KC Planet Comicon March 28/29

[daydreamscomics]

Anyone gonna be there? I'm setting up again this year, come by and say hi!

[Rubiks-Q-Bert]

Anyone gonna be there? I'm setting up again this year, come by and say hi!

I am going to do my best.

Here is a list of what is going on there this year.

March 28-29, 2009
Planet Comicon, Kansas City, the largest pop culture and comic book convention
in this area, is approaching. The next Planet Comicon will be held at the Overland Park International Trade Center near 115th and Metcalf in Overland Park Kansas on March 28-29, 2009. The show is open on Saturday March 28 from 10am to 5pm and Sunday March 29 from 10am to 4pm. The exact address of the Overland Park International Trade Center, for those of you using a GPS device to find your way, is 6800 W 115th St, Overland Park, KS 66211. This is about 1/4 mile east of Metcalf on 115th Street and essentially just behind Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store and the former location of CompUSA.

Media and Model Guests
We are very pleased to have as our media guests Peter Mayhew, who portrayed Chewbacca in all three of the original Star Wars films as well as Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Erin Gray, who portrayed Colonel Wilma Deering in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Herbert Jefferson, Jr. who portrayed the original Boomer on the original Battlestar Galactica, Sarah Douglas, who portrayed Ursa the Kryptonian in Superman the Movie and Superman II and Tom Kane who is the Voice of Yoda on Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series and in the animated movie. Also appearing at Planet Comicon will be actress and model Cathy St George, Tiffany Taylor, Playboy's Miss November 1998, Alexah Adams, Playboy model, and Charlotte Kemp, actress and Playboy's Miss December 1982.

All media and model guests will be attending the show both days, though you should check for hours of appearance to be sure you have the opportunity to meet them. The media and model guests will be signing autographs and may pose for photographs. There is a charge for autographs from media and model guests and may be a charge for photographs with media and model guests.

Creator Guests
Special Guests

For the first time Planet Comicon has commissioned an exclusive comic. We will have a Planet Comicon Exclusive Variant Cover of Uncanny X-Men #507. We are pleased to have the artist of the variant cover and writer of the issue, Michael Golden and Matt Fraction, appearing at the show. Copies will be available at the show and you can have your copies DOUBLE SIGNED. See the home page of the web-site for an image of the cover.

Michael Golden - Legendary comic artist for such titles as Iron Man, Heroes for Hire, Detective, Micronauts, Nam and many more. Michael has done the cover art for our Planet Comicon Exclusive Variant Edition of Uncanny X-Men #507.
&
Matt Fraction - Writer on Invincible Iron Man and Uncanny X-Men. Matt wrote Uncanny X-Men #507.

Other Featured Guests making their first appearances at Planet Comicon include:

NATHAN FOX - Artist on Pigeons From Hell, DMZ
JOE JUSKO – Renowned Painter, Artist on Tomb Raider, Vampirella, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
BRIAN PULIDO - Writer, founder of Chaos! Comics, Creator of Lady Death, Evil Ernie, Chastity and Purgatory
ARTHUR SUYDAM – Premier Marvel Zombies Cover Artist
RON WILSON - Artist on Marvel Two-in-One and prolific Marvel Cover artist of the 1970s.

PLUS –the creative team behind the Marvel title The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
ERIC SHANOWER Writer of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and creator of the Age of Bronze
SKOTTIE YOUNG - Artist of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Creators returning to Planet Comicon and artists alley creators include:

