MomoCon, one of the fastest growing “all ages” conventions in the country, has announced an all-star lineup of guests for the 2023 convention. Fans of anime, American animation, comics and gaming will recognize the featured guests when the convention returns May 25 - 28, 2023 at the Georgia World Congress Center (Hall B) & Omni Hotel, Atlanta. MomoCon is a multi-genre convention for fans of all ages, celebrating costuming, comics, gaming, music, visual arts and voice acting. Schedule and Details: www.momocon.com

Featured guests include:

• Mark Brooks – Award winning comic illustrator, painter, and designer known for his acclaimed cover artwork on titles such as X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and Avengers as well as interior work on Marvel Comics’ Star Wars Han Solo for which he was nominated for an Eisner Award. He’s currently the cover artist for Immortal X-Men, which won Dragon Con’s Dragon Award for best comic book of 2022.

• Darryl “DMC” McDaniels - The Grammy winner and legendary rap artist from RUN DMC has taken his passion of comic books into the world of graphic novels. The DMC (Darryl Makes Comics) franchise has three graphic novels with the fourth planned to be released in Fall of 2023. 

• Adassa - The bilingual Afro-Latin voice actress is best known as playing Dolores in Disney’s “Encanto” but is also a singer and songwriter with performances on songs with Pitbull, Flo Rida, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, and Luis Fonsi.

• Don Bluth - The Oscar nominated producer and director is thought of as one of the most prestigious animators in the industry. Bluth has worked on numerous Walt Disney Productions and for 30 years has had his own production studio creating features like Dragon’s Lair, The Land Before Time, Anastasia, and Titan A.E. His current company has worked on movies and video games including one based on Dragon’s Lair.