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                                                         THE BIG APPLE HOLIDAY CON 

                                                                             SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2024, THE NEW YORKER HOTEL, 481 8^TH AVE @ 34^TH ST.                                                                      

Big Apple Comic Convention, NYC’s original comic con now in our 28^th year, is proud to announce our  4th Annual Holiday Con, a party convention with loads of gifts, prizes, and special events to open and celebrate the Holiday Season and NYC’s all season love affair with the world of comics and pop culture collectibles with our fans.

The BACC Holiday Con features over 100 exhibitors, plus  artists, guests, and cosplayers, with a special focus on talented up and coming artists from the NYC area.

This year we are partnering with Crash Media Partners the supercharged Scott Mauriello and Chris Parente will  bring their years of knowledge to bear on the BIG APPLE Comic with exciting new guests and events including:

• Al Kahn the man who brought the multi-billion dollar Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Japanese anime franchises to  the world outside of Japan;
• an entire warehouse (in a dedicated 1200sq ft event room) of top grade collectibles from the legendary Joe Koch and Forbidden Planet;
• and a completely new Independent Creators Alley  (ICA) to give small and independent creators an opportunity to bring their work to a broad mainstream audience at BIG APPLE Comic Con.

All this plus an all star guest line up including:

• Animation king Bill Plympton (fresh from winning the LA animation festival).
• The master of Spy vs Spy and cartoon genius Peter Kuper.
• Eisner Award winner Alitha Martinez,
• the innovative and spectacular art sensation Nik Virella.
• Ever sparkling super talented actor/podcaster all around mensch Ming Chen.
• Aaron Reynolds the creator of the best selling phenom Effin’Birds
• Michael Fife creator/writer /artist of the action series COPRA.Panorama (Dark Horse), Bloodstrike: Brutalists (Image Comics), and Zegas (Fantagraphics).
• Chuck Forsman  creator of Revenger, Celebrated Summer, Slasher, and Automa. His comics, I am Not Okay With This and The End of the Fucking World,have been adapted into Netflix Original Series.

There will be a dedicated Pokemon event room for players and voice actors, and the Balcony will be our dedicated to the Independent Creators Alley (ICA)

And how about an Archie Themed Cosplay Contest (are you ready for some real kitch).

This will be our best show ever, as usual in the fabulous Art Deco Wyndham New Yorker Hotel.  Maybe Santa will show early this year.

The BACC is a collectible dreamworld event, a national hub for collectors and traders, with some of the greatest collectible books are exhibited, and traded.

All of this in the spacious ballrooms of the Art Deco masterpiece New Yorker Hotel (481 8^th Ave @34^th St).

Big Apple Comic Con “Holiday Con,” Saturday, November 23, 2024 10am-7pm (early admission 9am)

Tickets: General Admission $30; VIP Admission $85; Kids under 14 $15, Kids under 10 are Free.

For information, and booking,  contact press@bigapplecc.com