LongBeach Comic Con

Long Beach Comic Con is coming up and the programming is now official. There will be tons to do with premiers, comic panels, guests and exhibitors. The conference starts October 2 -4 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA.

For movie fans, there will be four movie screening events:

Trick R’ Treat, a Warner Brothers celebration of Halloween starring Anna Paquin and Brian Cox, screens Saturday, October 3rd at 3:00pm. Writer/Director Michael Dougherty will host the screening and host a Q&A session. Sony Pictures Dark Country in 3-D, which marks Thomas Jane’s directorial debut, and stars Jane and Ron Perlman, screens Friday, the 2nd at 7:00pm. The 3-D projection is being provided by Stereoscopic Projection courtesy of the 3D Movie Division of the Stereo Club of Southern California (la3dclub.com). Raw Entertainment’s, Give ’Em Hell Malone, an action flick starring Thomas Jane and Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible, Surrogates, Pulp Fiction) is Saturday, October 3rd at 6:00pm. On Sunday, October 4th at 1:00pm Anime fans will have a chance to check out Dixie Dynamite, a classic kung fu myth with redneck style!

On Saturday and Sunday there is a DC Nation Panel and a Robot Chicken panel. Archaia will also be hosting a panel about Mouse Guard with special guest David Peterson. IDW will have a Bloom County: Volume 1 panel with Berkeley Breathed. Marvel will be there conducting portfolio reviews all weekend.

Night programming includes Kirby Krackle, the comic book rock band from Seattle will be performing on Saturday Night at 8pm. Another event is the Atomic Apple live art show or Wolverine 100 preview party.

“The programming is set, the guests are booked and we are really looking forward to a great first show in Long Beach,” event planner Martha Donato, President of MAD Event Management. “We can’t wait for the ribbon cutting ceremony and officially opening the show floor on Friday, October 2.”

We’ll be there of course and for a complete list of events, guests, and information go to www.longbeachcomiccon.com.