Wizard World Comic Con

I had a blast at the Las Vegas Wizard World Comic Con! I don’t collect comic books or action figures — I came for the cosplay, celebrity guests, and programming/​panels. Livingsocial was selling tickets at a discount, but I actually won 2 VIP three-​day passes through a contest which included a photo with Steven Yuen (aka Glen from The Walking Dead). I screamed and jumped for joy when I was notified. Seriously.
My favorite part of Wizard World was attending a Q & A panel with headlining guest celebrity Robert Englund (Freddy Kreuger). Meeting Steven Yuen for a nanosecond was also VERY cool. Other awesome Q & A panels featured Tom Mison from Sleepy Hollow and Milo Anthony Ventimiglia from Heroes. Unfortunately, a lot of the panels happened at the same time so you were forced to choose which panel to attend.
The Cosplay contest was another great event at Wizard World. I loved seeing everyone’s mad costume skills. If only I had that much creativity!
The programming events were fun to sit in on and were included with your ticket. Most were pretty empty (maybe they’re too nerdy lol). I went to a Marvel vs. DC event, a How-​to Cosplay event, and a Haunted Las Vegas panel, to name a few. Interesting stuff.
Last, it was pretty awesome just to walk around the floor and ogle celebrities from afar. Michael Rooker (Walking Dead & Guardians of the Galaxy), James Marsters (Buffy & Angel), Lou Ferrigno (THE Hulk), Kevin Sorbo (Hercules), and SO many others were on the main floor talking to fans and signing autographs. Autographs ranged from $ 40 – 65 with similar prices for pictures. NO photography was allowed near the celebs, without payment of course.
I would definitely attend next year! I cannot tell you how much better Wizard World is better than the Amazing Las Vegas Con. 3 days was kind of exhausting though. Maybe I’ll just go on Saturday in 2016. :)
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Great showing for your first year here Wizard World! It’s about time a big con gets to Sin City! And the efforts were highly applauded.
Wizard World Las Vegas had a huge showing of celebrity guests, but their biggest one, the one I was actually going to pay a hefty sum for a signature… Norman Reedus aka ‘Daryl’ of Walking Dead fame was a cancellation. That was probably one of the biggest draws of the entire con besides maybe the other Walking Dead cast members (Glenn, Merle, The Governor, Father Gabriel, Abraham, and even Beth was in attendance). But even Walking Dead actors Shane and Carl cancelled as well. So unfortunate! I would have almost paid an arm and a leg to get an entire cast photo!
Don’t get me wrong there were a ton of great celebrity names in attendance — Roman Reigns of WWE, Kevin Conroy of Batman fame, Robert Englund aka ‘Freddy’, and the über popular Jason David Frank aka ‘The Green Ranger’ of Power Rangers fanfare was there! And just about every celebrity had a nice following at their booths. Wizard World was even funny enough to place Kevin Sorbo, ‘Hercules’, right next to Lou Ferrigno, ‘Hulk’!
And wow, the number of comic book artists at the con was numerous. Many of them Marvel & DC household names, and a lot of up and coming artists as well. Everyone I talked to or asked for a signature was friendly and gracious. Very nice folks! I got a ton of artists signatures as well!
I did splurge the cash for one person’s signature, yep, the Green Ranger of course Jason David Frank! Cost me a cool $ 40! Dang! I was watching the dude on the O.G. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers when I was still in school! I had to stand in line and give the guy props for taking his career this far. He is the only actor to be in every iteration of the Power Rangers franchise. That’s like, EPIC, right?
The LVCC was a HUGE venue for the con, possibly too big, but it was nice because everything was spread out and there was a ton of walking space for everyone. The vendor floor was packed with people peddling their toy and comic wares, and even a few famous rides like the old Batmobile and Delorean from Back to the Future made an appearance! Those damn cars were charging moolah for a picture! Guess they would be considered celebrities too. I really enjoyed myself because a lot of the vendors were selling toys, which is mainly what I collect. I know some folks will probably complain about this because the vendors selling comics and novels were less in number. But what can you do, eh? This year Funko POPs and vinyl toys are all the rage. I’m more of an action figure fan. But if I had the money, I would definitely be into buying some golden or silver age graded comics for investment. Can you imagine, your very own copy of the first appearance of The Avengers? Sweet.
The programming I attended was great as well. Lots of room for seating in nice AC temp rooms. The program I attended with David Morrissey aka ‘The Governor’ of Walking Dead as the special guest was fantastic! He was very friendly and excited to be with the audience, and was very engaging in his interview. Michael Rooker aka ‘Merle’ also made a prank appearance in the middle of the interview with a huge ladder to fix a broken light! It was hilarious.
The biggest gripe I think anyone would have about Wizard World was the prices. It is pretty expensive! To get into the con depending on the day cost you $ 30 and up, for Saturday it was around $ 45. There were some Living Social deals on the web before the show, but even those were limited to Friday or Sunday. If you waited to buy tickets like I did, if you joined the Wizard World mailing list, they sent out a discount coupon code that gave users 20% off ticket purchases. I got a 3 day pass for around $ 64 after fees. That made it much friendlier on the wallet. But again prices skyrocket after that because every celebrity charges a premium for a signature or a picture. Getting a cast pic with the Walking Dead actors in attendance would have cost over $ 200! And that’s WITHOUT Norman Reedus in the pic! Of course, that’s how Wizard World makes a lot of their money from their ‘cons’. LOL, I just noticed how funny that was. But they do attract a lot of marquee names and A-​list talent for their shows across the US. As a bonus, every attendee to the con got an exclusive, limited edition ‘Walking Dead’ #1 reprint with the cover done by artist Gilbert ‘Beto’ Hernandez. VIPs got a black & white sketch version. I managed to find an extra copy in the trash (yes in the trash!), and got it signed by Beto while at the show, for free!
I’m happy a big con like Wizard World finally came to Vegas to support the local nerdy community here. I overall had a great time at the con, and didn’t feel rushed like I would at the super con of all cons, SDCC. I’m glad that Wizard World has already announced they will be back here in 2016! I’ll be there. Hopefully Norman Reedus will be too.

