The 2012 Rhode Island Comic Con

This past weekend, I went to the RI comic-con and had a blast. Having been to both the Boston and RI con's this year, I am surprised to say that this one was better. Where the Boston con was slightly larger, had a few well known celebs, and was completely over crowded; the Providence con was compact, had variety, and a lot of quality entertainment.

I walked around for about an hour and a half and found the usual merch/comics for sale. Several people were offering 3comics/1$ so I couldn't pass that up after finding a couple of gems. Then, after about 10 minutes of walking my inner fan-boy went crazy when I saw Richard Hatch, who is by the way an amazing actor and was featured in both the old and new Battle Star Galactica series. Continuing on through the crowd, my girlfriend also started going crazy for Nicholas Brendon, of the buffy the vampire slayer.


When you go to one of these things you expect to see a lot of the same thing. You'll see emerging artists, new comic series trying to gain momentum, and a lot of people wearing their favorite garb. However, the strangest thing I saw wasn't they guy dressed as a first generation game-boy. It was the reptile exhibit that took me by surprise as a man lifted a small crocodile into the air for people to take pictures with. They were selling snakes and tarantulas in fruit containers along with God knows what else.

After exiting the main area I got a look at two Delorean's one of which was used on the set of Back to the Future 3. Those along with a replica Adam West Batmobile and star wars speeder made the day well worth the 25 bucks I paid to get in. I definitely would suggest attending the next time they come around.

Check out: http://www.ricomiccon.com