Wizard World is a renowned Comic Book and Entertainment convention that travels to various cities. They bring in some of the best comic book creators and geek renowned celebrities. This year Wizard World has added a tour stop in St. Louis, MO on March 22 through 24th. This Friday through Sunday convention will take place at the America’s Center.
I am excited about Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con. I have hoped to attend a Wizard World event this year but they have historically been out of my typical travel radius. With the St. Louis convention, I will have opportunity to attend as a fan and to represent Geeky KOOL at this major Con.
Below is a list from Wizard World of the various celebrities, entertainers, and comic creators that have confirmed attendance at Wizard World St. Louis.
Wizard World, Inc. (PK.WIZD) has added the inaugural Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con to its 2013 schedule of pop culture conventions, March 22-24 at America’s Center. Popular Wizard World celebrity guests Stan Lee, Laurie Holden, Billy Dee Williams, WWE® Superstar Randy Orton®, Henry Winkler, James Marsters and Dean Cain are among the celebrity roster headliners. They will be joined by a top-drawer collection of well-known artists and writers and a variety of activities, exhibitors and special attractions in the second event on Wizard World’s expanded 2013 calendar.
Lee, the Eisner Award Hall of Famer who co-created such iconic franchises as Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four and dozens of characters, Holden (“The Walking Dead,” “The XFiles”),Williams (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Brian’s Song), Orton, Winkler (“Happy Days,” Here Comes The Boom), Marsters (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Torchwood”) and Cain (“Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Smallville”), will be joined by Juliet Landau (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel”), Jason David Frank (“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”), John Shea (“Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Baby M”) James Hong (Blade Runner, Kung Fu Panda), Lou Ferrigno (“The Incredible Hulk,” “The King of Queens”) and others in a celebration of all things pop culture.
Additionally, all full price attendees will receive a free copy of the Exclusive Variant Cover of ‘The Walking Dead #1 comic, illustrated by “Zombie King” Arthur Suydam, available only at Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con.
Superstar comics creators scheduled to attend include Cullen Bunn (“Wolverine,” “Avenging SpiderMan”), Jorge Molina (“X-Men,” “Fear Itself”), Chris Samnee (“Daredevil,” “Before Watchmen: Nite Owl”), Tyler Kirkham (“Superboy,” “Teen Titans”) and Gary Friedrich (“Ghost Rider,” “Sgt. Fury and hisHowling Commandos”).
Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, comics, toys, video gaming, television, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con show hours are Friday, March 22, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 24, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Wizard World-St Louis)
I am extremely excited to see Stan Lee. He has been one of my comic book idols since I was little kid reading Spider-Man. He is part of the reason I am the Geek I am today. I remember reading Stan’s Soapbox monthly in my Marvel Comics. Meeting Stan Lee is on my bucket list and would be a huge honor.
There are tons of other guests I hope to see and meet. The beautiful Morena Baccarin from Firefly and Stargate: SG1 is a person I would love to meet. As a kid in the 70s, the Fonz was the KOOLest and I would be thrilled to meet Henry Winkler. As a comic fan, I have to get an autograph from the great Neal Adams.
If any of our Geeky KOOL readers are planning on attending Wizard World St. Louis, leave a comment or send me an email and I will try set up a hang out.
For more information on Wizard World St. Louis, check out their web page: Wizard World-St Louis, Wizard World-St Louis Facebook, and Wizard World Flickr.
