Comic book fans, cosplayers and fandoms of all sorts will meet up in Huntsville this weekend.
HuntsvilleCon Pop Culture event is a full day event on Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Huntsville.
HuntsvilleCon will feature over a hundred vendors selling different types of pop culture merchandise. From Pokémon to Super Mario Brothers, gaming and sport cards, comic books, anime manga, sci-fi, and wrestling. A wide spectrum of fandoms will find their interests in the exhibitions.
Carmine De Santo is the HuntsvilleCon Show Promoter. He said the event is a great opportunity to revisit childhood memories and create new ones with your family.
“It's a family day, jam packed full of excitement for pop culture people looking for nostalgic items for their man or woman cave. People can get dressed up for our cosplay contest. We also have a huge video game tournament where people can win cash prizes. And there's so much to do with our guests as well.”
Aside from vendors, HuntsvilleCon will have panels throughout the day. One of the topics is “How to Cosplay.” Other panels are Q&A sessions with the special guests.
“We have a comic book legend named Sam De La Rosa. He works for Marvel. He's pretty known for his character of venom, which is a big character in the Marvel Universe,” De Santo explained. “We also have Tom McLaughlin, which is the movie director and actor in the horror series of Friday the 13th. A lot of people love Friday 13th so we're bringing Tom to the show. And we also have some voice actors.”
The HuntsvilleCon Pop Culture Event will also be hosting a video game tournament along with a cosplay competition. The cosplay competition will have categories, such as best enemy, best movie, best superhero, and best kid. Winners will receive a trophy for their culture.
The video game tournament is in Super Smash Bros. De Santo explained that the winner gets half of the pot of the money raised at the show. Usually anywhere from 500 to 700 in cash.
“It's a full thing for the family. It's not just for nerds and geeks anymore,” he explained. “It's just a day for everybody to come on have fun and come and see your favorite childhood character, or come and see what's happening in the new pop culture world that we live in.”
Parking for the event is free. The cost of admission is $20 per person and children under eleven enter for free.
