special guests
featured reunions
sci-fi fans unite at big lick comic con’s battlestar galactica reunion august 8-9 in Roanoke, VA!
Laz alonso
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Laz Alonso is an American actor best known for his role as Mother’s Milk in the massive Amazon Prime hit series The Boys.
His film credits include major blockbuster hits such as Avatar, Fast & Furious, Jarhead, and Battle: Los Angeles.
Known for his commanding screen presence and versatility, Alonso has built a career spanning action, drama, and fan-favorite genre entertainment.
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Autographs and Selfies:
Saturday & Sunday - at celebrity row in Berglund Special Events Center - aside from breaks and on stage events
Official Photo Ops:
TBA
On Stage Q&A:
TBA
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Dirk Benedict
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Dirk Benedict is an American actor best known for his roles as Lt. Templeton "The Faceman" Peck in massive hit television series The A-Team and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica movie and television series.
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Autographs and Selfies:
Saturday & Sunday - at celebrity row in Berglund Special Events Center - aside from breaks and on stage events
Official Photo Ops:
TBA
On Stage Q&A:
TBA
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laurette spang
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Laurette Spang is fan favorite known for her role as Cassiopeia in the legendary movie and television series, Battlestar Galactica!
Laurette is also beloved for roles on classic shows such as Emergency!, Adam-12, The Streets of San Francisco, The Six Million Dollar Man, Happy Days, Chase, The Secrets of Isis, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Dukes of Hazzard, BJ and the Bear, Magnum, P.I., Three's Company, Man from Atlantis, The Gemini Man and more. She took a de facto retirement from acting in 1984, though she made a brief appearance in the 2007 horror film Plot 7, which also featured her husband John McCook. Spang appeared in the Battlestar Galactica episode of Sciography documentary series on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002. In 2003, she appeared in another Battlestar Galactica documentary included as an extra feature in the DVD box set of the series released for the series' 25th anniversary.
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Autographs and Selfies:
Saturday & Sunday - at celebrity row in Berglund Special Events Center - aside from breaks and on stage events
Official Photo Ops:
TBA
On Stage Q&A:
TBA
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phil lamarr
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A Los Angeles native, Phil is an alumnus of Yale University and The Groundlings Theater and is perhaps best known as one of the original cast members of MAD TV, the voice of SAMURAI JACK, “Hermes” on FUTURAMA, “Static” on STATIC SHOCK, “Green Lantern” on JUSTICE LEAGUE and as "Marvin" in PULP FICTION.
For over 30 years, Phil has thrilled audiences with his work on camera and behind the mic on TV shows such as FAMILY GUY, YOUNG JUSTICE, STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, STAR TREK:LOWER DECKS, THE FLASH, SUPERGIRL, GET SHORTY, LUCIFER, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and VEEP; feature films like MADAGASCAR 2, INCREDIBLES 2, and THE LION KING (2019) and video games including JAK & DAXTER, FORTNITE, SHADOW OF MORDOR, and the METAL GEAR SOLID, INJUSTICE and MORTAL KOMBAT series. In recent time there are new episodes of FUTURAMA on Hulu and an Audible’s series MORIARTY with Phil performing the role of “Sherlock Holmes”.
His stage work includes productions with The Actor’s Gang, South Coast Repertory, Sacred Fools Theatre, and Phil also portrayed “Cowboy Curtis” in "The Pee-wee Herman Show" both on at The Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Broadway and in the Emmy-nominated HBO special. Currently, Phil is performing monthly onstage with "THE BLACK VERSION" (theblackversion.com), performing onscreen in the film PARADISE RECORDS by the rapper LOGIC and indie films SWOLE MATE & BUZZ.
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Autographs and Selfies:
Saturday & Sunday - at celebrity row in Berglund Special Events Center - aside from breaks and on stage events
Official Photo Ops:
TBA
On Stage Q&A:
TBA
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comic creators
charles vess
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Charles Vess is a world-renowned illustrator of mythic fiction. Born in Virginia, he began his career working on Marvel’s Spider-Man and other comics in 1974. Then he branched out into graphic novels and illustrated books, working at publishing houses such as Tor, Harper, Abrams, and Subterranean Press while living in New York City.
Some favorite collaborations include Ursula K. LeGuin’s The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition (Saga), as well as Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Folio Society), Joanne M. Harris’s Honeycomb, and Charles de Lint’s The Cats of Tanglewood Forest and Seven Wild Sisters. Over the years, he has also worked extensively with British writer Neil Gaiman (Sandman), including their novel Stardust, which was made into a major film.
Vess’ artwork has also been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. He has won two Hugo, four World Fantasy, three Chesley, six Locus, one Mythopoeic, and two Will Eisner Awards for Best Artist over the years.
He lives on the North Fork River in southwestern Virginia where he works diligently from his studio, Green Man Press.
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Tim will arrive at 1pm Saturday then he will be on site for both days of Big Lick Comic Con in Artist Alley.
darryl banks
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Darryl Banks is an acclaimed comic book artist best known for his influential run on Green Lantern at DC Comics, where he co-created fan-favorite hero Kyle Rayner and helped shape the modern Green Lantern universe. He began his career with Cyberpunk and The Justice Machine before going on to illustrate major titles including Legion of Super-Heroes. Banks has also shared his expertise as an instructor in illustration and comic book design at the Columbus College of Art and Design.
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Tim will arrive at 1pm Saturday then he will be on site for both days of Big Lick Comic Con in Artist Alley.