With tickets now on sale for Denver Comic Con 2016, the executive brass behind the convention have decided to pull out all of the stops as guest announcement after guest announcement have begun to flow out of DCC Headquarters at an incredible rate. In fact they're coming so fast it's tough to keep up so we decided today to take a look at some of the latest announcements from our favorite convention starting with one of the big ones from yesterday...

John de Lancie
Science fiction fans of the late 1980's and early 1990's will certainly recognize John's name and face for one reason and one letter alone...Q. Yes, John was the iconic and mischievous alien Q on three Star Trek television shows a few years back, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager but in addition to making life difficult for Captain Picard and his crew John has enjoyed a rich career in television and film popping up in recent years on Torchwood: Miracle Day, Family Guy and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic since he plays Discord on the show. 

Morena Baccarin
This is another well known name to Denver Comic Con fans, since Morena played Inara on Joss Whedon's Firefly and the motion picture follow up Serenity. But in recent years Morena has popped up on plenty of other big time television shows, playing the villainous Anna on V, Jessica Brody on Homeland and fans of Gotham instantly recognize her as Doctor Leslie Thompkins. 

Andrea Libman
Though she has done some work in front of the camera, with a guest spot on The X-Files in 1994, Andrea is an incredibly talented, award winning voice actor who has enjoyed over twenty years in show business. Fans should know her best from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. 

Susan Eisenberg
Susan is another talented voice actress that will be joining us in the Mile High City next summer and another one that celebrates an extensive resume. But fans will know her best for her amazing portrayal as Wonder Woman in the awesome Justice League and Justice League: Unlimited. 

Todd Haberkorn
If Todd's face seems familiar, that's most likely because you've seen him as Commander Spock in the web series Star Trek Continues, but it's his voice that many fans will know first since Todd is a decorated Anime actor since he has voiced Natsu Dragneel in Fairy Tail, Yamato Akitsuki in Suzuka and Tsukune Aono in Rosario + Vampire.

Vic Mignogna
Vic is another voice actor who has seen plenty of work in Anime. He has lent his voice to Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist and Broly in Dragon Ball Z. He also happens to be the producer and star of Star Trek Continues and I know fans at DCC will be happy to welcome back Vic since this will be his second year attending the show.

This is also just a broad sample of the announcements coming forth from DCC and we all know there are more to come. For the complete list of current guests and to get your tickets to this incredible convention, make sure you swing by Denver Comic Con's webpage.

Ah the Holiday season is nearly upon us and if you don't believe me, well the evidence is all around us. The leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping, everyone is starting to think about what they plan on eating for Thanksgiving and the most important clue of all that the holidays are now upon us...Denver Comic Con tickets are now on sale. 

It's become tradition to see DCC tickets go on sale in the fall and with good reason. It gives everyone plenty of time to snag their tickets as early as possible and plan for the con and as always Denver Comic Con kicks off their initial ticket sales with some awesome guest announcements but we will get to that in a moment because before you swing by Denver Comic Con's website, it's important we fill you in on some of the changes for tickets this year.

I say that because as you log onto the site you'll notice that prices have gone up a bit for DCC 2016 and that may surprise you at first. Well, bear in mind that a big part of the pricing changes you see is because the City of Denver is now requiring that DCC add the FDA tax into the price before the ticket is purchased. You'll also notice the addition of the Child Badge, this badge is for all kids aged 3-11 and can be used for either a single day, two days or serve as a full three day badge as well. Otherwise, it's the same old ticket to the best convention in Denver and we recommend you pick them up as soon as possible on the website because they sell out fast and if you need any proof for this...Speed Passes are sold out and tickets went on sale yesterday. 

So now that we've covered all the important changes to this years tickets, let's talk about some awesome guests since DCC announced two of them shortly after tickets went on sale! 

John Rhys-Davies
The first guest that DCC was kind of enough to announce yesterday is a legend in my book...John Rhys-Davies. He is an actor that I was first introduced to by way of Raiders of the Lost Ark where he played Indy's pal Sallah and in later years I was a huge fan of his work on Sliders where he played Professor Maximillian Arturo. Of course fans these days recognize him as Gimli the Dwarf from the Lord of the Rings trilogy and it's a huge honor to have such a decorated actor as John coming to Denver. 

