MegaCon explained

MegaCon
Status:	Active
Venue:	Orange County Convention Center
Location:	Orlando, Florida
Country:	United States
First:	Spring 1993
Organizer:	Fan Expo HQ/Informa Connect
Filing:	For-profit
Attendance:	>190,000 in February 2024

MegaCon, short for Mega Convention, is a large speculative fiction convention that caters to the comic book, sci-fi, anime, fantasy, RPG, and gaming communities, often occurring in spring at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The convention is the largest fan convention event in the Southern United States and second largest in North America with an attendance of 190,000 recorded in 2024.

History

Founding

The first comic book convention held in the Orlando area was OrlandoCon, held annually from 1974 to c. 1994. Regular guests included C. C. Beck, Floyd Gottfredson, and Hal Foster.^[1] MegaCon was founded by James Breitbiel and first held in 1993 at the Orlando Expo Center (Now the UCF Center for Emerging Media). The convention was acquired by the Tampa-based publisher CrossGen in 1999,^[2] with Elizabeth Widera brought on to run the show in 2000 and Breitbiel moving on to become CrossGen's Marketing and Distribution Director.^[2] During this period, from 2000 to 2003, MegaCon heavily promoted CrossGen products as the show continued to grow.^[3] After being the venue once in 1997, the Orange County Convention Center has since 2001, been the host of the convention. The new location allowed MegaCon to be the home of the long-running "Paranoia LIVE!" from 2001 to 2019. LARP, based on Mongoose Publishing's Paranoia.^[4] In 2002, the logo was changed to one with rounded rectangular letters with a capital "G" in lowercase size.

2003 introduced after hours entertainment at the convention. This expanded to offsite locations in 2006. In late 2003, Widera purchased the convention from the failing CrossGen, which was restructuring^[5] (the publisher went bankrupt in 2004). Widera, who is a board member of the comics charity The Hero Initiative, ran the show along with her daughter Christine Alger until 2016.

In 2007, MegaCon hosted the first live presentation of the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards.^[6] This was followed in August 2008 with the convention hosting the first inaugural Project Fanboy Awards ceremony, awarding authors, writers and publishers with honors voted on by Internet users on the Project Fanboy website.^[7] Following 2009, the Project Fanboy Awards event was discontinued.

In September 2008, MegaCon headquarters moved from Safety Harbor to Live Oak, Florida, although the actual convention remains in Orlando.^[8] In 2009, in addition to the main show, held February 27–March 1, convention organizers produced a "mini-MegaCon" held August 22–23 featuring a number of actors from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show.^[9]

Fan Expo

On April 7, 2015, it was announced that MegaCon had been sold to Informa. The con now operates under the auspices of Informa's Fan Expo group, although it has maintained the MegaCon branding.^{[10] [11]} Following MegaCon 2015 it was announced that for the first time MegaCon will be extended to 4 days in 2016.^[12] as well as another mini-MegaCon event, "MegaCon Fan Days" in November 21–22, 2015.^[13] Shortly after MegaCon 2016, MegaCon Tampa Bay was announced for October 28–30.^[14] MegaCon Tampa last happened in 2018 and has not returned since due to the increasing sizes of convention rivals Tampa Bay Comic Con and Metrocon as well as the size limitations of the Tampa Convention Center. Stan Lee made a surprise appearance at MegaCon Tampa Bay 2017, his last at MegaCon, to raise funds for those affected by Hurricane Irma weeks prior.^[15]

Pandemic era

The 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially planned to be held April 16–19 and June 4–7, it was replaced by a smaller "limited edition" "mini-MegaCon" restricted to 25,000 in attendance with the next main event to be held on March 18–21, 2021. These dates were also cancelled with the next date, August 12–15 being a return to operations, though masks were mandated.^[16] During Covid, the show's website was redesigned with a new logo introduced as part of a larger rebranding of FanExpo with the text forming an arch. The 2021 event was plagued with many guest cancellations due to pandemic-caused filming conflicts affecting many including Elijah Wood, Brendan Fraser, and James Marsters who were to be among the headline celebrities of the event.^[17]

2022 featured a return to normal operations with Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd, the Hobbits of the Lord of the Rings, reuniting on stage as well as Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes of the Jay and Silent Bob show, Brendan Fraser, and Gina Carano being other highlight guest appearances. MegaCon inaugurated FanExpo's partnership with virtual auction site WhatNot, featuring a Virtual MegaCon with virtual celebrity signings, comic artist sketch streams, and streams of cosplay contests, as well as a WhatNot booth.^[18] Numerous traffic issues in the surrounding areas due to record attendance reached local news headlines.^[19] Several tiers of tickets including family packages and youth tickets were sold out on Saturday. Surpassing Comic Con International's attendance cap of 130,000, MegaCon became the second most attended fan convention in the United States after New York Comic Con. The last day of the 2022 convention hosted a memorial service for the late comic artist George Perez, who was a frequent guest at the convention.^[20]

2023 introduced advanced paid parking from several parking lots as well as shuttles to the convention as a way to alleviate traffic issues.^[21] A Wednesday pre-launch party was added to the afterhours party line up at ICON Park. Tickets for the 2024 event went on sale the day after the 2023 event ended, a change in tradition from tickets going on sale 5–6 months prior to the event.

Dates and guests

Notability guidelines for listing guests

• Actors and voice actors are to be listed.
• Comic guests may be listed only if listed on MegaCon website or noted to have attended pre-2000.
• Youtubers may be listed only if they have reached the 100,000 subscribers eligible for a Silver Creator Award.
• Music performers may be listed if on MegaCon website as a guest.
• Book Authors may be listed only if on MegaCon website as a guest.
• Cosplay guests, tattoo artists, other artists, and retailers may not be listed.
• Guests partnered with vendor booths may be listed if they are actors/voice actors, renowned comic creators, or have met the 1 million subscribers eligible for a Gold Creator Award.

1990s and 2000s

Early years and CrossGen

width=125px	Dates !	Official guests	Building	Notes
Spring 1993		Orlando Expo Center
Spring 1994		Orlando Expo Center
Spring 1995		Orlando Expo Center
March 8–10, 1996	John Beatty, Howard Chaykin, Terry Collins, Amanda Conner, Kevin Conrad, Tony Daniel, Dick Giordano, Adam Hughes, Joe Jusko, Trent Kaniuga, Frank Lopez, Joe Madureira, Todd McFarlane, Martin Nodell, Jimmy Palmiotti, George Pérez, Joe Quesada, John Romita Sr., Brian Stelfreeze, William Stout, Tim Townsend, William Tucci, Ethan Van Sciver^[22]	Orlando Expo Center	10,000 attendees ^[23]
March 15–16, 1997	Matt "Batt" Banning, Jason Baumgartner, John Beatty, Joe Benitez, Brett Booth, Rick Buckler, Jr., Greg Capullo, Ricky Carralero, Peter Chung, Scott Ciencin, Tony Daniel, Peter David, Jose Delbo, Jordi Ensign, Dick Giordano, Jack Gray, Randy Green, Jim Harrison, Everette Hartsoe, Don Hillsman, Robb Horan, Steven Hughes, Chad Hunt, Jason Jenson, Tom Joyner, Josue Justiniano, Ray Lago, Bob Layton, Jon Lewis, Chris Leidenfrost, Steve Lieber, Rob Liefeld, David W. Mack, Joe Madureira, Bill Marimon, Nathan Massengill, Todd McFarlane, Dave Megill, Jude Millien, Shelly Moldoff, Jim Mooney, Mark Morales, Mart Nodell, Dark One, Mike Okamoto, Jeff Parker, Dan Parsons, George Perez, Don Perlin, Brandon Peterson, Tom Peyer, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Jeff Pittarelli, Brian Pulido, Humberto Ramos, John Romita Sr., Jessica Ruffner, Charles William Satterlee, Julius Schwartz, Steve Scott, Howard Shum, Alex Simmons, Slick, Louis Small, Jr., Arne Starr, J. Michael Straczynski, Naser Subashi, Eman Torre, Tim Townsend, William Tucci, Brad Vancatta, Dexter Vines, The Ultimate Warrior, Mitch Waxman, Jeff Whiting, Xavier^[24] ^[25]	West Concourse Hall C
March 13–15, 1998		Orlando Expo Center	11,500 attendees
March 5–7, 1999	Actors: Alley Baggett, Angela Cartwright, Gerard Christopher, Richard Herd, Marta Kristen, DeDe Lind, Janet Luppo, Alisha Oreskovich, Butch Patrick, Debbie Rochon, Brinke Stevens, Paris Themmen, Victoria Zdrok^[27] Writers and artists Deborah Abbott, Neal Adams, Karl Altstaetter, Dick Ayers, Jason Baumgartner, Greg Beettam, Julie Bell, David Berkebile, Terry Brooks, J. Scott Campbell, Ben Capozzi, Joe Casey, Keu Cha, James Chambers, Ian Churchill, Dorian Cleavenger, Darryl Cobbs, James Collins, Lowell Cunningham, Mark C. Cuventas, Danny DeAngelo, Dave Devries, Darrell Donald, Colleen Doran, Joshua Dysart, Will Eisner, Tony Fanning, Ozvaldo Fernandez, Thomas Fleming, Ramona Fradon, Cliff Galbraith, Christopher T. Gerow, Dick Giordano, Randy Green, Brian Haberlin, Eric Wolfe Hanson, Andy Hartnell, Matt Hawkins, Jacinto Hernandez, Mike Hoffman, Miguel A. Insignares, Tony Isabella, Austin Janowsky, Georges Jeanty, Casey Jones, Charles Keegan, Jim Krueger, Ray Lago, Harry Lampert, Bob Layton, Steve Leiber, Chris Leidenfrost, Jason Liebig, Rob Liefeld, Jeph Loeb, David Mack, Howard Mackie, Joe Madureira, Rick Magyar, Pablo Marcos, Richard Maurizio, Don McGregor, Gary Mckee, Shelly Moldoff, Monte Moore, Mart Nodell, Mark Oakley, William O'Neill, Robert Parzek, Jr., Ken Penders, George Perez, Don Perlin, Brandon Peterson, Joe Pruett, Andrew Robinson, Alex Ross, Jim Royal, Alex Saviuk, Douglas Schuler, Andy Smith, Arne Starr, J. Michael Straczynski, Tara Tallan, Peter Telep, Mike Torrance, Tim Townsend, William Tucci, Jan Utstein-O'Neill, Boris Vallejo, Brad Vancatta, Tim Vigil, Ron Walotsky, L. A. Williams, David Wohl, Philip Xavier	Orlando Expo Center	14,000 attendees ^[28]
March 31-April 2, 2000	Actors: Gloria-Anne Gilbert, Mark Goddard, Jennifer LaVoie, Sable, Richard A. Searfoss, Paris Themmen, Nicole Wood^[29] Writers and artists Cancelled Cully Hamner, Magic Johnson	Orlando Expo Center	20,000 attendees ^[30] Last show at Orlando Expo Center
March 2–4, 2001	Actors: Amber Benson, Richard Biggs, Nicholas Brendon, Conrad Brooks, Phil Brown, Jason Carter, Angela Cartwright, Mike Edmonds, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, William Hootkins, Marta Kristen, Richard LeParmentier, June Lockhart, Bob May, Peter Mayhew, Zoe McLellan, Bill Mumy^[31] Other listed guests Voice actors Sean Schemmel, Eric Vale Comic creators Deborah Abbott, Michael Atiyeh, Franco Aureliani, Art Baltazar, Adam Beranek, Al Bigley, Tom Biondolillo, Steve Bird, Bill Black, Terri Boyle, Tom Brevoort, Chris Brunner, Kurt Busiek, Talent Caldwell, Will Caligan, Nick Cardy, Ricky Carralero, Richard Case, Joe Casey, Jim Cheung, William Christensen, Scott Ciencin, Matt Coleman, Amanda Conner, Andrew Crossley, Shawn Crystal, Chuck Cuidera, Peter David, John Dell, Andrea DiVito, Joshua Dysart, Scot Eaton, Elf, Steve Epting, Tom Fleming, Karl Gee, Shannon Reinbold-Gee, Drew Geraci, Brent Giles, Owl Goingback, Dick Giordano, Christian Gossett, Randy Green, Sanford Greene, Austin Guerin, Elio Guevara, Brian Haberlin, Eric Wolfe Hanson, Tony Harris, S. Clarke Hawbaker, Pamela Hazelton, Mark Heike, Stephanie Sanderson Heike, Andrew Hennessy, Clayton Henry, Don Hillsman II, Mike Hoffman, Morry Hollowell, Greg Horn, Zach Howard, Benjamin Hunzeker, Mitch Hyman, Sherard Jackson, Austin Janosky, Paul Jenkins, Drew Johnson, Dan Jolley, Casey Jones, Nat Jones, Joe Jusko, Bradley James Kayl, Barbara Kesel, Rick Ketcham, Leonard Kirk, John Kissee, Richard Kulpa, Harry Lampert, Greg Land, Dave Lanphear, Stephanie Lantry, Rich Larson, Cory Laub, Tzvi Lebetkin, Chris Leidenfrost, Steve Lieber, Joseph Michael Linsner, John Livesay, John Lowe, Rick Magyar, Sam Maronie, Ron Marz, Jose Marzan Jr., Richard Maurizio, Bob McLeod, Garry McKee II, Steve McNiven, Dan Membiela, JD Mettler, Ric Meyers, Roxanne Michaels, David Modica, Joe Monks, Sam Moronie, Stanley Morrison, Matthew Morrow, Trish Mulvihill, David Napoliello, Ingrid Neilson, Martin Nodell, Phil Noto, Jimmy Palmiotti, Andy Park, Dan Parsons, Paul Pelletier, Ken Penders, Brandon Peterson, Jeff Pittarelli, Brian Pulido, Pat Quinn, Wil Quintana, Morgan Reinbold, Andrew Robinson, Caesar Rodriguez, Tone Rodriguez, John Romita Jr, John Romita Sr., Jim Royal, Oscar Saavedra, Alex Saviuk, Bart Sears, Kevin Sharpe, David Siegel, Jim Silke, Louis Small Jr., Andy Smith, Jonathan D. Smith, John Calvin Smith, Ray Snyder, Tom Snyder, Lilith Stabs, Roy Thomas, Brett Thompson, Mike Torrance, Carmen Treffiletti, Billy Tucci, Kevin Tucker, George Tuska, Jan Utstein-O'Neill, Jim Valentino, Ethan Van Sciver, Manny Vega, Tim Vigil, Mark Waid, Stacy Walker, Jason Walker, Greg Waller, Blake Wilkie, David Wohl, Bernie Wrightson, John Wycough, Philip Xavier, John Zulia Cancelled Lloyd Kaufman, David Prowse	West Concourse Hall C	Show moves to the Orange County Convention Center
February 22–24, 2002	Actors: Steven Kent Austin, Kenny Baker, Amber Benson, Nicholas Brendon, Paul Blake, Michonne Bourriague, Jason Carter, Mark Goddard, Janette Goldstein, Erin Gray, Andy Hallett, Virginia Hey, Marta Kristen, June Lockhart, George Lowe, Bob May, Zoe McLellan, Jason Mewes, David Prowse, Mike Quinn, Eugene Roddenberry Jr., Mark Rolston, Kevin Smith, Al Snow^[32] ^[33] Other listed guests Comic creators Sergio Aragonés, Scott Beatty, Tony Bedard, Brian Michael Bendis, Josh Blaylock, Mark Brooks, Chris Burke, Joe Casey, Scott Ciencin, Steve Epting, Drew Geraci, Sanford Greene, Christian Gossett, Butch Guice, Greg Horn, Jeff Johnson, Barbara Kesel, Greg Kirkpatrick, James Kolchalka, Andy Kuhn, Steve Kurth, Greg Land, Andy Lee, Joseph Michael Linsner, David W. Mack, Jason Martin, Steve McNiven, Angel Medina, Karl Moline, Philip Moy, Bobby Nash, Phil Noto, Michael Avon Oeming, Jana Oliver, Paul Pelletier, George Pérez, Brandon Peterson, John Romita Sr., Greg Rucka, Alex Saviuk, Bart Sears, Tim Seeley, Louis Small, Jr., Andy Smith, Arne Starr, Yoshiki Tokushu, Billy Tucci, Mark Waid, Barry Windsor-Smith, Bernie Wrightson, Skottie Young	West Concourse Hall C
February 28–March 2, 2003	Actors: Richard Biggs, Anthony Cistaro, Brian Downey, Jamie Farr, Kathy Garver, Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Jonathan Hardy, Virginia Hey, Lloyd Kaufman, Walter Koenig, Gary Lockwood, Peter Mayhew, Dina Meyer, Nichelle Nichols, David Prowse, Michael Rosenbaum, Paul Schrier, Xenia Seeberg, Robert Trebor, Lani Tupu, Patricia Zentilli^[34] Other listed guests Comic creators Cancelled Scott McDaniel, Ted Raimi, Kelsey Shannon, Al Snow, Roy Thomas	West Concourse Hall C	Last event by CrossGen

