Comic Book Conventions also known as Comic-Con Conventions have over thousands of people attend at every event and it occurs on various countries all over the world. Nevertheless, did you ever wondered who created the Comic Book Convention and what is there to do at a Comic Book Convention?
The Comic Book Convention was created in the year 1970 by a group of people residing in San Diego, California. Their names were Mike Towry, Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, and Ken Krueger. They were fans of movies, comics, and science fiction. The first convention was a one-day “minicon,” called San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Minicon, and it happened on March 21, 1970.
Since the “minicon” was a success, the largest convention took place and was named “San Diego Comic Book Convention and it lasted August 1-3, 1970. Both conventions were held at the U.S Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. From the beginning, the convention at San Diego has offered recognition not only for comic books, but for popular Arts such as, films, science-fiction/fanstasy literature and even games. The convention at San Diego held annually is by far the largest but not the only convention in the world. In the United States the cities that normally have a comic-con event besides San Diego are: San Jose(CA), San Antonio(TX), New York City(NY), Boston(MA), Chicago(IL), Denver(CO), Baltimore(MD). Countries outside of the US have also held conventions. For example, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, and India.
There is much to experience at a Comic Book Convention. If you attend a Comic Book Convention you will be able to meet celebrities, for example stars of Sci-Fi Fantasy television shows and publishers and comic book creators like writers, artists, colorists and the list goes on. You can also purchase comic books and see new comic books. You can also meet comic book panels who give news items and announcements. Sometimes there is also an after party that you can attend. If you like to dress up, you may too dress up in a costume and sometimes there is a costume contest in which you can maybe win.
Not only you can meet important people at a Comic Book Convention but you can also make new friends and see new games being debuted and play games. You can as well buy or look at action figures, movies, toys, statues and so forth. In addition, you can be lucky enough to get freebies such as posters, cards, toys, and comic books.
If interested in attending a Comic Book Convention, you will have to purchase a ticket. If you live near New York City or will like to travel to New York City to attend The New York City Comic-Con Convention you may visit www.newyorkcomiccon.com to purchase ticket(s) for the convention that will be held October 4-7, 2018.