TAMPA — Everywhere you look it’s characters you’ve watched on television or in films, or have seen within the pages of comedian books come to life.
“We homemade everything. We tried our best to get it as perfect as possible,” mentioned Andrew Titcomb Morales who got here dressed as The Flash.
His spouse was dressed as Frost and mentioned “it’s a blast.”
Gary and Shelly Howman had their third date at a comic book guide conference.
“There’s a lot more to see and do when you are at them now then when we went. It was very small places usually,” Shelly mentioned.
And 46 years later they’re nonetheless going sturdy.
“My being able to put up with it and be a geek too yea,” mentioned Shelly.
“We are definitely geeking out this weekend,” mentioned Gary.
The occasion takes over a lot of the conference heart all weekend with tens of 1000’s of individuals displaying up.
Organizers count on this to be their greatest present in Tampa but.
It’s additionally an important likelihood for space companies like Pirate Moon Creations to promote their stuff.
“COVID and now we are back. We’ve got a bunch of stuff to do. We are trying to do as many conventions as we can locally.” mentioned Brendan Ross.
“The families are coming out. Parents and kids. And they are raising them to be this wonderful pop culture bubble sort of thing. It’s awesome. And it’s cool to be a nerd and a geek. Whereas people got bullied for it years ago. Now, look at us! Now, look at us,” mentioned voice actor Kyle Hebert.
The conference runs by way of Sunday with tickets beginning at $30 every. Visit Tampa Bay Comic Con for extra information.