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Been going to cons since 1980… I’m glad Vegas is getting more of them but this one was overpriced for entrance… it was more of a toy show than comic con… which is cool but as a comic collector was hoping more vendors with books and comic related items would have shown up. Overall cool experience but price to get in needs to drop if they come back next year.

Not a bad convention, but some room for improvement. Their prices were somewhat steep for a first time con, and they really lacked for AAA guests. The vendor floor, however, was spacious and well laid out, and as a panelist I had a very good experience.
In the future, I think Wizard World needs to market more aggressively. The convention was nowhere near as crowded as one would hope, and many of the vendors I spoke with claimed they would be losing money, which doesn’t bode well for next year. Nevertheless, I hope to attend and present another panel here next year. See you in 2016, WWLV! :)

What an event!
My son is a HUGE WWE Roman Reigns fan so needless to say when I saw that Roman was appearing at Wizard World Comic Con in Las Vegas our attendance was a must!
Buying our VIP tickets online through Wizard World was easy and very informative. I received email updates as the event was approaching which kept me informed to any changes in talent, etc… The last email I received was letting me know that I should arrive early in which I did. Parking at the Las Vegas Convention Center was easy and we found a spot right up in front.
Right when you enter the LV Convention Center there were VIP Check in kiosks open and the young man who checked us in was very nice and helpful. We were given our Roman Reigns VIP passes along with a poster and our tickets for a photo op and autograph session. I purchased two photo ops with Dean Ambrose who was also in attendance for this event.
We had front row seats to the Q&A session with Reigns and Ambrose which was really fun! Both guys have quite the personalities! (side note: Reigns is way too handsome! You can’t help but stare! What a gorgeous man! Ambrose was totally adorable and his personality is hysterical. The WWE has a new fan!)
We walked around for quite a bit and checked out a lot of the vendors and the other celebs that were there. We saw quite a few actors from The Walking Dead, Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), Kevin Sorbo from Hercules, and many others.
Overall we had an amazing day at Wizard World Comic Con. Roman Reigns was a doll and was so very nice to my son. This experience made my son’s day and left him with an amazing life memory.
(My only negative was the information that wasn’t correct when I purchased the two VIP packages. I am not sure if this was on the WWE side of things or Wizard World Comic Con but with the VIP experience that I purchased we did not receive our exclusive Roman Reigns trading cards.)
We will be back next year!