YEE HA!!! Please give a great big ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo welcome to actress Catherine Bach! We all know for her iconic role of Daisy Duke on the long running TV series “The Dukes of Hazard” She is also well known for her role as Margo Dutton in the television series “African Skies” and has starred in feature films such as “Cannonball Run II” and “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” with Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. She had a long running role on “The Young and the Restless” as well as many memorable guest appearances on beloved TV shows such as “The Love Boat” , “Monk” and “Hawaii Five O. We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Catherine Bach to our Year 8.0 event as a celebrity guest of honor!

We have a Hulk! Please give a BIG ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo welcome to the absolutely legendary Lou Ferrigno to our Year 8.0 event. That’s right true believers, the star of The Incredible Hulk is headed back to the mighty ICT! Although Mr. Ferrigno might be best known for his role as the Hulk he has starred in numerous feature films such as Hercules, Pumping Iron and The Seven Magnificent Gladiators. He also had numerous roles on TV such as the series The King of Queens, The Fall Guy, Matt Houston, Night court and many. many more. He is also a world famous bodybuilder having won the IFBB Mr. Universe title 2 consecutive years in a row (1973 and 1974 respectively). Mr. Ferrigno loves the fans in Wichita We are absolutely thrilled to have him join us as one of our featured celebrity guests of honor at the ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo Year 8.0 event!

MR. LOU FERRIGNO WILL BE APPEARING BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY August 31st and September 1st, 2024 for our Year 8.0 event!

YO JOE! You asked for the best and you got the best – Sgt. Slaughter is coming to the ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo as a celebrity guest of honor for our Year 8.0 event! Sgt. Slaughter (Bob Remus), is an American voice actor and retired professional wrestler. Sgt. Slaughter is arguably one of the most iconic characters in professional wrestling history. Whether he portrayed the villain drill instructor or the American Hero, Sgt. Slaughter was always at the top of the card. Sgt. Slaughter’s popularity within sports entertainment helped him to become one of the most recognizable faces and voices in the world as he became the first living GI Joe. Sgt. Slaughter, who also competed in the NWA and AWA, was a WWF World Heavyweight Champion, whose career was highlighted by brutal battles with Pat Patterson, the Iron Sheik, and Hulk Hogan. Slaughter remains involved in the sport as an ambassador for WWE and he is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame. We are absolutely thrilled to have Sgt. Slaughter onboard for our Year 8.0 event!

Hail to the Queen! Please give a big ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo welcome to legendary actress Sybil Danning! Ms. Danning reigns supreme as one of the most dynamic, sexiest and commanding actresses to achieve cult B-movie queen status. She is probably best known for her roles as the wicked werewolf queen Stirba in “Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf” (opposite Sir Christopher Lee) and as the fierce Valkyrie warrior Saint-Exmin in the science-fiction cult classic “Battle Beyond the Stars”. Other notable roles include Princess Ariadne in “Hercules”, an alien queen in sci-fi thriller “The Phanton Empire”, a cunning femme fatale professor in “They’re Playing with Fire”, the Queen of the Moon in the hilarious “Amazon Women on the Moon”, Erika in “Chained Heat”, a formidable swordswoman in “7 Magnificent Gladiators”, the strict Warden Sutter in “Reform School Girls” and a rugged lady bounty hunter in “L.A. Bounty” . She has also done guest spots on beloved TV shows such as Vega$, Simon and Simon, V, Masquerade, The Fall Guy, Street Hawk and Superboy. She was a cover girl (plus pictorial) for the August 1983 for “Playboy” magazine. Outside of acting, Danning has also worked on several movies as a producer and wrote the story and co-wrote the script “L.A. Bounty” From L.A. Bounty Ms. Danning owns her character RUGER™ and developed a franchise. Comic book fans should note Dannng’s RUGER™ comic # 1 will be available at the show and #2-3 and a graphic novel is in development. We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Sybil Danning as a celebrity guest of honor at our ICT Comic Con and Science fiction Expo Year 8.0 event!

Enter the Warlord! Please give a big ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction welcome to legendary comic book writer and artist Mike Grell! While he has worked on most every major character for both Marvel and DC, he is perhaps best known for his original series THE WARLORD featuring Air Force pilot Travis Morgan who crash lands into the “hidden world” of Skartaris. He is equally well known for his groundbreaking reboot of Green Arrow, THE LONGBOW HUNTERS. Mr. Grell’s work on Green Arrow was the basis for many elements in the CW’s ARROW series – in which Mr. Grell also had a cameo in the pilot episode. Mr. Grell’s JON SABLE: FREELANCE series debuted in 1983 and the character has appeared regularly in comic books and novels since then, including a deluxe hardcover omnibus edition released in 2023. The series has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. In 1987, ABC aired one season of a SABLE television show, which co-starred Rene Russo in her acting debut. He has also worked on the TARZAN weekly comic strip, STARSLAYER, LEGION OF SUPERHEROES, JAMES BOND (comic adaptation) as well as countless other beloved characters and titles in the comic universe. We are absolutely thrilled to welcome MIKE GRELL as our ARTIST GUEST OF HONOR for our Year 8.0 event!

ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo is pleased to welcome Rick Stasi as a featured guest for our Year 8.0 event! As well as being a super guy, Mr. Stasi is an accomplished comic book artist with credits at DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Charlton Comics, NOW Comics (Twilight Zone), Eclipse, Disney, Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes & Tiny Toons for Steven Spielberg) and LucasFilms/STAR WARS. Rick also contributes to Wonder Woman Day, an annual charity event that supports shelters for abused women and children.

