Hutch Post

SMALLVILLE, Kan.(Hutchinson) – Comiccon weekend is underway here in Hutchinson aka Smallville, with a great crowd and many dressed as their favorite characters.

The comic book and other pop culture celebration is at the Kansas State Fairgrounds despite the heat.

This year activities and booths are spread throughout two separate buildings and another outside.

The outside exhibit features a painter who uses spray cans to make pictures. He does this to music.

There are stars in attendance as well including Lee Meriwether, from the Munsters, Barnaby Jones and a Batman movie.

Also appearing is Kathy Garver (sissy on the old “Family Affair” series from the 1960’s) She’s also done a number of voice-overs for various animation productions, plus has a Family Affair cookbook you can buy at the event this weekend.

Others include Manu Intiraymi who you may remember from some of the Star Trek series and the movie “Star Trek, Voyager.”

Vernon Wells from the Mad Max movies and Billy Dee Williams from Star Wars and many other films and television appearances also are also in attendance.

The biggest star in attendance is R2 – D2, a fictional character in the Star Wars universe created by George Lucas.

He is actually able to move and make sounds just like in the movie.

The Smallville Comicon event runs through Sunday.