Austin Comic Con 2011 Features Ray Park & Many More
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- Parent Category: Expos and Conventions
- Category: Previews
- Published on Monday, 17 January 2011 23:24
- Written by Eric Grunes
Ray Park is a Scottish actor, stuntman and martial artist, best known for playing the physical part of Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Toad in X-Men, Snake-Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and Edgar on Heroes.
Don't miss out on meeting him and a lot of other celeb guests at Wizard World Austin Comic Con, running November 11-13, 2011, at the Austin Convention Center. Fans will converge there to celebrate movies, comics, toys, gaming, TV, anime, Mmanga horror films, wrestling, MMA, original art, collectibles -- and that's not all.
Many of the world's most talented graphic magazine/novel artists and writers are among the more than 150 artist and writer guests scheduled to attend. This list includes such superstars as:
- Michael Golden (Wolverine: First Class, New Exiles)
- Mike Grell (Green Lantern, Green Arrow)
- Joe Madureira (Uncany X-Men)
- Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra: Assassin, Moon Knight)
- Matthew Sturges (Jack of Fables, JSA All-Stars)
In addition to Golden, Grell, Madureira, Sienkiewicz and Sturges, fans can meet such notable special guests and many other national and local creators, as the following:
- Gary Friedrich (Ghost Rider, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos)
- Alé Garza (Fathom, Cable, Batgirl)
- Tom Hodges (Clone Wars)
- Greg Horn (Blackest Night, Elektra, Ms. Marvel)
- Mike McKone (Teen Titans, Fantastic Four)
- James O'Barr (The Crow), Emmy Award winner Phil Ortiz (The Simpsons)
- Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies, Batman)
- Billy Tucci (Sgt. Rock), Renee Witterstaetter (Editor - She Hulk, Colorist - Avengers)
Numerous Greater Austin and Texas-based artists will be on hand as well.
Austin Comic Con will bring together thousands of fans of all ages and plenty of celebrities and industry professionals to celebrate the best in pop culture, movies, comics, toys, video gaming, television, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more.
Among the celebrities scheduled to attend are:
- Adam West and Burt Ward, who played Batman and Robin in the original Batman television series
- Emmy Award nominee Billy Dee Williams -- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; Batman (1989), Brian's Song
- Lee Majors -- The Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy
- Lindsay Wagner -- The Bionic Woman
Gareb Shamus founded Wizard Entertainment in 1991. Shamus now publishes consumer magazines Wizard, ToyFare, FunFare and numerous books about pop-culture’s top talent, comic books and toys. Shamus also produces a North American Comic Con tour of Wizard World Comic Cons in various pop-culture capitals.
For more information, visit http://www.wizardworldcomiccon.com/home-tx.html
Wizard World Austin Comic Con
November 11-13, 2011
Austin Convention Center
500 East Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, TX 78701
512-404-4000