Rick has taught comics, sequential art and storyboarding courses for more that twenty years, as an instructor with the Shawnee Mission School District, The Westport School of Art and The Kansas City Art Institute. He currently gives individual instruction and career counseling.

A true renaissance man, Rick Stasi is also an accomplished author and performer. His first non-comics related publishing venture, a book of original poetry and musings titled Funny You Should Ask! is in its second printing. Rick also produced a 2-CD audio collection of original poetry, musings and music Talking To Myself (To You!) and performs An Evening With Rick Stasi, one-man shows in live venues, for local charities. Currently, he is working on an animated version of this work. He is also a voice talent.

Rick has recently launched his own YouTube channel, Ninth Street Theatre Presents, Playhouse of the Mind featuring his spoken word performances and graphic design.

Most of all Mr. Rick Stasi has been a Wichita fan favorite since the 1980’s and we are thrilled to have him back with us here in the mighty ICT! Shazam!

MR. RICK STASI WILL BE APPEARING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY August 31st and September 1st, 2024 for our Year 8.0 event!

Please give a big ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo welcome to author Susanne Lambdin! We are pleased to have her as a featured guest at our ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo Year 8.0 event!

Susanne L. Lambdin is the author of the Dead Hearts series of novels, The Realm of Magic trilogy, The Acropolis 3000 series and many others. She has been on Watermarks Book Best Seller list twice. A “trekkie” at heart, she received a screen credit for writing a portion of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 4, Episode 76, titled Family. Remember when Wesley Crusher met his father on the holodeck when he turned 18? That’s her mark on Star Trek history. She is passionate about science fiction, horror, fantasy and supernatural and continues to add to her impressive library of works.

Susanne is known for writing strong female characters to inspire a younger generation. “A female can do anything if she puts her mind to it.” – S. Lambdin. Her fondness for the thrills and chills of the undead and supernatural creatures, like werewolves, can be found in her many published novels.

To contact Susanne and to learn more about her current and upcoming projects, visit www.SusanneLambdin.com.

We are pleased to announce our Cosplay Coordinator and Emcee Ash of BadAsh Cosplay (FB: BadAsh Cosplay, IG: @badashcos) for our Year 8.0 Cosplay Contest!

Cosplayers Assemble! ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo is proud to present our stellar Cosplay Contest for our Year 8.0 event! All Cosplay Contest entries are open to any costume or character from comics, games, anime, science fiction, video games, movies or horror genres. Best in Advanced, Beginners, and Junior’s categories. We are adding an “Ode to the 80’s” inspired prize this year in honor of our celebrity guests Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke), Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk, Hercules), Sybil Danning (Queen Stirba, St. Exmin, Ruger(tm), Queen Ariadne), Sgt. Slaughter (WWE, GI JOE). This award category is open to any interpretation of any of these actors/actresses character or any character from their movies or any of their TV series. Our Cosplay Contest will take place at 4pm on Saturday August 31st at the ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo Year 8.0 event. So dust off your best costume or wow us with your newest creation, join us for our official Year 8.0 Cosplay Contest at the mighty ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo!
For more information and official rules please visit us at the Cosplay Contest page

Leif Jonker, producer/director of the Wichita lensed cult vampire splatter flick DARKNESS, is happy to be attending the ICT Comic Con to celebrate the 10 Year Anniversary of WICHITA BIG SCREEN, an initiative dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the theatrical movie experience throughout Wichita and surrounding areas!

In 2011 Jonker started presenting a series of October movie screenings including month-long horror movie festivals and special shows at the Warren Oldtown, the Augusta Theatre, the StarLite Drive-In and the Orpheum Theatre. Then in 2014 he launched WICHITA BIG SCREEN to expand the scope of the special screenings to include films like William Friedkin’s SORCERER, THE WARRIORS, GOJIRA, 2001, BLADE RUNNER: THE FINALCUT and so many others. All in all over the last decade WBS has helped bring over 250 special screenings to ICT area movie theatres! Three year ago (strangely enough – it’s a long story) Leif’s festival work landed him in the position to act as distributor of the original zombie classic, George A. Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) allowing him to bring both the 2-D and 3-D editions of the ultimate horror masterpiece back to over 500 theatres across the U.S. and Canada!

He was extremely honored to be provided the unexpected opportunity which he didn’t see as a job as much as a higher calling, a public service to his horror loving brothers and sisters!

Last but far from least, Leif is excited to announce that the original motion-picture soundtrack to DARKNESS just enjoyed a deluxe 2-Disc vinyl record release and he is currently finally finishing work on the (forever in development) restored BluRay release of DARKNESS: THE FINAL CUT. He will have copies of the DARKNESS soundtrack on hand, rare 27×40″ theatrical DAWN OF THE DEAD posters, rare DARKNESS promotional t-shirts and free DARKNESS posters at his table! Swing by and say “Hi!”

We have a dragon! Ragnar is a 10 ft. tall fully animatronic dragon and he is coming to our ICT Comic Con and Science Fiction Expo Year 8.0 event! Hear his fearsome roar as his head, neck, tail and wings move as our majestic dragon comes to life. Our prop shop and robotics team have worked hard to create this magical creature to thrill young and old alike. “But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.” – Ursula K, Le Guin. Come and meet our mighty dragon at the ICT Comic Con Science Fiction Expo Year 8.0 event!