Cons & Confusion The almost accurate convention listing of the B.T.C.! We try to list every WHO event, and any SF event near Buffalo. updated: May 1, 2019 to add an SF/DW/Trek/Anime/etc. event; send information to: [email protected] 2019 DATE local EVENT NAME WHERE TYPE WEBSITE LINK MAY 3 Buf AVENGERS: ENDGAME CREATOR North Park Theatre, Buffalo, NY writer Chris Markus https://www.northparktheatre.org/ MAY 4 Buf AVENGERS: ENDGAME CREATOR North Park Theatre, Buffalo, NY 'Thanos' creator Jim Starlin https://www.northparktheatre.org/ MAY 3-5 Atla WHOlanta 2019 airport Hilton regional DW/SF event https://wholanta.com/ Janet Fielding, Jon Davey, Jason Haigh-Ellery, Cat Smith, Pixel Who MAY 3-5 TX FAN EXPO - DALLAS Dallas (TX) Conv Ctr regional comics/media fanexpodallas.com/en/home.html William Shatner, Keifer Sutherland, Linda Carter, Micheal J Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Zachery Levi, Riann Wilson, Pamela Anderson, Sean Astin, Peter Mayhew, Corey Feldman, Jason Patric, Ralph Macchio, Martin Kove, REUNIONS: Back To Future, movie 'It', Boy Meets World; John Barrowman, Rose McIver, Tyler Hoechlin, Mia Farrow, Kristin Kreuk, Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Mark Sheppard, Lana Parrilla, Danielle Panabaker MAY 3-5 NYC Creation - Stranger Things Secaucus, NJ tv series tribute https://www.creationent.com/calendar.htm MAY 4-5 NYS UNDISCOVERED REALM COMIC CON Westchester Cty Ctr, White Plains, NY media & comics http://undiscoveredcon.com/ Ernie Hudson, Billy West, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Cath. Sutherland, J Y Bosch, Josh Martin, tiffany Vollmer, Mike McFarland MAY 4 ALL FREE COMIC BOOK DAY almost every comic book store, anywhere! Free comics https://freecomicbookday.com/ Queen City Bookstore, 3184 Main St, Buf: free artist sketches, costume contest, "creator signing"? Artist Amy Duengfelder, Mark McElligott, Darius Johnson Empire Comics, 1069 Abbott Rd, Buf.: FCBD site says special event planned, but no details given Sleeping Giant Collectibles, 80 Clinton St, Tonawanda: 'Thanos' creator Jim Starlin, DC writer Ron Marz, sculptor Paul Harding Gutter Pop Comics, 1028 Elmwood Ave, Buf.: had artists & writers last year OTHER STORES: House Of Fantasy, 1709 Pine Ave, Niagara Falls, NY / Collectors Inn, 3107 Delaware Ave, Kenmore / 1811 Comics, 56 E Spring St, Williamsville / Halley's Comics, 1144 Oliver St, N Tonawanda MAY 4 Buf FAIRY & GNOME FESTIVAL Buf. Botanical Gardens, South Park kids fun event www.buffalogardens.com/collections/events/ MAY 10-12 T.O. TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL Main Library, 789 Yonge St for comics creators! http://www2.torontocomics.com/ Junji Ito, Emily Carroll, Anders Nilsen, Aimee De Jongh, Gord Hill, Bill Griffith, Ness Lee, Lucy Kinsley, Seth, etc MAY 10-12 ONT OTTAWA COMICON EY Centre, Ottawa, Ontario local media/comics show https://ottawacomiccon.com/ John Barrowman, Jennifer Morrison, Mike Zeck, Art Sydam, Ron Perlman, Tom Felton, Tom Welling, Amy Jo Johnson, Anson Mount, Anthony Rapp, Cary Elews, Ethan Peck, Gina Torres, Joonas Suotamo, Kevin Conroy, Pom Klementieff, Mark Sheppard, Tom Cavanagh, Wallace Shawn, Yaya Han, etc MAY 10-12 Ohio MARCON 54 Crown Plaza Columbus, Worthington Oh local SF event