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trade name>dba Comic-Con International| filing = Nonprofit| attendance = >135,000 (2022) | website = {{Official URL}}}}San Diego Comic-Con International is a comic book convention and nonprofitWEB,www.comic-con.org/about, About Comic-Con International, May 28, 2012, Comic-Con International: San Diego, en, April 18, 2019, May 4, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190504143747/https://www.comic-con.org/about, live, multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, since 1970. The event’s official name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International: San Diego, but is more commonly known as Comic-Con, the San Diego Comic-Con, or the abbreviation SDCC.WEB,ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92066389&pty=CAN&eno=1, Patent and Trademark Office Petition for Cancellation for Comic-Con, July 16, 2017, August 16, 2017,ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92066389&pty=CAN&eno=1," title="web.archive.org/web/20170816193042ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92066389&pty=CAN&eno=1,">web.archive.org/web/20170816193042ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92066389&pty=CAN&eno=1, live, NEWS, Lindsay, Whitehurst, Judge to decide who gets comic con naming rights,www.apnews.com/c8d1525e447f4a0d8bbbd2fd47d84d0d, Associated Press, June 27, 2017, July 15, 2017, August 16, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170816193739/https://www.apnews.com/c8d1525e447f4a0d8bbbd2fd47d84d0d, live, The convention was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention in 1970 by a group of San Diegans that included Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Ron Graf, and Mike Towry;NEWS, Comic-Con co-creator Ken Krueger dies,news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8379221.stm, BBC News, November 25, 2009, January 7, 2012, March 4, 2016,news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8379221.stm," title="web.archive.org/web/20160304000150news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8379221.stm,">web.archive.org/web/20160304000150news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8379221.stm, live, NEWS, Peter, Rowe, Richard Alf, 59, one of Comic-Con’s founders,www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/05/richard-alf-59-one-comic-cons-founders/, The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 5, 2012, January 7, 2012, March 5, 2016,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2012/jan/05/richard-alf-59-one-comic-cons-founders/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160305075120www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2012/jan/05/richard-alf-59-one-comic-cons-founders/,">web.archive.org/web/20160305075120www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2012/jan/05/richard-alf-59-one-comic-cons-founders/, live, WEB,www.sheldorftribute.com/, Shel Dorf Tribute — A tribute to Shel Dorf, founder of San Diego’s Comic-Con International, October 12, 2009, July 16, 2011,www.sheldorftribute.com/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110716053424www.sheldorftribute.com/,">web.archive.org/web/20110716053424www.sheldorftribute.com/, live, WEB,www.kenkruegertribute.com/, Ken Krueger Tribute — A Tribute to Ken Krueger, Chairman of Comic-Con International #1, member of First Fandom, beloved friend and mentor, November 30, 2009, July 13, 2011,www.kenkruegertribute.com/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110713142850www.kenkruegertribute.com/,">web.archive.org/web/20110713142850www.kenkruegertribute.com/, live, WEB, Gonzalez, Blanca, 2009-04-13, Ronald Graf; retired police officer known for love of comics; 64,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-1m13graf214119-retired-police-officer-known-love-c-2009apr13-story.html, 2022-06-20, San Diego Union-Tribune, en-US, later, it was called the “San Diego Comic Book Convention”, Dorf said during an interview that he hoped the first Con would bring in 500 attendees.WEB, COMIC-CON BEGINS,comic-con-begins.simplecast.com/, comic-con-begins.simplecast.com, January 20, 2021, January 16, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210116200842/https://comic-con-begins.simplecast.com/, live, It is a four-day event (Thursday–Sunday) held during the summer (in July since 2003) at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. On the Wednesday evening prior to the official opening, professionals, exhibitors, and pre-registered guests for all four days can attend a pre-event “Preview Night” to give attendees the opportunity to walk the exhibit hall and see what will be available during the convention.Comic-Con International also produces WonderCon, held in Anaheim, and SAM: Storytelling Across Media, a conference held in 2016 in San Francisco and beginning in 2018 annually at the Comic-Con Museum in San Diego. Since 