“Todd Margaret,” “Portlandia” and IFC are Taking NYC Comic Con

David Cross, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, H. Jon Benjamin, Will Arnett, and Seth Meyers.

David Cross, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and Jonathan Krisel will debut the new seasons of “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret” and “Portlandia” at New York Comic Con on October 16.

That’s right comic nerds aficionados, IFC’s hit comedy series, “Portlandia” and “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret” will make their first ever New York Comic Con appearances for two back-to-back panels on Sunday, October 16th starting at 11:00am.

Portlandia’s creators, writers and stars, Fred Armisen (“Saturday Night Live”), Carrie Brownstein (Wild Flag, Sleater-Kinney) and Jonathan Krisel (“Saturday Night Live”, “Tim and Eric Awesome Show”) will discuss the show’s highly anticipated second season and take questions from the audience. They will also unveil a special sneak peek from season two. The panel will be moderated by actor and comedian Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live). Portlandia is set to make its return to IFC in January 2012 with a new characters and notable guest stars along with some of last season’s favorite residents.

David Cross, creator, writer and star of The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret will be at New York Comic Con to tell fans about the second season of this raucous misadventure. The conversation will be moderated by actor and comedian H. Jon Benjamin (“Archer”, “Jon Benjamin Has a Van”). Todd Margaret, played by Cross, is a corporate nobody who bluffs his way into a position heading up the London office for the new energy drink Thunder Muscle, and manages to get himself into increasingly outlandish and dire situations along the way. The show also stars Will Arnett (“Up All Night,” Arrested Development), Sharon Horgan (“Pulling”), Blake Harrison (“The Inbetweeners”) and this season Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”) guest stars.

Tickets for NYCC are now on sale via the website www.NewYorkComicCon.com. Limited 4-Day tickets are available.

Be sure to follow @ifcportlandia and @IFCtv on Twitter for all the latest information on both shows.

“The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret” and “Portlandia” return to IFC in January 2012