TalkCast 106 – A First Look at Boston ComicCon 2012

Summary: This Week’s SFSN Facebook Poll: Our fans’  favorite character to come back from the dead is Buffy Summers. RIP – Richard Gordon, creator of Fiend Without A Face and Dragstrip Girl. Kate Beckinsale is 3D in Underworld Awakening. Networks see Grimm and Once Upon A Time as the same? Women have their pick of guys at comic cons… but do they want them? American Horror Story renewed as ratings continue to grow. The next Twilight Zone movie produced by Leo DiCaprio. I, Frankenstein stars Aaron Eckhart. A British man thought the moon was a UFO. Your flying car is waiting, Mr. Jetson. Anne Rice picks a fight with Stephanie Meyer. Our guest is long time friend of the show, Bob Shaw: the man behind Comic Art House, and one of the coordinators of Boston ComicCon. Tonight he brings us the first official news about this event. One of the biggest additions to the show is an original art auction, the sole purpose of which is to help defray the rising costs of a quickly expanding convention. We also discussed part of the list of confirmed guests. Boston Comic Con will be held on April 21-22 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The confirmed guests include: Skottie Young David Peterson Craig Rousseau Billy Tucci Todd DeZago Norman Lee Herb Trimpe Cliff Chaing Sergio Aragones Sara Richard Jason Pierson Tim Sale Renee De Liz (Womanthology) Roger Andrews TJ Dort & Joe Haley Ken Branch Charles Paul Wilson III