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How New York Comic Con Is Embracing Horror, Ticket-Free Content and Even More Cosplay for 2024


One multiyear pandemic, two Hollywood strikes and New York Comic Con is back for its "first true, full event" kicking off Thursday.

While some might see that as giving away free content for a ticketed event, New York Comic Con owner ReedPop views it as a worthwhile business decision to maintain relationships with consumers. Whether it’s ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,’ which is on my personal Top 10 list of things I’d be sad to not make it in for, or HBO with ‘The Penguin,’ Apple TV+ with ‘Shrinking,’ it’s just really great. Apart from the usual big-ticket draws of the film, TV and comic-book-centric Main and Empire Stage panels, Rogers points to some under-the-radar aspects of the show that are new for this year, but sure to be a hit with the large cosplay community that attends the con.

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