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With Dragon Con attracting more than 70,000 costumed fans of movies, television, comic books and other theatrics to downtown Atlanta over Labor Day weekend, one might think that was the final act for Atlanta’s con season. While Dragon Con is summer’s big bang when it comes to conventions, fall offers several more opportunities to dress up as your favorite anime characters and monster movie villains while interacting with actors from your favorite cartoons, films and TV shows. Here are five fall conventions Atlanta-based artists and enthusiasts won’t want to miss. Anime Weekend Atlanta (Sept. 24–27)Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Anime Weekend Atlanta is a four-day convention dedicated to Japanese animation, comics, art and video games. Awa features numerous panels, cosplay contests, gaming competitions and musical performances virtually around the clock. Anime and video game voice actors such as Daisuke Sakaguchi, Lisle Wilkerson, Christopher Sabat, Kaiji Tang, Toby Proctor, Linda Ballantyne,...

"Toronto ComiCon", presented by "Fan Expo Canada" will be held March 20, 21 and 22, 2015 @ the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, with unique exhibitors, presentations, workshops and celebrity guests including Chad Coleman, aka 'Tyreese' on "The Walking Dead", Karen Gillan, aka 'Nebula' in "Guardians Of The Galaxy", Jaime Murray aka 'Stahma Tarr' from the series "Defiance" and a whole lot more:

Meet more of the cast of "Defiance", with Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran and Jesse Rath signing autographs...

...posing for photo ops and uniting on stage for a Q&A session.

Shannen Doherty aka 'Prue Halliwell' from the series "Charmed" will also be in attendance...

...along with Chad Coleman, aka 'Tyreese'. 

...Karen Gillan aka 'Nebula'.

In the 'Artist Alley', pencillers, inkers and writers display and offer for sale comics, graphic novels, limited edition prints, original art and sketches, with Neal Adams, Dan Parent and a whole lot more.

In the 'Retailer Area',...

"Toronto ComiCon", presented by "Fan Expo Canada" will be held March 20, 21 and 22, 2015 @ the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, with unique exhibitors, presentations, workshops and celebrity guests including Chad Coleman, aka 'Tyreese' on "The Walking Dead", Karen Gillan, aka 'Nebula' in "Guardians Of The Galaxy", Morena Baccarin aka 'Dr. Leslie Thompkins' on the series "Gotham", Jaime Murray aka 'Stahma Tarr' from the series "Defiance" and a whole lot more:

Meet more of the cast of "Defiance", with Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran and Jesse Rath signing autographs...

...posing for photo ops and uniting on stage for a Q&A session.

Shannen Doherty aka 'Prue Halliwell' from the series "Charmed" will also be in attendance...

...along with Chad Coleman, aka 'Tyreese'. 

...Karen Gillan aka 'Nebula'.

 ...and Morena Baccarin aka 'Dr. Leslie Thompkins'. 

In the 'Artist Alley', pencillers, inkers and writers display and offer for sale comics, graphic novels, limited edition prints, original art and sketches,...