The 14th GraniteCon took place once again at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire on Sept. 17 and 18.
Author Stacey Longo.
The Joker.
Artist Karen Gosselin and her daughter.
Emmet Brickowoski.
Author David Price.
Deadpool and friend.
Zoom and Felicity Smoak.
Joker and Harley Quinn.
Jack Skellington and Sally.
Deadpool.
Stormtrooper Samurai.
Harley Quinn and Pikachu.
John Rhys-Davies (Raiders of the Lost Ark) talking to a young fan.
Thor.
Harley Quinn and the Joker.
Cosplayer Tinker Elle as Ariel.
Authors Jamie K. Schmidt, Casey Wyatt, and Corrina Lawson.
Northeast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganza happens twice a year. The first one is always in June while the second one is in December. They take place at the Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, MA.
Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Comic book writer Josh Dahl.
Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Picture Show).
Shredder a.k.a. Chelsea Von Chastity.
Author Stacey Longo.
Kathy Garver (Family Affair).
Karyn Parsons (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air).
Deadpool.
Author Jackie Leduc (right) with her parents.
Han Solo.
Ricky Byrd of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
Pixar’s Up’s Carl Fredricksen.
Puppeteers Bill Diamond and Noel MacNeal.
Reb Brown (Captain America).
The creators of Harold the Happy Human Eater.
James Tolkan (Back to the Future).
A Pokemon wedding.
Artist Steve Lavigne (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
The Delorean.
Artist Jonny Bloozit.
Author T.H. Paul.
Josh “Josh 2” Hager of Devo.
Artist Matt Bessette.
Harley Quinn and the Joker.
Author Stacey Longo.
Aquawoman.
Bonnie Piesse (Star Wars: Episode II and III).
Jack Skellington.
Marty McFly and Doc Brown.
Xena: Warrior Princess.
Artist Paul Castiglia.
The Joker.
Harley Quinn.
Jim Martin (The Great Space Coaster).
Saratoga Budo.
Rika Muranaka.
Artist Dan Nakrosis.
Freddy Krueger.
Wrestler Curt Hawkins.
Michael and Diego Mongue, the creators of Awesome Robot.
The Silence.
Me with actor Scott Schiaffo, the Chewlies rep in Clerks.
Steampunk Dorothy.
The Incredible Hulk.
A zombie.
Rochelle Davis (The Crow).
Deadpool and friend.
Loki.
Artist Dan Parent.
Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and Spawn.
Author Matt Spencer.
Artist Jay Mooers.
Wednesday Addams.
Me with Wolverine and the Montreal X-men.
Wonder Woman and friend.
Brimstone.
Steampunk Iron Man and Black Widow.
Nick Fury.
The Joker’s henchman.
Cynthia Scott and Ricco Ross of Aliens.
Robocop’s police cruiser.
Spider-Woman.
Deadpool.
Author Stacey Longo and Cosplayer R.W. Martin.
Ecto-2
Catwoman and Zatanna Zatara.
The 8th Connecticut ComiConn took place in the Mohegan Sun Convention Center this weekend. It was my first time attending this convention even though it has been going on in different locations in Connecticut over the last seven years. Read more on the Bleeding Cool website here. I have attended many conventions over the years and I have also been a vendor too. I can say I will be attending this one again next year, which happens Aug. 19 – 21, 2016 at Mohegan Sun under the name, TerrifiCon.
Adrian Pasdar (Agents of SHIELD, Near Dark).
The Incredibles.
Chase Masterson (Star Trek: DS9).
The Batmobile.
Comic book artist Bob Camp and Michelle Ford.
Greg Grunberg (Big Ass Spider!, Heroes, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens).
Batman.
A Jedi and Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen.
Disney’s Frozen’s Anna and Elsa.
Fantastic Four’s The Thing.
Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series).
The Joker.
The Penguin and Harley Quinn.
Booster Gold and a friend from the Capsule Corporation.
The Baroness and Snake Eyes.
Author Stacey Longo with members of Kiss tribute band, Kiss Forever.
Aquawoman.
Author Matt Herring.
Wolverine, Joker, and Deadpool with Spiderman photo-bombing in the background.
Ke Huy Quan (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies).
Green Arrow and fellow archer.
Indiana Jones.
“Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
Author Stacey Longo with Shield agents.
Harley Quinn.
Writer/artist Bob Layton.
The Flash and Mr. Fantastic.
Writer/artist Matt Bessette.
Jareth the Goblin King and Sarah.
Deadpool and Spider-man.
The Penguin.
Author Stacey Longo.
