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San Diego Comic-Con in San Diego, California (est. 1970 as the "Golden State Comic Book Convention") SiliCon in San Jose, California (formerly Silicon Valley Comic Con) (est. 2016) Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland (est. 1994) Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE) in Columbus, Ohio (est. 2000) STAPLE! in Austin, Texas (est. 2005)
This is a list of noteworthy defunct comic book conventions [nb 1] (as distinct from anime conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, multigenre conventions, and science fiction conventions). This a companion to List of comic book conventions.
Florida Supercon is an annual comic book convention held in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale metro areas of Florida. [1] The event takes place in early July. Florida Supercon is a subsidiary of ReedPop, located in Norwalk, Connecticut, acquired in March 2019. [2]
A comic book convention or comic con is a fan convention emphasizing comic books and comic book culture, in which comic book fans gather to meet creators, experts, and each other. Commonly, comic conventions are multi-day events hosted at convention centers, hotels, or college campuses.
It was founded in 1972 as Nostalgia '72, Chicago Comic Con and later as the Chicago Comic and Nostalgia Convention by a local dealer (and school teacher) named Nancy Warner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Acquired by Wizard Entertainment in 1997, and Informa 's Fan Expo unit in 2021, Fan Expo Chicago is among the larger comic book conventions in the United States ...
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.
GalaxyCon, LLC, formerly known as Super Conventions or Supercon, [1] is a privately owned company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that organizes comic book and anime conventions in the United States. [2] [3] Events currently include GalaxyCon Raleigh (formerly Raleigh Supercon) in Raleigh, North Carolina, Animate!
The list of modern fan conventions for various genres of entertainment extends to the first conventions held in the 1930s. Some fan historians claim that the 1936 Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference, a.k.a. Philcon, was the first science fiction convention ever held.