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By: Dexter Yocum

Lilac City Comic-Con is one of the few places where you’ll rub shoulders with Darth Vader, browse comic books with Batman and wait for the bathroom along side the Alien from Ridley Scott’s horror movie “Alien”.

The 10 Annual Comic-Con was held at the Spokane Convention Center on Saturday May 14, and was geared towards fans of comic books as well as science fiction and fantasy television shows games, and movies. “Lilac City Comicon’s goal has been to help local artists & businesses around the Inland Northwest for the past 10 years.” Said Nathan O’Brien, the founder of lilac city comic con. “We look forward to continue to build these relationships to further strengthen our community for everyone to enjoy.”

Over the past 10 years lilac city comic-con has seen exponential growth. ”We also had a 20% growth in attendance from 4,225 in 2015 to 5,310 in 2016,” said O’Brien.

The Comic-Con boasted a vendor’s hall where local artists could show off and sell their wares. “Getting to participate in lilac city comic con as an artist is a great way to share my work with the community.” said local artist Sars Guti, “It’s also gives the artists a chance to encourage the younger attendees to get into art scene here in town and share their own work.” Special guests included Russell Hodgkinson, an actor on the Sci-Fi original TV series “Z Nation”, Youtube sensation Adam The Woo from “The Daily Woo”. and local comic book artist Colton Worley who is known for his works on “Battlestar Galactica” and “The Spider”.