WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: The video above is from 2019. Awesome Con is returning to the District after a nearly two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last Awesome Con took place at Walter ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

In its fourth year of existence, Washington, DC's Awesome Con has grown into one of premiere fandom convention; this year saw the convention grow in attendance hosting such fandom heavy-hitters such ...

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 ...

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 ...