This Saturday, Big Apple Comic Con Makes the Holidays Super with Its Array of Collectibles and Creators at The New Yorker Hotel

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Parent Category: Expos and Conventions

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Published on Wednesday, 20 November 2024 15:30

Written by Brad Balfour

Pictured above: Howard Chaykin

What:  Big Apple Comic Con
When: Saturday, November 23rd
Where: New Yorker Hotel, 481 8th Ave @34th St
Times: 10am-7pm (early admission 9am)
Tickets: General Admission $30; VIP Admission $85; Kids under 14 $15, Kids under 10 are Free

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.

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.

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.

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

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:

• 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.

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 https://bigapplecc.com/

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