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Con Nooga celebrates 10 years of pop-culture fandom

Amanda Tolbert, left, and Eddie Curtis, dressed as Batgirl and Batman, photograph Scott Lang, dressed as Antman, at last year's Con Nooga at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
Amanda Tolbert, left, and Eddie Curtis, dressed as Batgirl and Batman, photograph Scott Lang, dressed as Antman, at last year's Con Nooga at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Amanda Tolbert, left, and Eddie Curtis, dressed as Batgirl and Batman, photograph Scott Lang, dressed as Antman, at last year's Con Nooga at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

By Staff Report 2 min read

Con Nooga, Chattanooga’s largest multigenre pop-culture convention, marks its 10th year this weekend with events spread between two of downtown’s largest venues.

The fandom convention embraces all genres, from animé to horror to cosplay. Organizer Todd Patton says guests can expect more than 500 hours of programming, concerts, shows, entertainment, contests and 18,000 square feet of gaming.

The complete schedule is available in an app available at any app store (search for Con Nooga).

Among the guest artists attending are Tom Nguyen, who has worked on major titles, including Batman, Green Lantern, JLA and Superman for DC Comics and Marvel Comics; and Dave Woodman, a Disney animator who has earned an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award for his work, which includes contributions to “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin” and Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract” video.

Also among the special guests is designer, art consultant and author Victoria Price, whose contemporary design aesthetic was influenced by her famous parents, actor Vincent Price and costume designer Mary Grant Price. Her critically acclaimed biography of her father, “Vincent Price: A Daughter’s Biography,” was published in 1999. She also has written for The New York Times, A&E’s “Biography” series and many other national regional and local magazines, newspapers and television programs.