Fred has over 20 years of experience in the world of cosplay, and has obtained many awards over the years! His mission is to foster unity within the cosplay community by promoting fun, friends and fellowship (F3).

Violette Verse will be joining us April 30-May 1 at the Four State Comic Con in Hagerstown, MD! VioletteVerse is a kid cosplayer, youtuber and superhero in training. Her super power is to make people smile. Her mission is to change the world one smile at a time.
She has been cosplaying since she was 3 years old. She loves superheroes and good deeds. As a cosplayer she loves to put smiles on faces and as a youtuber she interviews other cosplayers talks about superheroes and toys. In her superhero training she helps others, works with charities and trains to be her best superself.
She has done over 1000 consecutive cosplays.
You can find her on youtube as Violetteverse and on instagram as @Vi0letteverse. On facebook as Violetteverse cosplay.

Teacher by day, cosplayer by night, Maiacat Cosplay is a curvy cosplayer hailing from south-central PA. With over thirty years of experience being a nerd, Maiacat broke into the cosplay scene in 2016. Specializing in armor crafting, she’s been awarded numerous First Place and Best in Show commendations for her work. She loves all things Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and gaming, though her favorite things to make cosplay armor of are Pokémon! Maiacat’s favorite aspect of cosplay is the bonds that the shared hobby build.

LaineyCat is a Maryland based cosplayer who started cosplaying in 2012. Her love of comics, anime, video games and horror pushed her to pursue propmaking & more advanced sewing techniques to bring to life the characters & creatures she loves. Leather crafting is also a passion, which adorns the occasional costume as well as all of her Renaissance garb.

Outside of cosplay, Lainey’s interests include art history, interior design & furniture restoration.

Intraventus is a professional body painter and makeup artist! She specializes in artistic pop culture character renditions from comics, games, anime and movies; "Cospainting"! Intraventus is also an award winning cosplayer, published model, photographer and a full time partnered Twitch streamer! She builds costumes, props and accessories! In her free time, she plays games with the amazing positive community of more than half a million followers she has built on her various social media platforms!

Ghostiee Muffinn is a video game, anime and cosplay enthusiast. As a cosplayer of over 8 years, she enjoys the challenge of building new costumers, however; her favorite part is meeting new faces in the cosplay community. She is excited to return to one of her favorite conventions of all time- The Four State Comic Con!

Caitlin Farthing has been cosplaying since 2009 when she premiered her first creations at Otakon. An accomplished seamstress and prop maker, Caitlin has crafted costumes and props using a wide variety of materials and techniques. In recent years, Caitlin is better known as a panelist at such major events as ConnectiCon, MAGFest, and KatsuCon, where she presented panels on the topics of audio-visual narrative short-hand and contemporary media as modern art. Caitlin holds an MFA in Book Arts from University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and is currently the head of the art department of a major art restoration company in Baltimore, Maryland.
Photo By: Alexandre Abdoulaev

Alex Abdoulaev splits his time between crafting, lectureship, and photography. Alex began cosplaying in 1999, but after a fifteen year hiatus was reintroduced to cosplay by his spouse, Caitlin Farthing. Since then, he has worked with a variety of media, primarily concentrating on prop-making using materials such as sheet PVC (SINTRA), EVA foam, worbla, and more. In addition to cosplay, he is also an accomplished photographer and a collaborator of Jester’s Forge Digital Arts in Hartford, Connecticut. Alex enjoys working with models across a wide range of visual styles, body types, and experience levels. Outside of cosplay, Alex holds a doctorate degree in music history, and is currently a professor of music at the Wells School of Music at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Photo Credit: Jester's Forge Digital Arts
Jestersforge.weebly.com

WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Please welcome the Charm City Ghostbusters to the Four State Comic Con and their fight against the paranormal and Cystic Fibrosis!!! This amazing group will be on location to meet all of you and we will be assisting them on raising funds for their charity of choice, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. They will be at the event looking to meet all of you along with a green screen photo op booth and quite possibly Slimer! Who knows maybe even a representative from the Stay Puft company will be on location. The Ecto 1 may be scheduled for maintenance that weekend due to Slimer stealing it again but let’s keep our fingers crossed! Either way, this will be an awesome time with an awesome group of people raising money for an awesome cause!

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