Widera

width=125px	Dates !	Official guests	Building	Notes
March 5–7, 2004	Actors: Amy Allen, Michonne Bourriague, Angela Cartwright, Brad Dourif, Ken Foree, Mark Goddard, Sid Haig, Noah Hathaway, Virginia Hey, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Walter Koenig, Marta Kristen, June Lockhart, BarBara Luna, Deanna Lund, Allison Mack, Bob May, Kenny Miller, Bill Mumy, Glenn Shadix, Marc Singer, Brian Thompson^[35] Other listed guests Voice actors Victoria Harwood, George Lowe Comic creators Danny Allain, Luis Amado, Kaare Andrews, Robert Atkins, Robert Baker, John Beatty, Shaun Beaudry, Tony Bedard, Jamie Biggs, Tom Biondolillo, Bill Black, Rene Blanco, James 'Bukshot' Bukaskus, Jose Caraballo, Nick Cardy, Gil Carlo, Patrick Carlucci, Jim Cheung, Justin Chung, Amanda Conner, Daniel Cooney, Matthew L. Dalton, Shawn DePasquale, Laura DePuy, Chuck Dixon, Terry Dodson, Loki Dolza, Shawn Dubin, Nicole Edge, ELF, Steve Epting, Joe Fauvel, Scott Fensterer, Ozzy Fernandez, Glenda Finkelstein, Derrick Fish, Tom Fleming, Fred Gallagher, Tamara Gray, Sanford Greene, Barry Gregory, Jenni Gregory, Russell Hall, Cully Hamner, Bo Hampton, Chris Harden, Ryan Hentz, Drew Hennessy, William J Hodgson, Greg Horn, Adam Hughes, Mitch Hyman, Dan Jaaren, Sherard Jackson, Austin Janowsky, Jennifer Janviere-Farrell, Philip Jean-Pierre, Georges Jeanty, Phil Jimenez, Jeff Johnson, Nat Jones, Robert Jones, Jason Keith, Barbara Kesel, Leonard Kirk, Dick Kulpa, John LaFleur, Harry Lampert, Greg Land, Michael Lark, Rich Larson, Cory Laub, Andy Lee, Aaron Lopresti, Tony Lorenz, Andrew J LoVuolo, David W. Mack, Steven Mangold, Bill Marimon, Laura Martin, Ron Marz, Jose Marzan Jr., James Mason, David G. McDaniel, Garry W. McKee II, Bob McLeod, Angel Medina, Dave Meikis, Jerry Mendoza, Jim Mooney, Paul Monsky, Stanley Morrison, Drew Moss, Martin Nodell, Phil Noto, John Nunnemacher, James O'Barr, Darrell O'Riley, Victoria Ortone, Matt Page, Jimmy Palmiotti, Pat Parnell, Robert Parzek, Paul Pelletier, Jason Peltz, Andrew Pepoy, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Adrian 'Asia' Petty, Justin Ponsor, Michael 'Axebone' Potter, Brian Pulido, Brian Reber, Robert Richardson, Emily Rigelsky, James Ritchey, III, Ariel Rivero, Darick Robertson, Tone Rodriguez, Matt Ryan, Aaron Sacharow, Nigel Sade, Steven Sanchez, Alex Saviuk, Jason Schnabel, Bart Sears, Kelsey Shannon, Walter Simonson, Lon Smart, Andy Smith, Jason Sobol, Sherrie Spencer, Arne Starr, Brian Stelfreeze, John Stevens, Karl Story, Josh Sullivan, Shawn Surface, Craig Thompson, Bryan "Kaiser" Tillman, Gary Timleck, Michael Torrence, George Tuska, Ethan Van Sciver, Matt Vazquez, Dexter Vines, Jason Walker, Adam Wallenta, Danny Waters, Nathan Wiedemer, Matt Wieman, Blake Wilkie, Tracy Yardley, Skottie Young Cancelled Brian Michael Bendis, John Cassaday, Warwick Davis, Brian Downey, Nalini Krishan, Jason Mewes, Xenia Seeberg, Kevin Smith, Craig Thompson, Ron Thornton, Patricia Zentilli	West Concourse Hall C
February 25–27, 2005	Actors: Melody Anderson, Douglas H. Arthurs, Julie Benz, Jackson Bostwick, Jeff Breslauer, Thom Christopher, Devin Devasquez, Lou Ferrigno, Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Richard Hatch, Richard Herd, Sam Jones, Sam Jones III, John Kassir, Mercedes McNab, Debbie Rochon, Felix Silla, Michael Bailey Smith^[36] Other listed guests Voice actors Sandy Fox, Lex Lang, George Lowe Book authors Peter S. Beagle Musicians Psycho le Cému Comic creators Manuel Aguilera, Luis Amado, Robert Atkins, Nicc Balce, Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek, Jerry Beck, Allen Bellman, Mike Bielaczyc, Jamie Biggs, Steve Bird, Rene Blanco, Tony Bledsoe, Justin Bleep, Bret Blevins, Marty Blevins, Mike Bocianowski, Tye Bourdony, Michael Bramson, Dan Brereton, Michael Buckley, Tim Buckley, James 'Bukshot' Bukaskus, Chris Burke, Mitch Byrd, David Campiti, Sergio Cariello, Gil Carlo, Pat Carlucci, Tommy Castillo, Keith Champagne, Brian Clevinger, Gene Colan, Brian Colin, Steve Conley, Joseph Conrad, Will Conrad, Daniel Cooney, Jinky Coronado, Ed Coutts, Katherine Croft, Terry Cronin, Michael D'Ambrosio, Wes Danielson, Mike Deodato, Dave DeVries, Emilio Diaz, Chuck Dixon, Tai Do, Joey Donovan, Frank Dowler, DRE, Angela Duplis, David Durica, John Fagard, Joe Fauvel, Scott Fensterer, Frank Feschino Jr., Glenda Finkelstein, Derrick Fish, G.W. Fisher, Tom Fleming, Thomas Florimonte, Jason Flowers, Jason Franks, John Fuld, Sam Gaffin, Joe Gallagher, John Gallagher, Greg Gatlin, Drew Geraci, Michael T. Gilbert, Dick Giordano, Michael Goodman, Robert Granito, Randy Green, Sanford B. Greene, Barry Gregory, Jenni Gregory, Raven Gregory, Chasen S. Grieshop, Linda Grucza, Leo Grutman, Jeff Hall, Russell Hall, Jessie "Cadre" Hansen, Chris Harden, Andrew Hennessey, Mark Henry, Anthony Hightower, Dave Horlick, Greg Horn, Josh Howard, Adam Hughes, Rob Hunter, Ben Hunzeker, Mitch Hyman, Miguel Insignares, Austin Janowsky, Jennifer Janviere, Phil Jimenez, Rob Jones, Amano Jyaku, Rick Ketcham, Barbara Kesel, Tyler Kirkman, Rich Koslowski, Cory Evan Laub, Katherine Leis, Jay Leisten, Chris "Cannonball" Lesley, Chris Lie, Ellen Linder, Bob Lizek, Charles Lopez, Aaron Lopresti, Tony Lorenz, Andrew J. LoVuolo, Carl Lundgren, James E. Lyle, Mike Manley, James Mason, Bill Marimon, Pat Martin, Ron Marz, Jose Marzan, James Mason, Steve Mangold, David McDaniel, Dove McHargue, G.W. McKee II, Austin McKinley, Bob McLeod, Steve McNiven, Angel Medina, Mark Mekkes, Paul Monsky (comics)Paul Monsky, Jim Mooney, Monte Moore, Chris Moreno, Stanley Morrison, Rex Mundi, Nakanari, Stephan Nilson, Talia O'Neal, Darrell O’Riley, Michael Avon Oeming, Scott Parker, Bob Parzek, Jr., Douglas Pasziewicz, Paul Pelletier, Jason Peltz, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Joe Quesada, Buddy Prince, Brian Pulido, Nate Ramboldt, Scott Ramsoomair, Khary Randolph, Joshua Raynack, Robert Charles Richardson, Emily Rigelsky, Tim Riley, David A. Rivera, Ariel Rivero, Tone Rodriguez, Lucio Ruiz, Andy Runton, Nigel Sade, Steve Sanchez, Harold Saville, Alex Saviuk, Stuart Sayger, Heather Scott, Justin Scott, Brian Shearer, Marlin Shoop, Andy Smith, Mark Sparacio, Sherrie Spencer, Jason Sobal, Taki Soma, Arne Starr, Josh Sullivan, Shawn Surface, Paula Tabor, Randy Taylor, Alex Teston, Roy Thomas, Gregory N Thompson, Bryan “Kaiser” Tillman, Greg Titus, Jody Tonn, Wilson Tortosa, Carmen Treffiletti, Billy Tucci, George Tuska, Ethan Van Sciver, Mayleen Vega, Tim Vigil, Paul Vincenti, Mark Waid, Shaun Ward, Andy Warner, Danny B. Waters, Robert Wawrzyniak, Nathan Weidemer, Phillip Willis, Marv Wolfman, John Wycough, Xzanthia, Tracy Yardly, Skottie Young, Thom Zahler	West Concourse Hall D2	22,000 attendees ^[37]
February 24–26, 2006	Actors: Tony Amendola, Steve Bacic, Julie Benz, Jason Carter, Cleopatra, Alexis Cruz, Mira Furlan, John Kassir, Lloyd Kaufman, Clare Kramer, Cirroc Lofton, Mark Lutz, Chris Rankin, John Schneider, Tracy Scoggins, Marina Sirtis, Arne Starr, Brinke Stevens, Cathy St George, Jamie Yeates^[38] ^[39] Other listed guests Voice actors Chris Bevins, Jeff Breslauer, George Lowe, Mike McFarland, Scott McNeill, Billy West Musicians Emerald Rose Book authors Bob Andelman Comic creators Dionysios Adelinis, Manuel Aguilera, Luis Amado, Scott Ethan Ambruson, James “Bukshot” Bukauskas, John Beatty, Jerry Beck, Jason Becker, Marty Blevins, Tony Bledsoe, Jennie Breeden, Mark Brooks, Sal Buscema, J. Chris Campbell, Ariel Rivero Capote, Monica Cappiello, Nic Carcieri, Nick Cardy, Sergio Cariello, Pat Carlucci, Tommy Castillo, Howard Chaykin, Jimmy Cheung, Mike Choi, Amanda Conner, Mike Conrad, Eric Cooper, Tracy Cornett, Ed Coutts, Terry Cronin, R. Katherine Croft, Dennis Culver, Mike D’Ambrosio, Corey “Roc Bottom” Davis, Chuck Dixon, Matt Doucette, Travis Earls, Steve Epting, Al Feldstein, Scott Fenster, Ozzy Fernandez, Glenda C. Finklestein, GW Fisher, Derrick Fish, Tom Fleming, Jason Flowers, Jason Franks, Drew Geraci, Dick Giordano, Kermit Gonzalez, Robert Granito, Tamara Gray, Randy Green, Barry Gregory, Groovi Grevelli, Christopher Alan Harden, Jesse “Cadre” Hansen, Marc Hammond, Mark Henry, Jessica ‘Pooka’ Herrera, Derek Holland, Greg Hopkins, Adam Hughes, Rob Hunter, Andrew Hurst, Crystal Irvine, John ‘Jaxx’ Jackman, John Jay Jacobs, Rob Jones, Amano Jyaku, Barbara Kesel, Rich Koslowski, Holland King, Robert Kraus, Greg Land, Cory Evan Laub, Bob Layton, Chris Leidenfrost, Jay Leisten, Chris “Cannonball” Lesley, Chris Lie, Andrew Lovoulo, Jonathan Luna, Joshua Luna, James E. Lyle, Chuck Majewski, Steven Mangold, Pablo Marcos, Bill Marimon, Dash Martin, Laura Martin, Pat Martin, Jose Marzan, Jr., David McDaniel, Dove McHargue, Garry McKee II, Bob McLeod, Mark Mekkes, Ricky Midence, Adam Milicevic, Steve Mindykowski, Brian Mitchell, Paul Monsky, Claudia Montealegre, Chris Moreno, Stanley Morrison, Dave Nestler, Martin Nodell, Phil Noto, Darrel O'Riley, Jimmy Palmiotti, Roland Paris, Pat Parnell, Billy Dallas Patton, Joe Pekar, Jason Peltz, Mark Pennington, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Jim Pike, Jose Prendes, Brian Pulido, CJ Randall, Joshua Raynack, Robert Rhine, Emily Rigelsky, Charles Richardson, Alberto Ruiz, Andy Runton, Steven Sanchez, Alex Saviuk, Stuart Sayger, Brian Shearer, Mark Simon, Christian Slade, Joshua Smeaton, Andy Smith, Jason Sobol, Candido Soto, Sherri Spencer, Josh Sullivan, Paula Tabor, Brian Tillman, Tim Townsend, Chris Tsuda, Billy Tucci, George Tuska, Ethan Van Sciver, Robert Venditti, Paul Vincenti, Greg Vondruska, Jason Walker, Nara Walker, Shaun Ward, Danny Waters, Robert Wawrzyniak, Nathan Wiedemer, Mike Wieringo, Chris Wisnia, Thom Zahler Cancelled Michael Lark, Chris Rankin, Tanya Roberts, Sean Schemmel	West Concourse Hall D2
February 16–18, 2007	Actors: Sean Astin, Jamie Bamber, Brian Downey, Gigi Edgley, Lou Ferrigno, David Franklin, Mark Goddard, David Hedison, Virginia Hey, Lloyd Kaufman, Margot Kidder, Bob May, Mary McDonnell, Michael McManus, Noel Neill, Wayne Pygram, Efren Ramirez, Xenia Seeberg, Kevin Sorbo, Arne Starr, Cathy St. George, Vergil, Michael Winslow^[40] ^[41] Other listed guests Voice actors Chris Bevins, John Burgmeier, Sandy Fox, Taliesin Jaffe, Lex Lang, Vic Mignogna, Carrie Savage Musicians Aurelio Voltaire Comic creators Cancelled Allan Heinberg, June Lockhart, Geoff Johns	West Concourse Hall C