http://marcon.org/ Charles Gannon, Rebecca Moesta, John Picacio, Bob & Connie Trembley MAY 11 Mass WATCH CITY STEAMPUNK FESTIVAL Waltham, Mass OUTDOOR S.P. festival https://www.watchcityfestival.com/ MAY 11-12 NYS HUDSON VALLEY COMIC CON Gold's Exhibit Ctr, Poughkeepsie, NY media & comics http://www.hvcomiccon.com/ Tom Payne, Gilbert Gottfried, Sonny Strait, Kara Edwards, Karyn Parsons, Jon Davey (Cyberman!) Ron Marz, Wendy Pini MAY 11-12 Pitt. THREE RIVERS COMIC CON Marriott Springhill, West Mifflin, PA local comics/media show http://3riverscomicon.com/ MAY 13 ALL STAR TREK: WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND Regal, Elmwood or Transit Trek documentary www.fathomevents.com/events/what-we-left-behind Documentary film about the Deep Space Nine series from showrunner Ira Steven Behr & filmaker David Zappone MAY 16-19 FLA MEGA CON - ORLANDO Orange Cty Conv Ctr, Orlando, FL big comics/media/cosplay megaconorlando.com/en/home.html DAVID TENNANT, BILLIE PIPER, (Fri & Sat only) John Barrowman, Mark Sheppard, Linda Carter, Michael J Fox, Cristopher Lloyd, "Back to Future' reunion; Zachery Levi, Patrick Warburton, Tom Willing, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Rose McIver, Peter Weller, Sean Astin, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric Corey Feldman, 'Boy Meets World' reunion, Pamela Anderson, Stephen Amell, Lana Parrilla, Mike Colter, Neal Adams, Ty Templeton MAY 17-19 BUF NICKEL CITY CON Buffalo Conv Ctr local comics/media/cosplay http://www.nickelcitycon.com/ Jason Faunt, David Naughton, Deborah Foremans, Tony Todd, Tony Moran, S P Flanery, C J Graham, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, (Dean Cain out) Michael Cudlitz, Ross Marquand, Brian Herring, Alex Vincent, Daeg Faerch, Greg Lamberson, Glenn White, Graham Nolan, Drea DeMatteo, Aida Turturro ALSO: screening of "Valley Girl" with D Forman and "Boondock Saints" with S P Flanery at the North Park Theatre on May 16-17 MAY 17-19 DET MOTOR CITY COMIC CON Suburban Collection Showplace, Nove, MI local comic/media https://www.motorcitycomiccon.com/ DAVID TENNANT, BILLIE PIPER, FREEMA AGYEMAN, (all 3 Sunday only!) T Ellis, J Frakes, F Day, N Campbell, L Petty, J Hoag, S Douglas, R Wilson, P Shore MAY 17-19 NYC EAST COAST COMICON Meadowlands Expo Ctr, Secaucus, NJ big comics/media/cosplay http://www.eastcoastcomicon.com/ George Perez, Dr Demento, Butch Patrick, Kevin Altieri, Loren Lester, Diane Pershing MAY 17-19 Chic ANIME CENTRAL Stephens Conv Ctr, Chicago, IL anime & manga http://www.acen.org/ Kenichi Sonoda MAY 18-19 VA TIDEWATER COMICON Virginia Beach Conv Ctr, Virginia Beach, VA media & comics https://tidewatercomicon.com/ Nafessa Williams, Mick Foley, Dante Basco, Khary Payton, J Y Bosch, Samantha Newark, Larry Kenney, Richard Case, Carrol Spinney, Steve Whitmire, etc MAY 23-26 AZ PHOENIX FAN FUSION Phoenix Conv Ctr, Phoenix, AZ local media/comics https://phoenixfanfusion.com C Tate, J Barrowman, B D Williams, I Ziering, S Glau, E Wood, M Lewis, C Sarandon, N Adams, S Ireland, B Dunkelman, etc MAY 24-26 T.O. ANIME NORTH Tor Congress Ctr @ airport BIG anime & manga https://www.animenorth.com/live/ Aaron Roberts, Yasumo Kiyono, Samantha Inoue-harte, Junko Iwao, Eric Vale, J Michael Tatum & more