Wizard World Minneapolis Details

Minneapolis Convention Center

Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Sunday, May 3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Guests

• Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, Princess Mononoke)

• Karl Urban (Star Trek, Dredd, Lord of the Rings)

• Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
• James & Oliver Phelps (Harry Potter)

• Jason Mewes (Jay and Silent Bob)
• Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who)
• Kristy Swanson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series)

• Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story)
• Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy)

• Kevin Sorbo (Hercules)
• Neal Adams (Eisner Award Hall of Fame Artist)

• Phil Ortiz (Animator: The Simpsons)

The full guest list, event times, panels and programming lists and other show info head over to wizardworld.com

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Wizard World Minneapolis

Wizard World Minneapolis officially began its pop culture weekend takeover last night, with a kickoff event held last night at the rotunda in the Mall of America. In addition to a trivia contest for
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Day one of Wizard World Minneapolis just took place last night at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Beyond the S.H.I.E.L.D.

The first programming we attended was for the Beyond the S.H.I.E.L.D. podcast with
Adam Wells and Mitra Nelson. Wells started the show dressed as Matt Murdock, but in the middle of the conversation, he disappeared under the table … to reappear as Daredevil (the black ninja costume).

Kevin Smith‘s plane got delayed, so unfortunately the Wizard World Comic Con Minneapolis Ribbon Cutting/Opening Ceremonies was canceled.

Midnight Movies Panel

Meanwhile, the Midnight Movies: Birth, Death, and Afterlife was taking place with local film buffs: Theresa Kay of Trash Film Debauchery, Tim Alan Holly and Colette Ricci of Tape Freaks, Christopher K. Grap of Theaters At The Mall Of America, C Warren Dale of Midnight Movies Minneapolis and local filmmaker Dwayne Robinson.

Some of the bad B-films they recommended were Nicholas Cage’s brilliant Vampire’s Kiss, Peter Jackson’s Meet the Feebles, and The Carrier.

Gordon Purcell and Dan Jurgens

Spotlight on Dan Jurgens (featuring moderator/artist Gordon Purcell and artist/writer Dan Jurgens) look at Jurgens’ history. It was the same career examination like last year with Danny Fingeroth and Dan Jurgens… with plenty of discussion about how massive the death of Superman event was. New to the discussion were a few upcoming Jurgens projects: Batman Beyond and Batmite.

How to Write Comics

The How to Write Comics panel with Chris Claremont, Larry Hama, Michael Avon Oeming and Renee Witterstaetter really didn’t feel like a how-to. A lot of their conversations was sometime the characters they create are so good that it would dictate how the story would end. These guys prefer to write using the “Marvel Style”, which is loosely plotting and giving it to the artist to draw and then finalized by adding the dialogue once they got the artwork back.

As usual, there were plenty of cosplayers and exhibitors, so check out the photo gallery below:

Bane, Joker, and Harley Quinn	Leatherface	Caricatures	Weta Workshop	Ghostbusters
Cosplayers Panel	Lego Venon and Spider-Man	Silent Hill: Nurses	Zatanna	Princess Luna
Video Gaming	Star Wars Bounty Hunter and Stormtroopers	The Punisher	Red Arrow	Street Fighter’s Ken
Black Widow	Jay and Silent Bob	Crazy Metal Works	Dan Jurgens	The Rhino