{"id":121089,"date":"2026-02-23T09:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121089\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:30:06","slug":"fans-unite-at-third-annual-nepa-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121089\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans unite at third annual NEPA Comic-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comic Con descends on Lackawanna County, attracting pop culture fans to the Moon Tavern in Dickson City.<\/p>\n<p>DICKSON CITY, Pa. \u2014 If you see superheroes walking down the street in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/section\/lackawanna-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u00a0Lackawanna County<\/a>, don&#8217;t be alarmed. Comic Con is in town, and imagination is taking over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pop culture enthusiasts attended the event at the Moon Tavern at the Days Inn in Dickson City.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights included a &#8216;cosplay runway&#8217;, a vintage toy sale, and many star-studded guests, including Susanna Malak, an actress best known for her role as &#8216;Jawa&#8217; in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m doing it for the people, friends, and family. I mean, the culture is just unbelievable with the support and all the different vendors and the cosplayers. It&#8217;s really, really sweet,&#8221; said Eric Kropiewnicki, of the Moon Tavern.<\/p>\n<p>This was the third annual NEPA Comic-Con.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comic Con descends on Lackawanna County, attracting pop culture fans to the Moon Tavern in Dickson City. DICKSON&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-121089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}