Coast City Comic Con

The Coast City Comic Con kicked off officially Friday night with a nerd rave featuring DJ Pony Farm and Waranimal. There was even a costume contest. The main part of the show took place on Saturday at the Eastland Park Hotel on High Street in Portland, Maine. The doors opened at 10 AM for the geek fun to commence.


Comic Addicts was there to check on the fun going on. There was a lot to take in. Game Geeks were there with tables set up for RPG games as well as (of course!) selling gaming supplies. Speaking of games, there were tournaments for Super Mario 3 and Marvel vs Capcom 3. There were also screenings at the Space Gallery for Deadly Spawning and Captured Ghosts.

There were also some awesome guests like Ray Dillion who has worked on Brightest Day, GI Joe, and Transformers as well as several others. Renae De Liz who is currently working on Anne Rice's Servant of Bones, but has also done The Last Unicorn with writer husband Ray Dillion. Rob Fitz was on hand as an expert on B-movies and to show off his creation, God of Vampires. There were several cool guests to meet and check out their work which you can get a list of from the Coast City Comic Con web page.

Of course what's a con without the chance to get some cool comic swag? Top Shelf Comics, Jetpack Comics, and (naturally) Coast City Comics had tables loaded with action figures and comics for geeks to buy. Also, the artists were selling their own work. Getting original prints and having them signed is one of the great aspects of a comic show. Although it was an interesting change of pace to see a geek themed bake sale at the show. These charming barbarian women were selling sugar cookies with superhero logos and cute little cupcakes of doom.

Mingling with geeks is always fun. People did dress up and the Ghostbusters Group was making the rounds. Although we must say to the young lady who dressed as the White Queen from X-Men: Fantastic costume! However, for it being November in Maine, weren't you cold?! We really want to say special thanks to Todd Dezago and Ted A. Bohus for the great chats. Awesome shooting the breeze with you gents! Keep up the awesome work!

The Coast City Comic Con will continue thru Sunday and include events such as Cryptozoology and Philip K. Dick panel discussions in the Space Gallery, screenings of God of Vampires and Talking with Gods, as well as the great vendors that were there today.

To the guys at Coast City Comics, thanks for the fun!

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