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Fan Expo Chicago (formerly Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, and commonly known as the Chicago Comicon), is a comic book convention held during the summer in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. It was traditionally a three-day event (Friday through Sunday), but in 2006, it expanded to four days ...
By 2006, Wizard World Chicago boasted a weekend attendance of over 58,000 people. [14] In May 2002, Wizard branched out from Chicago and produced Wizard World East at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. [15] And in 2003 the company produced Wizard World Texas, adding Wizard World Los Angeles in 2004 [16] and Wizard World Boston ...
The renamed "Wizard World Chicago" was the template for a new kind of convention that shifted its emphasis from actual comic books to ancillary elements of popular culture fandom: celebrity performers, movies, television, video games, and toys – "comic conventions" almost in name only. [4]
CAC's location originally alternated between San Diego Comic-Con (1992, 1993, and 1996) and the Chicago Comicon (later known as Wizard World Chicago Comic Con before becoming Fan Expo Chicago) in 1994 and 1995 before a 1997 hiatus, then becoming permanently attached to San Diego Comic-Con as an official part of the international convention in ...
Scott L. Schwartz, the wrestler-turned-actor who appeared in the “Ocean’s Eleven” film franchise, has died at age 65.. Schwartz passed away of congestive heart failure at his home in ...
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.
Death Walks the Streets was first released by The Scream Factory on June, 26 2008. [3] Issue #0 was released in a standard, retail edition featuring a Werewolf cover, [4] and a Wizard World Chicago 2008 convention exclusive, limited to 333 pieces. [5]
Lanning teamed up with Abnett to relaunch The Authority, [5] with Simon Coleby on art, as part of the World's End relaunch of the core Wildstorm titles. [ 6 ] It was announced at Wizard World Chicago in June 2008 that Abnett and Lanning had signed an exclusive deal with Marvel, which they hoped would give them time to work on the "cosmic ...