The Pacific Northwest's premiere comic + pop culture show Emerald City Comic Con returns soon - March 6 through 9 to be exact. Stay tuned to Popverse for all the ECCC 2025 news, our recs for what to do at ECCC 2025, where to find Popverse, and buy tickets now to find your place at the Seattle staple.

One of the particular joys of Emerald City Comic Con in any year is that the show floor — located on the first floor of the Summit building in the Seattle Convention Center — isn’t the only place that you can find exhibitors at the show; in this year’s show, taking place March 6 through 9, for example, you can find exhibitors on the show floor, in the second floor Artist’s Alley/Writer’s Block space in the Summit building, in the skybridge of the Arch building, and even in the fifth floor Tavern back at the Summit. They’re everywhere — and every single vendor offers something fun, unexpected, and worth seeing.

With this much to see, and only four days to see it, we thought it might help to have a few selections to help fans at the show get started. Here are six of our favorite booths at ECCC 2025.

Dodecadonuts at Booth #10633

The appeal of Dodecadonuts is, admittedly, suggested by their name, but ably explained by the following magical description of what they offer: “pastry-themed TTRPG accessories.” You didn’t even know such a thing existed, and now you can’t imagine anything you want more in the world, right? A coffee-cup dice tower. A wooden donut dice box! How could anyone want anything else? Beat your way to booth 10633 on the first floor of the Summit building and find a wonderland you could only have imagined before now.

Tentacle Kitty at Booth #10805

Chances are, you’ve seen Tentacle Kitty before if you’ve hit up any conventions in the past few years. The plush creations of John and Raena Merritt — part cute cat, part Cthulhu-esque tentacle monster, all adorable — have been mainstays of the con circuit for the past decade or so, before expanding into books from Dark Horse and Scholastic Books. This year, they’re at the front of the first floor’s main show floor at booth 10805 with a brand-new con exclusive, as well as all-new kitties making their debut right here at the show.

Ink Fusion Tattoo Pavillion at Booth #10006

What better way to permanently display your love of ECCC (or, for that matter, anything else) than getting it permanently marked on your body? The fine folk of the Ink Fusion Tattoo Empire — their motto is “where the worlds of tattooing and pop culture collide” — are ready to make that happen on the first floor show floor at booth 10006. If you’re a little concerned about their pop culture bona fides, relax; they’re a licensed tattoo program by Lucasfilm, Star Trek, Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and WWE.

Kaleidos Creative at Booth #20417

While Kaleidos itself may be relatively new — the company was set up just last year with the heady ambition to “invigorate and revolutionize the collectibles industry by seeing things differently” — it’s difficult to disagree with the credentials of those involved, with the team coming from the likes of Funko, Pixar Animation, Bento Box Entertainment, and Lucasfilm. Their first wave of releases hit shelves late last year, and now they’re at ECCC on the second floor of the Summit building at 20417 to preview what comes next.

Tiny Onion at Booth #02700

Also on the second floor of the Summit (at booth 20700) is one of comics’ cutting edge studios; Tiny Onion is, of course, the brainchild of writer James Tynion IV, but across the four day show, the booth is hosting signings from a creator line-up that also includes Pornsak Pichetshote, Werther Dell’Edera, Martin Simmonds, Michael Walsh, Tyler Boss, Joshua Hixson, and more; they’re also offering con-exclusive merch, a second edition of the T.O.P. newspaper, and a lot, lot more. You’ll come for the Something Is Killing the Children and Department of Truth, but you’ll stay for everything under the deeper layers of the Onion.

Alexandria RPG Library at The Tavern

I’m calling it early; The Tavern — massively expanded from last year and now taking up what used to be the Main Stage on the fifth floor of the Summit building — just might be the cool hangout of the entire show. And why not, considering it houses the Alexandria RPG Library for the weekend? The local non-profit will return to ECCC with more than a thousand RPG rulebooks, modules, and more to help gamers run campaigns from old favorites or brand new worlds… and if that seems a little overwhelming, don’t worry; the library staff will be happy to help it all make sense.

Seattle's ECCC 2025 is coming up faster than you think! Keep up to date with our guide to all the Artist's Alley & Writer's Block celebrities, all the major panels, a grunge-themed playlist for the grunge-themed con, our personal recs for the key things to do at ECCC, where to find us at ECCC, and even what to do while you're in Seattle for the event. Reserve your passes as soon as you can!