Featured businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n• Retro Emporium: — Vintage to modern pop culture shop specializing in vintage 80s\/90s collectibles and retro-themed goods.<\/p>\n
• Page Turner Books — Nerd culture store offering sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, movies, video games, comics, and more.<\/p>\n
• PTB Comics & Manga: Specializing in comics, manga, graphic novels and toys.<\/p>\n
• Big Wu Fitness:<\/p>\n
Hosting SeaLUG Seattle based Lego brick enthusiasts. Lego creations are large and elaborate, often taking hundreds of hours to create, and will be on display at this location.<\/p>\n
• Sweet Themes Bakery – featuring sweet nerd-themed treats and hosting the Cosplay costume contest.<\/p>\n
• Pied Piper Pub — Trivia and special Nerd drink specials.<\/p>\n
• Grey Sunz Tattoo – Tattoos and piercings.<\/p>\n
Cosplay costume contest<\/strong><\/p>\nDress up as your favorite character. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes in the following categories: adult, child (under 10 years) and honorable mentions. Grand prizes $100, gift cards and other great stuff.<\/p>\n
Featured authors<\/strong><\/p>\nMaria Giakoumatos, J.P. Barnett, Tiffany Shearn, Lora Senf, Jeff Grubb, Tommy Rice, Will McDermott and others.<\/p>\n
Featured artists<\/strong><\/p>\nBruno Pags – fantasy, vampire, werewolves’ art; Lori Collins – art and illustrations; J Boom – sketch artist, art animation; Stannex – cartoonist, game designer; Rihana Martinson, stickers, coloring book pages and prints; BrickCon: Lego creations, past and custom Lego sets; BritCon: British media and culture with an emphasis on science fiction and fantasy; and Steve Miller, game designer.<\/p>\n
Also…<\/strong><\/p>\nCybFest NW will join the party with a celebration of all things Transformers, put on by fans for fans. Toy dealers, artists, contests and raffles are just some of the fun.<\/p>\n
Big Dawg Hot Dogs premiere hot dog cart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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