Wizard World Big Apple ConMedia Release -- Gareb Shamus, CEO of Wizard Entertainment, today announced the addition of a Spring event, Comic Con NYC, set for May 6-8, 2011 at the newly renovated Penn Plaza Pavilion in New York.

This fall, the site will host its first Big Apple Comic Con, October 1-3, with Adam West, Mickey Rooney, Julia Jones and Mark Millar among the highlighted attendees, with tons more to be announced!

"Response to last year's Big Apple Comic Con and advance interest in the show this October has been so strong that we had to add the Spring event," said Shamus. "Everyone – the celebrities, the fans, the dealers, manufacturers, artists, and the entire community we deal with was begging us to bring a huge Spring event to New York. And now we have Wizard World Comic Con NYC."

Join tens of thousands of fellow fans as they converge in New York City at Big Apple Comic Con, October 1-2-3, 2010 to celebrate the best in pop culture. New York City's Big Apple Comic-Con brings it all - Movies, Comics, Toys, Video Gaming, Games, TV, Anime, Manga, Horror, Wrestling, MMA, Original Art, Collectibles & More! This is New York's longest running and most widely attended Comic Con! Come see us at our new home at Penn Plaza Pavilion, 401 Seventh Avenue at 33rd St. in Manhattan! We are just steps away from Penn Station! This is the most anticipated move of 2010!

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