The Dallas SciFi Expo will be at the Irving Convention Center in Irving, Texas, February 11-12, 2012.
While the SciFi Expo isn't exactly a literary convention, but it does focus on our favorite genre, speculative fiction, and allow fans to hear and meet some of their favorite actors, writers, and comic artists.
This year, the SciFi Expo is hosting some big names in the genre like:
- Eliza Dushku--Star of the hit TV series DOLL-HOUSE, BUFFY, ANGEL, TORCH-WOOD
- Hayden Panettiere--Star of the hit TV series HEROES, and on the big screen I LOVE YOU BETH COOPER, SCREAM 4
- Adam Baldwin--Star of the hit TV series CHUCK and fan favorite FIREFLY. Also star if the big screen in FULL METAL JACKET, SERENITY, Independence Day
- Jewel Staite--Star of the hit TV series STARGATE ATLANTIS and fan favorite FIREFLY.
- Sean Maher--Star of the hit TV series THE PLAYBOY CLUB and fan favorite FIREFLY.
- Ron Glass--Star of the hit TV series BARNEY MILLER and fan favorite FIREFLY. Star Trek Voyager
Also attending are some outstanding comic guests:
- Bill Sienkiewicz - Eisner Award-winning legendary comic artist of ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN, FANTASTIC FOUR, NEW MUTANTS, MOON KNIGHT, DUNE, STRAY TOASTERS, THE SHADOW, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: BEYOND BARROW, cover artist for the RETURN OF THE JEDI adaptation, album cover artist for RZA and EPMD
- Joe Jusko - award-winning cover painter/artist of MARVEL MASTER-PIECES trading cards, SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN and THE PUNISHER magazine, TOMB RAIDER, VAMPIRELLA, and currently WARLORD OF MARS and DEJAH THORIS from Dynamite
- Mark Brooks - fan-favorite Marvel artist of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, AMAZING FANTASY, CABLE/DEADPOOL, CLOAK AND DAGGER, MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN, NEW X-MEN, ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ANNUALS, UNCANNY X-FORCE
- James O'Barr - creator and artist of THE CROW, which has spawned four theatrical films and a television series, with a new big screen adaptation/reboot on the way. You can also find his work in DEADWORLD, DEATH RATTLE, HARD LOOKS, and VESPER
Slavering yet? You should be. This is a fun opportunity for writers of speculative fiction to meet the people who bring our words to life--the actors and animators and artists.
WHAT: Dallas SciFi Expo
WHEN: February 11-12, 2012
WHERE: Irving Convention Center
500 W. Los Colinas Blvd.
Irving, TX
(intersection of 114 & NW Hwy)
FEE: $15.00 general admission
For more information, see their website at http://www.scifiexpo.com/DCC/sfx.html
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