Nerd Street is an event production company started and operated by Ben Penrod. Ben is the founder of Awesome Con, Annapolis Comic-Con, Southern Maryland Comic-Con, Central Florida Comic Con, Nerd Street Wrestling, Star Con Orlando, and AfterBrawl NYC. Ben started reading comics at age 13, and in the late '90s began selling parts of his collection on eBay and used the money to buy more comics on eBay. This hobby turned into a full-time job in 2008 when Ben started an online comic book store. After spending the next three years traveling the country selling comics at conventions, Ben and Steve Anderson from Third Eye Comics created the Annapolis Comic-Con, soon followed by the Southern Maryland Comic-Con, both still thriving local shows that cater to comic book lovers like themselves. Ben started planning Awesome Con full-time in 2012, and the first one launched in April 2013. It was an immediate success, and it quickly grew into one of the largest fan conventions on the East Coast. Ben launched Central Florida Comic Con in 2019 in Lakeland, Florida. 

NERD STREET EVENTS

April Fool's Day Massacre

April 1, 2020

Goldenrod Recreation Center
Orlando, FL

Central Florida Comic Con

January 16-17, 2021 

Central Florida Comic Con takes place at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida. CFCC is a celebration of comics, toys, TV, film, art, cosplay, games, and all things nerdy. 

Fairbanks, Alaska Comicon

February 2021

Fairbanks' comicon takes place at the Carlson Center. 

Annapolis Comic-Con

March 14, 2020

Annapolis Comic-Con is Annapolis, Maryland's celebration of comics, toys, TV, film, art, cosplay, games, and all things nerdy. 

Star Con

September 25-27, 2020

Star Con is about community, cosplay, gaming, and the spirited discussions that happen when fans get together. It’s about being free to love the things we love. Star Con is inclusive, it’s immersive, and it’s intimate. That means that as much as you want to be, you are an active participant in the con experience for yourself and others.

Coming to Orlando in 2020

Star Con is for everyone

Southern Maryland Comic-Con

TBA 2020

Southern Maryland Comic-Con is a celebration of comics, toys, TV, film, art, cosplay, games, and all things nerdy in Waldorf, Maryland.

AfterBrawl - TBD

Contact Us

Nerd Street LLC

13506 Summerport Village Pkwy

#1021

Windermere, FL 34786