RisuCon – Montgomery County’s Comic Con with Cosplay for the Whole Family, Vendors, Superheroes, Special Guests, and Everything Anime

June 23, 2023

June 21, 2024: Rockville, MD. For immediate release

RisuCon is a convention for people of all ages who love superheroes and anime; where families can enjoy dressing up, meeting their favorite celebrities, and taking part in amazing panels and kid-friendly programming. Join the fun August 17th and 18th, 2024. Located at the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and Montgomery County Conference Center at 5701 Marinelli Road in Rockville Maryland; the fun is just a block away from the North Bethesda Metro stop on the red line. Free parking is available.

Special Guests

Special guests include talented voice actors like Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, Kent Williams, Chris Cason, and Campbell Cooley, known for their work in My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, Full Metal Alchemist, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, RWBY, and dozens more. Also appearing is Phillip Andrew, the Lunar Wolf Ranger from the live-action Power Rangers Wild Force.

Our lineup of amazing artists includes John Watkins-Chow (MAD magazine, Marvel) and Paul Niemeyer (original video game artist for Mortal Kombat, Tron, and Super Pacman). DC Conspiracy, the DMV area’s organization for small press comic book creators will have members in attendance. All our guests will be available to sign autographs and take photos with fans.

More Activities And Stuff Than Ever Before

RisuCon is excited to announce a dedicated kid-activity room, a theater for screenings, and a game room. Over 80 dealers will have original artwork, comics, toys, stickers, figurines, books, t-shirts, and so much more! We will also feature the con’s exclusive, first-ever DISCOS! A disco cosplay dance party on Saturday evening where attendees dress as their favorite characters and dance the night away to the best of anime soundtracks and popular dance music. A cosplay contest on Saturday and a cosplay parade on Sunday allow everyone to show off their fantastic costumes.

Montgomery County Comic & Cosplay Club

RisuCon is the annual meeting of the Montgomery County Comic & Cosplay Club, a non- profit 501(c)7 membership organization. Admission passes are membership dues in the organization and are used to fund future events and provide grants to high school students to take a college-level art class in anime/animation. The Montgomery County Comic & Cosplay Club has partnered with Superhero Support (https://superherosupport.org/), a 501(c)3 volunteer organization of cosplayers raising spirits, awareness, and funds for nonprofit causes to aid children and families. This year’s focus is to support Prune Belly Syndrome (PBS) research to help a local family with a 10-year-old who has been through 45 surgeries and even more frequent ER visits. Funding this research can help reduce pain and suffering for this family and others living with PBS. Together, both organizations bring a passion for anime, cosplay, community, diversity, and inclusivity to RisuCon.

RisuCon’s hours of operation are:

• Saturday, August 17 (11 am to 9 pm)
• Sunday, August 18 (10 am to 5 pm)

RisuCon Admission and Ticket Information:

• Weekend Pass: $55
• Saturday Only (including DISCOS!) $35
• Sunday Only. $25
• Children Under 12: one FREE with a paying adult.

Visit RisuCon.com for more information or to purchase passes.

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Press passes are available by emailing the showrunner, John Hardison, at John@RisuCon.com.

Video by MyMCmedia covering our first event, MonkeyCon in 2023. https://www.mymcmedia.org/gaithersburgs-monkeycon-brings-out-comic-fun/

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