Denver Comic Con 2016 - The First Wave of Announcements

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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! 

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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. 

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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.  

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