
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

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.

JustMosz

JustMosz

JustMosz
Group Photo!
Thank you to everyone who participated, bringing your energy and creativity to Cyclone Con 2025.

Thank You Cyclone Con 2025
This year's Cyclone Con is complete. To stay updated make sure to check out their website, Cyclone Con and their Instagram.
Let me know which con you want to see me at next and let's book in advance for a complete session with your best looks!
NJIT Mini Con (Newark, NJ) - April 6th, 2025
Castle Point Anime Con (Secaucus, NJ) - April 26-27th, 2025
Kogaracon (Edison, NJ) - May 3rd, 2025
Garden State Anime Fest (Augusta, NJ) - May 3rd-4th, 2025
Clover Con (Bridgewater, NJ) - May 18th, 2025
Thy Geekdom Con (Oaks, PA) - May 23rd-25th, 2025
Kamehacon (Atlantic City, NJ) - June 13th-15th, 2025
Sugoi Pop Con (Fishkill, NJ) - June 21st-22nd, 2025Shikkari Con (Plymouth Meeting, PA) - June 12th-13th, 2025
Tinee Con (Springfield, NJ) - July 20th, 2025
BX-Anime & Comic Expo (Bronx, NY) - August 2nd, 2025
Anime NYC (Javitz, NYC) - August 21st-24th, 2025
Derpy Con (New Brunswick, NJ) - October 31st-November 2nd, 2025
PhilCon (Cherry Hill, NJ) - November 21st-23rd, 2025...and perhaps more! Can't wait to see you there!
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