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Oni Press Goes Post-Apocalyptic at Comic Con with New Series 'The Long Con'

Oni Press has announced a new series from writers Dylan Meconis and Ben Coleman, artist EA Denich, colorist M. Victoria Robado, and letterer Aditya Bidikar that delivers… okay, maybe it's not the worst convention experience ever, but it's probably up there. In The Long Con, a comic book convention and its attendees survives a local apocalypse. Check it out:

Five years ago, a cataclysmic event obliterated everything within a fifty mile radius of the Los Spinoza Convention Center—including the attendees of Long Con, the world's biggest (and longest) comic convention. But unknown to the outside world, the con-goers not only survived, they kept the convention going. When proof of their survival surfaces, reporter Victor Lai is sent to investigate—after all, he was covering the con that fateful day and escaped mere minutes before everything went kablooie… abandoning his nerdy pal Dez in the process. So clearly he's the perfect person for the job, and he won't get trapped inside like some kinda idiot. Right?

Well, it's still better than Wizard World.

In the press release, Meconis, Coleman, and Denich spoke about the series.

"Pop culture has an image of your average convention-goer, and that image is usually an awkward white dude in a superhero t-shirt, or a 'sexy' female cosplayer," said Meconis. "That doesn't correspond to the actual diversity of attendees we've met, or the passions that drive them to show up. We wanted to tell a story that reflects and celebrates that diversity while also asking: which media guests would we eat first?"

"There's something really compelling about being trapped in a place you love," said Coleman. "At first it's great, but an hour in, it occurs to you that the long term nutritional value of convention center popcorn is limited and some of the goth teens are starting to craft improvised weapons. A pre-apocalyptic comic con already has dozens of factions, feuds, schisms and coups. We're just making them a little less metaphorical."

"This book absolutely is a love letter to all the pop culture we hold near and dear in our dorky little hearts—it's a book about nerds, by nerds, for nerds," said Denich. "It's a pleasure to work with an awesome writing team like Dylan and Ben, and been a blast to help construct our crazy little con world!"

The Long Con hits stores starting in July. Take a look at the cover below:

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