March 7–9, 2008	Actors: Steve Bacic, Leah Cairns, Trish Cleveland, Jarrett Crippen, Adam Danoff, Erica Durance, Gil Gerard, Mark Goddard, Erin Gray, Lloyd Kaufman, Gail Kim, Peter Mayhew, Cindy Morgan, Dylan Neal, Noel Neill, Jack O'Halloran, Adrian Pasdar, Pete Postiglione, Jon Provost, Jennifer Rhodes, Kyle Schmid, Mark Sheppard, William Morgan Sheppard, Marc Singer, Arne Starr, Kristy Swanson, Adrienne Wilkinson, Dan Williams, Nell Wilson^[42] ^[43] Other listed guests Voice actors Caitlin Glass, Neil Kaplan, George Lowe, Cynthia Martinez, Vic Mignogna Musicians Aurelio Voltaire Comic creators Maite Acosta, Manuel Aguilera, Scott Ethan Ambruson, Ken Anthony, Nick Arganbright, Arthur Ball, Jinnifer Barrentine, John Beatty, Jason Becker, Rich Bernatovech, Gina Biggs, Andrew Black, Josh Blaylock, Tony Bledsoe, Daniel Boyd, Jennie Breeden, Lee Bretschneider, James “Bukshot” Bukauskas, Lee Camara, Peter Caravette, Nic Carcieri, Sergio Cariello, Pat Carlucci, Randy Carmine, Joe Carroll, Greg Carter, Tommy Castillo, Crystal Cecil, Barbara Chapman, Hayley Chapman, Andrew Charipar, Shannon Chenoweth, Jim Cheung, Christopher Churchill, Michael Churchill, Lindsay Cibos, Tiffany Ciper, Brian Clevinger, Amanda Conner, Mike Conrad, Darwyn Cooke, Dan Cooley, Eric Cooper, G. David Cooper, Tracy Cornett, Dana Corrigan, Andrew Cosson, Ed Coutts, Kyle Cross, James Dailey, Jeremy Dale, Chris Dame, Christopher Darden, Michael Darling, Deanna Davoli, Monica Delgado, Chuck Dixon, Derec Donovan, Robert Doria, David Doub, Marc Draven, Travis Earls, Erick Erickson, Jamie Fay, Ozzy Fernandez, Nathan Ferree, David Finch, Zack Finfrock, Derrick Fish, GW Fisher, Tom Fleming, Gary Friedrich, Angel Fuentes, Scott Gallatin, Tanya Gadsden, Peter Gandia, Carlos Garcia, Drew Geraci, Ransom Getty, Casey Gibson, Lionel Gill, Dick Giordano, Porfiria Girgis, Michael Golden, Gene Gonzales, Michelle Gonzalez, Robert Granito, Joshua Greathouse, KC Green, Sanford Green, Mario Gully, Eric Wolfe Hanson, Carrie Hawks, Kevin Hayman, Jamie Hendrix, Matt Herms, Greg Hettinger, Jared Hodges, LaTwan Holland, Amy Hollen, Greg Horn, Mitch Hyman, Crystal Irvine, Damon James, Chad Jenkins, Cyan Jenkins, Barbara Jensen, Dave Johnson, Erik Jones, Amano Jyaku, Amanda Kahl, Jeff Kaufman, Barbara Kesel, Jennifer Kilburn, Adrian S. King, Randy “Rantz” Kintz, Robert A. Kraus, Adam Kubert, Karl Kuras, Cory Evan Laub, Christopher Ledford, Sherline Leem, Chris Leidenfrost, “Louie D.” Llense, Jonathan Lewis, Jason Li, Joe Linsner, Comfort Love, Andrew Lovuolo, Javier Lugo, James Lyle, Mike Maihack, Steven Mangold, Carlos Mangual, Dash Martin, Laura Martin, Jose Marzan Jr., Nathan Massengill, Jeremy Mauney, Denise McCabe, Philip McCall II, Greg McConnell, Garry McKee II, Mark McKenna, Bob McLeod, Steve McNiven, Bill Meiggs, Mark Mekkes, Jim Melvin, Ken Meyer, Jr., Brian Mitchell, Paul Monsky, Chris Moreno, Stanley Morrison, George Moss, Ari Muñoz, Dee Muñoz, Rudy Nebres, Andy Nelson, David Nestler, Stephan Nilson, Alex Niño, Phil Noto, Darrell O’Riley, Rhiannon A. Owens, Sakura O2, Jimmy Palmiotti, Mia Paluzzi, Pat Parnell, Paul Pelletier, Jason Peltz, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Justin Peterson, Brett Pinson, Anna Polonsky, Caleb Prochnow, Steven Prouse, Joe Quesada, Matt Rainwater, Matthew Razzano, Rob Richardson, David A. Rivera, Enrique O. Rivera, Marcus A. Rivera, Mileska Rodriguez, Tone Rodriguez, John Romita Jr., Ed Ryzowski, Nigel Sade, Stan Sakai, Ronald Salas, Alexandria Sandlin, Alex Saviuk, Enrique “Zeke” Savory Jr., Stuart Sayger, Jennifer Scanlon, Heather Scott, Stephany Scott, Steve Scott, Sean Shaw, JT Shea, Brian Shearer, Kate Sherron, Scotty Shoemaker, Ed Siemienkowicz, Joshua Smeaton, David Stanworth, C. Michael Steele, Kitsune Steele, Jon Sugrue, Arthur Suydam, Trish Tatman, Daniel Taylor, Mark Texeira, Shayne Thames, Laurie Thomas, Bryan Tillman, Miller Timmons, Mike Torrance, Wilfredo Torres, Layne Toth, Peri Toth, Tim Townsend, Herb Trimpe, William Tucci, Ethan Van Sciver, Mayleen Vega, Tim Vigil, Paul Vincenti, Dexter Vines, Greg Vondruska, Mark Waid, Jason Walker, Nara N. Elizabeth Walker, Matt Walters, Danny Waters, Robert Wawrzyniak, Daniel Way, John Wheeler, Kathryn Whidden, Chad White, Rick Winward, Renee Witterstaetter, Marc Wolfe, David K. Wong, Eric Woodard, Scott Woodward, Nathan Wiedemer, Jarrett Williams, Adam Withers, Maryanne Wright, Thom Zahler, Scott Zitta Cancelled Matthew Atherton, Robin Curtis, Tanya Huff, June Lockhart	South Concourse Hall B	First in North/South concourse
February 27–March 1, 2009	Actors: Melody Anderson, Dirk Benedict, Traci Brooks, James Callis, Luciana Carro, Gareth David-Lloyd, Darcy DeMoss, Ami Dolenz, Micky Dolenz, Lou Ferrigno, Jennifer Halley, James Hampton, Tricia Helfer, Christy Hemme, Alaina Huffman, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Charlotte Kemp, Margot Kidder, Richard LeParmentier, Anne Lockhart, Peter Mayhew, Cindy Morgan, Phillip Morris, Aaron Pabon, Michael Papajohn, Felix Silla, Al Snow, Arne Starr, Mia St. John, Cathy St.George^[44] ^[45] Other listed guests Voice actors Book Authors Peter Beagle, Shane Moore Musicians Alien Warrior Comedian, Emerald Rose, Phoenicia Comic creators John Abatz, Alison Acton, Manuel Aguilera, Nick Arganbright, Scott Ambruson, Brian Anderson, Ken Anthony II, Daniel Araya, Lindsay Archer, Robert Atkins, Kristal Babich, Andrew Batog, Pat Batton, William Beaderstadt, John Beatty, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Tony Bedard, Andrea M. Bell, Rich Bernatovech, Monique Blaize, Joe Bluhm, Dan Boyd, Kenneth Branch, Jennie Breeden, Jeff Brennan, Pat Broderick, James “Bukshot” Bukauskas, Bucky, Steven Butler, Mitch Byrd, Lee Camara, J Chris Campbell, Sergio Cariello, Pat Carlucci, Randall R. Carmine, Joel Carrol, Tommy Castillo, Barbara Chapman, Andrew Charipar, Adonis E. Charles, Echo Chernik, Jim Cheung, Frank Cho, Lindsay Cibos, Tiffany Ciper, Chris Claremont, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Cesar Cordero, Wayne Cordova, Tracy L. Cornett, Terry Cronin, Brittany Cruz, Michael D’Ambrosio, Jeremy Dale, Christopher Darden, Deanna Davoli, Nelson DeCastro, Monica Delgado, Dan Didio, Chuck Dixon, Derec Donovan, Kenny Durkin, Travis Earls, Robin Edwards, Larry Elmore, Egg Embry, Erick Erickson, Joel Estrada, Jamie Fay, Al Feldstein, Ben Filipiak, Glenda Finkelstein, Derrick Fish, GW Fisher, Rene Florimonte, Thomas Florimonte, Jr., Mike Foss, Chandra Free, Angel Fuentes, Scott Gallatin, Drew Geraci, Dick Giordano, Gaby Gonzalez, Rob Granito, Tamara Gray, Randy Green, KC Green, Barry Gregory, Chloe Gregory, Jenni Gregory, Chasen Grieshop, Meriana Guerra, Chris Hamer, Nik Havert, Clayton Henry, Elvin A. Hernandez, Sarah Herrin, Jared Hodges, Morry J. Hollowell, Chris Houtchen, Adam Hughes, Rob Hunter, Aric Hutfles, Mitch Hyman, Austin Janowsky, Chad Jenkins, Cyan Jenkins, Rob Jones, Dan Jurgens, Amano Jyaku, Amanda Kahl, Barbara Kesel, Rick Ketcham, David King, Michael Kingston, Matthew Kirkland, Robert A. Kraus, Karl Kuras, Greg Land, Greg LaRocque, Cory Evan Laub, Christopher Ledford, Kevin Leen, Chris Leidenfrost, Jerald Lewis, Tony Lorenz, Michael Loria, Comfort Love, Andrew LoVuolo, Javier Lugo, Christine Lupo, James Lyle, Mike Maihack, Steven Mangold, Carlos M. Mangual, Daniel Mann, Pablo Marcos, Dash Martin, Ron Marz, Jose Marzan, Jr., Jeremy Mauney, Mike Maydak, Philip Lee McCall II, Michael McElroy, Sean McHugh, Gary McKee II, Bob McLeod, Steve McNiven, Mark Mekkes, Brian Canfield Mitchell, Paul Monsky, Mark Morales, Stanley Morrison, George Moss, Doug Murray, Alex Ness, Rose Nightshade, Ashley Oliva, Darrell O’Riley, Rhiannon Owens, Pasquale V. Palazzolo, Jimmy Palmiotti, Mia Paluzzi, Danny Paris, Patrick Thomas Parnell, Joe Pekar, Paul Pelletier, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Martin T. Pierro, Sara Pike, Brett Pinson, Thitaree Pongpluempitichai, Brian Pulido, Anthony Racanelli, Humberto Ramos, Rodney Ramos, Graven Ravenwolf, Rob Rhine, Ray Richardson, Robert Richardson, David Rivera, Enrique O. Rivera, Marcus Rivera, Lady Saiyuki, Ron Salas, Steven Sanchez, Alex Saviuk, Kari Schultz, Dave Shabet, J.T. Shea, Brian Shearer, Scotty Shoemaker, Kerry Shyver, Karl Slominski, Joshua Smeaton, Bob Smeets, Andy Smith, Cory Smith, Jason Sobol, Wayne Spencer, Kitsune Steele, Rinaldo Stephens, William Stout, Dirk Strangely, Jonathan Stuart, Arthur Suydam, Shayne Thames, Laurie L. Thomas, Bryan “Kaiser” Tillman, Crystal Tillman, Wilfredo Torres, Layne Toth, Peri Toth, Tim Townsend, Billy Tucci, Ethan Van Sciver, Demetrius Veasy, Alain Viesca, Paul Vincenti, Shannon Vokes, Greg Vondruska, Mark Waid, Jason Walker, Jennifer H. Walker, Deleon Walters, Sam Warren, Danny Waters, Robert Wawrzyniak, Nathan Wiedemer, Amy Williams, Greg “Dark One” Williams, Jarrett Williams, Adam Withers, John Wycough, Tracy Yardley, Kelly Yates, Thom Zahler Cancelled Beau Bridges, Al Feldstein, Richard Hatch, Alaina Huffman, Laura Vandervoort	West Concourse Hall D	32,000 attendees ^[46]
August 22–23, 2009	Actors: Amber Benson, Adam Busch, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield, Dorian Gregory, Jackie Haas, Hannah Hindi, Hillary Hindi, The Kat, Lisa Loring, Shelly Martinez, Sylvester McCoy, Tarah Paige, Terri Runnels, Felix Silla, Arne Starr, SoCal Val, Sean Waltman^[47] ^[48] Other listed guests Voice actors Musicians Phoenicia, Aurelio Voltaire Comic creators Tony Bedard, Sergio Cariello, Jim Cheung, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Terry Cronin, Chuck Dixon, Drew Geraci, Dick Giordano, Greg Horn, Casey Jones, Greg Land, Alvin Lee, Phil Noto, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jeff Parker, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Steve Scott, Christian Slade, Amanda Stevens, Billy Tan, Tim Townsend, Renee Witterstaetter Cancelled Peter Facinelli, Rachelle Lefevre, Michael Welch	West Concourse Hall E1	"mini-MegaCon"