1974, Comic-Con has bestowed its annual Inkpot Award on guests and persons of interest in the popular arts industries, as well as on members of Comic-Con’s board of directors and the Convention committee. It is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards.Originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fantasy related film, television, and similar popular arts, the convention has since included a larger range of pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres, including horror, Western animation, anime, comics, manga, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels. In 2010 and each year subsequently, it filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with more than 130,000 attendees.NEWS, Weisberg, Lori, Comic-Con registration crashes for second time, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California, November 22, 2010,www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/22/comic-con-registration-crashes-for-second-time/, November 24, 2010, November 25, 2010,www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/22/comic-con-registration-crashes-for-second-time/," title="web.archive.org/web/20101125013037www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/22/comic-con-registration-crashes-for-second-time/,">web.archive.org/web/20101125013037www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/22/comic-con-registration-crashes-for-second-time/, live, In addition to drawing huge crowds, the event holds several Guinness World Records including the largest annual comic and pop culture festival in the world.NEWS, Glenday, Craig, San Diego Comic-Con – a geeky hotbed of record breaking, Guinness World Records, London, England, July 18, 2013,www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/7/san-diego-comic-con-a-geeky-hotbed-of-record-breaking-49972/, July 6, 2017, January 9, 2018,www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/7/san-diego-comic-con-a-geeky-hotbed-of-record-breaking-49972/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180109032229www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/7/san-diego-comic-con-a-geeky-hotbed-of-record-breaking-49972/,">web.archive.org/web/20180109032229www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/7/san-diego-comic-con-a-geeky-hotbed-of-record-breaking-49972/, live, SDCC was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A smaller-scale “special edition” event was held in November 2021, followed by the return of the main show in 2022 with strong health restrictions. The following Comic-Con on July 20, 2023 attempted to return to normal, but many of the larger panels were abruptly canceled or heavily affected due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike and 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. The next show is planned for July 25, 2024.

History and organization

The convention was founded in 1970 by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Ron Graf, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk, and Greg Bear. Initial comic book and sci-fi club meetings would be held at Krueger’s Alert Books in Ocean Beach, where much of the foundation of the early Cons coalesced.WEB, Column: San Diego Comic-Con gets the superhero treatment in a new SiriusXM podcast,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/story/2021-06-25/column-san-diego-comic-con-gets-the-superhero-treatment-in-a-new-siriusxm-podcast, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2021, 2021-06-25, June 26, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210626110653/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/story/2021-06-25/column-san-diego-comic-con-gets-the-superhero-treatment-in-a-new-siriusxm-podcast, live, In the mid-1960s, Dorf, a Detroit-born comics fan, had mounted the Detroit Triple-Fan Fairs, one of the first commercial comics-fan conventions. When he moved to San Diego, California, in 1970,“Founder of Comic-Con Dies at 76” {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004143817www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-comic-con-obit,0,5610639.story |date=October 4, 2011 }}, City News Service via Fox5SanDiego.com, November 4, 2009 he organized a one-day convention (Golden State Comic-Minicon) on March 21, 1970, “as a kind of ‘dry run’ for the larger convention he hoped to stage.” Dorf went on to be associated with the convention as president or manager, variously, for years until becoming estranged from the organization.WEB, Mark Evanier, Evanier, Mark,www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_03.html#018000, POV Online, November 3, 2009, Shel Dorf, R.I.P., dead,www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_03.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20091106070349www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_03.html,">web.archive.org/web/20091106070349www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_03.html, November 6, 2009, July 26, 2016, Alf co-chaired the first convention with Krueger and became chairman in 1971.