Billy Dee Williams Coming to RI Comic Con 2016
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Rhode Island Comic Con has announced that Billy Dee Williams, known for his role as Lando Calrissian in the original Star Wars Trilogy, will be attending this year's Con.
Williams first appeared as Lando in "The Empire Strikes Back," before reprising his role in "The Return of the Jedi," where he helped lead the attack that destroyed the Death Star.
Williams also played Harvey Dent (Two-Face) in Tim Burton's 1989 movie "Batman" but was not brought back for the sequel "Batman Returns."
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Comic Con Continues to Load up
With the addition of Williams, Rhode Island Comic Con 2016 is continuing to load up.
In April, Comic Con announced that comic book legend Stan Lee would be coming and in February that Gotham's Robin Lord Taylor is coming. Comic Con announced that Jason David Frank, the original Green Ranger from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will be attending.
Prior to that, Comic Con announced that Kevin Eastman, the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is attending.
There are still more announcements to come.
RI Comic Con 2016
Rhode Island comic Con 2016 will take place from November 11th to the 13th at the Rhode Island Convention and Dunkin' Donuts Center.
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Huge Success in 2015
Comic Con 2015 was a huge success, drawing close to 60,000 people, including vendors and artists, to the event
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