From Oct. 17 to Oct. 20, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to New York City for one reason: New York Comic Con.
Starting in 2006 as a smaller version of San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic-Con takes place over four days at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, 429 11th Ave, in NYC.
Every day is packed with hundreds of booths, panels, showcases, elite guest appearances, and gifts. This is where people can find limited-edition items, take pictures in this rare opportunity, and dress up in cosplay to their heart’s content. They can show their true hardcore-fan selves all they want, surrounded by people like them.
Here is a list that brought out people’s inner fan:
1. Bustling & Busy Booths
Dragon Ball Z & Tokidoki Booths
Hundreds of booths filled the stands and entranced everyone that walked by them. Some booths, like Funko, Bandai, Tokidoki, and Scholastics, trailed a line behind them as they unveiled their new merchandise. Other booths, like Crunchyroll, Dragon Ball Z, Marvel, and Webtoon, made perfect backgrounds for thousands of pictures. However, almost all of them gave out free bags, stickers, posters, cards, keychains, pens, and books to anyone that came by.
2. Popular Panel Showcases
Tamagotchi Panel Flyer
Throughout the four days, Comic Con hosted countless panels all around the show floors. Some notable panels included “Fun With Tamagotchi!,” which introduced people to Tamagotchi and gave out prizes to them, “Build Your Own Franchise and Fandom in Webcomics,” which brought in webcomic creators to discuss their success to aspiring writers, “The Quiet Page: The Art of Fear,” which taught people how to write blood-curling horror stories, and “Web Slinging Spider-Man Cardio Workout With Geeknasium!,” which led people through a workout inspired by Spider-man.
3. Sneak-Peaks & Exclusive Showings
Cast of Netflix’s The Electric State and The Walking Dead Universe
There have been numerous trailer drops, never-before-seen clips, and new announcements revealed at this year’s convention. Shows like Dune: Prophecy on HBO, Goosebumps on Disney+, and The Walking Dead Universe and movies like The Electric State on Netflix, M3GAN 2.0, Karate Kid: Legend, and Venom: The Last Dance all made appearances in fully-packed assembly rooms that delighted their audiences.
4. Stupendous & Stunning Stars
Elizabeth Olsen, Hayley Atweel, and Josh Brolin
Though the main attraction of NYCC takes place on the third floor of Javits Center, most of the celebrities are in the basement of Javits Center. Here, they are signing autographs and posing for pictures with their adoring fans. Some include Elizabeth Olsen from WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse, Hayley Atweel from Agent Carter; Christopher Robinson; and Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1, and Josh Brolin from The Goonies; Men in Black 3; Avengers Infinity War; Avengers Endgame; Dune: Part 1; and Dune Part 2.
5. Cosplays of the Cosmos
First Place Winner Patterner Cosplay
On Oct. 19, the Cosplay Central Crown Championships qualifier competition commenced. The winner will move on to the next round to be the New York regional winner and get a chance to compete and win the 2025 Global Cosplay Central Crown. Under codenames, in third is A Rad One Cosplay as Din Djarin from The Book of Boba Fett, in second is Caity Stella Cosplay as Cinderella from Fairy Tales, and finally in first place is Patterner Cosplay as Firesong K’Treva from the Valdemar book series.
