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.

Coast City Comic Con; I Love It When A Comic Con Comes Together

We geeks certainly love a good comic con. The vendors, the guests, the artists, the events, and of course being able to congregate with fellow comic enthusiasts. Have you ever wondered what goes into putting on a comic show? Well we here at Comic Addicts had a chat with Tristan Gallagher and Ross Kearney at Coast City Comics (CCC) in Portland, Maine about what went into their comic con happening next week starting November 11.

A little background on CCC: Coast City Comics is located on Congress Street right in the business district of Portland. They are actually two shops in one. They also have Monster Fun Box Emporium which sells unique t-shirts that they make themselves, retro video games, and most importantly, toys that will bring you back to your childhood. Of course also being a comic shop the have the latest figures, hero clix, and other comic merchandise as well as the latest issues of the weekly comics.

(Ross Kearney [left] & Tristan Gallagher [right])