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Over the weekend, fantastical worlds collided in the Big Apple for 2018's New York Comic-Con as the Jacob Javits Convention Center saw star-studded panels, vendors and thousands of spectators celebrate all that is slap-up in the worlds of comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games and more.

For the 2018 installment, spectators were treated to several highlights, including Andrew Lincoln of The Walking Dead behest adieu to the audiences as he approaches his final season on the show, the cast of Boy Meets Earth reflecting on their 25-year evidence legacy and Mary J. Blige speaking about stepping into the superhero realm for The Umbrella Academy —just to name a few. Oh, and don't forget the string of attendees in cosplay costumes ready to get their photos taken. Scroll on below to relive just a few of our favorite moments from the all-star extravaganza!

The Walking Dead Says Goodbye To Andrew Lincoln

Alee of the Season 9 premiere on Sunday night, Walking Dead'due south panel returned to Madison Square Garden on Saturday and the roaring crowd bid goodbye to Andrew Lincoln — the famed series' Rick Grimes. "I'chiliad yet in a globe of deprival. Don't make me cry," he said at the top of the discussion. Elsewhere in the chat, which was Chris Hardwick, show writer Angela Kang admitted that they took Lincoln's departure and absolutely ran with this exit. "I become to grow as somebody in this career. That's been really exciting," she said of challenging her writing chops.

Boys Meets World Castmates Reunite For 25-Year Legacy

Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel, and Will Friedle too received a roar of applause when the trio reunited to shed some insight on the surprising legacy of their hit series. While information technology included some candid talk of their careers mail service-series, the cast also spoke to the continuing legacy with 2014's Girl Meets World.

"When nosotros were doing Girl Meets World, information technology's such a different earth than the 1 our generation was growing up in," Savage said, as per EW. "Tthe stories were dissimilar. The girls who were on the bear witness [Rowan Blanchard and Sabrina Carpenter], there's so much pressure on them. We grew up without social media, so we but could be kids and grow up while we were doing the testify. Now with this modern world, there'due south so much tremendous pressure on girls—they not simply have to do well on screen simply they accept to live perfect lives too. Being a kid is virtually making mistakes! It seemed like there was enormous pressure on them."

Ellen Page, Mary J. Blige & More than Preview The Umbrella Academy

Netflix & Chills offered up a showtime look at their upcoming The Umbrella University series, which features Robert Sheehan, Ellen Page, Mary J. Blige and more than. Our focus barbarous onto the latter, who told the audience why she wanted the role of the time-traveling assassin Cha Cha. "I've never played anything close to this," the entertainer said via ET. "I've always wanted to be a superhero or supervillain or assassin or something where y'all have to acquire how to do martial arts and shoot a gun.

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VRV HQ Travels Back To The '90s For Popular-Up Shop

Subsequently its debut in Santa Monica, VRV opened upwards store merely fives minutes away from NYCC for a '90s-centric pop-up installation. Beyond their complimentary cereal bar, attendees were invited to sit down back, check out some of the best cartoons of that era and fifty-fifty go a photo in a giant cereal bowl. If you want to become your fix of all the best in throwback animation, caput over to VRV's official website to create an account and begin feasting on everything from indie cartoons, subtitled anime and more.

Square Enix'southward Pre-NYCC Festivity

Prior to all the NYCC festivity, Square Enix welcomed guests from all around for a few hours of gaming, boozing and food in Chelsea. With Only Cause 4 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider DLC up for play, industry go-ers were welcomed to mingle with developers and take a stab at the recently-released games. Later on in the convention, Foursquare Enix brought out Kingdom Hearts Three to the show floor, where attendees were invited to try the game out alee of its official release. Click hither to pre-order the release!

Cosplay Galore

Beyond all the panels and exclusive reveals of NYCC, the attendees of the annual connection always smoothen the brightest in creativity and execution. For this year'south affair, we spotted plenty of different characters from all kinds of universes under i roof. Curl on below to see some of our favorite looks from this year's batch of cosplay costumes!