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Fellow geeks, collectors, steampunkers, and cosplay followers, get your character costumes prepared for the unique Pop Culture Convention, AMA-CON, returning on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. on the Amarillo Civic Center.
According to occasion coordinators, it is a enjoyable time to get out of the common world and into a brilliant fantasy world stuffed with superheroes and villains, with tons of of distributors, and dive into comics, crafts, collectibles and costumes, to call a couple of.
More than 100 distributors will arrange cubicles with distinctive jewellery, uncommon comedian books, collectible motion figures, crocheted Pokeman figures, together with distinctive paintings — about something you may think about.
Cosplay contests enable contributors to decorate as their favourite characters from comics, films and video games, providing them a enjoyable technique to escape and specific their ardour for his or her favourite fandoms.
This 12 months’s particular friends embody some well-known artists, together with Billy Bolt, Cindy Pham, Mark Crilley, Tiffany Grant, in addition to Sara Tomko and Rumble the Rex.
Stacy Clopton, Amarillo Public Library’s coordinator of PR and programming, mentioned, “We like to call AMA-CON a celebration of comics, anime, gaming, sci-fi, steampunk and everything else that’s geeky and awesome.”
This 12 months, the occasion will characteristic artists, distributors, cosplay, gaming together with panels and shows. Also, the AMA-CON may have an artwork present, youngsters’ actions, gaming tournaments and cosplay contests lasting till 7 p.m.
At a particular Rumble Habitat, you may have your photograph taken with Rumble the Rex, who can be roaming the occasion ground.
Special friends for 2026
Billy Bolt — A New Mexico-based cosplayer, prop maker and entertainer, he decribes himself as a “professional nerd.” Bolt has been debuting eleaborate foam and light-up cosplays at conventions, from Doctor Strange’s magic disks to Escanor’s Rhitta axe. He has additionally labored on a number of movie and TV productions, together with “Coyote vs Acme” and particular results make-up on “American Primeval,” showing at a number of Marvel pink carpet premieres.
Cindy Pham — Pham is a queer Vietnamese-American creator of a No. 1 New York Times, USA Today and Indie Bestseller, “The Secret World of Briar Roe,” which earned uncommon opinions from Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. Based in New York, she works as a full-time designer whereas moonlighting as a fiction author and content material creator together with sustaining a YouTube channel, “Reading with Cindy.”
Mark Crilley — Crilley is an creator and illustrator of greater than 50 books and graphic novels, together with the Akiko sries and The Drawing Less, for which he has acquired 14 Eisner Award nominations. His work has been talked about in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Wall Street Journal and CNN Headline News. He can be providing a cartooning workshop, Q&A and a dwell drawing demo, and he’ll take part within the AMA-CON Sketch Off.
Tiffany Grant — A primary time attendee at AMA-CON, Grant is thrilled to attend this occasion in her house state of Texas. Besides voicing Asuka within the “Evangelion” anime franchise, Grant additionally narrated the audiobooks for the “Neon Genesis Evangelion Anima” gentle novels.
Sara Tomko — A movie, tv and theater actor based mostly in Los Angeles and CEO of In The Pocket Productions, Tomko is called collection common Asta Twelvetrees within the hit present “Resident Alien,” produced by Amblin/NBCU and which could be discovered on Netflix and Peacock. Along with being an actor, she is a producer, poet, singer, artist, earring maker and thrift retailer seeker, together with being a psychological well being advocate.
Rumble the Rex — With a rumble and roar, Rumble the Rex can be visiting the AMA-CON to have fun the creativeness, creativity, literacy and group. Visitors will be capable of get pleasure from photograph opps with Rumble.
Admission information and schedule highlights
AMA CON is introduced by the Friends of the Amarillo Public Library. A one-day go can be solely $8, with a two-day go for $10.
The conference is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 and midday to six p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2.
The extremely anticipated Geek Prom may have dancing with music from 7:15 to 9 p.m. Saturday, with admission free with the AMA-CON wristband within the Amarillo Civic Center Regency Room.
Sunday will characteristic the ultimate event rounds, a sketch-off competitors and the conclusion of 5 totally different cosplay contests.
Proceeds from the occasion instantly profit the Friends of the Amarillo Public Library.
For extra data, together with the complete schedule and full record of collaborating distributors for AMA CON, go to the occasion’s web site, or go to their pages on Facebook and different social media platforms.
Nell Williams is a employees author protecting traits and different information for the Amarillo Globe-News. Have a narrative thought? Email her at [email protected] .
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