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VIP packages and Gene Simmons packages also are available.Sparkle Stache is an outgoing cosplayer and Actress from Sacramento, CA. When: Friday, June 23, through Sunday, June 25Īdmission: $22 on Friday, $30 on Saturday, $17 on Sunday, $50 for three-day pass. With: Gene Simmons, Ralph Macchio, Lou Ferrigno, C.

What: Knoxville convention with celebrity guests, comic book guests, vendors, panels, cosplay and more As of Tuesday, some packages are still available.įor more information on these packages, visit. The packages include three-day admission to the event, a spot at Simmons' panel on Saturday, June 24, a chance to see and hold some of Simmons' bass guitars and more. To have the best chance of meeting Simmons, those interested should purchase one of the Simmons ticket packages for the event, according to Fanboy Expo's website. Simmons will appear at the Fanboy Expo on Friday, June 23, and Saturday, June 24, at the Knoxville Convention Center. That's my intent.' Seeing Simmons at Fanboy I want to talk (and ask), 'Where are you from? What are you doing?' And talk comics. 'You know, you have this kind of larger-than-life sense of these people who live on Mount Olympus, and I want to break that. I would be tongue tied, especially me, the guy with the tongue, if I had met (Paul) McCartney or (John) Lennon in real life and they treated me like a regular guy (and said,) 'Hey, how are you doing? Nice to see you.' I mean I would collapse,' he said. 'You know, when I was growing up, (in) my time, (there) was the Beatles. Simmons said he understands what it would be like to meet someone he's a big fan of, and he wants to talk comics with the people he meets at the Fanboy Expo. Simmons said seeing these characters who could fly, go back in time and shoot webbing from their fingers caused his imagination to race.

I couldn't read English at that point, and when I opened the comic book, I saw one of those three guys was flying through the air.' What the hell is that?' And then when I opened (the comic book), I couldn't read the words. I remember looking at it and going, 'These people are dressed strangely, and there's capes, and they have masks. And because I couldn't speak English very well, the kid sat me down and brought out an issue of 'World's Finest Comics,' and it had Batman, Superman and Robin on the cover, and I thought to myself, I remember I must have been 8 and a half (or) 9 years old. 'Well, I wasn't born in America, so when I first came to America and couldn't speak English, a kid down the block had a huge comic book collection,' Simmons said. 'I had never heard of comic books. Simmons first came in contact with comics after immigrating to New York City from Israel as a kid and recalled the first time they had an effect on him. That passion has continued throughout his life, and he will get to chat with local comic book fans when he attends Knoxville's Fanboy Expo on June 23 and 24 as a celebrity guest. Before he co-founded the popular and successful rock band KISS with Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons had a passion for comic books.

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