Free Heroes Con Isle Of Wight Event To Return To Newport This Weekend

Monday, 10 April 2023 06:00

By Dominic Kureen @WriteOnDom

The second edition of a local Comic Con event is coming to the Isle of Wight this weekend.

IW-Heroes Con 2 — the brainchild of Nicola Symmonds and Rob Mead — takes place on Sunday (April 16).

The event's official charity is once again YMCA Young Carers, with the inaugural Heroes Con last year having raised £1,600 for the same organisation.

This figure was astounding considering it was a free event with a suggested donation of £1 on the door.

Rob, who also runs the Heroes comic book store in Newport, said:

"We are so excited by all the awesome things happening and hope that everyone has a wonderful time.

"Everyone involved is like a huge family and we love what we do.

"It's all for such a worthy cause helping our young, Island heroes. We can't wait to see you there!"

IW-Heroes Con 2 will be held at the Quay arts in Newport from 10am to 5pm this Sunday.

Meet and greet with life size and working replica Johnny 5 from the film Short Circuit
Exclusive launch of local artist Dan Digby's comic book, Hardcore Hare
Exclusive launch of the Hardcore Hare collectable figures produced by Silver fox Collectables
Comic artists Glenn Fabry and Andy Sawyer Q&A panel
Arcade Gaming Contest
Cosplay contest
Magic pre-release tournament
YouTube Creators Tantrums and tabletops will be doing tabletop gaming and live Warhammer painting challenges
Local traders and artists
Photo ops with the Tardis and street performer 'Pirate'
Huxley Magic
A huge raffle

The event is being sponsored by Teemill, Red Funnel and The Media house — the latter of which will be filming all day.

Every person involved is giving up their time for free, while the Quay Arts has given use of the venue for free.

Further information about IW-Heroes Con 2 can be found online.

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