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Hellboy's Ron Perlman is one of the headliners at this year's Comic Con

If you are looking for a geek fix, but could not make it to Fan Expo in Toronto this summer, do not fret as events organizer Jake Windatt has you set.

September 25 to the 27 sees the Western Fairgrounds Progress building transformed into a nerd mecca, filled with super heroes and the legendary Ron Perlman, known best for his roles in Sons of Anarchy and Hellboy.

With over 15 years of experience successfully running events, such as food and wines expos and horror conventions in the Forest City,

Windatt and co-organizer Andrew Kitt are now pushing into the big leagues of fandom conventions. Windatt started the event last year when he got an idea from Brahm Wiseman, the owner of local comic book shop Heroes.

“They won a Joe Shuster award for being the best comic book store in Canada [so] I went online and bought some domain names because I have a domain name thing,” Windatt said. “It’s like Monopoly.”

Though Wiseman declined to have domain rights, he suggested to Windatt that he should just put on the show himself.

“It got the right people’s attention,” said Windatt, adding that because of the fact that it was London’s first ever fan-driven convention, getting local businesses and vendors involved was integral.

Despite last year’s event being held in Centennial Hall, Windatt says he and the planning committee always knew going to a larger venue was in the cards for the event.

“The event was growing and we knew what we wanted to do couldn’t be done in the space at Centennial Hall,” he said. So he set his sights on the Western Fair District.

“Moving into that venue space and working with them … they’ve been a helpful asset in this.”

With a sponsor list boasting White Oaks Mall, Heroes, Fanshawe College, FM96 and other local businesses, London Comic Con is looking to be a popular, family- oriented event this September, with rumours of London Mayor Matt Brown being at the Friday opening.

Michael Jai White, the star of Spawn and the co-creator of neo-Blaxploitation flick Black Dynamite will be showing off his black belt skills, while voice actors Samantha Newark, from the original ‘80s cartoon Jem and the Holograms and Charles Martinet, the voice of Super Mario, will also be in attendance.

To add to the already impressive list of celebrity appearances, the weekend will host a Sons of Anarchy match-up with Perlman, Kim Coates and Jeff Cober, as well as Michael Biehn of Aliens and Terminator.

Advanced tickets are available online at londoncomiccon.ca. Friday and Sunday single day passes are $20, Saturday single day passes are $30, weekend passes are $49 and deluxe weekend passes giving early access, priority seating at Q & As and panels $79. Hours are Friday 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.