Over the years, Comic-Con has become the focal point for the world of comics conventions. Comic-Con has presented literally thousands of special guests at its conventions over the years, bringing comics creators , science fiction and fantasy authors , film and television directors, producers, and writers , and creators from all aspects of the popular arts together with their fans for a fun and often times candid discussion of various art forms.
The event has seen an amazing array of comics and book publishers in its Exhibit Hall over the years. That love of the comics medium continues to be its guiding factor as the event moves toward its second half-century as the premier comic book and popular arts style convention in the world. To read more about John and his longtime impact on the event and corporation, please click here.
This show also allowed greater interaction between attendees and creators and added fuel to the DIY Do-It-Yourself comics movement growing around the world. Comic-Con International became involved with APE in its second year and has ran the show until , maintaining the basic concept and feel that Dan Vado created. In , it moved from San Jose to San Francisco, where it was held until The event featured over exhibitors, including some of the leading independent comics publishers, plus hundreds of creators and self-publishers , and over 5, attendees.
The CCC pairs up aspiring comics writers and artists, in hopes of creating the next great comics collaboration. At the end of the show in , Comic-Con returned the reins of the show to Dan Vado, who will put on a event in the San Jose area.
Comic-Con took over the show in and moved it from Oakland to downtown San Francisco in While it is still the hope to one day return the show to its San Francisco and Bay Area roots, WonderCon Anaheim has continued to grow in its southern California home.
WonderCon Anaheim has continued to grow in its southern California home. Stay ahead with Tip Sheet! Free newsletter: the hottest new books, features and more. Premium online access is only available to PW subscribers.
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Instead, organizers are staging Comic-Con Home for the second year in a row, taking place July 23 — The likely result is that it will be a whopping three years between the last full-fledged San Diego Comic-Con in and the next edition, presumed to be in The con attracted over , attendees and 2, members of the media from over 30 countries, according to the Convention Center.
While the vast majority of the hundreds of exhibitors who set up booths at the con each year are independent creators and companies, Marvel , DC , and other studio-owned franchises have been instrumental in growing Comic-Con to its current size. He noted that Comic-Cons are large expenses for companies that might have begun to prioritize resources for other events and argued that the San Diego convention would have to give them a better return on investment if it wanted to remain a must-attend event.
Warner Bros. Though a WarnerMedia representative did not return a request for comment for this story, Warner Bros. A follow-up is planned for October The international nature of the DC event was turned up with 14 hosts from 13 countries.
It was held shortly after the in-person Comic-Con was swapped for Comic-Con Home, an event made up of pre-recorded YouTube videos that offered little of the excitement and interaction of Hall H panels from Comic-Cons of years past.
Rich added a caveat: Warner loves major conventions and wants to continue partnerships with them.
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