Wellsboro Comic Con

 Join us for the Wellsboro Comic Con 2024!

Schedule of Events:

Ongoing Activities
(All activities are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted)
Artist Signatures and Sketches - All Venues
Shopping, Food, and Special Discounts around Town
Central Ave:
Henna Body Art with Angel Scripts (Price TBD by Design)
Coloring Pages for Kids at Black Cats and Blue Moons’ Vendor Booth
Make Your Own Button at Black Cats and Blue Moons’ vendor booth - $4 per button
Wizarding Photo Ops with Girl Friday Creative Events; in “The Alley” between the Deane Center and Warehouse Theatre
Sidewalk Chalk with Northern Pennsylvania Regional College
Vendor Scavenger Hunt with Home by Midnight Games (All Venues) - Prizes awarded at the cosplay contest!
Crankie Box Show with Kevin McCloskey! - Hourly
Deane Center:
Photo Ops with Christine A Moore Millinery - Try on a fantasy-themed hat from acclaimed milliner Christine A Moore. You may have a chance for a photo with a favorite character, too!Cosplay Construction Demos with Zadra
West End Artisan Pop-Up Shop and Make Your Own Mask
Activities for Kids - Free activities provided by area non-profits.  New activities every hour; see schedule below for details.
Babies and Broadswords - Drop in, drop out D&D Campaign with Rebecca Minihan
Play-to-Win - Play select board game demos free and enter your name to win the game!
Warehouse Theatre:
Cosplay Repair Station with Scheetz Sew Creative! Stop by if you need a quick repair/update to your costume throughout the day!
Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center/Green Free Library- 134 Main St​
Solar Observation with Wellsboro Astronomy Club
Family-Friendly Crafts at the Green Free Library

10:00am Doors Open - All Comic Con Venues
10:00am - 11:00am Make Your Own Superhero Keychain with Haven of Tioga County; Activity with Wellsboro Children's House - DC2
10:00am - 12:00pm Design a Superhero with Chalk with Northern PA Regional College - CA
10:15am - 11:00am Panel 1 - Expressing Emotion Via art in Storytelling with Darren Auck, Adam Gorham and 66 Shark Teeth - Lawn
10:30am - 2:00pm Family-Friendly Crafts at the Green Free Library (134 Main Street)
11:15am - 12:00pm Panel 2 - Stories by Format: Comics, Graphic Novels, Scripts, Serials, Prose...What’s the Difference; What’s the Same? With David Ebeltoft, Ramon Gil, and Chris Ring - Lawn
11:30am - 12:30pm Crafts & Activities with Gmeiner/Art’s Friends and Wellsboro Glass Historical Association - DC2
12:00pm - 2:00pm - Puffs Matinee - WH *This is a Ticketed Event
12:00pm - 2:00pm - Facepainting with Martha Lloyd Community Services - DC2
12:00pm-2:00pm - Solar Viewing with The Wellsboro Astronomy Club - Outside Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center (134 Main Street)
12:15pm - 1:00pm Panel 3 - Crafting “STEM” Comics for Kids with Kevin McCloskey, Alexis Frederick-Frost, and Brandon T. Snider - Lawn
1:00pm - 2:00pm Make a Card for a Cancer Survivor with Tioga County Relay for Life - DC2
1:15pm - 2:00pm Panel 4 - Fashion in Comics: A Design Discourse with Molly Harrington, Arielle Jovellanos, and Sorah Suhng - Lawn
2:00pm Opening Reception - Wellsboro Comic Con Trading Card and Christiane David Exhibit Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center (134 Main Street)
2:15pm - 3:00 pm Panel 5 - Animating Ideas - Character Creation from Paper to Screen with RA Conroy and Stephanie Williams - Lawn
2:30pm-3:30pm - Superhero Paper Dolls with Diapers for Darlings; Superhero Obstacle Course with Bradford Tioga Head Start - DC2
3:15pm - 3:45pm Storytime with Spider-Man (Bruce Wechtenhiser), followed by Spider-Man Mad-Libs Party with Brandon T. Snider.
4:00pm Cosplay Contestants Report to Lawn
​4:00pm - 4:30pm Cosplay Line-Up/Photo Ops (Our photographer and videographer will be on the Lawn to capture your characters before the Cosplay Contest formally begins!)
4:30- 5:30pm Cosplay Contest and Scavenger Hunt Prizes - Lawn
6:00pm Formal Comic Con Hours End
6:00pm - Artist Trading Card Swap at Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center - (134 Main Street)
7:30pm - Puffs Evening Show - This is a Ticketed Event

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