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Rhode Island Comic Con in Providence, Rhode Island (est. 2012) Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon (est. 2012) 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)
[80] This was the beginning of what came to be known as the "Con Wars": in fact, Wizard originally scheduled the 2010 Big Apple Comic Con for October 7–10, the exact same dates as the previously scheduled 2010 New York Comic Con. [81] [82] After a public outcry, Wizard moved the dates of its 2010 New York convention to October 1–3.
Gen Con moved to the Midwest Express Center (now the Wisconsin Center) in 1998. In November 1999 Wizards announced that Gen Con would leave Milwaukee after the 2002 convention. [17] Peter Adkison, founder of Wizards of the Coast, purchased Gen Con from Hasbro in May 2002, [24] forming Gen Con LLC to run the convention. The first show under ...
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Peach Momoko at the 2018 Silicon Valley Comic Con: File usage. ... File change date and time: 14:18, 8 April 2018: Subsampling ratio of Y to C: 2; 2; Y and C positioning:
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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.
Bob Corby founded the convention as a gathering place for "the comics and the creators with no distractions." [1] The show is sponsored by Corby's Back Porch Comics, a Columbus small press comics publisher. Like most comic book conventions, in addition to exhibitor tables, each show features art exhibits, panel discussions, and workshops. [2] [3]