This is what it is all about... people having fun whether young or old.
Gathered from the wonderful worlds of science-fiction, pulp TV/movies, toys, console gaming, trading cards, animation/cartoons, fantasy, comic books, entertainment technology, books, music, sport, internet sites and fan-clubs, Supanova Pop Culture Expo is where the adoring public comes face to face with the creative talent that inspire their imaginary worlds under one big roof.
It's where burgeoning talent can also display their work and where industry comes to get new ideas and network within the community.
Celebrity guests, tournaments, special events, exclusive screenings, interactive competitions, product launches, collectables, nostalgia and more drawn from the international elite of popular licenses and intellectual properties combined with the very best of Australia.
So whether you’re seven or seventy, whether it's business or pleasure, Supanova is the place to be!
Supanova... It's a
blast!!!
From most recent to oldest here's a list of our events...
Supanova 2008 - Sydney
June 20th (Preview Night), 21st & 22nd
The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park
Supanova 2008 - Perth (1st event in Perth!)
June 27th (Preview Night), 28th & 29th
Claremont Showgrounds, Perth
Featured in Sydney & Perth:
Jewel Staite (Serenity, Stargate Atlantis)
Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek, Heroes)
Kandyse McClure (Battlestar Galactica)
Howard Chaykin (Wolverine, American Flagg)
Joe Jusko (Vampirella)
Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night, Dead Space)
David Yardin (Storm, Black Panther)
Sean Schemmel (DragonBall Z)
Quinton Flynn (Bleach, Naruto)
Jeff Nimoy (Naruto, Digimon)
Jennifer Fallon (Palace of Impossible Dreams)
Marianne de Pierres (Dark Space)
Sydney only...
Jared Padelecki (Supernatural)
Guillermo del Toro live from LA (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)
Selma Blair live from London (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)
Outlaw (Gladiators)
Tank (Gladiators)
Anthony Phelan (Star Wars: Episode II)
Matt Doran (Star Wars: Episode II)
Ronald Falk (Star Wars: Episode II)
Nalini Krishan (Star Wars: Episode II)
Jason Chatfield (Ginger Meggs)
Nicola Scott (Birds of Prey)
Stewart McKenny (DC Superfriends)
Wayne Nichols (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)
Jon Sommariva (Gemini, Go Boy 7)
Sonny Whitelaw (Stargate SG-1: Roswell)
Perth only...
Hunter (Gladiators)
Bionica (Gladiators)
Gary Chaloner (John Law, Detective)
And...
Supanova VIP Party, Sydney, June 21st
Supanova VIP Party, Perth, June 28th
Supanova 2008
- Brisbane
April 4th (Preview Night), 5th and 6th
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Supanova 2008 - Melbourne (1st event in Melbourne!)
March 28th (Preview Night), 29th & 30th
Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Featured in Melbourne & Brisbane:
James Kyson Lee (Heroes)
Jewel Staite (Serenity & Stargate Atlantis)
Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk)
Michael Winslow (Police Academy)
Teryl Rothery (Stargate SG-1)
David Harris (The Warriors)
Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies)
Greg Horn (Emma Frost, Ms Marvel)
C.B. Cebulski (Marvel Comics)
Stewart McKenny (DC Superfriends)
Spike Spencer (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Colleen Clinkenbeard (One Piece)
Monica Rial (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles)
Jennifer Fallon (Palace of Impossible Dreams)
Marianne de Pierres (Dark Space)
Melbourne only...
John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings)
Colin Wilson (Star Wars: Rebellion - Small Victories)
Dillon Naylor (Batrisha)
Madeleine Rosca (Hollow Fields)
Junichi Nakatsuru (Soul Caliber III)
Brisbane only...
Nalini Krishan (Attack of the Clones)
Wayne Nichols (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)
Michal Dutkiewicz (The Last Realm)
Pat McNamara (The Last Realm)
Jon Sommariva (Gemini, Go Boy 7)
Sonny Whitelaw (Stargate SG-1: Roswell)
Rowena Cory Daniells (The Evil Overlord)
Steve Stamtiadis (Ty the Tasmanian Tiger)
And...
