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MomoCon 2024: Here’s what you need to know for the weekend – WSB-TV Channel 2

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MomoCon 2024: Here’s what you need to know for the weekend – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA — An Atlanta pop culture staple returns to downtown on Friday and it’s already expected to be bigger than last year.

MomoCon, an anime, gaming and overall nerdy event, returns Friday to the Georgia World Congress Center for its 21st edition, bringing geekdom and fun to Atlanta once again.

This year’s event is expected to be huge, with event officials saying they expect around 50,000 attendees over a four-day convention.

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Moreover, as previously reported Channel 2 Action NewsMomoCon projects a $34.6 million impact on the local economy.

During the convention, cosplayers, gamers, and superstars from around the world will gather, chat, compete, and meet their heroes.

This year’s MomoCon has many high-profile guests.

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Featured guests are as follows, according to MomoCon:

  • Beau Billinslea – Voice Actor – Roles including “Cowboy Bebop”, “Naruto”, “Final Fantasy Advent Children”
  • Irene Bedard – Actress, voice actress – Native American actress, director, producer and advocate. Roles including “Pocohontas” (Disney), “Lakota Woman”, “Smoke Signals”, “Longmire”, “The Mist” (Stephen King), “Westworld” (HBO)
  • Jodi Benson – Actor – Roles including Ariel in “The Little Mermaid”, “Wreck-It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet”, “Toy Story 2”, “Toy Story 3”
  • Steve Blum – Voice actor – Roles including TOM in “Toonami”, Spike in “Cowboy Bebop”, Zeb in “Star Wars Rebels”
  • Sarah-Nicole Robles – Actress – Roles including appearances on “The Owl House”, “Encanto”, “The Boss Baby: Back in Business”, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “NCIS: Los Angeles”
  • Greg Burnham (Norcross, Georgia) is a comic book artist who created the bestselling independent comics Tuskegee Heirs, The Search For Sadiqah, Little Rock Files, and The Story of Solace. His most recent is a children’s book, Swim, Kelly! Swim!
  • Chrissy Powell (Atlanta) – Known as ChrissyPlaysDressup, she is known for her range of cosplay, from anime to Disney characters.
  • Adam Sanford (Dalton) is an illustrator, illustrator and author of children’s books. He recently published Samuel Shootingstar, a children’s space adventure story, and is working on a new comic strip called Luminaries, which he describes as a “Victorian X-Files.”
  • Shadia Amin (Atlanta) – Born in Colombia and a graduate of SCAD, her work includes Shiny Misfits, Spider-Ham, Aggretsuko and Olive & Popeye.
  • Ben Heisler (Atlanta) – Associate Producer of role-playing games at Renegade Game Studios, which includes the Power Rangers, GI JOE and Transformers games, My Little Pony and Welcome to Night Vale

You can find out more about the event schedule and other stars who will be appearing online.

If MomoCon sounds like your cup of tea, it’s not too late to get passes to enter MomoCon. Tickets for the whole weekend or for different days individually can be found here.

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