Wizard World Comic Con returns to RVA with Henry Winkler, Sean Astin, Billy Dee Williams, Kristin Bauer, Linda Blair, and a so much freaking more

by | May 18, 2015 | POLITICS

Wizard World Comic Con swooped into RVA last year brining a mess of

Wizard World Comic Con swooped into RVA last year brining a mess of celebrities and comic book legends to the Capital of the Commonwealth – and now its back for 2015!

And this year’s lineup is no less awesome, nerdy and exciting. Below is the list (as of now) of celebrities scheduled to come to the Greater Richmond Convention Center the weekend of 7/31-8/2.

You can pick up tickets here, and stay tuned to RVAMag as we get closer to the event for more updates.

**EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, ALL CELEBRITY GUESTS WILL APPEAR FRIDAY-SUNDAY**
**EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, ALL COMIC ARTISTS WILL APPEAR FRIDAY-SUNDAY**

Billy Dee Williams
EMMY AWARD NOMINEE
(Actor – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; Brian’s Song; Batman)
*Appearing SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Billy Boyd
(Actor – The Lord of the Rings Trilogy [Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took]; Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
*Appearing SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Sean Astin
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE
(Actor – The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; The Goonies; Rudy; 24)
*Appearing SATURDAY & SUNDAY

WWE® Superstar
Stardust™

(WWE® Superstar)
*Appearing SATURDAY
12:00PM ─ 3:00PM
12:00PM Photo Ops
1:00PM Autographs
2:30PM Q&A Panel

WWE® Diva
Paige™

(WWE® Diva)
*Appearing SATURDAY
12:00PM ─ 3:00PM
12:00PM Photo Ops
1:00PM Autographs
2:30PM Q&A Panel

Michael Cudlitz
(Actor – The Walking Dead [Sgt. Abraham Ford]; Southland; The Negotiator; Surrogates; Running Scared)
*Appearing SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Kristin Bauer
(Actress – True Blood [Pam De Beaufort]; Once Upon a Time [Maleficent])
*Appearing SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Drea de Matteo
EMMY AWARD WINNER
(Actress – Sons of Anarchy; The Sopranos)
*Appearing SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Henry Winkler
EMMY AWARD WINNER
(Actor – Happy Days [Fonzie]; Royal Pains; The Waterboy; Night Shift; Click; Arrested Development)

Taryn Manning
(Actress – Orange Is the New Black [Tiffany ‘Pennsatucky’ Doggett]; Sons of Anarchy [Rita ‘Cherry’])
*Appearing SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Joey Lauren Adams
(Actress – Chasing Amy; Big Daddy; Dazed and Confused; The Break-Up)

John Schneider
(Actor – Smallville [Jonathan Kent], Dukes of Hazzard; The Haves and the Have Nots)

Linda Blair
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE
(Actress – The Exorcist; Exorcist II)

Eddie McClintock
(Actor – Warehouse 13; Bones; The Sweetest Thing; Three Wise Guys)

J. August Richards
(Actor – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Angel [Charles Gunn])

Doug Jones
(Actor – Fantastic Four, Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth; Buffy: The Vampire Slayer)
*Appearing Courtesy of Coolwaters Productions

Milo Ventimiglia
(Actor – Heroes[Peter Petrelli]; Gotham [Jason “The Ogre” Lennon]; Rocky Balboa; Chosen; That’s My Boy)

Billy Martin
(Lead Guitarist/Keyboardist – Good Charlotte, Artist – TMNT New Animated Adventures; Disney; Upper Deck/Marvel)

Clinton Hobart
(Licensed Disney Fine Artist)

Michael Golden
SPECIAL GUEST
(Batman; Spider-Man; Hulk; X-Men; Daredevil; Star Wars; BSG; The Punisher)
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Mike Grell
SPECIAL GUEST
(Artist – Green Arrow; Green Lantern; Warlord; Action Comics; X-Men; Iron Man)
*Appearing Courtesy of Coolwaters Productions

James O’Barr
(Creator – The Crow)
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Mike Zeck
SPECIAL GUEST
(Artist – Spider-Man; Punisher; Secret Wars; Batman: LotDK; Green Lantern; Captain America)
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Ken Kelly
SPECIAL GUEST
(Fantasy Artist – KISS Album Covers; He-Man; Micronauts; Star Wars)

Dean Haspiel
EMMY AWARD WINNER
EISNER AWARD NOMINEE
(Writer/Artist – Bored to Death [TV]; Billy Dogma; Street Code; Act-I-Vate; American Splendor; Batman; X-Men)

Danny Fingeroth
(Group Editor – Spider-Man, Writer – Iron Man; The Avengers; Spider-Man, Author Superman on the Couch; Disguised as Clark Kent)

Clinton Hobart
(Licensed Disney Fine Artist)

Drew Blank
(Writer – Memoirs of an Antihero)

Tom Cook
(Animator – He-Man; She-Ra; Superfriends; Thundarr the Barbarian; Scooby Doo; Smurfs)
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Sam Ellis
(Artist – BOOM Studios; Cartoon Network; Disney Interactive; FX; Marvel)

Danny Fingeroth
(Group Editor – Spider-Man, Writer – Iron Man; The Avengers; Spider-Man, Author Superman on the Couch; Disguised as Clark Kent)

Michael Golden
SPECIAL GUEST
(Batman; Spider-Man; Hulk; X-Men; Daredevil; Star Wars; BSG; The Punisher)
CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER SKETCHES

Dean Haspiel
EMMY AWARD WINNER
EISNER AWARD NOMINEE
(Writer/Artist – Bored to Death [TV]; Billy Dogma; Street Code; Act-I-Vate; American Splendor; Batman; X-Men)

Andrew Heath
(Graphic Designer/Illustrator)

David Hindelang
(Co-Founder – Iconograph)

Ken Kelly
SPECIAL GUEST
(Fantasy Artist – KISS Album Covers; He-Man; Micronauts; Star Wars)

Rachel E. Kelly
(Author – Colorworld Books)

Billy Martin
(Lead Guitarist/Keyboardist – Good Charlotte, Artist – TMNT New Animated Adventures; Disney; Upper Deck/Marvel)

James O’Barr
(Creator – The Crow)
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Jerry Pesce
(Artist)

Rebecca Spivey
(Ripping It Down)

Bryan Tillman
(Owner – Kaiser Studio, Editor – Torment; The Solution, Lead Artist – Dark Legacy: The Rising)

Mike Grell
SPECIAL GUEST
(Artist – Green Arrow; Green Lantern; Warlord; Action Comics; X-Men; Iron Man)
*Appearing Courtesy of Coolwaters Productions

Mike Zeck
SPECIAL GUEST
(Artist – Spider-Man; Punisher; Secret Wars; Batman: LotDK; Green Lantern; Captain America)
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Yuffie Bunny
(Official Wizard World Cosplay Guest)

‘The Batmobile’
(Crime Fighting Super Car)

K.I.T.T.
(Knight Rider Car)

‘DeLorean Time Machine’
(Back to the Future Car)

‘Jurassic Park Jeep’
(Jurassic Park Car)

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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