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With one issue to go, he has also been attending Awesome Con in his home town of Washington DC Although not everything went smoothly for this ex-CIA agent-turned-comic book writer He tweeted out "Love seeing people at cons But yesterday we had a Rorschach cosplayer who took his mask off at our table You think[...]

Devon Sanders writes: Awesome Con in Washington DC brought together some DC Comics' best and most legendary talent to talk about their landmark Action Comics #1000 issue The Action Comics #1000 panel was moderated by The Washington Post reporter David Betancourt, and on stage were Tom King, Clay Mann, Dan Jurgens, Paul Levitz, and Scott Snyder (who arrived[...]

Awesome Con is back, and bigger than ever! This three-day nerd extravaganza celebrates everything in the nerd universe — from comics to wrestling and everything else The inclusive, inviting convention is a haven for cosplayers and fans of all ages Friday was fairly low key, which was ideal for me and my assistant We had[...]

on Saturday, June 17th, day two of Awesome Con and its founder and organizer Ben Penrod asks me a question I couldn't possibly answer: "Do you know where Stan Lee is?" Ben Penrod, in all his bearded glory. It's said as a joke, but Ben really, really Ben wants to know where Stan Lee is[...]

Over the weekend at Awesome Con 2017, I had the honor of meeting, and interviewing, Joe Sergi from the CBLDF He held a few panels over the weekend, one of which was the History of Comics As I said in that article, I wish that panel had gone on for longer It was honestly a[...]

The headline sounds like the title for a great new chapter book series. What it is an announcement from the Library of Congress that Lynda Carter will

In a press release issued today, it was announced that event organiser LeftField Media have added Washington DC's Awesome Con Launched by Ben Penrod two years ago, Awesome Con's  most recent show ran in June. LeftField Media was created by NYCC founder Greg Topalian along with Britton Jones, Mac Brighton, and Sharon Enright, and joins New York's Stream Con NYC, Play Fair and[...]

By Devon Sanders In three short years, Washington, DC's Awesome Con has grown from a convention focused mainly on cosplay and a very few invited guests to one featuring celebrity guests such as Star Trek's originals, William Shatner and George Takei The ante was upped as WWE World Champion Seth Rollins and comics and cartoon heavyweights, Man of[...]

Cons like Awesome Con, DC and Baltimore Comic Con may be lesser known but still amazing! They are cool because you don't have the stresses of massive crowds and are a bit more relaxing You can mingle with people easier and just hang out! Where at larger cons, it feels like you are consistently on[...]

They've been contacting Awesome Con dealers and posing as the con hotel to get credit card information (Note, they could totally do this for any con with contact info listed, dealers or Artist Alley.) I got tipped off by con-staff from Anime USA Apparently these scammers' phone calls were confusing a ton of folks and the AUSA volunteers were getting emails[...]

By Devon Sanders Washington DC's Awesome Con hosted some of comics' best working creative and Bleeding Cool checked in with them and to see what cool things they're working on presently and in the future. So, yeah, throw your money at the screen because good stuff is coming your way in 2014. Steve Niles (30 Days Of Night,[...]

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By Hashim Hathaway While everyone had their eye on the spectacle that is Wondercon, last Friday also brought a new and improved Awesome Con to the Walter E Washington Convention Center right in the heart of Washington DC For three days, a mixture of fans, celebs old and new, cosplayers, artists, writers and merchants all converged[...]

By Devon Sanders Awesome Con returned to Washington, DC's convention center in a space nearly five times the size as the previous year's And judging from the size of the crowds on Saturday, every bit of that space was needed. All three days saw incredible cosplay on the convention floor. Saturday, Awesome Con Guest of Honor George Perez[...]

By Devon Sanders I first met Ben Penrod, founder of Awesome Con, two years ago He came into Fantom Comics, the shop I managed at time, with this bold statement that Washington, DC-area geek culture had been underserved and he wanted to do something about it. I had nothing for him but doubt. True, the DC area has[...]