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Get ready comics fans in Central Pennsylvania, the Harrisburg Comic-Con is just around the corner on June 11-12, 2016. Over 100,000 square feet will be set up for vendors in the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex & Expo Center at 2300 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA.

In addition to signings with celebrities and artists, the con will host panels and Q&As. There will be tabletop gaming tournaments, which include Eternal Master Draft, Shadows Over Innistrad Draft, Lord of the Rings, DC Deck Building, and Heroclix Battle Royales. The Children’s Miracle Network will be there accepting donations and the con will host video game tournaments for donations.

Celebrity guests are Caity Lotz (Legends of Tomorrow), Katrina Law (Arrow), Sean Schemmel (voice actor Dragon Ball Z), Richard Steven Horvitz (The Angry Beavers), Brimstone (co-founder Hound Comics), Michelle Harrison (The Flash), Steve Coulter (The Walking Dead), and Bryan Johnson, Mike Zapcic, and Ming Chen (Comic Book Men).

There will also be a Power Rangers reunion with Walter Jones, Karan Ashley, David Yost, Blake Anthony Foster, Steve Cardenas, and Austin St. John.

Artists are Neil Vokes (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Rusty Gilligan (The Adventures of Mac and Trouble), Jeff Shultz (Archie), Jamie Snell (sketch cards Mars Attacks), Scott Straka (celebrity-character portrait artist), Ken Hunt (Batman), Bob McLeod (Spider-Man), and James Brenneman (Artboy Design).

Cosplayers include the Pirate Guys, Heroes Alliance, Kimberly Dunaway, Kati Coe, Capital City Jedi Knights, Negative Stacey, Central PA Avengers, The 501st Legion, Toranthena Cosplay, Ashen Phoenix, Costumed Vigilantes, D-Piddy, Knightmage, Sharon Rose, Kayley Marie, and the Harrisburg Area Roller Derby.

The show runs Saturday from 10 AM to 8 PM and Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM. A weekend pass is $50, Saturday is $35, Sunday is $25, and the weekend VIP pass is $100.

To buy tickets and learn more about the con, go to hbgcomiccon.com.