Upcoming Cons…updated weekly!
Sorry there haven’t been any updates for a while but SoulGeek business has been slow ‘cuz of the new baby. I’m sure things will get back to normal soon (and by soon I mean sometime in the next 18 years).
Bear with us.
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FEATURED CONVENTIONS
All-Con
Mar 12-14, 2010
Dallas, TX
www.all-con.org
“For three days All-Con provides an umbrella of content supporting fans of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Renaissance, Anime, Costuming, Theater/Performing Arts, Mystery, Art, Crafts, Collecting, and Film Making. To help ‘give back’ there are several charity events at the convention every year.”
Guests include John Billingsley (Enterprise, True Blood), Bonita Friedericy (Chuck), Anne Lockhart (Battlestar Galactica TOS, Troll), Larry Hama (writer/editor Marvel Comics), Kazushi Hinoki (manga artist), Keisaku Kimura (indy filmmaker).
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MegaCon
March 12-14, 2010
Orlando, FL
www.megaconvention.com
Media Guests include Brent Spiner (Star Trek: TNG, Gargoyles), James Hong (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Kung Fu Panda, Big Trouble in Little China), Levar Burton (Star Trek: TNG, Roots), Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek TOS, Heroes), Ray Park (Phantom Menace, X-Men, GI Joe, Heroes), Billy Dee Williams (Empire & Jedi, Batman ‘89), Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica - Apollo/Tom Zerek), Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate), Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, Spy School, Caroline in the City), Claudia Wells (Back to the Future), Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journey, Andromeda), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), Ellen Dubin (Lexx), Gigi Edgley (Farscape), Virginia Hey (Farscape, Road Warrior), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Nicholas Courtney (Dr. Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures), Kristanna Loken (Painkiller Jane, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Maria de Aragon (Star Wars-Greedo), Dave Barclay (Jabba the Hutt puppeteer), Don Bies (R2-D2 operator), Sonny Strait (Dragon Ball, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist), David Acord (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Matthew Wood (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Robb Demarest (Ghost Hunters International), Darrel Guilbeau (Guardian of the Spirit, Zoids Genesis), Chuck Huber (Fullmetal Alchemist, Crayon Shin-chan), Neil Kaplan (Starcraft, Transformers), Cherami Leigh (Peach Girl, Sergeant Frog, Bamboo Blade), Sonny Strait (Dragon Ball, One Piece), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma Films), Arne Starr (Star Trek, NCIS: LA), SoCal Val (TNA Wrestling knockout)
Comics Guests include Joe Benitez (Weapon Zero, Justice League of America), Jim Calafiore (Aquaman, Exiles), Eric Canete (Superman, Amazing Spiderman), Jim Cheung (Young Avengers, New Avengers: Illuminati), Frank Cho (New Ultimates, Liberty Meadows), Mike Choi & Sonia Oback (X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, X-Force), Olivier Coipel (House of M, Thor), Amanda Conner (Terra, Powergirl), Darwyn Cooke (The New Frontier, The Spirit), Nelson DeCastro (Superman, Marvel Knights), Dave Dorman (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Battlestar Galactica), Dick Giordano (Batman, Green Lantern/Green Arrow), Justin Gray (Jonah Hex, Splatterman), Joe Jusko (Tarzan, Conan, Vampirella), Greg Land (Uncanny X-Men, Ultimate Power), Laura Martin (Siege, Rocketeer), Graham Nolan (Batman, Bane, Fantastic Four, Sunshine State), Phil Noto (Avengers: Origins, Batgirl), Dan Parent (Betty & Veronica, Archie & Friends), Paul Pelletier (Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four), George Perez (Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, Hulk: Future Imperfect), Don Rosa (Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck), Stephane Roux (Birds of Prey, Supergirl), Andy Smith (WWE Heroes, Stormwatch PHD), Brian Stelfreeze (Demon/Cat Woman, CyCops), Billy Tucci (Jonah Hex, Shi), Marv Wolfman (Blade, New Teen Titans), Jeremy Dale (G.I. Joe, Popgun), Drew Geraci (Wildcats, Final Crisis, Green Lantern Corps), Rob Granito (The Dragon and the Detective, Dragons and Wolves), Greg Horn (Elektra, Emma Frost), Adam Hughes (cover artist - Wonder Woman, Tomb Raider), Rob Hunter (Justice League of America, Rann Thanagar Holy War), Georges Jeanty (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Streets of Gotham), Casey Jones (Avengers, New Warriors), Barbara Kesel (Ghost Whisperer: The Muse, Black is for Beginnings), Mark McKenna (Star Wars PURGE, Batman Dead?/Batman Alive?, Batman Annual), Mike McKone (Amazing Spider Man, Green Lantern, Teen Titans), Doug Murray (Jungle Girl, Stargate Atlantis), Jimmy Palmiotti (Jonah Hex, Terra), Stephen Perry (Timespirits, Thundercats), Christian Slade (Korgi), Tim Townsend (House of M, Civil War), Ethan Van Sciver (Green Lantern: Rebirth, Superman/Batman), Dexter Vines (Civil War, Ultimate Avengers), Tony Bedard (The Great Ten, R.E.B.E.L.S.), Sergio Cariello (Lone Ranger, Picture Bible, Son of Samson), Terry Cronin (Students of the Unusual), Chuck Dixon (G.I. Joe, The Punisher), Alvin Lee (Street Fighter, Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes), Mike Perkins (Captain America, X-Men: Endangered Species), Brandon Peterson (Uncanny X-Men, Ultimate Extinction), Arne Starr (Star Trek, Dr Who), Amanda Stevens (Superhuman Experiment), Chris Stevens (White Wolf’s Exhalted).
