Wake Up Fresco! - Cyclone Con

Article and photos by Fresco Alessandro

Introducing Cyclone Con 2025

On April 5th 2025, at the home of the Cyclones, we were introduced to Cyclone Con; a new comic and anime convention. It was a cloudy day with a valiant sun making every attempt to push the clouds away. An illuminating aura in the sky for the first ever Cyclone Con.

Cris Cosplay

Cosplayers In The Wild

I entered, one of the first, with cosplayers and guests also trickling in. This was my first of the year. I was looking for something small to return to the world of costume, creativity and let’s be honest here, theatrics. We love just how committed to their characters, cosplayers can be, with some never breaking character once.

CrisCosplay

501st Legion

Fizzy Pop and Friend

501st Legion

Cosmic Coinkydink

Sicilian Pizza Sauce and Alpaca Flip

DontCryWill, IvyVinca, Moonside_Cosplay

Cosplayer as Silver the Hedgehog

Workshops

Guests were invited to attend various workshops that included but were certainly not limited to “Custom Draping for Fashion Design & Cosplay” with Pamela Ptak, “Think YOU Can Be a Voice Actor” with Chris Dattoli, “Drawing Workshop” with Michael Kraiger, “Stage Combat” with Cause & FX, “Yarn Spinning Demo” and more!

Pamela Ptak

Michael Kraiger

Chris Roth with Chris Dattoli

Cause & FX

Yarn Spinning Demo

Vendors

Imagine a grand bazaar featuring works from, and inspired by your favorite artists, shows, comics and manga. That’s what the vendor section felt like. I couldn’t believe just how much support this new con was getting. So naturally, I wandered toward East Side Mags and skimmed through their selection of comics, the smell of plastic covered paper bound artifacts, discovering the full 5-part series of “Heartbeat” by Maria Llovet, and on sale no less! Now that’s a find!

Beyond the comics we also discovered Darren Auck, Cliff Roth, Relemenopy, Tinie Con (another up and comer), Castle Point and so many more.

Tinee Con

Castle Point Anime Convention

Darren Auck

Cliff Roth

Relemonopy

Cosplayers in the Bazaar

Library

Show and Catwalk

So if you know me, you know that I love a good fashion show and a big portion of my world is in fashion. So when I heard that Cyclone Con was hosting a show and catwalk, I had to stay for that. It was, to me, the main event after all, and a great place to see the costumes all in one place.

Host of the Catwalk

CrisCosplay

DontCryWill

IvyVinca

Moonside_Cosplay

Cotto_nClown, Spooky.JPG, Enchanting_Eyez

Keuksplay

KatieMolini, IsaacTheAnkle

Violet_Nightshade_Hargreaves, AriisaWeirdCCosplayer_insta

Shadow and Sliver Cosplayers

JustMosz

WallyUlrichh9

Staged Shots

With the catwalk and group photo completed, I, with permission of course, hopped on stage where the participants were all gathered, sharing tips, tricks and general banter and started asking for portraits and here’s what we got.

Keuksplay

Cotto_nClown, Spooky.JPG, Enchanting_Eyez

CrisCosplay

AriisaWeirdCosplayer_insta, Violet_Nightshade_Hargreaves

DontCryWill, IvyVinca, Moonside_Cosplay

CosmicCoinkydink

IsaacTheAnkle

IvyVinca

WallyUlrichh9

Neechoudai

Lobelia.cos

Cosplayer Spotlight:

Had to throw some extra shine on Mosz Ashton as Angel Dust from Hazbin Hotel for bringing grace, attitude and presence during our session. And thank you to everyone who participated, dressed up and showed up! You all are what make these cons so special.