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[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 ...
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)
[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. Many of these conventions were at one time specialized conventions, but have since spread out into ...
Comicpalooza is a large annual, multi-genre, comic book, science fiction, anime, gaming, and pop culture convention in the Southern United States and is held in Houston, Texas. The event is organized by John Simons, the originator of the event along with Startling Events, LLC. [2] The event hosts the annual Comicpalooza Fandom Awards. [3]
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]
Edinburgh Comic Con, Edinburgh, Scotland (2014–2022) Hi-Ex, Inverness, Scotland (2008–2012) United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC), London, England (1985–1998) — final convention took place in Manchester
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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 ...