{"id":303160,"date":"2026-07-22T19:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/303160\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:56:55","slug":"the-queens-comic-con-hosted-by-jonathan-quito-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/303160\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queens Comic Con hosted by Jonathan Quito \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Queens Comic Con will be holding a big convention on Halloween at P.S. 329Q in East Elmhurst.<\/p>\n

Photo by Jonathan Quito<\/p>\n

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The Queens community doesn\u2019t see a lot of anime conventions. Many are hosted in areas such as Long Island and Manhattan, with the widely known \u201cNew York Comic Con\u201d being one of the most popular anime conventions. However, Jonathan Quito has been changing this by hosting his very own \u201cQueens Comic Con\u201d on Halloween<\/a> to allow the Queens community to enjoy an anime convention.<\/p>\n

Quito began working on his dream project in May of last year by hosting his first-ever Queens Comic Con at P.S. 329Q<\/a> in East Elmhurst<\/a>. He also takes pride in being the first in his hometown to host a convention,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Queens Comic Con began with a convention in May 2025 at P.S. 329Q. Photo by Jonathan Quito<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted my hometown to finally have a convention,\u201d Quito said. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t really anything Queens that wasn\u2019t very popular, and I\u2019m happy that I\u2019m the first to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He visited many conventions in the five boroughs. He helps out in these events and also learns about how to organize and run an event smoothly.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI love everyone\u2019s conventions. Everyone has their own thing in the Bronx and Brooklyn and Manhattan, and there\u2019s other different conventions in Long Island, I love them all. Everyone has their pros and cons,\u201d Quito said.<\/p>\n

At his first convention, Quito included fun activities such as Karaoke to entertain his attendees.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI do a lot of giveaways to show my gratitude to the people who buy tickets to support my convention,\u201d Quito said.\n<\/p>\n

He also likes the idea of giving his attendees a variety of options at his convention.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I realized in most cons in video games, they only have one game for each machine,\u201d Quito said. \u201cMy machine carries thousands.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Quito\u2019s main philosophy is to keep his conventions fun and affordable for his community and allow growing vendors to experience what it\u2019s like to vend at a convention.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to try to make it affordable because times are hard for everybody,\u201d Quito said. \u201cI want something from my hometown. That\u2019s something I\u2019ve been dreaming about for a while and I kind of feel like we\u2019ve been left out for a very long time. And to finally make it happen, it\u2019s a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quito added, \u201cI want the Queens community to know that there\u2019s finally somewhere they can go and have fun and share their cosplay, share their arts and crafts. And if they want to start out before heading to the big leagues like New York Comic Con or whatever, like cafe guest stores or vendors, they can start off small before they hit higher ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Marvel-themed convention will be held on Halloween. An upcoming Christmas-themed convention is also on Quito\u2019s mind along with many more events to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens Comic Con will be holding a big convention on Halloween at P.S. 329Q in East Elmhurst. Photo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[114896,9,24,63,122,114897,124,123],"class_list":["post-303160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-jonathan-quito","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-comic-con","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}