Central Florida Comic Con (CFCC) is a comic convention at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida on June 12-13. The pop culture, media, and comic book convention — located in the middle of the state with the potential to draw attendees from larger cities like Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa — describes itself as “a celebration of comics, toys, TV, film, art, cosplay, games, and all things nerdy!” The event will include discussion panels and a cosplay contest.
Here are 6 dazzling reasons you should be there:
Dazzling reason # 1: Two anime voice actors will be there
Kyle Phillips is anime voice actor best known for voicing Denki Kaminari in “My Hero Academia.” His other roles include Jason the Reporter in “Fairy Tail,” Marco the Phoenix in “One Piece,” and Genshiro Saji in “High School DxD” — to name only a few. He also is an anime director. (photo credit: animoapps.com)
Kara Eberle voiced Weiss (below left) in “Death Battle” for the episode “Weiss VS Mitsuru (RWBY VS Persona).” She also has appeared on Rooster Teeth Podcasts, which discusses film, gaming and projects the group is developing. (photo credit: deathbattle.fandom.com)
Dazzling reason # 2: Two Power Rangers will be there
Karan Ashley appeared in more than 80 episodes of the TV show Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers as well as starring in Power Rangers the Movie. Additionally, she reprised her role as Aisha in 2018 in Hyper Force, a Power Rangers game. Ashley’s career has included acting and singing as well as TV host, radio DJ, and reality star. She is currently working on a graphic novel series. (photo credit: yourblackworld.net)
Paul Schrier played the longest running character in the Power Rangers TV franchise: Farkas “Bulk” Bulkmeier (below). He appeared in more than 300 episodes. Additionally, Schrier is an animation voice actor, which has included the character “Flonk” in the Cartoon Network series Mighty MagiSwords as well as the evil “Saber” in UPN’s Teknoman.
Dazzling reason # 3: Space Ghost will be there
George Lowe was the voice of Space Ghost for 11 years on Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Planet, and the Brak Show. Additionally, Lowe is an artist whose work has appeared in numerous museums including the High Museum in Atlanta, The St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, and The Georgia Museum. (photo credits: centralfloridacomiccon.com, disneyhdwallpapers.blogspot.com)
Dazzling reason # 4: Event organizer Ben Penrod knows how to throw a comic con
Central Florida Comic Con’s founder is Ben Penrod of Nerd Street, who has been running conventions for more than a decade. He also has been involved with Annapolis Comic-Con, Southern Maryland Comic-Con, AfterBrawl NYC, Alaska ComiCon, and Awesome Con in Washington, DC. Additionally, he founded the upcoming Star Con in Orlando. If you’re planning on attending Central Florida Comic Con, you’re in good hands with Penrod. (photo credit: bleedingcool.com)
Dazzling reason # 5: Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine alum @Sonnenbooks will be there
@Sonnenbooks is a gifted cosplayer and prolific author of young adult horror who will be at Central Florida Comic Con 2021. The multifaceted talent was featured in Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine, which is published by Florida Comic Cons. See her in the May/June 2020 issue. In our cosplayer video interview, she shares more about each book. For reference to her as an author, her name is Jackie Sonnenberg. Interestingly, she cosplays the characters from her books, which includes a collection of three novels called dark nursery rhymes that includes: “My Soul to Keep,” “The Lamb was Sure to Go,” and “The Little Dog Laughed.”
Dazzling reason # 6: Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine will be there
Florida Comic Cons will be at Central Florida Comic Con 2021 in search of talented cosplayers. Here are some of our past magazines, which are always free. Learn more and read mags (covers below)
Event hours and tickets
Central Florida Comic Con hours: Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 or Saturday, $15 for Sunday, or $30 for a weekend pass https://www.nerdstreetusa.com/
