NEW FOR 2019 - THE ALL STAR KIDS' CORNER!
By popular demand ! The All Star Kids' Corner is an impressive ballroom located on level one of the convention.This is an all ages area FREE to con attendees all weekend long.
Our Kid's Corner boasts plenty of activities including:
Large scale LEGO building and play area by Awesome Mini's & Autographs.
All Star art area with coloring pages and an art contest.
Scheduled photo ops for the kids with our Cosplay Ambassadors.
FREE Face painting on Sunday from 1-4pm by professional artist Natalia Malley. Limited to the first 50 kids to sign up!
SLIME WORKSHOPS BY YOUR FAVORITE SLIME STARS!
BY THE WAY: This is not day care, All Stars. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times!
ALL STAR WELCOMES COREY MORGAN AND NATALIA MALLEY!
Corey is the Lead Artist and owner of Mr. Corey's Face Painting. With 13 years of experience as a body artist, Corey has amassed a worldwide following for his ultra realistic comic book inspired face painting designs, and has been seen in several publications, including Cosplayzine, SkinMarkz Magazine and FABAIC Magazine. Corey not only face paints at parties, fairs, festivals and other events in the DC, MD, VA area thrilling not just children, but adults as well with his artistic skills, but is also a face painting instructor with the one of the largest face and body art organizations in the world. Corey has traveled the country as well as Europe, giving seminars and workshops on face painting
Natalia Malley is the owner and lead artist of Peace Love and Paint LLC in the Washington DC metro area. She has been face painting for more than 10 years, has won numerous face painting competitions and has been published in several face and body art magazines including SkinMarkz Magazine, The Colored Palette, QMagazine, and FABAIC Magazine. Her work was recently featured on Emmy-award wining television personality Ty Pennington's (Extreme Makeover, Trading Spaces) website.
Corey will be face painting the first 50 kids to sign up for FREE on Saturday from 1-4pm.
Natalia will be face painting the first 50 kids to sign up for FREE on Sunday starting at 10AM.
‘ZOMBIE KING’ ARTHUR SUYDAM TO SKETCH FREE FOR KIDS ON SUNDAY!
Zombies are all the rage, and at the top of anyone’s list of zombie artists is Arthur Suydam, who will treat fans to his own take on the phenomenon!
He’s not called “The Zombie King” for nothing, and the award-winning celebrity artist will show off some of the amazing talent which has landed him covers on dozens of titles like “Marvel Zombies.” The Spike TV and Scream Award winner is a huge fan favorite.
As a special treat, Suydam will make a free sketch for the first 150 kids ages 12 and under to visit his booth on Sunday 11-4.
Suydam’s popular covers have graced the covers of Black Panther,The Walking Dead, Marvel Zombies, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth, Dead Days, The Misfits Devil’s Rain, Land of the Dead, Batman, Wolverine, X-men, Ghost Rider, Thor, Spider Girl and many more. In 2008 Marvel released an exclusive hard cover tribute to the works of this unique artist entitled Marvel Zombies, The Covers dedicated to Suydam’s ground-breaking work. Additional recent works include, Army of Darkness, Savage Tales, Red Sonja and the smash hit Army of Darkness vs. Marvel Zombies, Batman vs. Predator, Conan the Barbarian, Tarzan and House of Secrets, and The Tick.