Photos: 2016 Awesome Con

Can you feel the Force? (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Can you feel the Force? (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Apparently Batman didn’t have Parkmobile, or couldn’t find parking outside the convention center. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Let the Hunger Games begin. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Let the Hunger Games begin. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Remember these? Arcade games with quarter slots! (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Awesome Con is taking place at the Washington Convention Center. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Awesome Con is taking place at the Washington Convention Center June 3-5, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Victoria, dressed as Carmen Sandiego, says people keep telling her "I've been searching for you,for years." (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Victoria, dressed as Carmen Sandiego, says people keep telling her “I’ve been searching for you,for years.” (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Awesome Con is taking place this weekend at the Washington Convention Center. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Awesome Con is taking place this weekend at the Washington Convention Center. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
WTOP's Mike Murillo does the tough interviews -- like this one with a character from "Aliens." (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
WTOP’s Mike Murillo does the tough interviews — like this one with a character from “Aliens.” (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Spiderman and the creature from Aliens square off. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Spiderman and the creature from Aliens square off. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Costumes are encouraged at Awesome Con -- just take it from Johnny Bravo and Ant Man. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Costumes are encouraged at Awesome Con — just take it from Johnny Bravo and Ant Man. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
R2D2 of "Star Wars" fame beeps around Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
R2D2 of “Star Wars” fame beeps around Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Security at Awesome Con is provided by Storm Troopers? Not quite, but the Star Wars characters are just some of the costumes on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Security at Awesome Con is provided by Storm Troopers? Not quite, but the Star Wars characters are just some of the costumes on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
The make of this Landspeeder says he drove it through a McDonalds drive thru and no one knew what it was. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
The Land Speeder maker says he drove it through a McDonalds drive thru and no one knew what it was. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Several characters at Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Several characters at Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Niesha Wongus of Oxon  Hill, Maryland. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Niesha Wongus of Oxon Hill, Maryland. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Actor John Barrowman signing autographs at Awesome Con Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Actor John Barrowman signing autographs at Awesome Con Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, was at Awesome Con Friday, June 3, 2016. (Maury Winter)
Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, was at Awesome Con Friday, June 3, 2016. (Maury Winter)
John Barclay of Baltimore at Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (Courtesy Maury Winter)
John Barclay of Baltimore at Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (Courtesy Maury Winter)
Tom King, the writer for DC Comics' "Batman" greets fans at Awesome Con in D.C. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Tom King, the writer for DC Comics’ “Batman” greets fans at Awesome Con in D.C. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Fans meet with Tom King, the lead writer for DC Comics' "Batman" at Awesome Con. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Fans meet with Tom King, the lead writer for DC Comics’ “Batman” at Awesome Con. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
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Can you feel the Force? (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Let the Hunger Games begin. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Awesome Con is taking place at the Washington Convention Center. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Victoria, dressed as Carmen Sandiego, says people keep telling her "I've been searching for you,for years." (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Awesome Con is taking place this weekend at the Washington Convention Center. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
WTOP's Mike Murillo does the tough interviews -- like this one with a character from "Aliens." (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Spiderman and the creature from Aliens square off. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Costumes are encouraged at Awesome Con -- just take it from Johnny Bravo and Ant Man. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
R2D2 of "Star Wars" fame beeps around Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Security at Awesome Con is provided by Storm Troopers? Not quite, but the Star Wars characters are just some of the costumes on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
The make of this Landspeeder says he drove it through a McDonalds drive thru and no one knew what it was. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Several characters at Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Niesha Wongus of Oxon  Hill, Maryland. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Actor John Barrowman signing autographs at Awesome Con Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, was at Awesome Con Friday, June 3, 2016. (Maury Winter)
John Barclay of Baltimore at Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (Courtesy Maury Winter)
Tom King, the writer for DC Comics' "Batman" greets fans at Awesome Con in D.C. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
Fans meet with Tom King, the lead writer for DC Comics' "Batman" at Awesome Con. (WTOP/Steve Winter)
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