2010s

Pre-Informa

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March 12–14, 2010	Actors: Maria de Aragon, Jeremy Bulloch, Levar Burton, Ellen Dubin, Richard Hatch, Virginia Hey, James Hong, Lloyd Kaufman, John De Lancie, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Kristanna Loken, Peter Mayhew, Nichelle Nichols, Ray Park, Robert Picardo, Brent Spiner, Arne Starr, Lea Thompson, Russell Tovey, SoCal Val, Claudia Wells, Billy Dee Williams^[49] ^[50] Other listed guests Voice actors Music performers Phoenicia Comic creators Tony Bedard, Joe Benitez, Jim Calafiore, Eric Canete, Sergio Cariello, Jim Cheung, Frank Cho, Mike Choi, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Terry Cronin, Jeremy Dale, Nelson DeCastro, Chuck Dixon, Dave Dorman, Dick Giordano, Rob Granito, Justin Gray, Greg Horn, Adam Hughes, Rob Hunter, Georges Jeanty, Casey Jones, Joe Jusko, Barbara Kesel, Greg Land, Alvin Lee, Laura Martin, Mark McKenna, Mike McKone, Graham Nolan, Phil Noto, Sonia Oback, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Parent, Paul Pelletier, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Stephen Perry, Brandon Peterson, Brian Pulido, Don Rosa, Stephane Roux, Christian Slade, Andy Smith, Brian Stelfreeze, Amanda Stevens, Chris Stevens, Tim Townsend, Billy Tucci, Ethan Van Sciver, Dexter Vines, Marv Wolfman Cancelled Olivier Coipel, Nicholas Courtney, Robb Demarest, Gig Edgley, Jonathan Frakes, Kevin Sorbo	West Concourse Hall D	35,000 attendees ^[51]
March 25–27, 2011	Actors: Robin Curtis, Michael Dorn, Lou Ferrigno, Jonathan Frakes, Mira Furlan, Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, James Hampton, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Doug Jones, Clare Kramer, Anne Lockhart, James Marsters, Cindy Morgan, John Schneider, Matt Senreich, William Shatner, Marina Sirtis, Kevin Sorbo, Arne Starr, Jack Stauffer, SoCal Val, Zeb Wells^[52] ^[53] Other listed guests Voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jamie Marchi, Vic Mignogna, Trina Nishimura Music performers Phoenicia Comic creators Allen Bellman, Nelson Blake, J. Scott Campbell, Sergio Cariello, Jim Cheung, Frank Cho, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Terry Cronin, Jeremy Dale, Nelson DeCastro, Frank Fradella, Michael Golden, Morry Hollowell, Greg Horn, Rob Hunter, Geoff Johns, Reverend Dave Johnson, Joe Jusko, Stan Lee, Jay Leisten, Clay Mann, Ron Marz, Mike McKone, Terry Moore, Mark Morales, Phil Noto, Denny O'Neil, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Panosian, Dan Parent, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Khoi Pham, Brian Pulido, Paolo Rivera, Kenneth Rocafort, Craig Rousseau, Tim Sale, Alex Saviuk, Steve Scott, Christian Slade, Arthur Suydam, Roy Thomas, Frank Tieri, Tim Townsend, Billy Tucci, Jim Valentino, Ethan Van Sciver, Mark Waid, Zeb Wells, Renee Witterstaetter Cancelled Bruce Boxleitner, Joe Chin, Robb Demarest, Alan Ruscoe, Alison Skipper	West Concourse Hall D	42,000 attendees ^[54]
February 17–19, 2012	Actors: David Anders, Bruce Boxleitner, Paul Bradford, Nicholas Brendon, Charisma Carpenter, Tia Carrere, Lauren Cohan, Brennan Elliot, Tom Felton, Stephen Furst, Peter Jurasik, Richard LeParmentier, Daniel Logan, Peter Mayhew, Eddie McClintock, Paul McGillion, Cindy Morgan, Joseph Morgan, Corin Nemec, Valerie Perrine, Robert Picardo, David Prowse, Saul Rubinek, Tim Russ, Matt Senreich, Michael Bailey Smith, Brent Spiner, Arne Starr, Scott Tepperman, Zeb Wells^[55] ^[56] Other listed guests Voice actors Laura Bailey, Todd Haberkorn, Mark Meer, Vic Mignogna, Brina Palencia, Christopher Sabat, Travis Willingham Music performers Phoenicia, Frenchy and the Punk, Emerald Rose Book authors Aya Knight Comic creators Robert Atkins, Jeff Balke, Tony Bedard, Allen Bellman, Joe Brusha, Dennis Calero, J. Scott Campbell, Greg Capullo, Nick Cardy, Sergio Cariello, Frank Cho, Brian Clevinger, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Terry Cronin, Jeremy Dale, Daxiong, Mike DeBalfo, Nelson DeCastro, Lar DeSouza, Dan DiDio, Chuck Dixon, Nathan Edmondson, David Finch, Paul Gulacy, Cully Hamner, Phil Hester, Greg Horn, Rob Hunter, Dan Jurgens, Barbara Kesel, Bob Layton, Stan Lee, Clay Mann, Pablo Marcos, Laura Martin, Sheldon Moldoff, Karl Moline, Graham Nolan, Phil Noto, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Parent, Paul Pelletier, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Brian Pulido, Don Rosa, Stephane Roux, Tim Sale, Alex Saviuk, Bill Sienkiewicz, Christian Slade, Ryan Sohmer, Brian Stelfreeze, Karl Story, Arthur Suydam, Mark Texeira, Frank Tieri, Tim Townsend, Billy Tucci, Tim Vigil, Zeb Wells, Renee Witterstaetter, Tom Zahler Cancelled Tony Amendola, Kate Mulgrew, Ethan Phillips	West Concourse Halls D-E	51,000 attendees ^[57] First time a separate hall, D1, is used for ticketing and entry que
March 15–17, 2013	Actors: Paul Blake, Blixx, Paul Bradford, Jeremy Bulloch, Levar Burton, Dean Cain, Denise Crosby, Huggy Cub, John De Lancie, Michael Dorn, Ellen Dubin, Gigi Edgley, Lou Ferrigno, Jonathan Frakes, Johnny G, Morgan Gendel, James Hampton, Michael Hogan, Jersey Jess, Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Koske, Jimmy Mac, Gates McFadden, Meatball, Larry Nemecek, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, David Prowse, Sampson, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Arne Starr, Daniel Stewart, Patrick Stewart, Sunshine, Tanaka, Scott Tepperman, Wil Wheaton^[58] ^[59] Other listed guests Voice actors Lear Bunda, John DiMaggio, DC Douglas, Joel McDonald, Vic Mignogna, Tara Strong, Cristina Vee, Billy West Music performers Frenchy and the Punk Book authors Aya Knight Comic creators Jason Adams, Joel Adams, Josh Adams, Neal Adams, Robert Atkins, Michael Atiyeh, Mark Bagley, Jeff Balke, Allen Bellman, Craig Boldman, Pat Broderick, Sergio Cariello, Jim Cheung, Frank Cho, Mike Choi, Chris Claremont, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Terry Cronin, Jeremy Dale, Jose Delbo, Chuck Dixon, Steve Epting, Francesco Francavilla, Travis Hill, Greg Horn, Adam Hughes, Rob Hunter, Georges Jeanty, Reverend Dave Johnson, Bob Layton, Clay Mann, Roland Mann, Jose Marzan, Mike McKone, Bob McLeod, Steve McNiven, Jorge Molina, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Panosian, Dan Parent, Paul Pelletier, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Whilce Portacio, Andy Price, Brian Pulido, Andrew Robinson, Alex Saviuk, Matteo Scalera, Gail Simone, Christian Slade, Doug Sneyd, Arthur Suydam, Frank Tieri, Tim Townsend, Billy Tucci, Ethan Van Sciver Cancelled Danielle Harris, Michael Lark, Stan Lee, Ed McGuinness, Brandon Peterson, Mark Waid	West Concourse Halls D-E-F	66,000 in attendance ^[60]
March 21–23, 2014	Actors: Aaron Ashmore, John Barrowman, Dirk Benedict, Manu Bennett, Ming Chen, Lauren Cohan, Gareth David-Lloyd, Eliza Dushku, Jason David Frank, John Glover, Burn Gorman, Danai Gurira, Richard Hatch, Jon Heder, Richard Horvitz, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Bryan Johnson, Emily Kinney, Anne Lockhart, Allison Mack, James Marsters, Sonequa Martin-Green, Peter Mayhew, David Morrissey, Eve Myles, Rob Paulsen, Ron Perlman, Mike Reed, Michael Rosenbaum, Matt Senreich, Arne Starr, Karl Urban, Laura Vandervoort, Wil Wheaton, Stephen Yeun, Mike Zapcic^[61] ^[62] Other listed guests Voice actors Jim Cummings, Quinton Flynn, Grey DeLisle, Jennifer Hale, Tom Kane, Phil LaMarr, George Lowe, Vic Mignogna, Rob Paulsen, Tom Root, Zeb Wells Music performers Ghost of the Robot, The Ken Spivey Band Book authors Aya Knight Comic creators Joel Adams, Josh Adams, Neal Adams, Jeff Balke, George Beliard, Allen Bellman, Nick Bradshaw, Frank Brunner, Dennis Calero, J. Scott Campbell, Sergio Cariello, Jimmy Cheung, Amanda Conner, Daryne Cooke, Jeremy Dale, Nelson Faro DeCastro, Chuck Dixon, Holly Frazetta, David Finch, Michael Golden, Cully Hamner, Greg Horn, Steve Horton, Rob Hunter, Dan Jurgens, Adam Kubert, Russell Lissau, Greg Land, Stan Lee, Roland Mann, Laura Martin, Ron Marz, Mike Mayhew, Mike McKone, Digger T Mesch, Mike Miller, James O'Barr, Joshua Ortega, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Parent, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Brian Pulido, Tom Root, Bart Sears, Bill Sienkiewicz, Mark Sparacio, J. David Spurlock, Carl Story, Arthur Suydam, Frank Tieri, Tim Townsend, Herb Trimpe, Billy Tucci, Ethan Van Sciver, Mark Waid, Renee Witterstaetter, Skottie Young	South Concourse	80,000 attendees^[63]
April 10–12, 2015	Actors: Robbie Amell, Adam Baldwin, Mark Boone Junior, Clifton Collins Jr, Tony Curran, Lou Ferrigno, Sean Patrick Flanery, Karen Gillan, Summer Glau, Jimmy Hart, Hulk Hogan, April Hunter, Alex Kingston, Danielle Panabaker, David Ramsey, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Michael Rooker, Ryan Stratis, Alan Tudyk, Milo Ventimiglia^[64] ^[65] Other listed guests Voice actors Troy Baker, Grey DeLisle, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Olivia Olson, Matt Paulsen, Jeremy Shada Comic creators Jeff Balke, John Beatty, George Beliard, Allen Bellman, Nick Bradshaw, Sergio Cariello, Sean Chen, Frank Cho, John Tyler Christopher, Amanda Conner, Katie Cook, Darwyn Cooke, Terry Cronin, Chuck Dixon, Glenda Finkelstein, Drew Geraci, Joe Harris, Greg Horn, Rob Hunter, Bob Layton, Alvin Lee, Stan Lee, Mike Lilly, Ed McGuinness, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Parent, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Andy Price, Brian Pulido, Tom Raney, Paolo Rivera, Alex Saviuk, Christian Slade, Andy Smith, Mark Sparacio, Frank Tieri, Tim Townsend, Billy Tucci, Ethan Van Sciver, Lee Weeks Cancelled Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy	West Concourse Hall B-A3/4	97,000 attendees ^[66] ^[67]
November 21–22, 2015	Actors: Karen Allen, Billy Boyd, Ryan Hurst, Jason Isaacs, Sean Maher, James Marsters, Paul McGann, John Rhys-Davies^[68] Other listed guests Comic creators Amanda Conner, Cully Hamner, Rob Hunter, Jimmy Palmiotti, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Tim Townsend Cancelled Sean Astin	West Concourse Hall C	"MegaCon Fan Days mini event" 12,000 attendees

