While some folks get really pumped about the big fall events like ArtPrize and Thanksgiving. For me, it is that chance to attend and see what the Grand Rapids Comic-Con has in store.
With every passing year, this annual event just getting bigger and better with each year as our local comic showcase takes over DeVos Place (and most of downtown surrounding the convention center) as kids of all ages en masse flock often in costume to attend this fabulous three-day convention in the heart of the city.
Among the highlights this weekend filled with authors, actors, and artists include animation voice performers like Mike McFarland of “Dragon Ball Z”, a plethora of bestselling young adult authors, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Gates McFadden, a car show, Kevin “Hercules” Sorbo, and Star Wars’ Mr. Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams)! Even the guy who played Toho Godzilla and “My Little Pony’s” Thom Zahler is here this year.
If you decide to attend, you are certain to see plenty of cosplay members roaming the halls and streets of the city that you might just think you woke up in Gotham and not Grand Rapids.
This is one of the best events in the city and with good reason since it attracts so many diverse individuals who all gather to help celebrate the art of storytelling.
For a complete and exhaustive look at what is on deck this year, please visit Grand Rapids Comic-Con to see the full 2017
schedule.