Love comic books right down to every little detail, but find yourself kind of left out of the convention scene? Well, chin up friend, because a new convention is coming your way! ReedPOP, the people behind events such as C2E2 and New York Comic Con, have developed a brand new convention specifically for "die hard comic book fans, creators and publishers!"A press release from ReedPOP gives more detail: "As you know, ReedPOP puts on great events like New York Comic Con and C2E2 and we are very excited to announce our newest event - Special Edition: NYC! Being held June 14-15 in New York City, hosted in Javits Center North, Special Edition: NYC will focus on creators, artists, dealers and publishers and is expected to attract 25,000 Fans over the two day event. Special Edition: NYC will celebrate the love of comic books, cartooning, illustration and the graphic arts. We already have a great lineup of Guests and will have many more exciting Guests announced in the coming weeks."
So far the line-up of guests, or Creators, is pretty impressive. Fans can expect to be in the presence of people such as Alex Maleev, Dustin Nguyen, Jenny Frison, Frank Cho, Marguerite Bennett and many more! Be sure to keep checking the Creator's page for updates.
Tickets go on sale for the event February 26 at 12 p.m. ET, so be sure to snatch some up while you can! This inaugural convention is definitely something you won't want to miss.
-Nowal Massari