Jae Lee
Of course what would Denver Comic Con be without comic related guests and DCC has announced a big one will be in attendance next year since Jae Lee is coming to DCC 2016. Jae is an Eisner Award winning artist who has worked on The Inhumans, Batman/Superman and has had his work featured in The Dark Tower comics as well and I can't wait to meet him in person next June.  

There are sometimes my friends amaze me still, and when I continue to find out that Halloween is their favorite holiday of the year, my heart just grows a little bit bigger.  It just seems like this is a dirty little secret that people do not want others to know, but over the past couple of years, Halloween has been making itself more known, especially in the retail industry.  With that said, a great event took place this Halloween weekend that has left me beside myself.

Colorado Horror Con opened its doors on October 30th and did not leave any questions unanswered for me on what I should be doing this year.  Walking in and finding several of my favorite actors, actresses and artists on hand, well, this is my Christmas and birthday combined.  With actresses Lynn Lowry, Eileen Dietz and Camille Keaton, I was most excited to meet Debbie Rochon who had a great part in The Wrath of the Crows and when I started looking into the rest of her two hundred plus credits, I saw that I have several of her movies and had no idea.

When shooting the breeze with Debbie, I was amazed to find out what her favorite horror movie turned out to be…The Shining.  Well, there you have it and I know that I am no longer crazy when insisting that all of my friends watch this movie since it captured so many people’s hearts and imaginations over the years.  Just being able to talk with this legend made my weekend complete.  She is so grateful for her fans and will continue to try and bring her a game to the screen as long as she can.  She is also traveling around to the film festivals and showing her new movie, Model Hunger where she has stepped behind the camera for her first directing gig.  Definitely a movie to check out when it makes it to theaters next year, you will not be disappointed.

Then I had the pleasure of chatting with Zack Ward about the industry, since he is one of the few actors that my generation has seen grow up in front of our very eyes.  Being a horror fan himself, Zack has been able to land some roles in strong movies and now he is taking control of some of his future works.  Writing a couple of new films and putting on the producer hat, he is very versatile in his craft and that is what makes him one of the good ones to follow as time goes on, you never know what he will be able to amaze you with next.  

Then this happened out of the blue thanks to Jonathan Tiersten, but Andrew Divoff, that’s right I got to chat with the Djinn from Wishmaster.  This was just an honor and I knew a couple of things that he has done in the past, but we mainly just talked about how the industry has worked over the years, what he has been up to in his down time and one of my favorite subjects, actors and accents.  Andrew speaks eight different languages and how would you ever know that by just talking to him.  I wish I could go back and ask him a couple more questions just about that, but he did answer my main one about it very well.  A cool guy and I am honored that he gave me the time to just chat it up for a couple of minutes.

Then we had the artists and wow, I had no idea what the story behind Basil Gogos was before the con, but I got a little bit of the insight.  He was the artist that did all of the Famous Monster covers since the 1960’s.  Looking through his portfolio, it is amazing to see the work he had done over the years and how lifelike most of the characters and monsters he created back then actually look.  I had to pick up a Nosferatu and Vincent Price from him, these were just too good to pass up on.  Not a bad way to get a good history lesson from my friends about what I have been missing out on for several years now.

It is hard to pass up on everyone else and I got to reconnect with from a couple staff members to the usual suspects that I like to hang out with.  Robert Elrod was there and I got my education from him and besides being a very talented artist, he knows a lot more about the art game than I do and I will just have to keep my ears open when he is telling stories, and he even held a large boa constrictor, so I know he has little fear.  Kevin Gentilcore was also in attendance and we just always to find common ground for our discussions which always tend to end up on drinking for some reason.  Stan Yan was also in the house and just doing what he does best, zombifying the guests and just having a good time.  Jeff Herndon and Todd Jones were also there, just having a great time and if you ever get a chance to see how these two interact with each other, it is almost worth the price of admission, but they are both also very good in their trade, Jeff as a crazy good artist and Todd as a crazy good writer and I hope Todd is able to get his Christmas story off the ground, because it sounds epic!

I know I am missing several people and I apologize, but there was just so much cool stuff going on that made this weekend just glorious for all in attendance.  In reality, this is fun for the whole family and I am extremely happy that I made it out.  Connecting with old friends, making some new ones and finding a common interest to connect on is what a convention is supposed to do and Colorado Horror Con delivered just that.  A great time had by all.  With the people that have terrified your dreams in film to battling your fears in person with Boa’s being shown and even silicone apparel designed to look like human skin being worn, it is hard to walk away without a smile on your face.  I cannot wait to see what we have to look forward to next year!