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Michael Rooker, who plays villain/hero Merle Dixon (right), on the AMC hit "The Walking Dead" will be in Seattle for Emerald City Comicon. (Image courtesy AMC Facebook Tina Rowden)

Emerald City Comicon draws plenty of Hollywood A-listers

BY Jamie Skorheim  on February 27, 2013 @ 1:47 pm (Updated: 4:55 pm - 2/27/13 )

There may be a few more familiar faces around Seattle this weekend as stars of TV, film and comics turn out for Emerald City Comicon.

There will be Star Trek captains, X-Files investigators and zombie killers. Michael Rooker, who plays villain/hero Merle Dixon, on the AMC hit "The Walking Dead" is excited to see fan faces instead of zombie ones at his appearance this weekend.

"My favorite aspect is interacting and greeting the fans," Rooker tells 770 KTTH host David Boze. "We get people from everywhere and it's really a lot of fun."

The hit AMC drama has been his big gig of late. But Rooker says that wasn't actually the plan.

"I came in there sort of a la carte. I thought I was going to be doing one or two, possibly three episodes and then moving on. I've done that before with television, just sort of a hired gun," says Rooker. "But you do your job, you do it the best you can, and sometimes people like you. So they enjoyed my performance and wanted to see more of me."

Rooker won't be the only member of "The Walking Dead" cast on site at Emerald City Comicon. Danai Gurira, who plays sword-wielding Michonne will also be appearing Saturday and Sunday.

Other celebrity guests in attendance include Gillian Anderson from "The X-Files," Kristin Bauer from "True Blood," and Christopher Lloyd of "Back to the Future" fame. View the full list of guests at the Comicon website.

Emerald City Comicon will be going on March 1-3 at the Washington State Convention Center.

Jamie Skorheim, MyNorthwest.com Editor
Whether it's floating on Green Lake, eating shrimp tacos at Agua Verde, or taking weekend drives out to the Cascades, she loves to enjoy the Pacific Northwest lifestyle as much as humanly possible.
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  • DJFavorite wrote...
    You forgot a few celebrities
    February 27, 2013 4:28 pm
    You have a space traveling Archaeologist, and ship avatar, and Dr. on a far away planet. (Michael Shanks from Stargate SG-1, Lexa Doig from Andromeda, and Paul McGillion from Stargate Atlantis) Those are the three I definitely want to see. Then you also have the original Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica, Dirk Benedict.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Nerds, losers & virgins.
    February 27, 2013 4:59 pm
    CH will be there. His mommy will be the one holding his hand.
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  • DJFavorite wrote...
    Huh???
    February 27, 2013 5:56 pm
    I'm far from being a loser (successful career of 21+ years), and far from being a virgin (married 25 years with 2 kids). And Nerd, I prefer the term Geek. And I'm proud of being a Geek. Geeks are who make it possible for you to comment on this post.
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  • xplanes wrote...
    Hmm
    February 27, 2013 8:03 pm
    Just think how those people who picked on Bill gates in school feel now. I'd rather be a geek with an interesting life than someone too cool to have one. I went to a few Star Trek conventions in my 20s to people watch and just enjoy the Sci-Fi atmosphere. With this lineup of guests I'm actually tempted top make the drive down for it.
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  • DJFavorite wrote...
    Unless you already have tickets, don't bother
    February 28, 2013 5:19 am
    I read just yesterday that the 3-day passes, Saturday only passes and Sunday only passes are sold out. Only the Friday passes are available.
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  • CH wrote...
    Nerds[xcop], losers[republicans] & virgins[your momma]
    February 28, 2013 5:21 am
    "up in smoke "[http://youtu.be/GHRzTq81w9Y]
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    virgins[your momma]
    February 28, 2013 5:30 am
    How can my mom be a virgin? Gawd you are brain dead.
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