Supanova VIP Party, Melbourne, March 29th
Supanova VIP Party, Brisbane, April 5th
Supanova 2007 - Sydney
October 12th (Preview Night), 13th & 14th
The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park
Featuring:
Gabriel: Cast & Crew
Greg McLean (Rogue, Wolf
Creek)
Nicholas Brendan (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer)
Sam J. Jones (Flash Gordon)
Nicki Clyne (Battlestar Galactica)
Fat Momma (Who Wants to be a Super-Hero?)
Bruce Spence (Revenge of the Sith, Mad Max)
Lani Tupu (Farscape)
Clayton Watson (Matrix Reloaded)
Nalini Krishnan (Attack of the Clones)
Stan Lee Live from LA (Spider-Man, Fantastic Four)
Marv Wolfman (Nightwing,
New Teen Titans)
Brandon Peterson (Ultimate Vision, Strange)
Whilce Portacio (Wetworks, Batman Confidential)
David Yardin (Black Panther, Storm)
Stewart McKenny (Star Wars: Clone War Adventures)
Nate Butler (Muppets, Mighty Mouse)
Queenie Chan (The Dreaming)
Madeleine Rosca (Hollow Fields)
Michael Sinterniklaas
(TMNT)
Liam O’Brien (Naruto)
Richard Epcar (Ghost in the Shell – Stand Alone Complex)
Ellyn Stern (Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence)
Jennifer Fallon (The Immortal Prince)
Sonny Whitelaw (The Rhesus
Factor)
Marianne de Pierres (Code
Noir)
Kerrie Dougherty (Star Wars: Complete Locations)
Supanova 2007
- Brisbane
April 13th (Preview Night), 14th and 15th
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Featuring:
Karl Urban (Lord of the Rings)
Billy Dee Williams (The Empire Strikes Back)
Ron Glass (Serenity)
Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica)
Clayton Watson (Matrix Reloaded)
Dan Bacon (Stargate Atlantis)
Marco Nero (300)
Warren Duxbury (Star Wars: The Dark Redemption)
Alex Maleev (Daredevil)
Marv Wolfman (Crisis On
Infinite Earths)
David Yardin (What If..?)
Stewart McKenny (Star Wars: Clone War Adventures)
Dan Green (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Yuri Lowenthal (Naruto)
Tara Platt (Naruto)
Jennifer Fallon (The Immortal Prince)
Sonny Whitelaw (The Rhesus
Factor)
Marianne de Pierres (Code
Noir)
David Russell (Enchanters)
John Passfield (Destroy All Humans 2)
And...
Supanova "Sunshine" Preview, April 11th
Supanova Evening Event, Sci-Fi Fantasy Night at MovieWorld featuring Billy Dee Williams and Clayton Watson
Supanova Sydney
Sci-Fi Spectacular featuring Billy Dee Williams and Doug Jones (Silver
Surfer) April 18th
Supanova 2006
- Sydney
October 27th (Preview Night), 28th & 29th
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Featuring:
Summer Glau (Serenity)
Clare Kramer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Kevin Weisman (Alias)
Mira Furlan (Babylon
5)
Colin Cunningham (Stargate SG:1)
Marco Nero (Animal Logic)
Arthur Suydam (Marvel
Zombies)
Gary Frank (Squadron Supreme)
Christian Gossett (Red Star)
David Yardin (Storm)
Jason Paulos (Hairbutt the Hippo)
Rowan Cassidy (Minute of Angle)
Nicola Scott (Birds of Prey)
Jason Rand (Emissary)
Crispin Freeman (Hellsing)
Darren Dunstan (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Vic Mignogna (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Sonny Whitelaw (Stargate
Atlantis: The Chosen)
Marianne de Pierres
(Parrish Plessis)
And...
Supanova Fan Film Screening "Serenity" introduced by Summer
Glau, October 28th
Supanova 2006
- Brisbane
April 21st (Preview Night), 22nd & 23rd
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Featuring:
John Schneider (Smallville)
Summer Glau (Serenity)
Richard Taylor (King Kong)
Bruce Spence (Revenge of the Sith)
Patrick Kake (Chronicles of Narnia)
Chew Chan (Superman Returns)
Geoff Johns (Infinite Crisis)
Phil Jimenez (Infinite Crisis)
Jason Rand (Emissary)
Stewart McKenny (Captain America)
Daren White (Batman: Order of the Beasts)
Sean Schemmel (DragonBallZ)
Mike McFarland (DragonBallZ)
Anthony Lucas (The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of
Jasper Morello)
Sonny Whitelaw (Stargate
SG-1: The City of the Gods)
Sabine Bauer (Stargate SG-1: Trial by Fire)
Marianne de Pierres
(Parrish Plessis)
Tommy Tallarico (Video Games Live)
John Passfield (Destroy All Humans 2)
And...
