It doesn’t seem to be affiliated to the actual San Diego / New York Cons, but from March 31st next year, around 10,000 faithful are expected to converge on…Adelaide. Guests include Stewart McKenny, Jonathan Frakes and Jewel Staite (who I’ve had crush on in both Stargate Atlantis and Firefly). Oz Con then moves to Melbourne on June 30 with none other than Stan Lee and Patrick Stewart! Updated.
Full list of guests can be found at the OzComicCon site. Let the cosplay begin. Who’s going?
Comic-Con comes to South Australia in 2012 [Adelaide Now] via Reddit
Dan
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:25 PMI’ll fly to Adelaide just to see Jewel Staite.
I’ll also ask the obvious question, why not Melbourne or Sydney?
Marcus
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:28 PMIt is going to Melbourne. June 30, last sentence of the paragraph.
Scruffy
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:42 PMCause we got this guy :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb_LghFFwkk
It is actually heading to Melbourne too. Man, Adelaide’s gonna be absolutely crazy in March; Comicon, Fringe Festival, Soundwave, Clipsal 500…. someone wanna loan me a few bucks?
Scruffy
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:45 PMZOMG!!! Just noticed Tia Carrere is coming!!! i must prepare my marriage proposal!!!
Dan
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:25 AMGuess I should RTFA better.
Will
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:39 PMI just did a happy dance.
For this, I will brave Adelaide.
Femto
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:42 PMI will wade through a sea of Adelaide bogans to see my Sci fi heroes!!!
Luke
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:45 PMAdelaide doesnt have that many bogans…
Just dont venture out to the northern suburbs, if you do find the closest blunt object.
Luke
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:46 PMI am surprised that its coming to Adelaide.
And i think that Stan Lee and Patrick Stewart are coming to the Adelaide one, there is nothing on the website that says they are only going to the Melbourne one.
Gus
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 1:16 AMNah, don’t think so. There’s a tab to see melbourne or adelaide. And the melbourne lineup is waaay better!
David
Monday, April 9, 2012 at 9:00 PMYour always surprised Luke.
Brian
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:54 PMIm not a comic.reader but i live sci fi and gaming so imma smash that melbourne show
GUE57
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:03 AMI have a dream of going to the US for a comic-con, but for now this will do!
Hermes and Thoth
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:32 AMOne pavilion at the showgrounds? We can do better than that.
Steve
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 1:14 AMMight consider going to the Melbourne one. But odd choice, why not Sydney too? We also get the typical Aussie guests and essentially no AAA names. I don’t want just Riker, I want the whole TNG crew for example.
Isaac
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 1:17 AMOh hell yes! I shall be dressing up as anakin skywalker for sure!
Weresmurf
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 2:33 AMAdelaide? Really? What an odd choice….
Joshua Lay
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 4:29 AMWe are also getting the Final Fantasy concert Distant Worlds here. I believe its because Adelaide has the highest concentration of geeks. Or maybe we have so little to do here that we can’t help but go to events. I mean, it’s not called the festival state for nothing.
Sage
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 3:06 AMI bet everyones gonna go overboard on the cosplay, EB Games Expo was awful.
Kalraan
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 4:19 AMGood reporting…Not. This event is not ComicCon and is not in any way affiliated with the US Comic Con. This is purely two Australian business trying to use the ComicCon brand, without permission mind you, to raise awareness of their event. Strange that it he organisers are the ones that were dumped from being involved with Armageddon. I wouldn’t be surprised if these people are not even confirmed and are only being used to gather support from exhibitors and potentional attendees. Come on Kotaku…surely you can do better than to report of false information.
Shane
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 8:21 AMI might try to get a table there. Self-promotion!
Lone Wolf
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:25 AMWe’ve got Armageddon and Supanova, not to mention Manifest for the anime-inclined (ie me), how is this something new?
Not that I’m complaining Stan Lee, Patrick Stewart and Jewel Staite are coming to Australia, but perhaps could have been written differently.
Jo
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:40 AMA major thing coming to Adelaide? The end is nigh!
joshy206
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 12:27 PMStanLeeStanLeeStanLeeStanLee. I’m going.
Parker
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 2:45 PMAwww, Frakes isn’t coming to the Melbourne Con :(
matt
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 3:41 PMsooo melbourne gets stan lee… and we get whatever else…
adelaide suckss
furberg
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 3:45 PMSounds awesome!!
Who’s Stewart McKenny tho…..
kccb
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 8:22 AMYour kidding yourselves if you think Stan lee is attending any Con in Australia,Last time enquiries were made the cost was $150,000us, 2 first class flights , 5 star accommodation how could any con in oz afford this and still break even. It will turn out to be a late cancelation if he has agreed at all?!
Samuel Webster
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 11:37 PMJewel Staite is awesome at these things, saw her at supanova, Only topped by sean schemmel, wtb at sydney again
Esin
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 2:47 AMThis reeks of scam to me! Seriously, stay far far away,