{"id":4916,"date":"2011-11-05T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2011-11-05T10:54:26","modified_gmt":"2011-11-05T14:54:26","slug":"talkcast-106-a-first-look-at-boston-comiccon-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=4916","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 106 &#8211; A First Look at Boston ComicCon 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?attachment_id=4923\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4923\" title=\"escher-lego\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/escher-lego.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This Week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sci-Fi-Saturday-Night\/142340463143\">SFSN Facebook<\/a> Poll: Our fans&#8217; \u00a0favorite character to come back from the dead is Buffy Summers.<\/li>\n<li>RIP &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/obituaries\/la-me-richard-gordon-20111103,0,4233442.story\">Richard Gordon<\/a>, creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050393\/\">Fiend Without A Face <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050337\/\">Dragstrip Girl<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kate Beckinsale is 3D in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksofdoom.com\/2011\/11\/02\/new-trailer-for-underworld-awakening-arrives\/\">Underworld Awakening<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Networks see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airlockalpha.com\/node\/8746\/once-upon-a-time-wins-first-battle-with-grimm.html\">Grimm and Once Upon A Time<\/a> as the same?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/2011\/11\/03\/nycc-men-if-you-are-here-to-get-laid-leave-ladies-if-you-here-to-get-laid-take-your-pick\/\">Women have their pick of guys<\/a> at comic cons&#8230; but do they want them?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/insidetv.ew.com\/2011\/10\/31\/american-horror-story-renewed-season-two\/\">American Horror Story renewed<\/a> as ratings continue to grow.<\/li>\n<li>The next <a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118044550?categoryid=13&amp;cs=1&amp;cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CFilmNews\">Twilight Zone movie<\/a>\u00a0produced by Leo DiCaprio.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/aaron-eckhart-i-frankenstein-lionsgate-245597\">I, Frankenstein<\/a> stars Aaron Eckhart.<\/li>\n<li>A British man thought the <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5854480\/british-man-calls-police-after-confusing-the-moon-for-a-ufo\">moon was a UFO<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Your<a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5855461\/one-weird-theory-could-make-anti+gravity-and-faster+than+light-travel-possible\"> flying car <\/a>is waiting, Mr. Jetson.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5855615\/anne-rice-picks-a-fight-with-stephenie-meyer-lestat-and-louie-feel-sorry-for-vampires-that-sparkle\">Anne Rice<\/a> picks a fight with Stephanie Meyer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our guest is long time friend of the show, Bob Shaw: the man behind <a href=\"http:\/\/comicarthouse.com\/\">Comic Art House<\/a>, and one of the coordinators of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostoncomiccon.com\/\">Boston ComicCon<\/a>. Tonight\u00a0he brings us the first official news about this event. One of the biggest additions to the show is an original art auction, the sole purpose of which is to help defray the rising costs of a quickly expanding convention. We also discussed part of the list of confirmed guests. Boston Comic Con will be held on April 21-22 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massconvention.com\/jhcc.html\">Hynes Convention Center<\/a> in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>The confirmed guests include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skottieyoung.com\/\">Skottie Young<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidpetersen.net\/\">David Peterson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comicarthouse.com\/rousseau.html\">Craig Rousseau<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Tucci\">Billy Tucci<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.wikia.com\/Todd_DeZago\">Todd DeZago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comicarthouse.com\/normanindex.html\">Norman Lee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookdb.com\/creator.php?ID=811\">Herb Trimpe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cliffchiang.com\/\">Cliff Chaing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sergioaragones.com\/\">Sergio Aragones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comicarthouse.com\/richard.html\">Sara Richard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Pearson\">Jason Pierson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timsale1.com\/\">Tim Sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/renaedeliz.com\/\">Renee De Liz<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/renaedeliz\/womanthology-massive-all-female-comic-anthology\">Womanthology<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comicarthouse.com\/andrews.html\">Roger Andrews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comicarthouse.com\/underburbs.html\">TJ Dort &amp; Joe Haley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comicarthouse.com\/branch.html\">Ken Branch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/comicarthouse.com\/cpw3.html\">Charles Paul Wilson III<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4916-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast106.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast106.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast106.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast106.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast106.mp3&id=4916\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=4916\" data-text=\"TalkCast 106 - A First Look at Boston ComicCon 2012\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=4916\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D4916&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F11%2Fescher-lego.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20106%20-%20A%20First%20Look%20at%20Boston%20ComicCon%202012\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Week&#8217;s SFSN Facebook Poll: Our fans&#8217; \u00a0favorite character to come back from the dead is Buffy Summers. RIP &#8211; Richard Gordon, creator of Fiend Without A Face and Dragstrip Girl. Kate Beckinsale is 3D in Underworld Awakening. Networks see Grimm and Once Upon A Time as the same? 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