NorthEast ComicCon & Collectibles Extravaganza

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NorthEast ComicCon & Collectibles Extravaganza, a Pop Culture Expo
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StatusActive
GenreFan convention
Comic book convention
VenueAleppo Shriners Auditorium
Hanover Mall
Boxborough Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Location(s)Massachusetts
Florida
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated1989
Organized byGary Sohmers
MOPCEC LLC
Websitehttp://www.necomiccons.com
https://collectiblesextravaganza.com

The Northeast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganzas are a series of triannual fan conventions in Massachusetts, United States. They were founded in 2014 by Gary Sohmers as an event for giving the next generation a chance to discover creative arts careers.[1] Creative arts professionals who regularly attend the events include comic book artists/writers, puppeteers, mask makers, actors, voice actors and cartoonists.[2]

History[]

The first Pop Culture Expo made its debut at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, Massachusetts on May 24–25, 2014.[3] Prior to the second event, the name changed to NorthEast ComicCon & Collectibles Extravaganza,[4] but continued to be held at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium until its relocation to Hanover, Massachusetts in March 2017.

Celebrity guests at the 2014 conventions included Pete Best, Billy West, Mark Goddard, Ernie Hudson, Marky Ramone, Nicholas Brendon, Butch Patrick, Bill Diamond, and Naomi Grossman.[5][6][7] The guest of honor at the spring 2015 show was Adam West.[8] A Christmas Story cast reunion featuring child actors Zack Ward, Scott Schwartz, Ian Petrella, and Yano Anaya were featured at the winter 2015 show, along with special musical guest Andrew W.K..[9] James Tolkan, Micky Dolenz, Barry Bostwick, Dean Cain, and Sean Gunn were featured guests at the 2016 shows.[10]

In March 2017, the show moved into a defunct J. C. Penney store in the Hanover Mall in Hanover, Massachusetts which had been empty for two years before being turned into the Hanover Mall Event Center,[11][12] and was renamed Boston SouthCoast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganza. Adam West and Burt Ward from the 1960s Batman (TV series) were guests of honor at the March 2017 show, which turned out to be West’s last public appearance before he died in June 2017.[13][14][15] An estimated 10,000 people attended the show.[10] In July 2017, the show featured a cast reunion for Nickelodeon's The Adventures of Pete & Pete with actors Mike Maronna and Danny Tamberelli.[16] The December 2017 event attracted controversy online after Sohmers made the decision to retain the services of a photographer who was discovered to be a registered sex offender. Sohmers eventually relented and fired the photographer.[17] A "Boston AnimeFest" event, also started by Sohmers that ran concurrent to the December 2017 show led to a trademark infringement case in federal court. The New England Anime Society, parent org of Anime Boston, accused Sohmers of using a similar name to associate his smaller event with NEAS' larger one.[18][19][20][21][22][23] On December 7, 2017, United States District Judge Leo Sorokin ruled in favor of NEAS and ordered Sohmers and his convention to drop the AnimeFest name from the event.[24]

In 2018, the show moved from Hanover to Boxborough, Massachusetts, where it currently resides under the name of Northeast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganza. Featured guests throughout the 2018-2019 shows have included, Gilbert Gottfried, Ann Robinson, and Gigi Edgley.[25]


Location and dates[]

