well hellzapoppin this weekend in New York, as if MoCCA and a Maid Cafe tea party weren’t enough there’s also a Big Apple Con featuring Oscar® winner Richard Dreyfuss, Ice-T, and…Malcolm McDowell. Relive those Clockwork Orange memories! Cartoonists will also be featured, including Bernie Wrightson, Gene Ha, etc etc.
MIKE CARBONARO’S BIG APPLE COMIC BOOK, ART & TOY EXPO will kick off with the SUMMER SIZZLER at the PENN PLAZA PAVILION, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 7th & 8th. There will be more than 300 dealers & exhibitors, showcasing comics, toys, action figures, original art, videos, autographs, trading cards, TV & movie memorabilia & more. It’s the place to buy, sell or trade your collectibles!
The Big Apple Convention is proud to be bringing Oscar winner RICHARD DREYFUSS (Jaws, Close encounters of the Third Kind, Sunday only) to New York, as well as MALCOLM McDOWELL (“Heroes,” A Clockwork Orange, Star Trek Generations), ICE- T (“Law & Order: SVU”) & his wife, model COCO, DOUG JONES (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), JASON MEWES (Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), JOHNNY BRENNAN (Jerky Boys, “Family Guy”), CHASE MASTERSON (Star Trek: Voyager), YANCY BUTLER (“Witchblade”), BUTCH PATRICK (“Theu Munsters,” Saturday only), SOUPY SALES (Sunday only), KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT (“Dark Shadows”), RANDY JONES (Original cowboy of the Village People) , JASMIN St. CLAIRE (“Metal’s Darkside”), MONIQUE DUPREE (American Gangster, Bachelor Party), Pro wrestling legends CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO, SANDMAN, & JOHNNY DIAMOND, three voice actors from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “YuGiOh!” “Speed Racer,” and other favorite shows and anime: WAYNE GRAYSON (Michaelangelo), PETE ZARUSTICA (Fugitoid), & DAVID ZEN MANSLEY (Bishop), and radio’s “BIG KEV.” There will also be a Friday the 13th, Part 2 reunion with WARRINGTON GILLETTE, JACK HARRIS, and LAUREN MARIE TAYLOR, and from Part 3, ANNIE GAYBIS.
Among the comic book veterans and hot new artists appearing are BERNIE WRIGHTSON, GENE HA, RICH BUCKLER, IRWIN HASEN, JOE GIELLA, GUY DORIAN, IAN DORIAN, IVAN BRANDON, ALEX MALEEV, ANDY MACDONALD, BILLY TUCCI, TOMMY CASTILLO, MARK TEXEIRA, and many more.
Man, at the same time as MoCCA. Now I *really* wish I could be in NYC this weekend!
Jasmin St. Claire… another comics geek. (Not only did she appear as herself in a pretty decent (so to speak) Carnal Comics issue, (I espcecially liked her Publishers Clearinghouse fantasy) but she was the model of the “Cocktails in the Cantina” CD of Star Wars lounge music.)
Pretty good cast of characters for a show. Not a lot of comics per se, but sure to draw a crowd. I suspect they’ll have a shuttle bus from Puck to Penn like last year?
Sorry, there’s no comics fan shuttle bus sponsor this year, but getting around town to/from all the different comics-related stuff going on in NYC this weekend should still be pretty easy.
The N (on weekends) and R subway lines run right down Broadway from 34-Herald Square to Prince Street (and vice versa) — putting you within a block or so from Big Apple at Penn Plaza and MoCCAFest at the Puck on either end… with a hop off in between at 23rd Street for anyone checking out the Saturday afternoon auction at Illustration House (110 West 25th).
For those going to/from the Kinokuniya Bookstore at Bryant Park that Saturday, the B/D/F/V trains should get you from 42St-5Av to B’way-Lafayette in a hurry.
First reaction when i saw the before and after: awesome.