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It’s time for Northeast Ohio to get its geek on. For years now, a sure sign of spring in the area has been the arrival of the pop culture orgy – first as Wizard World – Fan Expo Cleveland ...
In November 2010 the Mid-Ohio Con was acquired by Wizard Entertainment for $77,500. [15] [16] In 2012 it was renamed the Wizard World Ohio Comic Con. For 2015, as Wizard was expanding further into Ohio with the new Wizard World Cleveland Comic Con, the Columbus show was renamed the Wizard World Columbus Comic Con. [17]
Fan Expo Chicago in suburban Chicago, Illinois (est. 1972 as "Nostalgia '72;" later known as the "Chicago Comicon" and "Wizard World Chicago") Fan Expo Dallas in Dallas, Texas (formerly Dallas Comic Con) (est. 2002) Fan Expo Denver in Denver, Colorado (formerly Denver Comic Con and Denver Pop Culture Con) (est. 2012)
Wizard Entertainment Inc., formerly known as Wizard World, [1] was a producer of multi-genre fan conventions across North America. The company that became Wizard Entertainment began in 1991 as Wizard Press , the publisher of the monthly magazine Wizard .
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 ...
[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). All six of ...
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]
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