Alexis Tipton, Brittney Karbowski, Jamie Marchi, Josh Grelle, W.A.S.U.T.A., Frederick L Schodt, Helen McCarthy, MAY 24-26 D.C. ESCAPE VELOCITY 2019 Marriott Htl, Nat'l. Harbor, MD local sf/media event https://escapevelocity.events/ Dominique Tipper, Gigi Edgley, Alwan Glover, Mark Okrand, MAY 24-27 Balt BALTICON 53 Renaissance Harborplace Htl, Baltimore, MD trad. SF Lit-con https://www.balticon.org/wp53/ Elizabeth Bear, Scott Lynch, Gregory Benford, Charles Vess, Nicky Drayden, & Jack L Chalker as Ghost of Honor MAY 26 BTC BUFFALO TIME COUNCIL MEETING 49 Greenwood Pl, Buffalo monthly BTC meeting buffalotime council.org MAY 29 - JUNE 2 Buf A.A.U.W. BOOK SALE site to be announced HUGE book, video, media sale http://aauw.buffalo.edu MAY 30 - Ohio COLOSSALCON 18 Kalahari Resort, Sandusky, OH anime & gaming http://colossalcon.com/ JUNE 2 Eric Vale, J Michael Tatum, Jeremy Inman, Trina Nishmura, Lindsay Seidel, Tia Ballard, MAY 31 - JUNE 2 Syr OZ-STRAVAGANZA FESTIVAL Dr. West Park, Chittenango, NY 100 aniv of Oz books, FREE! http://www.oz-stravaganza.com/ MAY 31- JUNE 2 VA RICHMOND GALAXYCON Richmond Conv Ctr, Richmond, VA media/anime/comics https://richmond.galaxycon.com/ PETER CAPALDI, DEEP ROY, NICK FROST, John DeLancie, Michael Dorn, Denise Crosby, Alice Cooper, Ernie Hudson, Patricia Quinn, Peter David Karan Ashley, Barry Bostwick, Ricou Browning, Nakia Burrise, Micheal Copon, Carl Craig, Pom Klementieff, Linda Miller, Austin St John, John Wesley Shipp MAY 31- CO DENVER POP CULTURE CON Colorado Conv Ctr, Denver, CO comics & media https://denverpopculturecon.com/ JUNE 2 Michelle Gomez, T Brooks, J Staite, S Glau, G Edgley, T Strong, C Lloyd, D Bautista, M Rooker, S Gunn, T Welling, V Garber, etc MAY 31 - NC DEEP SOUTH CON 57 / CONCAROLINAS Hilton, Charlotte, NC long running SF con https://www.concarolinas.org/ JUNE 2 David Weber, Aaron Rosenberg, Tory Belleci, Library Bards, JUNE 1-2 Chic COMIC CON REVOLUTION Stephens Conv Ctr, Chicago IL comics/media/cosplay comicconrevolution.com/chicago/ Timothy Zahn, Billy Tucci, Mike Zeck, Peter Shinkoda, Tommy Walker, Carlos Ferro, Alex Polinsky, Ming Chen JUNE 2 WNY BATAVIA DOWNS COMIC BOOK & CREATORS CON Batavia Downs, Batavia old-school comics facebook.com/events/1146055015544157/ JUNE 6-9 IL METROPOLIS SUPERMAN CELEBRATION entire town of Metropolis, IL all Super all the time https://www.supermancelebration.net/ a mostly free homage to Superman JUNE 7-9 N.F. NIAGARA FALLS COMICCON Scotiabank Conv Ctr, in CANADA comics & media con http://niagarafallscomiccon.com/ Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lloyd, Cary Ewes, Billy Dee Williams, Brent Spiner, Pom Klementieff, Shannon Elizabeth, Amy Jo Johnson, Lance Henriksen Tommy Flanagan, Doug Jones, Jerome Flynn, Kevin Conroy, Brian Austin Green, Amanda Bearse, Julia Montgomery, Ted Raimi, Ted White, Roger L Jackson George Perez, Jim Starlin, Joe Rubenstein, Bob Layton, Allen Bellman, Dale Keown, John Layman, John McCrea, Ken Lasjley, Leonard Kirk, Dan Parent JUNE 7-9 Mass SCARE A CON New England Sheraton Hotel, Framingham, MA big horror con http://scareacon.com/ Cassandra Peterson, Heather Langenkamp, Lisa Wilcox, Amanda Wyss, Felissa Rose, 'Phantasm' reunion JUNE 7-9 PA SCI FI VALLEY CON Blair Cty Con Ctr, Altoona,