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Emerald City ComiCon
March 13-14, 2010
Seattle, WA
www.emeraldcitycomicon.com
Media Guests include Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek TOS, Fringe, Mission Impossible), Stan Lee (co-creator Iron Man, Spider-Man, The X-Men, the Hulk, Thor and others too numerous to mention) Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: TNG, Stand by Me, Toy Soldiers), Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica, The Bridge), Thomas Jane (The Punisher, The Mist, Mutant Chronicles), Felica Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible, Buffy, Dollhouse), Erin Gray (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Silver Spoons, Jason Goes To Hell), Lou Ferrigno (the original Incredible Hulk, I Love You Man, King of Queens)
Animation Media Guests include Jhonen Vasquez (creator of Invader Zim), Ted Mathot (creator/writer/artist of Cora and Rose and Isabel, Contributor to Afterworks 2), Hal Sutherland (co-founder of Filmation, He-Man/She-Ra, Fat Albert, The Batman/Superman Adventure Hour, Star Trek TAS), Angus Oblong (The Oblongs, Creepy Susie & 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children, 13 More Tragic Tales for Ugly Children), Derek Thompson (Story Artist on Wall-E), Stephen “JB” Jones (character designer for Batman: Brave and the Bold), The Men of MAN OF ACTION STUDIOS (Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force & Ben 10: Evolutions).
Comic Guests include Scott Allie, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Pete Abrams, James Asmus, Brian Azzarello, Jeremy Barlow, Eric Basaldua, Christian Beranek, Brian Michael Bendis, Jake Black, Tim Bradstreet, Michael Broussard, Lars Brown, Ed Brubaker, Chris Burnham, Kurt Busiek, Dennis Calero, Joe Casey, C.B. Cebulski, Jo Chen, Brian Churilla, John Tyler Christopher, Ryan Cody, Colleen Coover, Clayton Crain, Carlos D’Anda, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Brian Denham, Sean Dietrich, Tony Digerolamo, Joe Dodd, Omar Dogan, Nathan Edmondson, Casey Edwards, Jay Faerber, Nathan Fairbairn, Tom Feister, Nathan Fox, Matt Fraction, Francesco Francavilla, Derek Fridolfs, Jenny Frison, Stefano Gaudiano, Kieron Gillen, Allen Gladfelter, Patrick Gleason, Michael Golden, Brandon Graham, Timothy Green II, Raven Gregory, Brad Guigar, Paul Gulacy, Brian Haberlin, David Hahn, Matt Haley, Joe Harris, William Harms, Tariq Hassan, Gilbert Hernandez, Francisco Herrera, Phil Hester, Zach Howard, Brian Hurtt, Brandon Jerwa, Geoff Johns, Dave Kellett, Joe Kelly, Matt Kindt, JJ Kirby, Barry Kitson, Keith Knight, Scott Kurtz, John Layman, Jeff Lemire, Corey Lewis, Steve Lieber, Marjorie Liu, Aaron Lopresti, David Mack, Kevin Maguire, Doug Mahnke, Alex Maleev, Billy Martinez, Ron Marz, Ben McCool, Jamie McKelvie, Amy Mebberson, Jen Van Meter, B. Clay Moore, Terry Moore, Chris Moreno, Sean Gordon Murphy, Michael Alan Nelson, Joe Ng, Dustin Nguyen, Oliver Nome, Justin ‘Moritat’ Norman, Mike Norton, Eduardo Nuñez, Mike Oeming, Joshua Ortega, Ryan Ottley, Andy Owens, Jeff Parker, Jason Pearson, Whilce Portacio, Alan J. Porter, Joe Quesada, Mark Rahner, Livio Ramondelli, Humberto Ramos, Khary Randolph, Crystal Reid, Rick Remender, Chris Roberson, Darick Robertson, James Robinson, Tone Rodriguez, Steve Rolston, Duncan Rouleau, Greg Rucka, Jim Rugg, Andy Runton, Steve Sadowski, Tim Sale, Chris Samnee, Mark Dos Santos, Stuart Sayger, Steven T. Seagle, Tim Seeley, Gail Simone, Taki Soma, Charles Soule, Matthew Southworth, Richard Starkings, Dave Stewart, Johanna Stokes, Kevin Stokes, Christina Strain, Kristofer Straub, Marcio Takara, Philip Tan, James Taylor, Ben Templesmith, Mark Texeira, Jill Thompson, Paul Tobin, Peter Tomasi, Eric Trautmann, Dean Trippe, Jim Valentino, Jhonen Vasquez, Mark Waid, Emily Warren, Nate Watson, Len Wein, Brett Weldele, Shane White, Dan Wickline, David Williams, Greg “Dark One” Williams, JH Williams III, Joshua Williamson, G. Willow Wilson, Renee Witterstaetter, Skottie Young , Jim Zubkavich
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OTHER CONVENTIONS
MidSouthCon 28
Mar 12-14, 2010
Memphis, TN
www.midsouthcon.org
“Our primary focuses are literacy and education. To that end, we have held an annual convention in Memphis, TN for over two decades hosting numerous authors, editors, scientists, and artists. We also hold a free seminar for educators and librarians, a writers’ conference with workshops by award winning authors and editors, and annual student art and writing contests.”