JASON AARON - Writer of Scalped, Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Wizard's Top Writer of 2008
JASON BALDWIN - Writer of Widower for Ninja Housecat Studios
SCOTT BEADERSTADT - Writer/artist of Trollords
RICK BURCHETT - Artist on Batman Adventures
KERRY CALLEN - Artist/writer on Halo & Sprocket
HECTOR CASANOVA - Artist on Screamland
ANNA-MARIA COOL - Artist on Elvira, Barbie
STEVE DANIELS - Artist, creator of Frostbite the Snowman
ROB DAVIS - Pulp artist
NATHAN FOX - Artist on Pigeons From Hell, DMZ
TRAVIS FOX - Writer/artist on Foxymoron
GARY FRIEDRICH - Writer, co-creator of Ghost Rider
RUDY GARCIA - Sculptor, artist on Evolution Cop
ALEX GRECIAN - Writer on Proof
CHRIS GRINE - Writer/artist of Chickenhare
JONAH HARDENBROOK - Creator, Antidote Comics
JEREMY HAUN - Artist on The Leading Man, Chuck, Batman: Battle for the Cowl
PHIL HESTER - Artist on Green Arrow, El Diablo
JENNIFER JANESKO - Renowned Glamour and Pin-up artist
BRUCE JONES - Writer on The Incredible Hulk, The War That Time Forgot
DAMONT JORDAN - Artist, Enigma Machine
ANTHONY LUCIA - Creator, Antidote Comics
JEREMY MADL - Urban vinyl sculptor
CYNTHIA MARTIN - Artist on Star Wars
DAVID MATHENY - Director, My Stepdad's A Freakin' Vampire
MONTE MAY - Artist/writer of P.I.G. Tales
KEVIN MELLON - Artist on Gearhead
ARIE MONROE - Artist
B. CLAY MOORE - Writer of Hawaiian Dick, Billy Smoke, The Leading Man
TONY MOORE - Artist on The Walking Dead, Fear Agent, Ghost Rider
JEFF MOY - Artist on Legionnaires, senior concept artist for Raven Software
PHIL MOY - Artist on Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack
JAI NITZ - Writer on El Diablo, Blue Beetle
ANDE PARKS - Writer on Capote in Kansas, inker on Green Arrow, El Diablo
CHRIS PRUISNER - Creator, Antidote Comics
CHRIS RICH-MCKELVEY - Pin-up artist
CHRIS SAMNEE - Artist on Capote in Kansas, Queen & Country
STARR SANDERS - Novelist
STEVEN SANDERS - Artist, The Five Fists of Science
DAN SCOTT - Artist for Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer, World of Warcraft
HAROLD SIPE - Writer on Screamland
CHAD SPILKER - Pin-up artist
DANIEL SPOTTSWOOD - Artist/writer on Disquietville
RICK STASI - Instructor at Art Institute of Kansas City
KYLE STRAHM -- Artist
RANDY TAYLOR – Assassin's Guild and Cry
MARK TEXEIRA - Artist on Black Panther, Moon Knight, Wolverine
FREDDIE E. WILLIAMS II - Artist on The Flash, Robin
RENEE WITTERSTAETTER - Writer, publisher, editor
SETH WOLFSHORNDL - Freelance illustrator, creator of Duel
MIKE WORLEY - Artist on The Simpsons comic book

And other creators in our artists alley.

Plus: Local Chapters of the Star Wars Fan Clubs the 501st , The Heart of the Alliance Star, the Rebel Legion and the Mandalorian Mercs. There will be many fans at the event in costume.

The creators will be available to autograph their comics and other items. Many of the artists will do sketches for fans (some artists charge a fee for sketches).

Other names will likely be added to the list!

We will also have a vendor area filled with collectibles of many types and featuring dealers from across the country.

We are very happy this year to have Nintendo as an exhibitor at Planet Comicon. They have recently released a new title to their Fire Emblem series. This title, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, is a remake of the first Fire Emblem that was only released in Japan. The new game launch is very exciting for the Fire Emblem series and is played on the Nintendo DS. Nintendo representatives will be demoing the game, having live presentations of the History of the Franchise, the Hall of Weapons display, and will offer Head-to-Head game play with their professional gamers. They will also feature live characters, in costume, of the main characters of the game, Prince Marth and Princess Caeda.

[caxiotis]

I am definitely going to be there. It is only ten minutes from where I live.

[caxiotis]

I bought my ticket for this today.

[iggy101us]

I bought my ticket for this today.

Find any Valiants or got any good deals?

[caxiotis]

I bought my ticket for this today.

Find any Valiants or got any good deals?

I bought a bunch of old uncanny x-men for my collection from 0.50 bins.
The best deal I found was a New Mutants #98 in fine condition at a 0.50 bin and sold it for $26 on ebay. I did not find that many valiants. I saw one guy had a harbinger 0 and 1 w/coupon displayed and he wanted $60 and $80 for them.

I went over to the artist Michael Golden's table and was flipping through his original art and saw he was selling the cover pencil sketch to the Archer and Armstrong Hard Cover. I thought that was really cool. I asked him how much he wanted for it and he said $400, but that was negotiable and I immediately passed. I really wanted it, but not for that much.

I looked through another guys boxes who had a VALIANT section and all of this pre-unity books were over priced.

I met DayDream comics. He is a really nice guy but he was busy everytime I walked by his table, so I did not talk with him for long.

Overall I really enjoyed it as it was my first comic con. Seeing all of the people and meeting some of the artists/writers was a new experience.

[iggy101us]

I saw one guy had a harbinger 0 and 1 w/coupon displayed and he wanted $60 and $80 for them.

I went over to the artist Michael Golden's table and was flipping through his original art and saw he was selling the cover pencil sketch to the Archer and Armstrong Hard Cover. I thought that was really cool. I asked him how much he wanted for it and he said $400, but that was negotiable and I immediately passed. I really wanted it, but not for that much.

Very nice but the price

Sounded like you had a good time. Great pick up on the New Mutants #98.

[daydreamscomics]

I met DayDream comics. He is a really nice guy but he was busy everytime I walked by his table, so I did not talk with him for long.

sorry we didn't get to chat more! always a pleasure meeting board dudes though. i'll be back next year for sure.

i didn't see any valiants anywhere except for the overprinted stuff after unity. no deals to be found