Guests
Oak City Comicon is April 4th-5th at the Raleigh Convention Center! We’re bringing the best comic book writers, artists, and pop culture guests to YOU!
Afua Richardson is an American illustrator best known for her work on the Eisner winning series Black Panther World of Wakanda. She’s done cover work for Marvel and DC Comics and is the artist on the sequel to John Lewis civil rights graphic novel ‘RUN’ published through Abrams Books!
Bob Camp is a world-renowned comic book illustrator, working on such iconic titles as G.I. Joe, Conan the Barbarian, and The ‘Nam, as well as being the co-founder and creative director for the cult classic cartoon, The Ren & Stimpy Show! Come get your 90’s on at Oak City Comicon!
Melody Anderson is an American actress best known for her role as Dale Arden in the movie Flash Gordon and her starring role in Firewalker with Chuck Norris. Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of Flash Gordon and meet Melody, Brian Blessed, and Sam Jones all at Oak City Comicon!
Robert Venditti is a New York Times best-selling author whose characters and concepts have been adapted to film and television. He has written the monthly comic book series X-O Manowar for Valiant Entertainment, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern, and The Flash for DC Comics, and the children’s novel series Miles Taylor and the Golden Cape for Simon & Schuster. His current projects include Justice League, Hawkman, Freedom Fighters, and the Vertigo graphic novel Six Days, inspired by the story of his uncle’s participation in D-Day.
Brian Blessed is an English actor, writer and presenter. You know him from his booming voice and his iconic roles in Flash Gordon. Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of Flash Gordon and meet Prince Vulcan and the rest of the cast like Melody Anderson and Sam Jones!
Sam Jones is an American actor best known for his iconic role as Flash Gordon and in movies and TV shows like The Highwayman, Ted, and SG-1! Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of Flash Gordon with us at Oak City Comicon and meet the man who brought the movie to life! Let’s kick some Flash!
William Stout is a legendary fantasy artist & illustrator, who has done storyboard art and production design for such films as The Return of the Living Dead, Masters of the Universe, Men in Black, Pan’s Labyrinth, Stephen King’s The Mist, and so many more!