SUPANOVA Comic Con and gaming’s landmark 100th event comes to Brisbane next month.
Confirmed for the event are a New York Times bestseller and a fan-favourite voice actress as festivities ramp up for the event from November 8-10.
Meanwhile, the X-Men’s Southern Belle, Lenore Zann, will make her Supa-Star debut, at both the South Australia and the Sunshine State venues and Nathan Jones will be there too (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga).
Marvel fans will recognise Zann as the voice of mutant Rogue in the ’90s X-Men animated series, a role she reprised earlier this year in the Emmy Award-nominated X-Men ’97.
A Supanova Comic Con spokesman said appearing alongside previously announced Martin Kove of Cobra Kai fame, fans would also get the chance to meet his son and co-star Jesse Kove, who appeared in the hit Karate Kid sequel series opposite a younger version of his father’s character, John Kreese.
The spokesman said literary lovers would not want to miss New York Times bestselling author Matthew Reilly for November.
“Perhaps best known for his Scarecrow and Jack West novels, Reilly recently penned and directed the Netflix film Interceptor, and now looks forward to touring the graphic novel adaptation of his blockbuster novel, Hover Car Racer, out October 29,” he said.
“Also set to join the literary line-up is actor-turned-author Luke Arnold.
“Known to readers for his Fetch Philips urban fantasy series, fans will recognise him from his onscreen depiction of John Silver in pirate drama Black Sails.
“Comic collectors will see Mark Raats (Star Wars, The Creator), Alex Trpcevski (The Phantom), Anthony Christou (Luminous Ages), and Darren Koziol (Dark Oz Publishing).
“Appearing exclusively in Brisbane, fans can also catch David Yardin (Edge of Spider-Verse), Jon Sommariva (Neverlanders), Jamie Johnson (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Sorab Del Rio and Don Ticchio (Silver Fox Comics), Duncan Cunningham (Killer Comics), as well as cover artist Mike Krome.”
Anthony Daniels (Star Wars), Adam Savage (MythBusters, Adam Savage’s Tested), James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), have also been booked to appear.
Brisbane November 8-10, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.