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The Comic Book Club of Ithaca will once again host Ithacon in its 45th year of the comic and pop culture event. The con will take place on Saturday and Sunday March 21-22, 2020 at the Emerson Suites and Williams Hall on the Ithaca College campus.

Ithacon 45 will host over 40 guests from the worlds of comics, movies, gaming, fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Featured guests include comics editor Mike Gold (Green Arrow), artist Trevor Von Eeden (Black Lighting), writer Stephanie Phillips (Butcher of Paris), writer Roger Stern (Avengers), and actor-writer J.G. Hertzler (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).

Ithacon’s spotlight publisher is AHOY Comics, who will be represented by Jamal Igle, Hart Seeley, Frank Cammuso, and Tom Peyer. This publisher is known for such titles as The Wrong Earth and Edgar Allen Poe’s Snifter of Terror.

There will be children’s activities, including a Zombie Maze, panel discussions and workshops, a cosplay runway at 1 PM on Saturday, and gaming both during the day and in extended hours Saturday evening.

Tickets are $10 for adults and teens, $5 for kids 12 and younger, and kids 6 and under get in for free. Updates on the guests and the program schedule and ticket purchases are available at www.ithacon.org.

Ithaca College faculty, staff, and students get in for free with valid ID.