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n a military town like Fayetteville, seeing square-
jawed heroes strolling around in uniform is not
an uncommon sight, however those uniforms
are typically never made out of colorful spandex.
at will all change on the weekend of October 21
through 22, at the Crown Complex Expo Center,
when organizers will hold their third annual
Fayetteville Comic Con event.
e event, which will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, will feature
appearances from some giants within the comic book and
film industry, including actor Lou Ferrigno, star of the late
1970s TV series e Incredible Hulk.
Other guests slated to appear are Sam Jones, star of 1980's
cult classic Flash Gordon, actor Jack O' Halloran, famous
for playing the villain Non in the original Superman film
franchise, survivalist E.J. Snyder from the series Naked and
Afraid, voice actors Chris Sabat and Linda Young-Most
of Dragon Ball Z, voice actor Vic Mignogna of Full Metal
Alchemist, and many, many more.
"We are always excited about the Fayetteville Comic
Con! Such a tremendous turnout from the area's geeks and
nerds and just fans of comics, movies, etc.," said primary
organizer Michael Chaudhuri. "Our guest list gets bigger
and better every year, and we just added Chris Sabat, who
voices many of the Dragon Ball Z characters and is a major,
major talent. Most of our guests fly in from Hollywood or
New York and would be unlikely to visit Fayetteville were it
not for the con, so this creates a lot of excitement."
Last year's convention was hampered by Hurricane
Matthew, which had occurred the weekend before and
prevented many of that year's guests from attending.
FAYETTEVILLE COMIC CON
BY JAMES JOHNSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAT THEW WONDERLY
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