Eastbourne’s Comic-Con with a twist, WynterCon X, is fast approaching its October destination and exciting announcements are being made. Celebrity guests Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire, Tomb Raider), Colin Baker (Doctor Who’s sixth incarnation), Clive Mantle (Alien 3, Superman IV, Game of Thrones), Sandeep Mohan (Star Wars the Force Awakens, Justice League) and Carla Mendonça (My Parents Are Aliens, Motor Mouth) are set to appear at the event.
Adding to the spectacle, there will be a range of attractions and photo opportunities including a full size and accurate replica of the Ghostbusters vehicle, Ecto-1, and Johnny (number) 5 from the classic 1986 movie, ‘Short Circuit’. There will also be a plethora of hand crafted replica props from the movie ‘The Labyrinth’ and two animatronic baby dragons that are over a whole two metres long.
The Cosplay Hall will return with its own displays, photo opportunities, stage area and adjudicated competition, with prizes for the respective winners. The Worksop Hall, in partnership with Sky Creative Sussex, WynterCon’s Charity Partner, will feature educational workshop tasters based around the charity values including arts, crafts, computer programming and more.
The trade floor will be filled with vendors selling toys, homewares, sweets and treats, prop weapons, table top gaming and accessories, jewellery and more.
WynterCon X will take place at Eastbourne Winter Garden on October 14th – 15th. Full details and tickets can be found on the official WynterCon Website www.WynterCon.org. The event is made possible by the philanthropic, local broadband provider, Lightning Fibre.
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