Wales Comic Con
The Wales Comic Con is a fan convention that is held in the UK twice a year at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham, North Wales. It is run by events management company - Mercury Promotions (UK). Fans are also known to attend the event dressed for cosplay where they can take part in a bi-annual competition. Comic artists from around the world can also be found drawing images for fans in the hall during the day.
Media & guests
The event itself contains various guests from various types of media, spending time to meet the fans and the public throughout the day as well as taking part in talk sessions and photoshoots. There are guests that are now considered Wales Comic Con family and have returned to the event on many occasions. The event hosts a variety of stalls with traders selling various merchandise and memorabilia.
Film and television
- Mark Addy
- Jimmy Akingbola
- Josef Altin
- Paul Amos
- David Anders
- Chloë Annett
- Gethin Anthony
- Victoria Atkin
- Hayley Atwell
- Greg Austin
- Colin Baker
- Kenny Baker
- Chris Barrie
- John Bell
- Dirk Benedict
- Manu Bennett
- Xander Berkeley
- Carlos Bernard
- Michael Biehn
- John Billingsley
- Billy Boyd
- Shelley Blond
- Louise Brealey
- Alexandra Breckenridge
- Nicholas Brendon
- David Bradley
- Richard Brake
- Suanne Braun
- Jed Brophy
- Sadwyn Brophy
- Adam Brown
- Jeremy Bulloch
- Luciana Carro
- Dominic Carter
- Emma Caulfield
- John Challis
- Dean-Charles Chapman
- Craig Charles
- Nicki Clyne
- James Cosmo
- Michael Cudlitz
- Colin Cunningham
- Gareth David-Lloyd
- Warwick Davis
- Jack Donnelly
- Fady Elsayed
- Gideon Emery
- Robert Emms
- Craig Fairbrass
- Lou Ferrigno
- Jerome Flynn
- Brian Fortune
- Bonita Friedericy
- Will Friedle
- Zach Galligan
- Dolya Gavanski
- Nick Gillard stunts co-ordinator
- Julian Glover
- Malcolm Goodwin
- Greg Grunberg
- Ian Hanmore
- Aiysha Hart
- Hattie Hayridge
- Anthony Head
- Josh Herdman
- Virginia Hey
- Torri Higginson
- Frazer Hines
- Sue Holderness
- Chloé Hollings
- Bruce Hopkins
- Tom Hopper
- Ke Huy Quan
- Ryan Hurst
- Kerry Ingram
- Danny John-Jules
- Amy Jo Johnson
- Finn Jones
- Sam J. Jones
- Ellie Kendrick
- Richard LeParmentier
- Mark Lester
- Robert Llewellyn
- Ben Loyd Holmes
- Norman Lovett
- Angus MacInnes
- Allison Mack
- Eoin Macken
- Sarah Louise Madison
- Sean Maher
- Tyler Mane
- Amy Manson
- Ross Marquand
- Neil Marshall
- James Marsters
- Al Matthews
- David Mazouz
- Eddie McClintock
- Sylvester McCoy
- Ian McElhinney
- Fintan McKeown
- Brandon Jay McLaren
- Jesse McClure
- Kevin McNally
- Graham McTavish
- Eric Millegan
- Jason Momoa
- Naoko Mori
- John Morton
- Mr Motivator
- Brian Muir
- Caroline Munro
- Eve Myles
- Kristian Nairn
- Corin Nemec
- Thomas Ian Nicholas
- John Noble
- Steven Ogg
- Denis O'Hare
- Kai Owen
- Craig Parker
- Tahmoh Penikett
- Sean Pertwee
- Robert Picardo
- Mitch Pileggi
- Tom Price
- David Prowse
- Mike Quinn
- Chris Rankin
- John Rhys-Davies
- Erin Richards
- Aimee Richardson
- Shane Richie
- Tim Rose
- Alan Ruscoe
- Matt Ryan
- Tolga Safer
- Chris Sabat
- Emmett J. Scanlan
- Andrew Scott
- Andy Secombe
- Carolyn Seymour
- Kiran Shah
- Mark Sheppard
- Marc Silk
- Eugène Simon
- Chaske Spencer
- Rainbow Sun Francks
- Kristine Sutherland
- Hannah Spearritt
- Ken Stott
- Jim Tavaré
- Tamara Taylor
- Veronica Taylor
- TJ Thyne
- Royd Tolkien
- Trevor and Simon
- Laura Vandervoort
- Alexander Vlahos
- Travis Aaron Wade
- Billy West
- Gemma Whelan
- Ian Whyte
- Spencer Wilding
- Scott Wilson
- Tom Wlaschiha
- Stanislav Yanevski
- Miltos Yerolemou
- Rupert Young
- Billy Zane
Comics
- Jonathan Ross
- Charlie Adlard
- Neil Edwards
- Simon Furman
- Andrew Wildman
- Paul Shipper
- Lee Townsend
- Henry Davies
- Liam Shalloo
- Stephen Baskerville
- David J. Howe
- John Chapman
- Neil Roberts
- James Moran
- Staz Johnson
- Hal Laren
- Sam Stone
- Jason Cardy
- John-Paul Bove
- Kat Nicholson
- Kris Carter
- Mike Collins
- Al Davison
- Lee Bradley
- Gareth Wiles
- Raven Dane
- Anastasia Catris
- Samsun Lobe
Wrestling
- Chris Jericho
- Ric Flair
- Sting
- Mick Foley
- Booker T
- Lita
- Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
- Rob Van Dam
- Road Warrior Animal
- Billy Gunn
- Scott Hall
- Eric Bischoff
- Jeff Jarrett
- Karen Jarrett
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan
- Honky-Tonk Man
- Sean Waltman AKA X-Pac
- Rikishi
- Tatanka
- Dustin Rhodes AKA Goldust
- Ted DiBiase Million Dollar Man
- Tommy Dreamer
- Lance Storm
- Douglas Williams
- Nigel McGuinness
- Chris Masters
- Mason Ryan
- Adam Rose
- Maria Kanellis
- Vader
- Brodus Clay
- Huw Coolio (Wrestling Star to be)
Sports
Gaming industry
Event exclusives
In 2012 (in association with Dave TV) the event played an exclusive clip for fans that would preview the long-awaited return of Red Dwarf. This clip was a world exclusive for fans taking part in the Red Dwarf Q&A panel.
During the April 2014 event gaming fans had the opportunity to win a Dead Island exclusive in-game code only available that day.
Avengers Assemble the smash hit Marvel Studios super hero movie was promoted with an exclusive art print from British artist Paul Shipper in 2015.
Aftershow party
The event often finishes with an aftershow party in a local venue where they have had the likes of Funeral for a Friend, Four Star Mary, Blue Gillespie, Straight Jacket Legends and the Thomas Ian Nicholas Band playing live music for the public as well as standup comedy from Tom Price and Adrian Poynton. In 2013 Billy Boyd and his band Beecake performed live at Central Station in Wrexham, the band returned to perform in the Spring of 2016 with a gig at Wrexham FC stadium.