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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 ...
Youmacon's creation was inspired by other conventions including Anime Central and Ohayocon, with the convention's name coming from the Japanese word for demon or ghost. [1] [6] Founded by Morgan Kollin in 2005, it is the largest anime/gaming convention in Michigan. [7] [8] Midwest Media Expo was the convention's sister event. [9]
IndieCade Festival – Los Angeles, California, in early October; Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show – Seattle, Washington in June; Norwescon – Seattle, Washington, in March/April (Easter weekend) OrcCon – Los Angeles, California, on Presidents' Day weekend in February; OryCon – Portland, Oregon, in November; PAX – Seattle, Washington ...
Comic Art Convention, New York City (1968–1983) — also held in Philadelphia from 1977–1979 Comix Fair , Houston (1983–c. 1996) — replaced the defunct Houstoncon ConGlomeration , Louisville (2001-2019)
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While a few conventions were created in various parts of the world within the period between 1935 and 1960, the number of convention establishments increased slightly in the 1960s and then increased dramatically in the 1970s, with many of the largest conventions in the modern era being established during the latter decade.
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]