Megacon Orlando 2021 is a spectacular comic convention coming up soon. The event is the beast of comic conventions in Florida, attracting more than 100,000 people over its four glorious days. In fact, the annual event is one of largest comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming conventions in the nation. The 2021 event is August 12-15 at the Orange County Convention Center. Here are 9 staggering reasons to be there.
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Staggering reason # 1: More than 100 comic creators are at Megacon Orlando 2021
George Perez, Greg Capullo, Donny Cates, Jason Fabok, Tom King, Ryan Ottley and Scott Snyder are Megacon 2021’s featured comic creator guests.
George Perez
Greg Capullo
Greg Capullo is the current artist on the Batman series for DC Comics. Previously, he had an 80-issue run on Spawn (created by Todd McFarlane) by Image Comics.
Donny Cates
Donny Cates is a comic book artist and author who is known for his work on Venom and Thor.
Jason Fabok
Jason Fabok is a comic book artist who is widely known for his work with DC Comics, which has included Batman, Detective Comics, Justice League and Swamp Thing.
Tom King
Tom King is a comic book artist who is best-known for his collaboration with fellow artist Clay Mann on the Batman/Catwoman series that tells the story of the bat/cat romance.
Ryan Ottley
Ryan Ottley is a comic book artist who is well-known for work on Image Comics’ Invincible and Marvel Comics’ Amazing Spider-Man.
Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder is a comic book artist best-known for his 2006 short story collection Voodoo Heart as well as for his comic book writing that includes American Vampire, Detective Comics, Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham, Swamp Thing, and Justice League.
More comic creator guests
And there is Pat Broderick, Clayton Crain, Brianna Garcia, Michael Golden and Greg Horn — to add to what is only a sampling of the comic creators that Megacon Orlando 2021 has to offer.
In addition, if you want to know more, here is the full list of comic creators at Megacon Orlando 2021. (there is a search function to make it easy to find your favorite.)
Staggering reason # 2: Megacon Orlando 2021 lasts four days
Megacon Orlando 2021 is a comic convention that lasts four days, which is more than half of one week! A rarity for the fandom.
Staggering reason # 3: Stars from Arrow are at Megacon Orlando 2021
Appearing at Megacon 2021 from the highly popular TV series Arrow is Stephen Amell, who portrays the Arrow and his secret identity Oliver Queen, and John Barrowman, who plays the villainous Dark Archer and his secret identity Malcolm Merlyn. Arrow is the series that began the Arrowverse TV franchise that includes The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow, to name only a few.
Stephen Amell as Arrow
Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen
John Barrowman as Dark Archer
John Barrowman as Malcom Merlyn
Staggering reason # 4: Star Trek stars are at Megacon Orlando 2021
There is no bigger science fiction franchise than Star Trek and no larger star than William Shatner who played the first Captain James. T Kirk. He is joined at Megacon Orlando 2021 by George Takei, who played Sulu from the original TV cast, as well as by Brent Spiner from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
William Shatner
William Shatner is a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise.
George Takei
George Takei is known for his role as Sulu, who was at the helm of the starship USS Enterprise.
Brent Spiner
Brent Spiner as Data, an android second officer on the starship USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Staggering reason # 5: Other science fiction and pop stars are at Megacon Orlando 2021
Michael Rooker, Guardians of the Galaxy; Ron Perlman, Hellboy; James Marsters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Christopher Eccleston, Dr. Who; and Brendan Frasier, The Mummy.
Staggering reason # 6: Voice actors are at this comic convention
It wouldn’t be a comic convention without some talented anime voice actors. And here are the top seven at Megacon Orlando 2021: Brandon McInnis, Luci Christian, Christopher Sabat, Billy West, Rodger Bumpass, Maile Flanagan, and Sean Schemmel.
Brandon McInnis
Brandon McInnis is a voice actor known for voicing numerous characters on Cartoon Network’s Toonami block, such as Sir Nighteye in My Hero Academia, Finral in Black Clover, and Gen in Dr. Stone, to name only a few.
Luci Christian
Luci Christian is known for voicing Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia, Kaname Chidori in Full Metal Panic!, and Nami in One Piece.
Christopher Sabat
Christopher Sabat is a voice actor known for his work on My Hero Academia, which has included Vegeta vs. All Might as well as Toshinori Yagi.
Billy West
Billy West is well-known for his voicing of numerous characters in Futurama, including the title character Philip J. Fry.
Rodger Bumpass
Rodger Bumpass is a voice actor best-known for voicing Squidward Tentacles from SpongeBob SquarePants.
Maile Flanagan
Maile Flanagan is known for voicing Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto, and Piggly Winks from Jakers!: The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
Sean Schemmel
Voice actor Sean Schemmel is best known for voicing Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z, and Lucario from Pokemon.
Staggering reason # 7: Stars from The Office are at this comic convention
Leslie David Baker, Kate Flannery, David Koechner, and Oscar Nunez.
Staggering reason # 8: Megacon Orlando is a mega-large comic con experience
If you haven’t been to Megacon Orlando, you should give it a try. Manage your expectations that there will be crowds and lines. Neither the traffic getting there nor the lines getting in will part like the Red Sea for your convenience. But a little bit of patience will payoff big in terms of the comic con experience you will have at one of the largest conventions in the nation.
If you have attended Megacon Orlando, you know what we’re talking about.
Staggering reason # 9: Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine will be at Megacon Orlando 2021
Florida Cosplay Digital Magazine, published by Florida Comic Cons, will be at Megacon 2021 in search of talented cosplayers. Here are some of our past magazines, which are always free. Learn more and read mags (covers below)
Tickets for Megacon Orlando 2021
Megacon Orlando 2021 tickets are $25 for a single day, and $115 for all four days.
Event hours for Megacon Orlando 2021
Thursday hours are 4 p.m. – 9.m., Friday hours are 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Saturday hours are 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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