I stumbled across a reference to this years Supernova Expo. I was going to go last year but life got in the way and I only remembered it was on when I saw a story about it on the news. It was too late to get tickets.
The Sydney Supernova Expo is on the 15th - 17th of June. I'm getting my geek on and have already put the date in my calendar.
There is a huge line up sci-fi and fantasy stars from Movies, TV, Books and Comics to tease out the nerd in all of us.
Here is the full list of stars.
Movies and TV
- Christopher Lloyd - the very popular
Emmett ‘Doc’ Brown from Back
to the Future
- Yvonne Craig - from the Golden Age of
television, Batman’soriginal Batgirl and an original alumni from 2002
- Michael Rosenbaum - Smallville’s Lex Luthor and Justice
League’s The Flash
- Hayden Panettiere - Heroes’ indestructible cheerleader & passionate activist seen in The Cove
- Callum Blue - The lovable Mason from Dead Like Me and the complex villain General Zod from Smallville!
- Mercedes McNab - This ‘Scream Queen’
is best known as Harmony from Buffy & Angel
- Natalia Tena - Harry Potter’s heroic ally, Nymphadora Tonks, and Osha from Game of Thrones.
- Colin Cunningham - From Stargate SG-1 to Falling
Skies, with stops by The 6th Day and Elektra on the way!
- Bob Wall -
World champion kickboxer who featured in Way of the Dragon, Enter
the Dragon and Game of Death with
Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.
Voice actors:
- Jennifer Hale - videogame superstar,
Hale voices Shepard in the Mass
Effect Trilogy and
many other characters in Metal
Gear Solid, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Vic Mignogna - fan favourite Vic
voices Edward Elric in theFullmetal Alchemist anime series, Broly in Dragonball Z, Ikkaku in Bleach, and hundreds more
Authors:
- Christopher Paolini - the American
novelist is best known for his Inheritance Cycle, comprising Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance.
Comic-book creators:
- David Mack - critically acclaimed
comic-book illustrator and creator of the Kabuki series and another returning 2002 guest
- Jim Cheung, British illustrator renowned
for his work on Marvel Comics’ Scion, New Avengers: Illuminati, Young
Avengers, and Avengers: The Children’s Crusade
I must have brought up my sons the right way because they are as excited as I am.