Awesome Con 2023
1. Awesome Con: we bought Friday passes to check out DC’s comic-con for the first time in several years! Awesome Con took place June 16-18 at the convention center downtown. Attendee-wise, it’s about half the size of San Diego Comic-Con, but AC feels smaller because it doesn’t take over downtown DC the way SDCC does in SD. Our plan was simply to walk the exhibit hall, people-watch, and soak up the nerd vibes. We spent a solid two hours doing so. AC is cool because it gets some interesting vendors who can’t exhibit at SDCC for a variety of reasons. We noticed a lot of 3D-printed stuff for sale, as well as some artwork that appeared to be AI-generated. If those things are up your alley, have at it. It’s not really to my taste, but there was plenty of other good stuff. And some great cosplay!