Infinite Crisis MasterClass featuring Geoff Johns and Phil Jimenez, April 20th
Supanova Fan Film Screening "Serenity" introduced by Summer
Glau, April 22nd
Supanova 2005
- Sydney (1st ever FREE Preview Night!)
October 14th (Preview Night), 15th & 16th
Wharf 8, Sydney
Featuring:
John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings)
Richard Taylor (Lord of the Rings)
Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter)
Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica)
Gates McFadden (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Nicole de Boer (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
John Billingsley (Enterprise)
Dominic Keating (Enterprise)
Robin Atkin Downes (Babylon
5)
Cliff Simon (Stargate SG-1)
Jay Laga'aia (Star Wars Episode II & III)
Marjean Holden (BeastMaster)
Imogen Bailey (Man-Thing)
Michael Turner (Aspen
Comics)
Mark Waid (Hunters/Killers)
Francis Manapul (Necromancer)
David Yardin (District X)
Jason Rand (Small Gods)
Nicola Scott (Star Wars Empire)
Glenn Ford (The Phantom)
Dan Green (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Sonny Strait
(DragonBallZ)
Joshua Seth (DuelMasters)
Tiffany Grant (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Matt Greenfield (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Queenie Chan (The Dreaming)
And...
Aspen Comics MasterClass featuring Michael Turner, October 13th
Supanova 2005
- Brisbane
April 9th & 10th
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Featuring:
Ray Park (Star Wars Episode I)
Temuera Morrison (Star Wars Episode II)
Daniel Logan (Star Wars Episode II)
Devon Murray (Harry Potter)
Tim Tozer (Weta Workshop)
Rob Gillies (Weta Workshop)
Francis Leinil Yu (Wolverine)
Scott Lobdell (Uncanny X-Men)
Jason Rand (Small Gods)
Nicola Scott (Star Wars Empire)
Stewart McKenny (Captain America)
Glenn Ford (The Phantom)
Eddie Campbell (Batman: Order of the Beasts)
Daren White (Batman: Order of the Beasts)
Sean Schemmel (DragonBallZ)
Jonathon Ross (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Milton Laurence (DuelMasters)
And...
Supanova VIP Party, Brisbane, April 9th
Supanova 2004 - Brisbane
September 18th & 19th
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Featuring:
Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings)
John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings)
John Noble (Lord of the Rings)
Penny Johnson Jerald (Star Trek: DS9)
Paul Goddard (Farscape)
Matt Sloan (Star Wars Episode II)
Jade Carter (JAG)
Michael Spierig (Undead)
Peter Spierig (Undead)
Mungo McKay (Undead)
Emma Randall (Undead)
David Finch (Avengers)
Stuart Immomen (Ultimate Fantastic Four)
Glenn Ford (The Phantom)
Eddie Campbell (Batman: Order of the Beasts)
Daren White (Batman: Order of the Beasts)
Stephanie Nadolny (DragonBallZ)
Wayne Grayson (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Joshua Seth (DuelMasters)
Supanova 2004 - Sydney
May 1st & 2nd
Wharf 8, Sydney
Featuring:
David Carradine (Kung Fu)
George Takei (Star Trek)
Richard Taylor (Lord of the Rings)
Xenia Seeburg
(LEXX)
Anthony Wong (Enter The Matrix)
Stephen Ure (Lord of the Rings)
Eliana Dona (Star Wars)
Nalini Krishan (Star Wars)
Marc Silvestri (Top Cow)
Brian Michael Bendis (Daredevil)
Alex Maleev (Daredevil)
James Kemsley (Ginger Meggs)
David Yardin (Aria: The Soul Market)
Jon Sommariva (Go Boy 7)
Dillon Naylor (Batrisha)
Megan Hollingshead (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Eric Vale (DragonBallZ)
And...
Countdown to Wednesday MasterClass featuring Marc Silvestri, April 29th
Supanova 2003 - Brisbane
(1st event in Brisbane!)
