COMICS HIT D.C. Celebrites from famous comic franchises will appear at the inaugural Awesome Con. Building any event from the ground up is no easy task, and for Ben Penrod, the man behind Awesome Con ...

Since its launch roughly seven years ago, Pride Alley has become a distinctive feature of Awesome Con. It occupies an entire section of the annual D.C. comic-con’s showroom floor, and is dedicated to ...

WASHINGTON — Awesome Con, D.C.’s massive celebration of pop culture, is preparing to blast the doors off the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this weekend — and this year’s event brings Ninja ...

Another day, another few thousand costumed characters kicking back outside the U.S. Capitol. That’s how Awesome Con organizers see things coming into focus on Friday, when they’ll attempt to assemble ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Don't be alarmed if you see big crowds in costumes swarming the Washington Convention Center this weekend. Each year, Awesome Con attracts tens of thousands of fans of comic books ...

“Awesome Con gives fans a home to be themselves,” says Lauren Dabb. “It lets them feel like they can really express their love for whatever it may be that they’re there for.” Dabb is the Vice ...

When Awesome Con started in 2013, the comic convention drew about 7,000 fans and fit into a single room at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown D.C. This year, with an expected ...