Guest News: Ramón K Pérez

Ramón K Pérez is the first comic guest to be announced for the 2019 Forest City ComiCon!

Pérez is an established cartoonist, illustrator, and designer with over two decades experience in the creative field.  His work has been seen in Marvel, DC, OWL Publishing, RAID Studios, and more. His credits include The All-New Hawkeye, The Amazing Spider-Man: Learning To Crawl, his adaptation of Jim Henson’s Tale Of Sand for Archaia Entertainment, and many more. He is a multiple Eisner and Harvey award winning artist and has additionally garnered such accolades as The Honour Book and Official Selection 2008 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Awards, ForeWord Reviews’ 2010 Book of the Year Award, and The Shuster Award for best graphic novel 2012, amongst numerous nominations, for his collaborative works in children’s literature, digital media, and comics. 

Fans can meet Ramón at The Forest City ComiCon in London, Ontario will take place on a new date this year: June 1, 2019 now at Centennial Hall.  Tickets for the event are available now at ForestCityComicon.ca and at selected retail partners.

Link: Ramón K Pérez Official Site

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2018 Cover Art Contest!

Are you an artist? Do you want your art to be viewed by thousands of people? Win great prizes? Would you love your art on the cover of the Forest City Comicon Event Guide?

The Forest City Comicon is once again hosting a contest for local and regional artists to put their art on the front page!  Among other bonuses, the winning artist will receive a complimentary table at the event.  Finalists also receive great prizes too!

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GUEST NEWS: Boba Fett Stunt Double Dickey Beer!

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi stuntman Dickey Beer is the latest guest to be announced for the Forest City Comicon featuring Project Play coming to the London Convention Centre September 23.

The actor / stuntman is best known for his work on Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi where he was the stunt double for Boba Fett and Luke Skywalker as well as portraying Barada, Sergeant Junkin, a Stormtrooper, a Gamorrean Guard, and a Biker Scout.  His huge list of stunt credits also include; Superman III, Krull, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Dune, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Terminator 3, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and several James Bond films.

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Forest City Comicon Returns to London in September

thefloorMark your calendars: London Ontario’s celebration of nerd and geek culture like no other, The Forest City Comicon featuring Project Play, is set to return to the London Convention Centre in 2017. The fourth-annual event will run all day on Saturday, September 23. The exhibitor floor will be open from 9am-6pm with more programming and events running into the evening up until 11pm.

“Our goal is to put on a signature event for London and all of our changes this year are driven by fan and vendor feedback,” explained committee member John Houghton. “We had great feedback through our fan survey and also from word of mouth on the convention floor.”

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