Last year around 8,000 superhero fans visited Wollongong City Council’s stand-out free pop culture convention Comic Gong.
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All of the favourite activities return for a sixth year on Saturday – like the illustrator “draw off”, Artists’ Alley and Rock’n’Roll Wrestling. However, as the number of fans increase each year the Cosplay competitions have moved into their own space at the Wollongong Art Gallery.
“Whether it’s comics, cosplay, graphic novels, or even Lego robots. Pop culture enthusiasts descend on the Arts Precinct in wonderful costumes. There’s also plenty for the family to see and participate in,” Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said.
Wollongong City Library
- Merchandise
- Pinball and arcade games
- Robots
- Virtual Reality
Town Hall
- Trade Stalls
- Artists’ Alley
- Snap Tag Photo Booth
Arts Precinct
- Batman and the 1989 Batmobile
- Sword fighting demonstrations
- Rock’n’Roll Wrestling
- Archery
Art Gallery
- Cosplay competition for all ages (0-12 years start at 11am)
- Display of award-winning cosplay costumes by Sebastian J Smith (Jafar, Yojimbo, Dark Magician, Vaporeon, Black Mage, Wasabi and Barret Wallace)
- Draw-Off between artists Matthew Lin and Marcelo Baez
- Panel discussions (creating and publishing Indie comics at 10:30am; creating characters and storylines at 2:30pm)
For the full Comic Gong 2018 program CLICK HERE
For a list of who’s exhibiting CLICK HERE.
Desiree Savage
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