St. Pete Comic Con organizer turns focus to anime, manga

Dewey Caruthers says vendor booths are already sold out for the Sept. 17-18 Anime St. Pete festival.

The upcoming Anime St. Pete festival will feature two cosplay contests. (Photo courtesy of Muhammad Faiz Zulkeflee/Unsplash.com)
The upcoming Anime St. Pete festival will feature two cosplay contests. (Photo courtesy of Muhammad Faiz Zulkeflee/Unsplash.com)
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Dewey Caruthers, the nerd culture ambassador who brought St. Petersburg its very own Comic Con earlier this year, is at it again with Anime St. Pete, a two-day celebration of Japanese animated cartoons, known as anime, and comic books, commonly referred to as manga.

 

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