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Fan Expo Denver in Denver, Colorado (formerly Denver Comic Con and Denver Pop Culture Con) (est. 2012) FanX in Salt Lake City, Utah (formerly Salt Lake Comic Con) (est. 2013) Heroes Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina (est. 1982) Intervention in the Washington, D.C. area (est. 2010) L.A. Comic Con in Los Angeles, California (est. 2011)
This is a list of multi-genre conventions. [nb 1] These cons typically do not cater to one particular genre (i.e., anime, science fiction, furry fandom, etc.), but instead cover the gamut of these pop culture phenomena without specifying itself as a specific convention of that variety.
[7] [8] In March 2021, Informa acquired Denver Pop Culture Con, which was rebranded as Fan Expo Denver. [ 9 ] In August 2021, Informa acquired Wizard Entertainment's conventions ; all of its remaining events for 2021 were cancelled, barring Wizard World Chicago (which was held in October 2021 as the final Wizard World-branded event).
Some fan historians claim that the 1936 Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference, a.k.a. Philcon, was the first science fiction convention ever held. Others, such as Fred Patten and Rob Hansen , make this claim for the January 1937 event in Leeds , England , [ 1 ] organized by the Leeds Science Fiction League, which was specifically organized as ...
Comic Art Convention, New York City (1968–1983) — also held in Philadelphia from 1977–1979 Comix Fair , Houston (1983–c. 1996) — replaced the defunct Houstoncon ConGlomeration , Louisville (2001-2019)
6. Arts and Crafts Fair. Browse unique vendors and high-quality crafts at this juried show. Works are all original and include paintings, prints, photography, floral ...
Wizard purchased the Chicago Comicon in 1996; the renamed "Wizard World Chicago" was the template for a new kind of convention that shifted its focus from actual comic books to ancillary elements of pop culture fandom: celebrity performers, films, television, video games, and toys – "comic conventions" almost in name only. [4]
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