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Saturday, 2 September 10am – 4pm ‘Celebrating pop-culture’ is this year’s theme! Exhibitors on the day: • • • • Kaboom! Comic Toowoomba Neo Tokyo Toowoomba Comic writer Will McLaren Comic Illustrators and Writers: • • • • 6 Wayne Nichols Adam Nichols Rob O’Connor Adam Rose TooCon is back for its second year at the Toowoomba City Library and will be bigger and better than ever! TooCon is a family-friendly celebration of cosplay, comics, manga, movies and all things pop culture. The festival celebrates our region’s local talent and gives the community a chance to meet well known celebrities and artists working in the comic industry, TV and the cosplay circuit. This year will feature cosplayer Q&A panels and cosplaying workshops from Zaphy cosplay, Zerebin, Thendm Cosplay, Tumbycat Cosplay and I-Artemis-I. Exhibitors on the day include Kaboom!, Comic Toowoomba, Neo Tokyo Toowoomba and comic writer Will McLaren. Comic illustrators include Wayne Nichols, Adam Nichols, Rob O’Connor, Adam Rose. You can expect anime trivia challenges, tabletop gaming demos, green screen photo booth, free face painting for kids, free superhero craft packs to give away for kids, scavenger Hunt through Actionbound app and 3D Image scanning presented by USQ so you can get a 3D scan of yourself in your cosplay gear! So whether you’re a ‘good guy’ or a ‘bad guy’, come along and get into the spirit of this fantastic festival. www.tr.qld.gov.au/bold BOLD.