Author Guest of Honor - Kevin J. Anderson
Artist Guest of Honor - Billy Tackett
Comics Guest of Honor - Gail Simone
Gaming Guest of Honor - James Ernest
Editor Guest of Honor - Lou Anders
Multimedia Guest of Honor - Marc Gunn
Special Guest of Honor - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Toastmistress - Lee Martindale
Others include Selina Rosen, Dan Gamber, Jackie Gamber, Ellen Gamber, Ben Gamber.
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Planet Comicon
Mar 27-28, 2010
Overland Park, KS
www.planetcomicon.com
Media guests include Lou Ferrigno (the original Incredible Hulk, I Love You Man, King of Queens), Mira Furlan (Lost, Babylon 5), Tom Kane (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wolverine and the X-Men, The Wild Thornberrys, The Powerpuff Girls), Helen Slater (Supergirl, Ruthless People, Smallville, Batman: the Animated Series), Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go’s, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Clue, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home), Matthew Wood (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Clone Wars).
Guests from the world of comics & art include Jason Aaron, Rick Burchett, Anna Maria Cool, Gary Friedrich, Rudy Garcia, Michael Golden, Jeremy Haun, Phil Hester, Joe Jusko, Ed Lavallee, Cynthia Martin, B. Clay Moore, Jeff Moy, Phil Moy, Jai Nitz, Ande Parks, Rick Stasi and more.
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WonderCon
Apr 2-4, 2010
San Francisco, CA
www.comic-con.org/wc
Murphy Anderson (artist - Hawkman, Adam Strange), Sergio Aragonés (cartoonist - Groo, MAD magazine), Peter S. Beagle (author - The Last Unicorn, A Fine and Private Place), Michael Chiklis (actor, producer - The Shield, Fantastic Four), Frank Cho (artist - Liberty Meadows, Mighty Avengers, Jungle Girl), Amanda Conner (artist - Power Girl, Supergirl in Wednesday Comics), Darwyn Cooke (writer/artist - DC: The New Frontier, Hunter), Colleen Doran (writer/artist - A Distant Soil; artist - Sandman, Orbiter), Mark Evanier (writer/comics historian - Groo, Kirby: King of Comics), David Finch (artist - Moon Knight, Ultimatum), Adam Hughes (artist - Wonder Woman, Catwoman), Hunter Freberg (humorist, entertainer - KRON-TV [San Francisco], KNBC-TV [Los Angeles], WJBK-TV [Detroit], CNN, co-host for ABC Talkradio), Stan Freberg (author, humorist, satirist, voice-over actor - [too much to mention]), Geoff Johns (writer - Blackest Night, Green Lantern, Flash), Robert Kirkman (writer - Invincible, The Walking Dead, Haunt), Adam Kubert (artist - Amazing Spider-Man: The List), Joe Kubert (writer/artist, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965; educator - The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art), Jimmy Palmiotti (writer - Jonah Hex, Power Girl, Last Resort), Tim Powers (science fiction and fantasy author - Last Call, Declare), James Robinson (writer - Starman, Justice League of America), Greg Rucka (writer - Action Comics, Detective Comics), Tim Sale (artist - Batman: The Long Halloween, Spider-Man: Blue), Gail Simone (writer - Wonder Woman, Secret Six), Kevin Smith (writer/director - Clerks, Chasing Amy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno; comics writer - Batman: Widening Gyre), Ethan Van Sciver (artist - Green Lantern Rebirth, Flash Rebirth), Judd Winick (writer - Batman, Green Arrow, The Outsiders, Green Lantern)
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