Creator of Popular Webcasts, Drake McWhorter, to Appear at Otakon Matsuri 2016
Baltimore, MD (April 20, 2016) – Drake McWhorter, the creator and voice behind several
popular webcasts, will appear at the 2016 Otakon Matsuri.
Drake McWhorter (better known as Trailer Drake or Comic Drake) is the creator of the hit shows Crossover and Smash History on the Game Theorists channel. You might also recognize him from his work at ScrewAttack.com, where he helped produce the SideScrollers podcast, the daily news show Hard News or that one time he ate a half gallon of ice cream in seven minutes. On a personal level, he used to run a popular show called Unpopular Gaming Opinions and currently produces the insanely entertaining, but informative Comic Drake channel, where he presents everything you'd ever want to know (and more) about comic books.
McWhorter is a friend of Otakon, known as an anime fanatic, a snappy dresser, a connoisseur of all things geeky, a master of useless trivia, and an all-around funny guy. If you see him around the convention, he invites you to ask for a butterfly handshake.
The Otakon Matsuri is an outdoor street festival that will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, August 11 at Baltimore's beautiful West Shore Park at the Inner Harbor. Admission is free to both the Otakorp membership as well as to the general public. The event features many attractions to keep attendees well-occupied: games, contests, prizes, live entertainment, great food, and even Otakon guests, who have been known to stop by and take part in the festivities. Otakon 2016 will be held August 12-14 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD.
ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.: Now entering its twenty-third year, Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and music from the Far East. Since 1999, Otakon has been held in Baltimore, Maryland; currently, Otakon is one of Baltimore's few large, city-wide events, drawing over 34,000 people for three days each year (for a paid attendance of over 100,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon is a membership based convention sponsored by Otakorp, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educational non-profit whose mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture, primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc. is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff – we are run by fans, for fans.
For more information about Otakorp, Inc., see http://www.otakon.com/otakorp/index.asp
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