Four days and Tampa Bay

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May 26–29, 2016	Actors: Curtis Armstrong, Hayley Atwell, John Barrowman, Jeremy Bulloch, Katie Cassidy, John Cusack, Anthony Daniels, Tom Felton, Vivica A. Fox, Jason David Frank, Michelle Gomez, Elden Henson, Jason Isaacs, Lennie James, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Logan, Ralph Macchio, Jason Mewes, Nichelle Nichols, Tom Payne, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Billie Piper, James Remar, William Sadler, William Shatner, Kevin Smith, George Takei, Carlos Valdes, Burt Ward, Adam West, William Zabka^[69] ^[70] ^[71] Other listed guests Voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Kevin Conroy, Bill Farmer, Todd Haberkorn, David Hayter, Ryo Horikawa, Maurice Lamarche, Jamie Marchi, Vic Mignogna, Trina Nishimura, Alan Oppenheimer, Monica Rial, Chris Sabat, Sean Schemmel, James Arnold Taylor, Eric Vale, Ming-Na Wen Music performers Caleb Hyles Book authors Holly Hudspeth, Dr. Marc Okrand Comic creators Arthur Adams, Joel Adams, Neil Adams, Brian Azzarello, Jeff Balke, John Beatty, Buzz, Greg Capullo, Joyce Chin, Amy Chu, Joe Corroney, Paris Cullins, Peter David, Jeff Dekal, Nick Filardi, David Finch, Meredith Finch, Matthew Fletcher, Agnes Garbowska, Andrew Gaska, Michael Golden, Tony Harris, Greg Horn, Adam Hughes, Rob Hunter, Mark Irwin, Austin Janowsky, Klaus Janson, Dave Johnson, Andy Kubert, Greg Land, Andy Lanning, Ken Lashley, Jae Lee, Stan Lee, Joe Madureira, Clay Mann, Roland Mann, Seth Mann, Jose Marzan Jr., David McElfatrick, Mike Mckone, Derek Miller, Frank Miller, Cary Nord, James O'Barr, Yanick Paquette, Dan Parent, Ramon Perez, Andy Price, Brian Pulido, Adam Riches, Andrew Robinson, Fernando Ruiz, Anthony Ruttgaizer, Mike Salcedo, James Sanders III, Alex Saviuk, Hoyt Silva, Gail Simone, Christian Slade, Allison Sohn, Jon Sommariva, Peter Steigerwald, Sorah Suhng, Frank Tieri, Billy Tucci, Chris Uminga, Larry Watts, Freddie Williams II, Renee Witterstaetter, Leinil Francis Yu, Mike Zeck, Chrissie Zullo Cancelled Freema Agyeman, Jon Bernthal, Jeena Coleman, Mike Colter, Lena Headey, Tom Kenny, Cassandra Lee Morris, Norman Reedus, Bonnie Wright	West Concourse Halls A-B	First 4-day event. First to reach over 100,000 attendees^[72]
October 28–30, 2016 (Tampa Bay)	Actors: Levar Burton, Brett Dalton, Rick Danford, Robert J. Emery, Will Friedle, Krista Grotte, Lynne Hansen, Matthew Lewis, Graham McTavish, John Mocsary, Rosemary Orlando, Mitch Pileggi, Billie Piper, Glenn Register Sr., Wallace Shawn, Kevin Sorbo, Brent Spiner, Kevin Sussman, David Tennant, Verne Troyer, Henry Winkler^[73] ^[74] Other listed guests Voice actors Linda Ballantyne, Steve Blum, Katie Griffin, Cassandra Lee Morris, Wallace Shawn Book authors Jeff Strand Comic creators Jeff Balke, Tony Bedard, Pat Broderick, Sergio Cariello, Matthew Clark, Jeff Dekal, Jose Delbo, Chuck Dixon, Evie Dunn, Martin Dunn, Elliot Fernandez, Dee Fish, Matt Haley, Steve Horton, Rob Hunter, Austin Janowsky, Greg Land, Rob Liefeld, Bob McLeod, Alan Medina, Stephan Nilson, Patrick Thomas Parnell, Mike Perkins, James Pruett, Adam Riches, Andrew Robinson, Liam Sharp, K. T. Smith, Ty Templeton, Jamie Tyndall, Tim Vigil Cancelled Mark Bagley, Alex Kingston, Greg Rucka, Jeremy Shada, William Shatner, Karl Urban	Tampa Convention Center East Hall	debut of MegaCon Tampa Bay, 30,000+ attendees ^[75]
May 25–28, 2017 (Orlando)	Actors: Richard Dean Anderson, Catherine Bach, Barry Bostwick, Nicholas Brendon, Nell Campbell, Tom Cavanaugh, Cyndi Crotts, Tim Curry, Jason Daly, Rick Danford, Felicia Day, Eliza Dushku, Elyes Gabel, William Grefe, Shandi Hampton, Hannah Hindi, Hillary Hindi, Famke Janssen, Matthew Lewis, Caity Lotz, Kyle Marlett, James Marsters, Robert Massetti, Gaten Matarazzo, Dave McElfatrick, Caleb McLaughlin, Meat Loaf, Danielle Panabaker, Ray Park, Patricia Quinn, Matt Reynolds, Jeri Ryan, Aaron Sagers, John Schneider, Ian Somerhalder, Brent Spiner, Gina Torres, Joel Watson, Spencer Wilding, Tom Wilson, Justin Woods-Robinson, Tom Wopat^[76] ^[77] Other listed guests Voice actors Andrea Baker, Troy Baker, Linda Ballantyne, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Irene Bedard, Rodger Bumpass, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Jill Frappier, Katie Griffin, Jennifer Hale, Ali Hillis, Linda Larkin, Jamie Marchi, Charles Martinet, Mike McFarland, Amanda Miller, Nolan North, Paige O'Hara, Brina Palencia, Susan Roman, Billy West Youtubers RealTDragon Music performers Alice Cooper Book authors Owl Goingback Comic creators Jason Aaron, Marc Andreyko, Peter Bagge, Jeff Balke, Matt Banning, Eddy Barrows, Eric Basaldua, John Beatty, Nick Bradshaw, Danica Brine, Pat Broderick, Chris Campana, J. Scott Campbell, David Campiti, Greg Capullo, Sergio Cariello, Nen Chang, Howard Chaykin, Michael Cho, Chris Claremont, Matthew Clark, Amanda Conner, Katie Cook, Jinky Coronado, Joe Corroney, Jeff Dekal, Jose Delbo, Dan Didio, Amanda Diebert, Michael Dooney, Aly Dunn, Evie Dunn, Dee Fish, Tana Ford, The Franchize, Elliot Fernandez, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Mitch Gerads, Sanford Greene, Adi Granov, Chad Hardin, Greg Horn, Steve Horton, Jody Houser, Adam Hughes, Rob Hunter, Austin Janowsky, Georges Jeanty, Phil Jimenez, Tom King, Adam Kubert, Gisele Lagace, Bob Layton, Stan Lee, Aaron Lopresti, Ant Lucia, Kevin Maguire, Clay Mann, Roland Mann, Jose Marzan Jr., John McCrea, Mike McKone, Dawn McTeigue, Jonboy Meyers, Jason Meents, Monte M. Moore, Paul Mounts, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Parent, Brent Peeples, Peng-Peng, George Perez, Mike Perkins, Benny Powell, Jenna Powell, Andy Price, Steven Pulawa, Brian Reber, Sara Richard, Adam Riches, Emily Rose Romano, JP Roth, Stephane Roux, Greg Rucka, Fernando Ruiz, Alex Santorelli, Alex Saviuk, Marlin Shoop, Gail Simone, Christian Slade, Dan Slott, Scott Snyder, Cat Staggs, Dominike Stanton, Dirk Strangely, Sorah Suhng, Frank Tieri, Joel Watson, Larry Watts, Tracy Yardley, Skottie Young, Jim Zub, Mike Zeck Cancelled Kaare Andrews, Jenna Coleman, Charlie Cox, Arthur Darvill, John Feister, Juan Ferreyra, Nick Filardi, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tony Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, James Sanders III, Allison Sohn, Bryan Turner, Mike Tyson, Paul Wesley	North/South Concourse Hall A,South B
Sept 29–Oct 1, 2017 (Tampa Bay)	Actors: Dr. Paul Bearer II, Walt Belcher, John Barrowman, Katie Cassidy, Ruth Connell, Rick Danford, Krista Grotte, Alex Kingston, James Marsters, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Jason Mewes, John Mocsary, William Shatner, Kevin Smith, Ian Somerhalder, Ed Tucker^[78] Other listed guests Voice actors Zach Callison, Charlet Chung, Bill Farmer, Josh Grelle, Maurice Lamarche, Trina Nishimura, Chris Parson, Chris Sabat, William Salyers, Sean Schemmel, Veronica Taylor Comic creators Joel Adams, Neal Adams, Mark Bagley, Nate Bellegarde, Allen Bellman, Scott Blair, Tim Bradstreet, Pat Broderick, Buzz, Sergio Cariello, Derek Charm, Jeremy Clark, Amanda Conner, Chuck Dixon, Aly Dunn, Evie Dunn, Martin Dunn, Elliot Fernandez, Daniel Govar, Tom Grummett, Chad Hardin, Tini Howard, Corin Howell, Rob Hunter, Megan Hutchison, Austin Janowsky, Dave Johnson, Ryan Kincaid, Tony Kordos, Elise Kova, Greg Land, Bob Layton, Jae Lee, Stan Lee, Ron Marz, Ed McGuinness, Bill McKay, Jason Meents, Mostafa Moussa, Jimmy Palmiotti, James Pruett, Steve Pulawa, Adam Riches, Ruben Romero, Matt Santorelli, Jon Sommariva, Kyle Starks, Yale Stewart, Ty Templeton, Mike Texeira, Gus Vazquez, Freddie Williams II, JK Woodward, David Yardin Cancelled Rachael MacFarlane, Mike Perkins, Paul Wesley	Full Tampa Convention Center	45,000 attendees ^[79]
May 24–27, 2018 (Orlando)	Actors: Amy Acker, Alexa Bliss, John Cena, Moises Chiullan, Charlie Cox, Michael Cudlitz, Rick Danford, William B. Davis, Keir Dullea, Cary Elwes, Joe Flanigan, Annabeth Gish, Jeff Goldblum, Amy Jo Johnson, Lucy Lawless, Gary Lockwood, Jason Mamoa, China McClain, Jennifer Morrison, Stephen Moyer, Shinsuke Nakamura, Devin Pike, Mitch Pileggi, Jeff Rector, Norman Reedus, Paul Reubens, Aaron Sagers, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Jewel Staite, Brinke Stevens, Braun Strowman, Joonas Suotamo, Catherine Tate, Billy Dee Williams, Cress Williams, Nafessa Williams, Elijah Wood^[80] ^[81] Other listed guests Voice actors Jodi Benson, Zach Callison, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Michaela Dietz, Susan Egan, Esetelle, Maile Flanagan, Deedee Magno, Vanessa Marshall, Mark Meer, Max Mittelman, Chris Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Jeremy Shada, Wallace Shawn, Fred Tatasciore, Veronica Taylor Youtubers WesTheEditor, Blaine Gibson, The Jovenshire, Lasercorn, Geoff Ramsey, Jon Risinger, Sohiniki, Gus Sorola, Tobuscus, TheSeanWardShow Comic creators Neal Adams, Jeff Balke, Joe Benitez, Pat Broderick, Ryan Browne, J. Scott Campbell, Greg Capullo, Nen Chang, Amanda Conner, Adelso Corona, Jeff Dekal, Jose Delbo, Johnny Desjardins, Chuck Dixon, Michael Dooney, Dave Dorman, Lee Ferguson, Elliott Fernandez, Nick Filardi, David Finch, Meredith Finch,Tana Ford, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Tom Grummett, Matt Hawkins, Kyle Higgins, Greg Horn, Rob Hunter, Megan Hutchison, Jock, Tom King, Tyler Kirkham, Greg Kirkpatrick, Tony Kordos, Andy Kubert, Greg Land, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Alex Maleev, Clay Mann, Alitha Martinez, Jose Marzan Jr., Francesco Mattina, Ed McGuinness, Bill McKay, Bob McLeod, Jason Meents, Dan Mendoza, Jonboy Meyers, James C. Mulligan, David Nakayama, Mike Norton, Yanick Paquette, Mog Park, Jimmy Palmiotti, Patrick Thomas Parnell, Steven Pulawa, Adam Riches, Richard Rivera, Fernando Ruiz, Matt Santorelli, Alex Saviuk, Joe Schnepp, Christian Slade, Scott Snyder, Brian Stelfreeze, Chris Stevens, Drew Struzan, Sorah Suhng, Frank Tieri, Peter Tomasi, Dan Veesenmeyer, Larry Watts, Joshua Williamson Vendor partnered guests Karan Ashley^[82] Cancelled Renee O'Connor, Gregg Sulkin, Mark Texeira, Karl Urban	West Concourse Hall A-C
Sept 21–23, 2018 (Tampa Bay)	Actors: Manu Bennett, Corbin Bernsen, Peter Capaldi, Jonny Cruz, John de Lancie, Michael Dorn, Jason David Frank, Summer Glau, Pearl Mackie, David Mazouz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sean Pertwee, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Christian Serratos, Marina Sirtis Other listed guests Voice actors Kimberly Brooks, Ali Hillis, Josh Keaton, Rachael MacFarlane, Charles Martinet Book authors Deliah Dawson Comic creators Benjamin J Colón, Amanda Conner, Joe Giella, Todd Haberkorn, Greg Horn, Greg Kirkpatrick, Greg Land, Jonboy Meyers, Karl Moline, Jimmy Palmiotti, Steve Rude, H. Gorlitz Scott, Bob Wiacek Cancelled Jennifer Hale, Christopher Lloyd, Vic Mignogna	Full Tampa Convention Center	Final MegaCon Tampa Bay event, 22,000 attendees ^[83]
May 16–19, 2019 (Orlando)	Actors: Stephen Amell, Sean Astin, John Barrowman, Mark Brooks, Lynda Carter, Mike Colter, Corey Feldman, Danielle Fishel, Dan Fogler, Michael J. Fox, Jason David Frank, Will Friedle, Tyler Hoechlin, Kristin Kreuk, Zachary Levi, Christopher Lloyd, Rose McIver, Lana Parrilla, Jason Patric, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ke Huy Quan, Michael Rosenbaum, Ben Savage, Mark Sheppard, Rider Strong, Kiefer Sutherland, David Tennant, Lea Thompson, James Tolkan, LeeAnna Vamp, Peter Weller, Tom Welling, Tom Wilson^[84] ^[85] Other listed guests Voice actors Justin Briner, Clifford Chapin, Greg Cipes, Roger Clark, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, Barbara Dunkelman, Kara Eberle, Todd Haberkorn, Jess Harnell, Lindsay Jones, Maurice LaMarche, Alex McKenna, Chris Sabat, Gaku Space, Patricia Summersett, Cristina Vee, Frank Welker, Rob Wiethoff, Arryn Zech Youtubers Zach Clayton, Sofie Dossi, Dytto, Grav3yardgirl, Chloe Lukasiak, Tana Mongeau, Mario Selman, IAmZoie Comic creators Joel Adams, Neal Adams, Brian Azzarello, Jim Balent, John Beatty, Marguerite Bennett, Mark Brooks, Buzz, Greg Capullo, Joe Caramagna, Donny Cates, John Tyler Christopher, Carla Cohen, Adelso Corona, Clayton Crain, Mike Debalfo, Keith DeCandido, Jose Delbo, Elliot Fernandez, Holly G!, Agnes Garbowska, Mitch Gerads, Jenni Gregory, Francisco Herrera, Greg Horn, Megan Hutchison, Mark Irwin, Georges Jeanty, Tom King, Tyler Kirkham, Stanley Artgerm Lau, InHyuk Lee, Jae Lee, Doug Mahnke, Clay Mann, Pablo Marcos, Dawn McTeigue, Amy Mebberson, Alex Milne, Jorge Molina, Paul Mounts, Mostafa Moussa, James C. Mulligan, David Nakayama, Kael Ngu, Tao Nguyen, Cary Nord, Steve Orlando, Dan Panosian, Mog Park, Patrick Thomas Parnell, Lucio Parrillo, Mike Perkins, Alan Quah, Richard Rivera, Andrew Robinson, Sam de la Rosa, Matthew Rosenberg, Tim Sale, Matt Santorelli, Alex Saviuk, Bryan Seaton, James Silvani, Christian Slade, Charles Soule, Anthony Spay, Ryan Stegman, Sorah Suhng, Tom Taylor, Ty Templeton, Frank Tieri, Peter Tomasi, Tim Townsend, Jamie Tyndall, James Tynion IV, Brett Weldele, Joshua Williamson, Ashley A. Woods Vendor partnered guests Karan Ashley, Nakia Burrise^[86] Cancelled Pat Broderick, Nikki DeLoach, David Harbour, Linda Larkin, Jason Momoa, Billie Piper, Patrick Warburton, Scott Weinger	North/South Concourse Hall A, South B	120,000 attendees ^[87]

2020s

Post-COVID

NOTE: The Wayback Machine has been unable to properly archive the MegaCon guest lists since the 2021 event due to a page script and all guests were added here shortly before each event.

