Denver Comic Con that Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher will attend the 2016 iteration of the convention.
Fisher, who reprised her role as Leia Organa — this time as a general in the Resistance — in last year’s is a major get for Denver’s of pop culture skewing toward comics, sci-fi and fantasy. She is known as a bit of a wild card in live settings and had multiple memorable televised moments in the lead-up to the release of “The Force Awakens,” including what “Good Morning America” host Amy Robach called and of the premiere.
She also won praise for a tweet addressing people commenting on her physical appearance in the film and in interviews, writing, adding a bit more crude language to round out the tweet.
Other already announced include Marvel Comics legend , star Robin Lord Taylor and comics industry veteran and historian Trina Robbins, who was on a “flash panel” in response to the lack of women on an official panel titled “Women in Comics: Creators and Characters.”
This year’s Denver Comic Con runs June 17-19 at the Colorado Convention Center. .
Dave Burdick: 303-954-1957, dburdick@denverpost.com
