Astronomicon 7 is in the books and once again the Twiztid guys pulled off another great Comic- Con! I love these events because you get the chance to see and meet celebrities that you might never have had the chance to. Wrestlers from the past and present. Actors, movie stars, voice actors, and so on.

The Burton Manor in Livonia was ground zero for all things pop culture. Legends, WWE Hall Of Fame members. Mick Foley, Sargent Slaughter, Rob Van Damn, Matt Hardy and more. Stars of the screen, mostly in the horror genre, which I’m a big fan of. It was great to see Bill Moslely again. He’s been in Rob Zombie movies but is best known as “Chop Top” in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. I was excited to see Amelie McLain, the Little Pale Girl in Terrifier 2. The next installment of that series comes out in October and I can’t wait.

After interviewing Spencer Charnas for the second time, I had the chance to meet him in person. You can listen to our interview here, where we talked about his band Ice Nine Kills opening for Metallica, horror movies, and lots more. His line for pictures and autographs was long all weekend.

Majik Ninja Entertainment’s George Vlahakis said “Astronomicon 7 was one for the books. We are proud to host the fastest-growing culture convention in Metro Detroit. We had record-breaking attendance this year and want to thank everybody who stopped by! See you all next year”

It’s always a fun time, I can’t wait to see what great guests the guys get for Astronomicon 8 next year. In the meantime, enjoy some pictures from the event that myself and WRIF photographer, Jason Anthony took from this past weekend.

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  It's true, it's damn true that Kurt Angle was at Astronomicon.

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  Wrestling fans got to meet Elias at Astromnomicon.

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  As with every Astronomicon the artist Majik Ninja Entertainment roster is well represented. roster
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  Nick, Goldfish and Scotty from Rock City Music in Livonia. They sponsored Spencer Charnas from Ice Nine Kills.

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  As always, folks dress up as all sorts of characters. It's great people watching.

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  WWE legend Sargent Slaughter signed autographs and took pictures with the fans.
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  It's always a thrill to see Pennywise of IT fame at Astro!

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  More fans dressing up as their favorite characters....I think they're dressed up.

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  More Majik Ninja Entertainment stars posing for pictures. It's a MNE family event.
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  A fan dressed up as the girl from The Ring. One of the best horror movies, IMO.

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  Video games play a big part in the lives of the fans, and so does dressing up like some of their faves.

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  Sid Haig has appeared at Astro before his passing in in September of last year. This fan is dressed up as Sid's Captain Spaulding.
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  The entire Kaleido band. They killed it on stage Saturday night!

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  There's always a Jason spotting at Astronomicon. You can hear this picture....eek, eek, eek, cha...cha...cha...

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  Spencer Charnas from the rock horror band Ice Nine Kills. I talked with him last week on my Talkin' Rock with Meltdown podcast.
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  I cannot wait for the next installment of Terrifier. It comes out in October and will have a Christmas slant.

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  There are panels held throughout the entire weekend at Astronomicon.

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  More panels. This one features actor Jamie Kennedy.
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  Cristina and the guys from Kaleido have a new song and comic book out. It was great to see them!

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  Even the young fans got into the haunted spirit.

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  Speed painter Dave Santia killed it with his unreal artwork...all done in the span of about five minutes or less.
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  It's always fun to see the State of Comics guys from Plymouth at Astronomicon.

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  Myself and Jamie Madrox from Twiztid. These guys work so hard to put on a great con.

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  Dave Santia is truly remarkable.
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  The fans love to dress up. Here's another one...

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  Well, this is lovely. More fans dressing up for Astronomicon.

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  Dustin doing what he does best....making sure everything goes smoothly.
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  Wrestling legend Matt Hardy was a fan favorite. He posted on his own social media all weekend long.

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  One of the biggest draws was actor, Michael Rooker.

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  Always good to see horror actor Bill Moseley. Great guy! Yes, he was in the movie House of a 1000 Corpses.
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  Sargent Slaughter at attention! The WWE legend was there all weekend.

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  Mick Foley, or Mankind, or Dude Love, or whatever you want to call him, just make sure you mention the word legend.

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  I put this guy in last year's story, so why not this year? Papa was in the house!
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  More crazy characters at Astro over the weekend. This costume took some dedication.

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