width=125px	Dates !	Official guests	Building	Notes
Cancelled	No guests were announced before cancellation		Planned 2020 Tampa Bay event
Cancelled	Cancelled Actors Stephen Amell, Sean Astin, Leslie David Baker, Jack Bannon, Brian Baumgartner, Dave Bautista, Elizabeth Berkley, Billy Boyd, Creed Bratton, Levar Burton, Jenna Coleman, Christopher Eccleston, Giancarlo Esposito, Kate Flannery, Brendan Fraser, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jack Dylan Grazer, Martin Kove, John Leguizamo, Ben Lewis, Matthew Lewis, Sophia Lillis, Mario Lopez, Ralph Macchio, Ross Marquand, Jaeden Martell, Mena Massoud, Katherine McNamara, Dominic Monaghan, Oscar Nuñez, Khary Payton, Billie Piper, Christina Ricci, Chandler Riggs, Adam Savage, William Shatner, Alicia Silverstone, Antony Starr, Joonas Suotamo, George Takei, Catherine Tate, Karl Urban, Jessie T. Usher, Elijah Wood, "Weird Al" Yankovic, William Zabka Voice actors Troy Baker, Steve Blum, Justin Briner, Rodger Bumpass, Zach Callison, Feodor Chin, Luci Christian, Grey DeLisle, Michaela Dietz, Steve Downes, Estelle, Maile Flanagan, Grey DeLisle, Deedee Magno Hall, Charles Martinet, Adam McArthur, Paul Nakauchi, Christopher Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Kari Wahlgren, Scott Weinger, Billy West Comic creators Neal Adams, Arthur Adams, John Beatty, Greg Capullo, Donny Cates, Tony Fleecs, Michael Golden, Mike Grell, Phil Jimenez, Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, Greg Land, Jim Lee, Bob McLeod, Josh Middleton, Ben Percy, George Perez, Humberto Ramos, John Romita Jr., Sam de la Rosa, Alex Saviuk, Dan Slott, Scott Snyder, Renee Witterstaetter		"mini-MegaCon" planned after cancellation of the 2 dates for the main 2020 event. April 16–19, 2020 June 4–7, 2020
Aug 12–15, 2021	Actors: Kevin Alejandro, Stephen Amell, Leslie David Baker, John Barrowman, Mark Boone Jr, Katie Cassidy, Dave Coulier, Ray Fisher, Aimee Garcia, Ryan Hurst, David Koechner, Robert Patrick, Ron Perlman, Michael Rooker, Bob Saget, Adam Savage, William Shatner, John Stamos, George Takei Other listed guests Voice Actors Watson Amelia, Rodger Bumpass, Luci Christian, Takanashi Kiara, Charles Martinet, Brandon McInnis, Lucie Pohl, Carolina Ravassa, Christopher Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Jeremy Shada, J. Michael Tatum Comic Creators Steven Ahola, Sean Anderson, Aaron Bartling, Scott Blair, Pat Broderick, David Campiti, Sergio Cariello, Elias Chatzoudis, Frank Cho, Jeremy Clark, Jaime Coker, Jinky Coronado, Joe Corroney, Clayton Crain, David Deforne, Ariel Diaz, Dan DiDio, Sasha Dorogov, Jeff Edwards, Chris Ehnot, Omar Francia, Sara Frazetta, Bryan Fyffe, Brianna Garcia, Steve Garcia, John Giang, Owl Goingback, Daniel Govar, Jenni Gregory, Bob Hall, Javier Avila Hanzozuken, Tony Harris, Ben Harvey, Francisco Herrera, Morry Hollowell, Greg Horn, Will Jack, Austin Janowsky, Larry Spike Jarrell, Frank Kadar, Ryan Kincaid, Tyler Kirkham, Ron Leary Jr., Creees Lee, Jae Lee, Steve Lydic, Knightmare Lynch, Roland Mann, Bill Marimon, Alitha Martinez, Mike Mayhew, Bill McKay, Bob McLeod, Dan Mendoza, George Michail, Karl Moline, Bill Morrison, Mostafa Moussa, James C. Mulligan, Sean Murray, Tao Nguyen, Ryan Ottley, Alfred Paige, Mog Park, Mark Pennington, Martin Pierro, Aron Pohara, Benny Powell, Jenna Powell, James Pruett, Rodney Ramos, Patrick Reilly, Alex Riegel, Andrew Robinson, Tone Rodriguez, Sam de la Rosa, Joe Rubinstein, Fabrice Sapolsky, Alex Saviuk, Bryan Seaton, Jim Shooter, Andy Smith, Larry Stroman, Sorah Suhng, Arthur Suydam, Jamie Tyndall, Robert Venditti, Karen Whitfield, Nathan Wiedemer, Keith Williams, Kevin Wood, Ashley A. Woods, Anna Zhuo Vendor Partnered Guests Karan Ashley, Dwayne Cameron, Michael Copon, Austin St.John^[88] Cancelled Actors Sean Astin, Leslie David Baker, Dave Bautista, Billy Boyd, Christopher Eccleston, Giancarlo Esposito, Kate Flannery, Brendan Fraser, Jon Lovitz, Ross Marquand, James Marsters, Dominic Monaghan, Oscar Nunez, Danielle Panabaker, Billie Piper, Brent Spiner, Elijah Wood, D. B. Woodside Voice actors Justin Briner, Maile Flanagan, Paul Nakauchi, Nolan North, Billy West Comic creators Mirka Andolfo, Chris Campana, Greg Capullo, Donny Cates, Adelso Corona, Tony Daniel, John Delaney, Francine Delgado, Derec Donovan, Michael Dooney, Jason Fabok, Mitch Gerads, Michael Golden, John Hebert, Steve Horton, Sam Humphries, Megan Hutchison, Dave Johnson (comics), Tom King, Tony Kordos, Leo Leibelman, Shannon Maer, Sam Maggs, Clay Mann, José Marzan Jr., David Nakayama, Graham Nolan, George Pérez, Evan Shaner, Scott Snyder, Mark Sparacio, Ryan Stegman, Mico Suayan, Frank Tieri, Tim Townsend, Joshua Williamson, Ron Wilson, Barringer Fox Wingard III, Renee Witterstaetter	West Concourse Halls A-C	100,000 attendeesOriginally scheduled for March 18–21 but pushed back. Masks were required.
May 19–22, 2022	Actors: Jeff Anderson, Sean Astin, Britt Baker, Dante Basco, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss, Billy Boyd, Lorraine Bracco, Tanner Buchanan, LeVar Burton, Gina Carano, Carmella, Adam Cole, Ashley Eckstein, Giancarlo Esposito, Trevor Fehrman, Ric Flair, Brendan Fraser, Nathan Fillion, Martin Kove, Jerry Lawler, Matthew Lewis, Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Ralph Macchio, James Marsters, Jason Mewes, Dominic Monaghan, Mary Mouser, Rey Mysterio, Brian O'Halloran, Kevin Owens, Chris Sarandon, Adam Scherr, Mark Sheppard, Kevin Smith, Mike Smith, Brent Spiner, John Paul Tremblay, The Undertaker, Robb Wells, Elijah Wood, William Zabka Other listed guests Voice Actors Zach Aguilar, Troy Baker, Anjali Bhimani, Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, Justin Briner, Kevin Conroy, Justin Cook, Jessica Darrow, Steve Downes, Maile Flanagan, Chloé Hollings, Matt Lanter, Jason Liebrecht, David Matranga, Paige O'Hara, Ken Page, Monica Rial, Christopher Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Dana Snyder, James Arnold Taylor, Chris Wehkamp, Billy West Comic Creators Steven Ahola, Mirka Andolfo, Brian Azzarello, Lloyd Bailey, Bjorn Barends, John Beatty, Raymond Bermudez, Scott Blair, Pat Broderick, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Letizia Cadonici, Chris Campana, Eric Canete, Greg Capullo, Sergio Cariello, Donny Cates, Elias Chatzoudis, Derrick Chew, Jeremy Clark, Jamie Coker, Amanda Conner, Clayton Crain, Shawn Crystal, Dennis Culver, Krystiano DaCosta, Tony Daniel, Jeff Dekal, Francine Delgado, Werther Dell'Edera, Johnny Desjardins, Ariel Diaz, Dan Didio, Joe Doyle, Martin Dunn, Jeffrey Edwards, Tommy Lee Edwards, Chris Elnot, Elliot Fernandez, Athena Finger, Walt Flanagan, Sara Frazetta, Agnes Garbowska, John Giang, Rossi Gifford, Michael Golden, Daniel Govar, Jenni Gregory, Chris Hamer, Chad Hardin, John Hebert, Jonathan Hedrick, Francisco Herrera, Morry Hollowell, Greg Horn, Megan Hutchison-Cates, Mark Irwin, Austin Janowsky, Sam Johns, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Javan Jordan, Ejikure Wee Kiat, Ryan Kincaid, Tom King, Michael Kingston, Greg Kirkpatrick, Tony Kordos, Adam Kubert, Emma Kubert, Andres Labrada, Dr. Travis Langley, Ken Lashley, Stanley Artgerm Lau, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Ron Leary Jr., Creees Lee, Inhyuk Lee, Erin Lefler, Leo Leibelman, Kendrick "Kunkka" Lim, Tula Lotay, Steve Lydic, Knightmare Lynch, Criss Madd, Sam Maggs, Clay Mann, Anthony Marques, Jose Marzan Jr., Marco Mastrazzo, Francesco Mattina, Sam McCandless, Bill McKay, Bob McLeod, Steve McNiven, Dan Mendoza, Jonboy Meyers, Frank Miller, Inaki Miranda, Roy Miranda, Jorge Molina, Karl Moline, Bill Morrison, Mostafa Moussa, Tony Moy, James C. Mulligan, Marat Mychaels, David Nakayama, Tao Nguyen, Graham Nolan, Ryan Ottley, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Panosian, Yanick Paquette, Mark Pennington, Ryan Parrott, Benjamin Percy, Stephanie Phillips, Aron Pohara, Jenna Powell, Humberto Ramos, Rodney Ramos, Sabine Rich, Tone Rodriguez, Don Rosa, Sam de la Rosa, Joe Rubenstein, Alex Saviuk, Sajad Shah, Jim Shooter, Marc Silvestri, Martin Simmonds, Sozomaika, Ryan Stegman, Mico Suayan, Sorah Suhng, Arthur Suydam, Josua "Sway" Swaby, Ivan Tao, Silenn Thomas, Frank Tieri, Tim Townsend, Marco Turini, Jamie Tyndall, James Tynion IV, Ram V, Jose Varese, Pablo "Lobos" Villalobos, Zeb Wells, Freddie Williams II, Joshua Williamson, Renee Witterstaetter, Joe Wos, Anna Zhuo, Chrissie Zullo Vendor Partnered Guests Karan Ashley, Nakia Burrise, Jackie Dallas, Hunter Deno, Elissa Dowling, Catherine Sutherland^[89] ^[90] ^[91] Cancelled Marguerite Bennett, Rus Braun, Joshua Cassara, John Cleese, Kami Garcia, Mitch Gerads, Mike Grell, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Jae Lee, Mog Park, Katee Sackhoff, John Timms, Ashley A. Woods	North South Concourse Hall A, South B	>140,000 attendees ^[92]
