The Convention Fans Blog

Geek Media Expo celebrates its second year with a slew of guests to join the party, including Aaron Douglas, James O’Barr, Jeph Jacques, April Hunter and JD Michaels, and The Apparition Abolishers. Pre-registration is still open, starting at $20 for the entire 48 Hours of Cool.

Star Trek Cruise has announced that Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Robert Picardo, Rod Roddenberry and Chase Masterson are all confirmed to attend the Star Trek Cruise from Ft. Lauderdale through the Eastern Caribbean on Celebrity Cruises, December 5-12, 2010. Activities aboard the cruise will include dinners with the stars, photo ops (included in the price of cruise) celebrity Q & A’s and autograph sessions. As a bonus, one free autograph per celebrity per attendee is also included in the standard cruise price.

Aspire Communications, Inc. is pleased to announce Reni Mimura is invited to perform as a featured guest for NY Anime Festival 2010 on October 9th, Saturday. Organized by Reed Exhibitions, the jointly-held New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival 2010 will occupy virtually the entire Jacob K. Javits Center in 2010, maiking it the second largest popular culture event in America.

Only 8 days until Horror Realm, Pittsburgh’s modern horror convention, opens the doors on its second year! But we have activities and events all next week leading up to the convention, beginning next Monday. Horror Realm is September 17-19, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South in Pittsburgh, PA.

Wizard World New England Comic Con, part of North America’s largest pop-culture tour, is set for Friday through Sunday, October 15-17, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The event will bring together thousands of fans of all ages and plenty of celebrities and industry professionals to celebrate the best in pop culture: movies, comics, toys, video gaming, television, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more.