Rick Grimes and a zombie.
Authors Matt Spencer and Kristine Croto.
Actress Melissa Cowan (The Walking Dead).
The Drunk Geek Podcast table.
The Mighty Snorter table.
Vermont Comic Con, the first ever comic con in Vermont, took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Burlington over the weekend. The two-day convention was a huge success and will happen again next year, but on Labor Day weekend.
Comic book writer Brandon Barrows.
Green Arrow.
Freddy and Jason.
The Guardians of the Galaxy.
David Newall a.k.a. Mr. McFeely of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood talking to a young convention-goer.
Deathstroke and Deadpool.
The Gotham gang.
Writer Jeremy Holt.
The gaming room at Vermont Comic Con.
The cosplayers of Hero Army Cosplay, out of Connecticut.
Authors T.T. Zuma and Stacey Longo.
Swamp Thing
Spider-woman and Black Widow.
Once more, I got to travel to another world or a lot of them, by attending Granite State ComiCon, organized by Double Midnight Comics. I was one of two authors at the Books & Boos table. The other author at the table being Stacey Longo. We were signing books for fans, new and old.
Author Stacey Longo at the Books & Boos table.
It was an amazing time at a well-run con, with thousands of fun people enjoying themselves and sharing their special likes of comics, TV shows, books, films, graphic novels, games, and cultural icons of all sorts.
You get to see people like The New England Brethren of Pirates.
The Ghostbusters of New Hampshire 
The New England garrison of the 501st Legion.
All three groups make appearances to help raise money for charities. These people put a lot of time and effort into their outfits and shows, and they deserve a big hand for what they do.
Sam Jones
You get to see celebrities, like Sam Jones (of Flash Gordon and Ted fame) and tough-guy actor William Forsythe, both of whom were
Author Stacey Longo with William Forsythe.
extremely gracious and kind to the fans. You also see the people behind the voices of your favorite animated characters such as Richard Horvitz, who voices Zim in Invader Zim, .
Richard Horvitz.
You get to meet writers such as Gordon Bean, Rob Watts, Katherine Silva, and Scott Goudsward, who are all members of the New England Horror Writers.
From left to right: Gordon Bean, Rob Watts, Katherine Silva, and Scott Goudsward.
Author Matthew Bartlett, another NEHW member, was also signing books at the organization’s table.
Author Matthew Bartlett.
Besides the NEHW and Longo, Chris Philbrook, another author, had his own table at the convention.
Author Chris Philbrook.
During my time at the convention, I also met author John Murphy, who was recently heard on the Sci-fi Saturday Night podcast. I can’t wait to hear their interviews with the cast members of Game of Thrones.
Me (left) and John Murphy (right).
The Game of Thrones celebrities.
Speaking of which, lots of folks were Game of Thrones cosplaying to honor the cast members who were there.
Arya of Game of Thrones.
Arya of Game of Thrones.
Miltos Yeramelou (Syrio on GoT) hosted a Water Dancing class to teach beginning fencers. I watched some of it, and thought it superb– and I’ve been a fencer for over 35 years.
Miltos Yeramelou.
Groot.
You get to see about every superhero and supervillain you can think of.
Catwoman.
Robin and Batgirl.
Harley Quinn, the Joker and the Riddler.
And many other costumes. A guy who plays Mr T. emceed the huge costume contest. I sure wouldn’t want to judge that one, because there are so many
cool costumes, it would be too hard to choose a winner!
Two days of fun, and we just saw a small part of it. It’s a total experience, with panels, parties, and participation.
Freddy Krueger and Jason Vorhees.
A Borg from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Loki
Harley Quinn and the Joker.
Haunted Acres is New England’s most exciting haunted attraction, with Maniac’s Midway, live bands, a beer garden, and lots of food and ride vendors.
Frozen’s Elsa taking a trip in the Tardis.
Deadpool and Wonder Woman.
Judge Dredd.
Groot.
Artist Karen Gosselin.
Mr. T with author Stacey Longo, holding her book Secret Things.
Ralphie from A Christmas Story.
A Medieval Deadpool.
Me with author Rob Watts.
Star Trek’s Starfleet officer
Wreck-It Ralph.
The Dome and Kriana of Sci-fi Saturday Night.
Disney Princesses.
A Droogie.
Wonder Woman and Batman.
Guardians of the Galaxy.
A Droogie.
Brave’s Princess Merida and Silk.
Performers from Fright Kingdom.
Convention attendees.
Rikki Simons, the voice of Gir on Invader Zim.
Thor and Voltron
