Central Florida Comic Con 2022 is a comic convention at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida on January 15-16, 2022. This convention (also known as CFCC) continues to grow each year, largely due to organizer Ben Penrod’s attention to creating an outstanding fan experience. Click here for ticket info! CFCC is an event Florida Comic Cons attends each year (here’s a couple of character bombs from last year — we love our character bombs!)
Here are 4 fantastic reasons you should attend:
Fantastic reason #1: Amazing voice actors
There are seven amazing anime voice actors who will be signing autographs and posing for snaps, which include: Josh Grelle, Alexis Tipton, Justin Cook, Lindsay Seidel, Katelyn Barr, Chris Wehkamp, and Emily Neves. Here are the top three headliners:
Josh Grelle
Josh Grelle is a voice actor best known for voicing Fumikage Tokoyami in My Hero Academia, Armin Artlert in Attack on Titan, Ichika Orimura in Infinite Stratos, and Nobuchika Ginoza in Psycho-pass: The movie.
Alexis Tipton
Alexis Tipton is a director and voice actor best known for voicing Sun Seto in My Bride is a Mermaid, Musubi in Sekirei, Mizuki Himeji in Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts, and Millianna in Fairy Tail.
Justin Cook
Justin Cook is a director, audio engineer, and voice actor known for voicing Yusuke Urameshi and Puu in YuYu Hakusho, adult Dende, Super Buu, and Raditz in Dragon Ball Z, Hatsuharu Sohma in Fruits Basket and, Russell Tringum in Fullmetal Alchemist.
Fantastic Reason #2: Marvelous Comic Artists
There are two marvelous comic artists attending Central Florida Comic Con, including Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti.
Amanda Conner
Amanda Conner is an America Comic artist and a commercial illustrator. Since the 1980s Amanda has illustrated for Marvel and DC comics as well as Archie Comics, Claypool Comics, and Harris Comics. Additionally, some of her notable works include Harley Quinn, Powergirl, and Gatecrasher.
Jimmy Palmiotti
Jimmy Palmiotti is an American author, and inker of comic books. As a writer, Palmiotti is known for Deadpool, Daughters of the Dragon, the Punisher, Heroes for Hire and Shanna the She-Devil for Marvel Comics, Hawkman, Superboy, and The Monolith for DC Comics. As an inker, he inked Ash which they co-created, along with Painkiller Jane, Daredevil, Paul Gulacy on Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu, Punisher, and Catwoman.
Fantastic Reason #3: Cosplay Contests
You can’t win if you don’t enter. That’s right, Central Florida Comic Con has two cosplay/costume contests for you to enter: Saturday at 4 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Winners receive prizes sponsored by Ultimate Wireless.
Fantastic Reason #4: There’s something for everyone.
Here is how Central Florida Comic Con describes itself: “If you’re a fan of Batman, Avengers, Doctor Who, Star Wars, LEGO, Disney, Star Trek, the Walking Dead, Power Rangers, Game of Thrones, etc., you’ll probably fit right in at CFCC!!” Check out a video from the 2021 event.
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