Frank Patz of Wintercon Brings Sci-Fi Fans Fantasy Passion

Carol Ruth Weber
3 min readNov 22, 2023

Frank Patz of Wintercon and Eternal Con fame is celebrating the ninth year of his two-day winter expo that features Sci-Fi stars of today and yesterday. The thrilling event will take place on December 2–3, 2023, at Resorts World NYC. Visitors to Wintercon New York Sci-Fi Expo will have two days of nonstop pop-culture excitement with continuous panels, Q&A’s, cosplay, vendors, celebrities, and after parties.

Image Courtesy of Wintercon via David Salidor

As the owner and operator of Eternal Con, the largest pop culture convention in the Long Island NY area, Patz has expanded to providing Sci-Fi and fantasy fans a winter respite of fun with Wintercon. Since June 2013 the super enthusiast has provided the summer fun of Eternal Con with Wintercon now celebrating its ninth year of thrilling entertainment.

Interview with Patz

Carol Ruth Weber: What inspired you to start Eternal Con and Wintercon?

Frank Patz: I did it out of necessity. My dad passed away and I had to move to Long Island to take care of his dogs. I liked to do conventions. It was always my dream to start and run a convention. When I had the funds we did the first Eternal Con and it was a big success. So, from there we went on to do Wintercon.

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Carol Ruth Weber

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