Fans unite at MegaCon 2016 in Orlando: Like a great sequel, the mother of all East Coast comic cons is back. MegaCon in Orlando will be a star-studded affair.
MegaCon Orlando: Fantasy and Fandom — KnightNews.com: Sounds of fans, celebrity speakers, and even mechanical R2-D2’s echoed within the walls of the Orange County Convention Center for Orlando’s annual MegaCon event. Over one-hundred thousand people came out to the event last week according to Ashley Jimenez-Gonzalez, Vice President of Carma PR. Celebrities included John Cusack, William Shatner, Kevin Smith, Christopher Lloyd, some …
MegaCon 2016: Convention extended to four days next year: One day after MegaCon 2015 wrapped up at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, a Facebook post this morning confirmed that next year’s event will be extended to four days.
Orlando’s MegaCon sold to Informa: The Live Oak-based MegaCon company has been sold to Informa Pop Culture Events, said Beth Widera, the convention’s executive director.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: MegaCon is a large speculative fiction convention that caters to the comic book, sci-fi, anime, fantasy, and gaming communities . regular guests included C. C. Beck, Floyd Gottfredson, in late 2003, Widera purchased the convention from the failing CrossGen . in 2009, convention organizers produced a “mini-MegaCon” featuring actors from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show . Megacon Tampa Bay is scheduled for October 28–30 . attendees have the option of game playing . other non-campaign role playing games are offered . The Project Fanboy Awards are now an ongoing event . mongoose Publishing’s Paranoia is based on the book .
