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Comicon
This article is about the fan convention. For the trade treaty, see Comecon.
Comic-Con International: San Diego
Status
Active
Genre
Multi-genre
Venue
San Diego Convention Center
Location
San Diego, California
Country
United States
First held
1970
Organizer
Comic-Con International
Filing status
Non-profit
Attendance
125, 000+ in 2007
Official website
Comic-Con International: San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre fan convention founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by Shel Dorf and a group of Jack Kirby's friends staged a memorable surprise birthday party for him in one of its halls. Perhaps some year, you were either so hard up for money or so desperate for an available room (or both) that you even booked into its sadly deteriorating accommodations. It was one of the cheaper places to sleep and con-goers took advantage of that up until June of 2001 when the building was declared structurally unsafe and was
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6 Oct 2008 at 2:49pm
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Comic Book Resources, Ca - Oct 6, 2008
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1 Oct 2008 at 6:33pm
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Hollywood Reporter, United States - Oct 1, 2008
The 2008 Windy City Comicon, Chicago's first comic book convention in more than a decade, will take place Oct. 25 at the Center on Halsted, a new community ... |
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25 Sep 2008 at 12:12am
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Towerlight, MD - Sep 24, 2008
For more information, visit www.comicon.com/baltimore. The Baltimore Book Festival will be held Friday through Sunday at Mount Vernon Place. ... |
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24 Sep 2008 at 10:51pm
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Toon Zone, NY - Sep 24, 2008
By Ed Liu * Comicon.com's PULSE News speaks with Grant Gould, who is his Wolves of Odin graphic novel for SuperReal Graphics and Dark Horse's Star Wars: The ... |
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17 Sep 2008 at 9:08pm
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Baseball Toaster, CA - Sep 17, 2008
VORP is harder ... saying someone is 10 points of VORP better sounds like something you'd hear at Comicon, but not at the funny Kevin Smith session. ... |
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14 Sep 2008 at 3:36pm 
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Coventry Telegraph, UK - Sep 14, 2008
Co-writer Marc Guggenheim (pictured above on left) told Comicon: "I've been working my ass off on Green Lantern. I really can't say too much about it. ... |
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12 Sep 2008 at 8:44pm
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TV Fodder, CT - Sep 12, 2008
Finally, if you missed it, Eric, Jensen, Jared and some surprise guests were at Comicon this summer. Go to WGNTV for a video interview with the Krip. ... |
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