It doesn’t seem to be affiliated to the actual San Diego / New York Cons, but from March 31st next year, around 10,000 faithful are expected to converge on…Adelaide. Guests include Stewart McKenny, Jonathan Frakes and Jewel Staite (who I’ve had crush on in both Stargate Atlantis and Firefly). Oz Con then moves to Melbourne on June 30 with none other than Stan Lee and Patrick Stewart! Updated.
Full list of guests can be found at the OzComicCon site. Let the cosplay begin. Who’s going?
[OzComicCon via Adelaide Now via Reddit]
Sky Bolt
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:22 PMWell, I’m going…
Virus__
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 1:23 AMAdelaide & Melbourne, not even Sydney? =/
But Adelaide, seriously? No offense, but nothing ever goes on in Adelaide..
chrisp
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 5:44 AMNot true! Only last month we launched the bid for the 2018 World Indoor Basket Weaving Championships and on the weekend the Morris Dancing Festival went beserk!
warcroft
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 6:53 AMIf thats the case then Melbourne will put in a bid to take them away from Adelaide.
chrisp
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 8:42 AMHaha, maybe. But at least the convention punters won’t have the spectacle of Mike Rann making a goose of himself at every photo op. I was getting tired of him dry-humping Lance Armstrong’s leg every January.
Neil Golding
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 2:20 PMYou’d be surprised. AVCon is one of Australia’s biggest conventions and it happens in Adelaide. Loads of interstaters come to AVCon. Adelaide is quickly becoming the convention capitol of Australia.
promethus
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 1:09 PMyour kidding right avcon is pretty small, only a few thousand all the supanova’s are bigger.
ArrowToTheKnee
Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 9:23 PMEven more reason for them to hold a con in Adelaide, don’t you think!
(Also, it was awesome)
jesus
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 6:29 AMjesus christ this is not comic con, stop giving them advertising this is a company with a history of fraudulent behavior claiming to be comic con international but is in no way connected to the american counterparts they don’t even have the license to call their event oz comic con and will probly be sued before melbourne even comes around.
Mango
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:40 PMJesus, they have never claimed an affiliation with San Diego Comic Con. I think the name is more intended to give people an idea of what kind of event they can expect, same as all of the other Comic Cons throughout the world.
Further, the event is clearly sponsored by The Hub Productions, who have a long standing and good reputation for hosting smaller boutique events throughout Australia as well as having brought headliner guests to some of the already established expo style events in Australia.
Looks to me like they are just branching out and giving the Australian nerd/geek community what they want.
And kudos to them for debuting in Adelaide. I know a lot geekily inclined people that are based over there and I think it’s a great, and up till now, largely untapped market.
jesus
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 4:32 AMyou haven’t actually read the press release have you, it pretty clear their claiming to be connected. they were kicked out of all other events for their behavior and illegal operations they have a history of being in trouble for names of their event such as a star trek event a while back and their glee event. they are not even a registered company. even if they weren’t claiming to be connected the use of comic con is misleading as the event isn’t a comic convention its an expo, they are using the comic con name in a attempt to leech of the famous trademark.
warcroft
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 6:55 AMIve never mentally crossed the line to want to go to Comicon, but you know what? I think it would be awesome. My three and five year olds would love it! Would be like the circus for them.
Im definitely taking them.
warcroft
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 6:57 AMActually, thinking about it now, Im having a nerdgasm.
Will be awesome dressing my kids up for it. By boy already has a Batman costume.
warcroft
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 6:59 AMPlease tell me I can take my kids.
Stargirl
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 5:40 PMOooh…sounds like sour grapes to me. Are you a competitor Jesus?
Dread Pirate Roberts
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 9:10 PMUmm… sour grapes? How can it be sour grapes. It’s a train smash waiting to happen.
DarthOrphic
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 8:34 AMIf you look carefully at the site, they do not appear to be affiliated with THE Comic Con in the US. And the event is sponsored by Hub Productions who do other conventions in Australia.
cayal
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:16 AMJust out of interest, what actually goes on at Comic Con. I know they show some trailers and stuff for upcoming movies and TV Shows, and have panels with actors, but is that all?
chrisp
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:24 AMI heard people dress up in furry animal costumes….
DarthOrphic
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:41 AMFrom what the site says and from what I’ve heard, its going to be like the Supanova or Armageddon expos – just run by a different promoter.
So there will be loads of exhibitors selling sci-fi/fantasy/anime merchandise, as well as actors, comic artists and voice artists doing talks and signing autographs. There’s also cosplay.
As for trailers from the major studios, like they show at San Diego, I don’t see that sort of thing listed in their general blurb.
Kalem
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:38 AMMeanwhile in Darwin, cricket chirps.
Blanka
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 2:27 PMAnd in Perth bogans and british expats punch each other bloody outside crappy northbridge night clubs.
Yes Perth is a crap hole. My neighbours have, no joke, a huge confederate flag hanging in their front lounge window.
Ash
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 10:11 AMAdelaide? Are you kidding me? You’d find way more nerds in Sydney. Cant believe they chose a village like Adelaide.
Chrixal
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:33 PMYou would be surprised at our community. We actually have a huge network of people. Besides, Adelaide deserves some stuff. They have been patiently waiting for a while now.
light487
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 2:30 PMWould give me a reason to go to Adelaide… :p I mean that as both joke and not joke.. I mean.. when do you actually fly to other states for the heck of it..
Maddy
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 1:19 PMVillage? Dude please, Have you actually even visited Adelaide? Don’t judge a place before you’ve been there.
Maybe I’ll just listen to people next time when they say Sydney is a terrible place to live.
That being said, Sydney gets a lot of events for the Geek/Nerd community, why are you so against Adelaide having an event for the NUMEROUS Nerds over here?
If you really want to attend, either travel to Adelaide or Melbourne, like what us Adelaide folk have to do if we want to attend Sydney/Any other state’s cons. Stop thinking your so special.
Craig
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 2:45 PMSydney is full of geeks? Sydney has the SMALLEST anime convention in all of Australia, even Perth has a bigger anime con.
Also check the numbers, Adelaide has some of the biggest numbers in Australia for their conventions despite being one of the smallest cities.
Suz
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:34 PMSydney, Y U B so butthurt? XD
Adelaide is insanely huge for nerd culture, you get everything else, so stop whining.
Penmonicus
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:48 PMAVCon is pretty big here, so they must be assuming they’ll pull that crowd.
It does seem weird – the ABC article I read yesterday heavily suggested it was the same as the San Diego Comic Con.
Now it just sounds like AVCon with a different name.
Also: what’s with all the anti-Adelaide trolling?
Tasos Chrysostomou
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 2:12 PMPeople hatin’ on us getting it because they are jelly. Adelaide has a huge nerd type community and it’s great we are getting 4 conventions next year.