September 13th & 14th
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Featuring:
David Prowse (Star Wars)
Peter Mayhew (Star Wars)
Bruce Hopkins (Lord of the Rings)
Anthony Wong (Enter The Matrix)
Mark Bagley (Ultimate Spider-Man)
Eddie Campbell (From Hell)
Ashley Wood (Hellspawn)
Ben Templesmith (30 Days of
Night)
Jon Sommariva (Go Boy 7)
Dillon Naylor (Batrisha)
Christopher Sabat (DragonBallZ)
Darren Dunstan (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
And...
Supanova Press Conference, September 12th
MasterClass featuring
Mark Bagley, September 12th
Supanova 2003 - Sydney
April 5th & 6th
Wharf 8, Sydney
Featuring:
Kenny Baker (Star Wars)
Brent Stait (Andromeda)
Jonathan Hardy (Farscape)
Ben Hawker (Weta Workshop)
John Cassaday (Planetary)
Antonio Lemos (The Phantom)
Monty Wedd (Scorpion)
Eric J Moreels (Marvel Encyclopaedia Vol.2)
Debi Derryberry (Jimmy Neutron)
Sean Schemmel (DragonBallZ)
Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom Trilogy)
Kate Forsyth (The Witches of Eileanan)
Sean Williams (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force
Heretic)
comicfest 2002! - Sydney (last comicfest!)
November 16th & 17th
Bankstown Town
Hall, Sydney
Featuring:
Christian Gossett (Red Star)
Bradley Kayl (Red Star)
Colin Wilson (Blueberry)
Ben Templesmith (Hellspawn)
Christian Read (The Watch)
Chris Sequeira (Justice
League)
Glenn Ford (The Phantom)
Kyle Hebert (DragonBallZ)
And...
MasterClass
featuring Team Red Star November
15th.
Supanova 2002 - Sydney (1st "Supanova"!)
April 20th & 21st
Sydney Showground, Sydney
Featuring:
Peter Mayhew (Star Wars)
Yvonne Craig (1960's Batman)
JG Hertzler (Star Trek: DS9)
Robert O'Reilly (Star Trek: TNG)
Stephen Austin (Babylon
5)
Lani Tupu (Farscape)
David Mack (Kabuki)
Mark Millar (Ultimate X-Men)
Frank Quitely (New X-Men)
Hugh Fleming (Star Trek)
Veronica Taylor (Pokemon)
Stephanie Nadolny (DragonBallZ)
Also...
The Official Supanova Launch at the Metro, April 17th
MasterClass featuring David Mack April 18th
Sequential Art
Studies Conference April 19th
comicfest 2001! - Sydney
September 8th & 9th
Centrepoint Convention Centre, Sydney
Featuring:
Roy Thomas (Avengers, Conan)
Sean Schemmel (DragonBallZ)
Paul Wheelahan (The Panther)
Eddie Campbell (From Hell)
Glenn Ford (The Phantom)
Dillon Naylor (Batrisha)
Tim McEwen (Greener
Pastures)
comicfest 2001: A Comic Odyssey!
February 3rd & 4th
Hordern Pavillion, Fox Studios, Sydney
Featuring:
Walter Simonson (Thor, Orion)
Louise Simonson (Superman: Man of Steel)
Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man)
Virginia Hey
(Farscape, Mad Max 2)
Sean Schemmel (DragonBallZ)
Christopher Sabat (DragonBallZ)
Eddie Campbell (From Hell)
Diana Schutz (Dark Horse)
Glenn Ford (The Phantom)
David Yardin (Aria: The Soul Market)
Mark Sexton (Star Wars Episode II)
Gary Chaloner (The
Jackaroo)
Michael Michalandos (Greener Pastures)
Tim McEwen (Greener
Pastures)
Also...
MasterClass
featuring Walt Simonson February
5th
comicfest 2000! (our 1st event!)
Saturday, March 25th
Centrepoint Convention Centre, Sydney
Featuring:
Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween)
Arthur Adams (Longshot, Uncanny X-Men)
Joyce Chin (Xena: Warrior Princess)
Eddie Campbell (From Hell)
Glenn Ford (The
Phantom)
Michael Michalandos (Greener Pastures)
Tim McEwen (Greener
Pastures)
And...
The Official comicfest! Launch at Segaworld, March 22nd