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Major comic book conventions in New York City prior to the Big Apple Comic Con included Dave Kaler's Academy Con, which ran annually from 1965 to 1967; Phil Seuling's Comic Art Convention, which ran annually from 1968 to 1983 (Seuling died in 1984); and the large annual Creation conventions, usually taking place over the weekend following Thanksgiving from 1971 to 1987.
The Metropolitan Pavilion is an exhibition venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.Opened in 1992, the 45,000 sq ft (4,200 m 2) venue offers four loft event spaces in one location.
I-CON was preceded by SUNYcon (April 14, 1973), Mudcon (May 8, 1977), and Brookcon (October 28–30, 1977), held on the Stony Brook campus. I-CON was held annually from 1983 through 2012 at Stony Brook University, except for 2009, when it relocated temporarily to the Brentwood campus of Suffolk County Community College, due to planned construction at Stony Brook University.
Kratos cosplayer at the 2018 convention. The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, [4] toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. [5] With an attendance of 200,000 in 2022, it is North America's most attended fan convention.
Academy Con, New York City (1965–1967) Adventure Con, Knoxville, Tennessee (2002–2012) Atlanta Fantasy Fair, Atlanta (1975–1995) Boston Comic Con, Boston (2007–2017) 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
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2022; 2023; 2024 Notable events of ... December 18: Albert-Georges Badert, ... Great Eastern Conventions New York I (Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City) ...
[1] [12] [13] New York was chosen for the event due to its lack of a large anime convention. [14] The first Anime NYC took over a year to plan and used two halls in the convention center. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] In the convention's first year, they did not use the amount of space used by New York Comic Con. [ 9 ] [ 15 ] New York City declared an Anime NYC ...