Event Name Date Location Notable Guests
Northeast Collectibles Extravaganza - Part II April 1-2, 1989 Northeast Trade Center
Woburn, MA
Northeast Collectibles Extravaganza December 2-3, 1989 Bayside Expo Center
Boston, MA
Northeast Collectibles Extravaganza - Spring Edition April 1, 1990 Northeast Trade Center
Woburn, MA
December 7-8, 1991 Bayside Expo Center
Boston, MA		 Pete Best.
Northeast Collectibles Extravaganza December 4-5, 1993 Bayside Expo Center
Boston, MA		 Buffalo Bob Smith and Lash LaRue.
Collectibles Extravaganza March 4-5, 1995 Northeast Trade Center
Woburn, MA
Disneyana & Classic Toys Show & Sale September 29, 1996 Holiday Inn Resort
Orlando, FL
Collectibles Extravaganza October 12-14, 1996 Valley Expo Center
Methuen, MA
Collectibles Extravaganza November 23-24, 1996 Bayside Expo Center
Boston, MA		 "Dukes of Hazzard" cast reunion featuring Tom Wopat and Sonny Shroyer.
Collectibles Extravaganza December 14-15, 1996 Valley Expo Center
Methuen, MA
Collectibles Extravaganza January 25-26, 1997 Holiday Inn Resort
Orlando, FL		 Mandy Leigh and Joe Jasgur.
Pop Culture Expo May 24–25, 2014 Aleppo Shriners Auditorium
Wilmington, MA		 Pete Best, Ernie Hudson, Kristian Nairn, Esme Bianco, Sam Huntington, Alaina Huffman, Rachel Robinson, Tom Wayland, Billy West, Christopher Bevins, John Ratzenberger, Bill Plympton, Rae Dawn Chong, Jon Provost, Mark Goddard, and Parker Stevenson.
Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza December 6–7, 2014 Aleppo Shriners Auditorium
Wilmington, MA		 Marky Ramone, Nicholas Brendon, MacKenzie Lintz, Billy West, Mike Zohn, Christopher Judge, Naomi Grossman, Butch Patrick, Paris Themmen, Tom Wayland, Mike Pollock, Leah Cevoli, Gary K. Wolf, and Charles Fleischer.
Summer Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza June 20-21, 2015 Aleppo Shriner's Auditorium
Wilmington, MA		 Adam West, Kevin Sorbo, Jim Steranko, Gigi Edgley, Vivek Tiwary, Jeff Kline, Philo Barnhart, Noel MacNeal, and Bill Diamond.
Winter Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza December 5–6, 2015 Aleppo Shriners Auditorium
Wilmington, MA		 Claudia Wells, John Wesley Shipp, Arthur Suydam, George Perez, Scott Schwartz, Iam Petrella, Zack Ward, Yano Anaya, Andrew W.K., Marta Kristen, Mark Goddard, Catherine Sutherland, Nakia Burrise, Philo Barnhart, Bill Diamond, Noel MacNeal, Alex Simmons, Joe St. Pierre, Joe Caramagna, Jack Purcell, Rusty Gilligan, and Ken Reid.
Summer Northeast Comic Con and Collectibles Extravaganza June 18–19, 2016 Aleppo Shriner's Auditorium
Wilmington, MA		 Micky Dolenz, Chase Masterson, Barry Bostwick, Kathy Garver, James Tolkan, Jon Walmsley, Rob Bruce, Reb Brown, Jeff Kline, Noel MacNeal, Bill Diamond, Cal Schenkel, Philo Barnhart, Alex Simmons, Joe St. Pierre, Steve Lavigne, Eric Bornstein, and Lawrence Elig.
December 3–4, 2016 Aleppo Shriner's Auditorium
Wilmington, MA
March 4–5, 2017 Hanover Mall
Hanover, MA
July 22–23, 2017 Hanover Mall
Hanover, MA
December 9–10, 2017 Hanover Mall
Hanover, MA
March 3–4, 2018 Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Boxborough, MA
July 6–8, 2018 Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Boxborough, MA
November 23–25, 2018 Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Boxborough, MA
March 15–17, 2019 Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Boxborough, MA
July 5–7, 2019 Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Boxborough, MA
November 29–December 1, 2019 Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Boxborough, MA
NorthEast ComicCon & Collectibles Extravaganza July 2–4, 2021 Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Boxborough, MA		 Billy West, Alicyn Packard, Vincent Martella, Nicolas Brendon, Amazing Kreskin, Philo Barnhart, and Jim Shooter.
NorthEast ComicCon & Collectibles Extravaganza November 26–28, 2021 Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Boxborough, MA		 Kaylee Hottle,

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