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The Toronto Comic Con was an annual comic book convention held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It started in 2003 and was sold in 2009 to Wizard Entertainment owner Gareb Shamus. It was subsequently relaunched as a Wizard event in 2010. The event has been on hiatus since spring 2012. [1]
In 2013, Informa announced its acquisition of Hobby Star Marketing, organizer of Fan Expo Canada—a Canadian comic and entertainment convention held annually at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. [1] In 2014, Informa acquired the Dallas Comic Con. [2] In 2015, Informa acquired MegaCon in Orlando. [3] [4]
It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995 [2] by Hobby Star Marketing Inc. It includes distinctly branded sections, including GX (Gaming Expo) and SFX (Science Fiction Expo), and formerly CNAnime (Canadian National Anime Expo).
From 2001 to 2012, Hobby Star Marketing, Inc. (who also ran Fan Expo Canada) held fall, spring, and winter one-day comic book conventions called the Toronto ComiCON at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. From 2004 to 2011, the spring event was referred to as the "Fan Appreciation Event" and included free admission held in conjunction with ...
Comic Festival, Bristol, England (1999–2004) — began as "Comic 99" Comic Mart, London (1972–c. 1987) Edinburgh Comic Con, Edinburgh, Scotland (2014–2022) Hi-Ex, Inverness, Scotland (2008–2012) United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC), London, England (1985–1998) — final convention took place in Manchester
Toronto Comic Arts Festival; Toronto Comic Con; Toronto Comicon; V. Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo This page was last edited on 23 March 2024, at 13:48 (UTC). ...
This is a list of multi-genre conventions. [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.
[80] This was the beginning of what came to be known as the "Con Wars": in fact, Wizard originally scheduled the 2010 Big Apple Comic Con for October 7–10, the exact same dates as the previously scheduled 2010 New York Comic Con. [81] [82] After a public outcry, Wizard moved the dates of its 2010 New York convention to October 1–3.