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Pictured above: Howard Chaykin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preview by Brad Balfour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What:  Big Apple Comic Con<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When: Saturday, November 23rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where: 481 8th Ave @34th St<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Times: 10am-7pm (early admission 9am)
Tickets: General Admission $30; VIP Admission $85; Kids under 14 $15, Kids under 10 are Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now in its 28th year, the Big Apple Comic Con has become the longest-running comic book\/speculative fiction\/pop culture convention in New York City. It was started by retailer Michael “Mike Carbo” Carbonaro in March 1996 in the basement of the St. Paul the Apostle Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having grown out of the church, between 1999 to 2008, the Big Apple Comic Con often featured multiple shows per year, with a large three-day “national” convention held in November, at the Metropolitan Pavilion and later at the Penn Plaza Pavilion. The show was sold to Wizard Entertainment in 2009 but was reacquired 2014 by Big Apple CC Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of its history, the convention has been known as the Big Apple Convention, the Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show, and the Big Apple Comic Book, Art, Toy & Sci-Fi Expo; with the larger three-day November shows known as the National Comic Book, Art, Toy, and Sci-Fi Expo, the National Comic Book, Art, and Sci-Fi Expo, and the National Comic Book, Comic Art, and Fantasy Convention. In 2014, the name “Big Apple Comic Con” was revived by Mr. Carbonaro for its March 2015 show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, the Big Apple Comic Con moved from the decaying Penn Plaza to the recently revived 1929 Art Deco masterpiece New Yorker Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest edition is taking place this Saturday at the hotel. 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. All this plus an all-star guest line up including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Inkpot and Eagle award winning artist\/writer Howard Chaykin (Star Wars, Captain America)
\u2022 Animation king Bill Plympton (won Best Film and Best Director LA animation festival 2023).
\u2022 Aaron Reynolds the creator of the bestselling phenom Effin\u2019Birds
\u2022 The master of Spy vs Spy and cartoon genius Peter Kuper
\u2022 Eisner Award winner Alitha Martinez (World of Wakanda, X-Men, Moon Girl, Black Panther)
\u2022 Underground Comics legend Larry Welz (Cherry Poptart, Captain Guts)
\u2022 Magical voice of a thousand characters Marc Thompson (Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Transformers)
\u2022 Alpha Girl Comics author\/Bram Stoker Award winner Amy Chu (Red Sonja, Poison Ivy, Carmilla: The First Vampire
\u2022 Mr Monopoly and Genshin Impact, Bottomless Potamus the many voices of actor Tony Waldman
\u2022 Seinfeld\u2019s own John O\u2019Hurley and the voice of King Neptune on SpongeBob\u00a0 and other characters.
\u2022 Sean Chen visionary creator of EVERMIND and innovative artist for Wolverine, Electra, X-Men
\u2022 Bill Tucci Inkpot Award winner, creator of the phenomenal saga Shi (also Sgt Rock. A Child is Born)
\u2022 Nik Virella the innovative and spectacular art sensation (Wolverine, Hyperion, 1872)
\u2022 Ever sparkling super talented actor\/podcaster all around mensch Ming Chen.
\u2022 Eisner, Inkpot and Harvey award winner Joe Staton (Batman, Justice League, too many to list)
\u2022 X-Men, Batman, Daredevil, Thor never looked so good as when Mark Morales brings them to life
\u2022 Bob Camp cartoonist, Artist, director 2X Emmy nominee (Ren and Stimpy, Sponge Bob, Conan)
\u2022 Ken Landgraf artist for the greatest vigilante comic of all time New York City Outlaws (Wolverine)
\u2022 Michael Fife creator\/writer\/artist of the action series COPRA (also Bloodstrike \u00a0Brutalists, Zegas)
\u2022 Extraordinary Cosplayer, Wrestler, actor, internet radio Monique \u201cGATA\u2019 Dupree
\u2022 Emmy and Ringo award winning cartoonist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma and The Red Hook)
\u2022 Charles Forsman\u00a0creator of Revenger, Celebrated Summer, Slasher, and Automa.
\u2022 Zuperhero Comics and \u201cBootleg Spiderman\u201d phenom Mahdi Khene
\u2022 Man of a thousand inks Keith Williams (X-Men, Superman, Star Wars, Harlem Hellfighters)
\u2022 Writer, artist, inker Al Milgrom edited Marvel Fanfare for 10yrs (X-Factor, Spiderman, Avengers)
\u2022 \u00a0World renowned comic book culture maven Heidi MacDonald editor in chief of ComicsBeat
\u2022 Creator of Squish and Squash and The Crying Boy, Ringo nominated writer illustrator Niall O\u2019Rourke
\u2022 Topps sport cards master illustrator Brian Kong
\u2022 Kristen Gudsnuk writer\/artist of the groundbreaking Henchgirl and the hit series Making Friends
\u2022 Sublime artist and colorist \u00a0James Sherman (Superboy, Silver Surfer, The Punisher)
\u2022 Actor Anthony Forest\u00a0 who has had iconic parts in Star Wars, Oppenheimer, and Spy Who Loved Me
\u2022 Martial Arts Hall of Famer Sifu Cliff Kupper presents a NYC Premiere of his latest film Martialist 2
\u2022 The voice of Tony the Tiger voice actor Tony Daniels (X-Men, JoJo#39; Circus, Sailor Moon)
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There will be a dedicated Pokemon event room for players and voice actors.

The BACC is a collectible dreamworld event, a national hub for collectors and traders, with some of the greatest collectible books exhibited, and available for sale or trade.

For information: go to bigapplecc.com<\/p>\n

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