March 30-April 2, 2023	Actors: Dana Barron, Brec Bassinger, Jon Bernthal, Jacob Bertrand, Christie Brinkley, Steve Burns, Neve Campbell, Chevy Chase, Hayden Christensen, Gwendoline Christie, John Cleese, Charlie Cox, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ashley Eckstein, Giancarlo Esposito, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Anthony Michael Hall, Garrett Hedlund, Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Kennedy, Martin Kove, Zachary Levi, Mario Lopez, Vivien Lyra Blair, Matthew Lewis, Matthew Lillard, Ralph Macchio, Xolo Maridueña, Sonequa Martin-Green, James McAvoy, Gates McFadden, Anson Mount, Lana Parrilla, Ethan Peck, Sam Raimi, Emilio Rivera, Katee Sackhoff, Emily Swallow, Skeet Ulrich, Mercedes Varnado, Cerina Vincent, Carl Weathers, Henry Winkler, William Zabka Other listed guests Voice Actors Zach Aguilar, Jodi Benson, Justin Briner, Luci Christian, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Susan Eisenberg, Kellen Goff, Marty Grabstein, Jennifer Hale, David Hayter, Kenny James, Samantha Kelly, Brianna Knickerbocker, Aleks Le, Charles Martinet, Shameik Moore, George Newbern, Nolan North, Christopher Sabat, Ian Sinclair, Sonny Strait, Tara Strong, Abby Trott, Suzie Yeung Youtubers Austin Burke, Sean Chandler, John Flickinger, Cody Leach, Cris Parker Comic Creators Jay Anacleto, Mirka Andolfo, Jeff Balke, Eric Basaldua, Simone Bianchi, David Booher, Pat Broderick, Mark Brooks, Ryan Brown, Chris Campana, Sergio Cariello, Joshua Cassara, Frank Cho, Jeremy Clark, Joe Corroney, Clayton Crain, Eranga D, Tiago Da Silva, Dame Darcy, Mike Debalfo, Sam de la Rosa, Mike DeCarlo, Francine Delgado, Ariel Diaz, Simone Di Meo, Derec Donovan, Joe Doyle, Gerry Duggan, Jeffrey Edwards, Chris Ehnot, Francesca Fantini, Elliot Fernandez, Athena Finger, Asiah Fulmore, Kami Garcia, Alé Garza, Mitch Gerads, John Giang, Erik Gist, Daniel Govar, Scott Hanna, Jonathan Hedrick, Morry Hollowell, Greg Horn, Austin Janowsky, Geoff Johns, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Javan Jordan, Ryan Kincaid, Greg Kirkpatrick, Scott Koblish, Tony Kordos, Mike Krome, Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, Emma Kubert, Greg Land, Travis Langley, Ron Leary Jr., Creees Lee, Jae Lee, Jeph Loeb, Steve Lydic, Megan Maher, Clay Mann, Jose Marzan Jr., Marco Mastrazzo, Ed McGuinness, Bill McKay, Bob McLeod, Steve McNiven, Dawn McTeigue, Jason Meents, Jonboy Meyers, Frank Miller, Karl Moline, Bill Morrison, Mostafa Moussa, Tony Moy, James C. Mulligan, Marat Mychaels, David Nakayama, Alice Nerf, Kael Ngu, Tao Nguyen, Sam Noir, Ryan Ottley, Cassy Parsons, Mark Pennington, Andrew Pepoy, Benjamin Percy, Gabriel Picolo, Martin Pierro, Marissa Pope, Jenna Powell, Alan Quah, Joe Quesada, Rodney Ramos, Ivan Reis, Aaron Reynolds, Sabine Rich, JP Roth, Joe Rubinstein, Alex Saviuk, Stephen Segovia, Sajad Shah, Jim Shooter, Uko Smith, Ryan Stegman, Mico Suayan, Sorah Suhng, Arthur Suydam, Joshua Swaby, Frank Tieri, Peter Tomasi, Marco Turini, Jamie Tyndall, Jose Varese, Pablo Villalobos, Joshua Williamson, Kyle Willis, Kez Wilson, Ron Wilson, Renee Witterstaetter, Joe Wos, Martin Zavala, Anna Zhuo Vendor Partnered Guests Karan Ashley, Walter Emanuel Jones, WholeWheatPete^[93] ^[94] Cancelled Sean Gunn, Steven Ahola, Donny Cates, Marco Checchetto, Adelso Corona, Deliliah Dawson, Robbie Daymond, Chad Hardin, Mario Lopez, Max Mittelman, Christina Ricci, Tone Rodriguez, Julian Tedesco	Whole North South Concourse Building sans part of North Hall B	>160,000 attendees^[95] Prepaid parking introduced
February 1–4, 2024	Actors: Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Paul Bettany, Don Bluth, Johnny Yong Bosch, Gina Carano, Hayden Christensen, Holly Marie Combs, Kevin Connolly, Anthony Daniels, Keith David, Geena Davis, Felicia Day, Kevin Dillon, Shannen Doherty, Cary Elwes, Eman Esfandi, Giancarlo Esposito, Jamie Farr, Jerry Ferrara, Michael J. Fox, McKenna Grace, Adrian Grenier, Sean Gunn, Butch Hartman, Tom Hiddleston, Michelle Hurd, Ke Huy Quan, Diana Lee Inosanto, Jason Isaacs, Alex Kingston, Jason Lee, Juliette Lewis, Matthew Lewis, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Logan, Gaten Matarazzo, Rose McGowan, Ewan McGregor, Vivienne Medrano, Alyssa Milano, Cameron Monaghan, Shameik Moore, Temuera Morrison, Jaime Pressly, Jason Priestley, Randy Quaid, Jacob Romero, Eli Roth, John Rhys-Davies, Katey Sagal, Chris Sarandon, Susan Sarandon, Aidan Scott, Greg Sestero, William Shatner, Wallace Shawn, Joonas Suotamo, Ethan Suplee, Loretta Swit, Lea Thompson, Marisa Tomei, Danny Trejo, Alan Tudyk, Grace Van Dien, Jeff Ward, Ming-Na Wen, Rainn Wilson, Thomas F. Wilson, Finn Wolfhard, Robin Wright Other listed guests Voice Actors Zach Aguilar, Dee Bradley Baker, Justin Briner, Luci Christian, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Peter Cullen, Grey DeLisle, Ashley Eckstein, Maile Flanagan, Kathleen Herles, Kate Higgins, Richard Steven Horvitz, Nadji Jeter, Phil LaMarr, Matt Lanter, Yuri Lowenthal, Adam McArthur, Sarah Natochenny, Neil Newbon, Alex Organ, Tara Platt, Brandon Rogers, Megan Shipman, Natalie van Sistine, Roger Craig Smith, Patricia Summersett, Fred Tatasciore, James Arnold Taylor, Frank Welker, Billy West Comic Creators Jason Aaron, Arthur Adams, Brad Anderson, Enid Balám, Mike Baron, Aaron Bartling, John Beatty, Rose Besch, Simone Bianchi, Sweeney Boo, Jeff Brennan, Mark Brooks, Nicole Brune, David Byrne, Sergio Cariello, Jodie Rae Charity, Elias Chatzoudis, Derrick Chew, Joyce Chin, Frank Cho, Mike Choi, Jeremy Clark, Dan Conner, Joe Corroney, Clayton Crain, Jared Cullum, EmilyAnn Cummings, Tony Daniel, Sam de la Rosa, Mike Debalfo, Görkem Demir, Johnny Desjardins, Simone Di Meo, Ariel Diaz, Dave Dorman, Joe Doyle, Joseph Dragunas, Dave Dwonch, Jeffrey Edwards, Chris Ehnot, Sketch Ellis, Jason Fabok, YiLi Fang, Pasquale Ferry, Omar Francia, Sami Francis, Santa Fung, Brianna Garcia, Kami Garcia, Mitch Gerads, Newsha Ghasemi, John Giang, Travis Gibb, Guy Gilchrist, Jay Gillespie, E.M. Gist, Jonathan Glapion, Michael Golden, Daniel Govar, Mike Grell, Tom Grummett, Marc Guggenheim, Santi Guillen, Garrett Gunn, Cully Hamner, Scott Hanna, Chad Hardin, Tony Harris, Clayton Henry, Bryan Hitch, Rick Hoberg, Greg Horn, Geof Isherwood, Will Jack, Tim Jacobus, Austin Janowsky, Geoff Johns, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Javan Jordan, Eric July, Frank A. Kadar, Jason Keith, Collin Kelly, Dan Khanna, Ejikure Wee Kiat, Ryan Kincaid, Tom King, Tony Kordos, Craig Kyle, Andres Labrada, Travis Langley, Jackson Lanzing, Stanley Lau, Ron Leary Jr., InHyuk Lee, Jae Lee, Erin Lefler, Matthew G. Lewis, Lesley Leirix Li, Kendrick "Kunkka" Lim, Jeph Loeb, Lamont Magee, Francis Manapul, Anthony Marques, Jason Martin, Jose Marzan Jr., Francesco Mattina, Bill McKay, Bob McLeod, Steve McNiven, Jarrett Melendez, Brad Meltzer, Jason Metcalf, Jonboy Meyers, Frank Miller, Mel Milton, Mark Morales, Bill Morrison, Tony Moy, Marat Mychaels, David Nakayama, Don Nguyen, Sedat Oezgen, Ryan Ottley, Jason Palmer, Yanick Paquette, Mark Pennington, Gabriel Picolo, Stephen Platt, Aron Pohara, Marissa Pope, Alan Quah, Dan Quintana, Rodney Ramos, Ivan Reis, Aaron Reynolds, Sabine Rich, Tone Rodriguez, Joe Rubinstein, William Russell, Javier Saltares, David Sanchez, Jackie Santiago, Fabrice Sapolsky, Alex Saviuk, Stuart Sayger, Sajad Shah, Jim Shooter, Marc Silvestri, Martin Simmonds, Dietrich O. Smith, Peter Snejberg, Scott Snyder, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Charles Soule, Ryan Stegman, JaVon Stokes, Mico Suayan, Sorah Suhng, Arthur Suydam, Nathan Szerdy, Ben Templesmith, Frank Tieri, Peter Tomasi, Chris Uminga, Chrissie Uminga-Zullo, Jose Varese, Pablo Villalobos, Karen Whitfield, Keith Williams, Kyle Willis, Matt Wilson, Renee Witterstaetter, Joe Wos, Matt Youngmark, Martin Zavala, Maytal Zchut, Anna Zhuo Youtubers Sean Chandler, Cody Leach, Abdallah Smash, Evil Ted Smith Vendor Partnered Guests George Buza, Steve Cardenas, Michael Copon, Jackie Dallas, Catherine Disher, Walter Emanuel Jones, Chris Potter, Shannon Scott, Allison Sealy-Smith, Austin St. John, Lenore Zann^[96] ^[97] ^[98] ^[99] Cancelled Jay Anacleto, Mirka Andolfo, Sofia Boutella, Pat Broderick, Tony Danza, Chuck Dixon, Elliot Fernandez, Jonathan Frakes, Gary Frank, Iñaki Godoy, Klaus Janson, Mike Mayhew, McLain McGuire, Mostafa Moussa, Joseph Quinn, Christopher Sabat, Natali Sanders, Alessandro Vitti, Dave Wittenberg, Chris Yost	West Concourse Halls A-D	>190,000 attendees ^[100]

