Action Figure Insider » New York Comic Con Reveals First Wave of 2023 Guests, Creators, and Exhibitors
Stars from Across Pop Culture’s Biggest Franchises Slated to Join NYCC 2023 Include Chris Evans, Ewan McGregor, Jodie Whittaker, Tim Curry, David Tennant, and more
NORWALK, CT – May 18, 2023 – Calling all superheroes, villains, and everyone in between! ReedPop, the world’s leading producer of pop culture events, today unveiled a first look at the guest lineup for New York Comic Con 2023 making this year a must-attend event. NYCC 2023 will be headlined by some of pop culture’s biggest stars including Marvel star Chris Evans (Avengers: Endgame, Captain America) and Star Wars’ Jedi Master Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi). New York Comic Con is taking place at the Javits Center in New York City on October 12-15, 2023.
Guests joining Evans and McGregor include Doctor Who stars Jodie Whittaker and David Tennant; Tim Curry (IT, Rocky Horror Picture Show); master of horror John Carpenter; Shameik Moore, the voice of Miles Morales (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Dope); cast members from fan-favorite films and TV series Our Flag Means Death, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Mandalorian; voice actors from Jujutsu Kaisen, Animaniacs, and Chainsaw Man; All Elite Wrestling wrestlers FTR, Sting, and Jamie Hayter; and comic and literary legends including Rachel Smythe, Chris Claremont, Jeff Smith, Rick Remender, Jorge Jiménez, Greg Capullo, Scott Snyder, Tom Taylor, and Cassandra Clare. New York Comic Con also revealed the first wave of partners heading to this year’s event including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Crunchyroll, Funko, Mad Cave Studios, Toei Animation, VIZ, and more.
Details on photo opportunities, autographing sessions, and panel participation will be revealed closer to the event.
ReedPop recently announced that tickets will go on sale to the general public for New York Comic Con 2023 on Wednesday, June 21 following presales for fans who purchased VIP tickets in 2022 (May 31), Popverse Superfans (June 2) and fans who roll-over their Fan Verification accounts (June 11). Fans can sign up to become Popverse Superfans at thepopverse.com.
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About ReedPop
ReedPop is a boutique group within RX – one of the world’s leading events organizers. Launched in 2006, the group has become the number one producer of pop culture events across the globe as well as a full service digital content provider and media company. Delivering once-in-a-lifetime fan experiences curated specifically for localized audiences, ReedPop currently features events in North America and Europe, including: New York Comic Con (NYCC), Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), PAX West, East, and Unplugged, Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC), Star Wars Celebration, MCM Comic Con, Eurogamer Expo (EGX), E3, MagicCon, and more. In addition to organizing and managing events, ReedPop also runs and operates the Gamer Network and its portfolio of leading gaming websites including Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun and GamesIndustry.Biz. The staff at ReedPop are a fan-based, globally focused group of professionals that are uniquely qualified to build and serve the communities with whom they share a common passion. (www.reedpop.com)
Daniel Pickett
AFi founder and Editor-In-Chief Daniel “Julius Marx” Pickett has been around toys his whole life. The first line he ever collected was Mego’s World’s Greatest Super Heroes line back in the 70s. He has been surrounded by collectables ever since.
In 1999 he was confounded by a lack of information and news about some of his favorite toy lines he was collecting. Since he couldn’t find the information he decided to pursue it himself thinking other people might also be interested in the same news. He started writing a weekly column on the toy industry and action figure for a toy news site and in a years time he tripled the sites daily traffic with his updates, reviews and product features.
He built relationships with every major toy manufacturer and many sculptors, painters and mold makers. He grew his hobby into a world wide expertise that the industry has embraced.
In 2004 he teamed up with his toy buddy Jason “ToyOtter” Geyer and they created their own website www.ActionFigureInsider.com.
Daniel has been quoted in both industry and mass media press outlets. Over the years Daniel and AFi have been sought out as experts in the field. Daniel was regularly featured on “Attack of the Show” on the G4 network as the primary contributor to their “Mint On Card” segment, and our front page has been linked to from USA Today’s
“Pop Candy” Blog twice. Daniel’s content has also been featured on Bloomberg News, MSNBC.com, Time.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, CNN.com, AssociatedPress.com
Wired.com, Fark.com, Boing-Boing, Gizmodo.com, Ain’t It Cool News, the Official
Star Wars blog, Geekologie, G4, CNet and Toy Fare magazine, among many
others. He has consulted on toy lines, books, documentaries and TV shows.
But all of that really just sounds snooty and “tootin’ his own horn” – the long and short of it is that Daniel loves toys and he LOVES talking about them.
