Las Vegas Comic Con
Convention at South Point
Photos by Nikki Artale
The Amazing Comic Con will be held on June 14-16, 2013 at the
South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Times: Fri 3-8pm, Sat 10am-7pm,
Sun 10am-6pm and it is open to all ages. Stan
Lee, the comic book king and creator of Marvel Comics and CEO will be there
signing autographs and taking pictures with the fans. Spiderman, Ironman Thor,
X-Men, The Hulk and The Fantastic Four are some of the characters he helped
create.
This three day event will be jam packed with vendors and
there will be a lot of buying, selling and trading of rare collectibles. There
will be costume contests, video game arenas and entertainment.
It is a time for the fans and the celebrities to come
together, have fun and sit in on informative panel discussions. There will be
special costume contests with prizes given, face painters and free sketches for
kids 10 and under by Mat Nastos.
Mat Nastos and Charlie
Special guests were Humberto
Ramos, artist for Amazing Spiderman and X-Men and Greg Capullo, fan
favorite artist of DC 52 Batman Spawn and creator of The Creech. Long lines
were formed at their tables for their autographs and pictures.
Humberto Ramos
Greg Capullo
Other outstanding artists displaying their work at was Shelby
Robertson and Troy Zured of Venomous Conceptz.
Shelby Robertson and TGroy Zured
Stan Lee, the creator of the Marvel Universe,
will be making a special one day appearance to take photographs with him and
have him sign all licensed items and collectibles.
Jim Lee, known as the best comic book artist
of all time, will be doing a live art drawing demo and a highlight to the
convention.
Attracting a lot of attention was Jessica Nigri and the XX Girls, an American cosplayer and
promotional model who won IGN’s 2012 contest to portray Starling in the Video
Game Lollipop Chainsaw.
Jessica Nigri
There were many talented artists on Artists Alley creating
and signing their works.
Derek Lipscomb
Jamie Tyndall
Dave Schultz
My caricature
Jimmy Jay has organized the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con and
he has been building his comic brand since January 2011 in Arizona and San
Francisco. It is a three day
extravaganza that will be attracting
over 20,000 people this weekend in Las Vegas and will surely grow every
year. www.amazinglasvegascomiccon.com/special-guests
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