Late 2020s

width=125px	Dates !	Official guests	Building	Notes
February 6-9, 2025	TBD	Whole North South Concourse Building

Show layout and events

Exhibit hall

MegaCon since 2012 has had an exhibit hall sectioned into many different sections listed below:^[101]
Ticket Hall: The ticketing hall is where attendees pickup their badges required for attendance or buy new tickets. The lines are separated by ticket type. Past the ticketing booths is the show waiting area where attendees await the show's opening hours. The MegaCon store is in this area and sells convention themed merchandise as well as convention exclusives.
Retail: The retail section is home to shops numbering in the hundreds. This section is often subdivided into comics and anime sections. A small section "Tattoo Alley" is home to several tattoo vendors. While a majority of the businesses are small, some larger vendors also appear with more frequent ones including NASA and Dragon's Milk.^{[102] [103]}
Artist Alley: A section where several hundred artists are given a booth to sell their wares. This section is surrounded by a ring of comic book guests ranging from independent publishers to writers for DC and Marvel.
Community: The community section is home to life-size replica exhibits from many fan organizations including the 501st Legion, Rebel Legion, Daleks of Florida, the 405th, and the Delta Fleet. These groups often raise funds for local charities via voluntary donations or paid photo ops.
Celebrity: Actor guests of MegaCon have booths in this area. The booths form a ring that is empty in the center to allow for longer lines for the more popular stars attending the convention. A separate area adjacent is used for photo ops of more popular celebrities.
Food Courts: Multiple areas of the show floor and lobbies contain food courts with food options provided by the convention center. Cuisine options often include: Chinese, Papa John's, barbecue, Starbucks, Häagen-Dazs, and Tex-Mex.^[104]

Events and panels

Outside the exhibit hall, the show has many events in the convention center lobbies and panel rooms.
Panels: MegaCon is host to panels of many genres relating to cosplay, anime, gaming, and world building among many other subjects. Celebrities attending MegaCon may also star in their own panels.
Gaming: Several RPG games are hosted at MegaCon including Dungeons & Dragons living campaigns, Living Forgotten Realms, Pathfinder Society and Legends of the Shining Jewel. Non RPG gaming is also hosted at MegaCon ranging from the card-based to strategy games. E-gaming arcades are available and tournaments are held at the event for games like Super Smash Bros.^[105]
Cosplay Contest: Since 2018, MegaCon has been home to the FanExpo Masters of Cosplay Grand Prix Sunshine Qualifier where dozens of cosplayers display their talent in costume construction.^[106]
Family Zone: The MegaCon family zone is hosted in a large panel room with activities directed towards preteens and younger. Activities include a kids cosplay contest, a sorting hat ceremony, and padawan training.^[107]
Afterparties: MegaCon has been host to afterhours entertainment since 2003. These events grew to include offsite locations in 2006.^[108] Since 2010, Moshi Moshi Productions has handled offsite after hours events with a kickoff party in the Icebar Orlando on Thursday, and themed parties on Friday and Saturday at the Rosen Plaza and Rosen Centre respectively. In 2023, a Wednesday afterparty was hosted at ICON Park.^[109] In 2024, the convention booked an exclusive afterhours event at the nearby Universal Islands of Adventure theme park.^[110]

Celebrity guests

MegaCon brings in large numbers of celebrities of various professions for fans to meet and receive autographs and photos with.
Actors: Since its migration to the Orange County Convention Center, MegaCon has drawn in celebrities who have starred in various films and television shows. Some years may see a collection of actors from a particular franchise like the four Hobbits from Lord of the Rings in 2022.^[111]
Voice Actors: MegaCon is frequented by voice actors from various western animated and anime shows as well as video game characters.
Comic Artists: From its beginning, MegaCon has had a large number of comic guests both veterans of the industry from Marvel and DC as well as indie publishers wishing to use the convention to kickstart their jump into the comic scene.
Other guests: In some years, MegaCon has been host to popular guests of other professions including authors and internet celebrities. Some vendors at MegaCon like RangerStop may also share their table space with a few non-actor celebrities.

External links

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Notes and References

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7. http://www.megaconvention.com/news.asp Project Fanboy Awards to be announced at MegaCon
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17. MegaConOrlando. 1420744930914357248. July 29, 2021. @JamesMarstersOf is no longer able to attend the show - he's been called back to production on an upcoming project. Epic Photo Ops will be in touch with those that bought a Photo Op, and if you had tickets to James Marsters Unplugged you'll see a refund processed for that ticket. https://twitter.com/MegaConOrlando/status/1420744930914357248. April 16, 2022.
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