New York Comic Con 2012 officially kicked off yesterday, October 12th at the Jacob Javits Center in The Big Apple. Pics from Thursday are HERE. A batch of photos from Friday can be seen below.

A few notable metal mentions about Saturday:

Legendary metal artist Ed Repka (Megadeth, Misfits, Death) will take part in a signing session today at the Little Punk People booth (#3319).

Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) will be doing a signing session today at the Dark Horse booth (#1528) to promote his new comic project with Dark Horse Comics titled, “House of Gold & Bones,” from 3 PM to 4:30 PM.

Iced Earth mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer will be meeting fans and signing autographs today from noon to 2 PM and 4 PM to 6 PM at the Silver Circle booth (#961).

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has scheduled a NY Comic Con signing event to promote his book, “Too Much Horror Business – The Kirk Hammett Collection.” Check him out today at Abrams Book Booth at 11:45 AM and at the Tokyo Toys Booth at 1:30 PM.

Also, after the pics, check out a video of Howard Stern Show producer Gary “Baba Booey” Dell’Abate attempting motion-gaming at NY Comic Con on Thursday.