By Brian “The Beret” Young

Friday afternoon May 17th, 2019, I stepped through the doors at Nickel City Comic-Con in Buffalo, New York. I had no idea what I was in for. I entered and approached the table where the media was to get their access passes. I said, “Brian Young with RingSideReport.com” and was given a look like, “um you sure you’re at the right place?” The Man of Steel looked through the list (yes, he was in Superman costume) and said, “Oh, you are listed here”. I got my press lanyard and entered into another world. There were two floors of comic-con joy to be found in the Buffalo Convention Center.

Tables upon tables of vendors selling everything from t-shirts, to posters, to Funko pops and anything else you can imagine lined both floors. 1st floor was primarily set up for horror film fans. Not only were there vendors, but also a list of Horror Film celebrities for meet and greets, autograph and photo ops (which cost extra of course), and fan interaction. It was an impressive list for horror fans; David Naughton from American Werewolf in London; Tony Moran, the original Michael Meyers in Halloween; Jason Voorhees himself from Friday the 13th VI Mr. C.J. Graham; Alex Vincent from the Childs Play films (along with the actual Chucky doll…which my brother refused to go near!) to name a few. What amazed me was how personable everyone was with the fans.