May 03
The Smoke has made an impact on the pop-culture scene for over a decade. After serving in the Marine Corps, The Smoke worked as a bodyguard working in clubs backstage for concerts and for NFL games in Philadelphia. He would later train as a pro-wrestler and have a strong presence in the independent wrestling world. The …
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May 01
The rules are simple: [CONTEST BEGINS MONDAY MAY 1ST] Using ONLY the designs sheets provided of the J1 Studios characters (Lime Rind, Super Bounty J1, Valencia, Mega Ran, and Masad), construct a design that would best work as a shirt that will be used for the official J1-Con 2017 T-shirt. Use whatever art style you …
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Apr 24
She goes by RachniQueen; gaming and cosplaying are just two of her hobbies. She loves sitting around and watching Archer, or Futurama while working on costumes. RachniQueen also adores Star Trek and LOVES Silent Hill. Currently she is working on her degree to become a Forensic Photographer but is slowly making her way there since …
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Apr 23
Her name is Katie Wraith and she’s a cosplayer and model in the Pittsburgh area. She’s been cosplaying since April 2015, (her first cosplay was the Dark Magician Girl from Yu-Gi-Oh!) when she attended my first anime convention Tekkoshocon, and since then it’s been a growing passion of hers. She cosplays male and female characters …
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Apr 18
Want to talk? Want to listen? We have panels! We’ve had some fun panels in the past, so here we go again! Now have a read below, and see what awesome panel discussions we have set up, just for you. We want to add as many panels as possible at J1-Con because we want you to …
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Apr 14
We are going to keep it real simple. Are you cosplaying? Yes? Then welcome to the Cosplay Contest!!! Show up in your cosplay and be as enthusiastic and as in character as possible to win! There will not be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner in these categories. There will be a WINNER and …
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Mar 27
WOW! Almost HALF of the vendor spaces are taken already! We just announced it! This is a repeat of last year where we sold out of tables within a matter of weeks! First come first serve!! Check out the stats on our first 5 J1-Cons… 2012: 200 attendees (est.) 1 Day convention (125 Lombard Street) …
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Mar 14
PLEASE READ! J1-Con 2016 was scary and awesome at the same time. We weren’t sure how the TWO DAY convention experiment would turn out, but to our surprise it was a success! Despite the heat in main hall (even with industrial fans), people still had a great time! The air-conditioned Gaming building (District N9ne) was …
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