New York Comic Con 2022 is now underway at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan. It's a pop culture mecca for all things comics, anime, and science fiction.
The four-day spectacle is expected to draw 200,000 costumed and non-costumed people alike. This is the second in-person gathering since the pandemic canceled the annual event in 2020.
The event doesn't require proof of vaccination this year but does require masks. While many didn't have them on, "Dragon Ball Z" fan Rahmell White did. Marianne Soto and Hector Maldonado, a.k.a. Starfire and Nightwing, said the event adds another component to their relationship. "We had already been friends before we started dating so I think it just really added more to it, especially since he has figurines in his room," Soto said. "So it was an automatic plus if anything."runs through Sunday, Oct. 9. Costumes are not required but they are encouraged.Cassandra 'Elvira' Peterson and Darryl 'D.M.C.' McDaniels showed up as the 2022 Comic Con event opened at the Javis Center in NYC.
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