(File:San Diego Comic-Con 1982 (1118158318).jpg|thumb|Convention crowd outside of Golden Hall in 1982)Following the initial gathering, Dorf’s first three-day San Diego comics convention, the Golden State Comic-Con, drew 300 peopleComic-Con Souvenir Book No. 40 p.61 (2009) and the venue was held in the basement of the U.S. Grant Hotel, having been secured by Graf, from August 1–3, 1970.Rowe, Peter. “Obituary: Sheldon Dorf; Comic-Con co-founder” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107061415www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/04/sheldon-dorf-comic-con-co-founder-devoted-artists-/ |date=November 7, 2009 }}. The San Diego Union-Tribune. Sign On San Diego. November 4, 2009 Other locations in the convention’s early years included the El Cortez Hotel, the University of California, San Diego, and Golden Hall, before being moved to the San Diego Convention Center in 1991.NEWS, Elizabeth, Malloy, Charting Comic-Con’s Hulk-like growth,www.sddt.com/Hospitality/article.cfm?SourceCode=20080418tbe, The Daily Transcript, April 18, 2008, April 19, 2008, April 30, 2008,www.sddt.com/Hospitality/article.cfm?SourceCode=20080418tbe," title="web.archive.org/web/20080430035322www.sddt.com/Hospitality/article.cfm?SourceCode=20080418tbe,">web.archive.org/web/20080430035322www.sddt.com/Hospitality/article.cfm?SourceCode=20080418tbe, live, Richard Alf, chairman in 1971, has noted an early factor in the Con’s growth was an effort “to expand the Comic-Con [organizing] committee base by networking with other fandoms such as the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Mythopoeic Society, among others. (We found a lot of talent and strength through diversity).“”Comic Con Memories The 70s”. Comic-Con Souvenir Book No. 40 p.75 (2009) In a Rolling Stone article about the origins of Comic-Con, it noted the work of Krueger, who handled early business matters, and worked to get the event to be organized by a non-profit organization.MAGAZINE, Chafin, Chris, July 19, 2017, San Diego Comic-Con: The Untold History,www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/san-diego-comic-con-the-untold-history-194401/, Rolling Stone, September 5, 2018, September 6, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180906052549/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/san-diego-comic-con-the-untold-history-194401/, live, By the late 1970s, the show had grown to such an extent that Bob Schreck recalled visiting with his then-boss Gary Berman of Creation Conventions and reflecting, “While [Berman] kept repeating (attempting to convince himself) ‘This show’s not any bigger than ours!’ I was quietly walking the floor stunned and in awe of just how much bigger it really was. I was blown away.“”Comic Con Memories The 80s”. Comic-Con Souvenir Book No. 40 p.90 (2009) From 1984 to {{Circa|1994}}, a trade fair called the “San Diego Comic Book Expo” was held in association with the San Diego Comic-Con; David Scroggy was the organizer.David Scroggy entry {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804075129bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=SCROGGY%2C%20DAVE |date=August 4, 2020 }}, Who’s Who of American Comic Books: 1928–1999. Accessed December 6, 2019.According to Forbes, the convention is the “largest convention of its kind in the world;“NEWS, The Coolest Costumes Of Comic-Con, David M. Ewalt if you come you will never leave and die,www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2011/07/25/costumes-comic-con-cosplay/, Forbes, July 25, 2011, July 9, 2013, April 7, 2014,www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2011/07/25/costumes-comic-con-cosplay/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140407085443www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2011/07/25/costumes-comic-con-cosplay/,">web.archive.org/web/20140407085443www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2011/07/25/costumes-comic-con-cosplay/, live, Publishers Weekly wrote “Comic-Con International: San Diego is the largest show in North America;“NEWS, MacDonald, Heidi, June 19, 2013, What are the biggest comic-cons in North America?,blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2013/06/19/what-are-the-biggest-comic-cons-in-north-america/comment-page-1/, Publishers Weekly, PWxyz, LLC., September 5, 2014, dead,blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2013/06/19/what-are-the-biggest-comic-cons-in-north-america/comment-page-1/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140807110133blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2013/06/19/what-are-the-biggest-comic-cons-in-north-america/comment-page-1/,">web.archive.org/web/20140807110133blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2013/06/19/what-are-the-biggest-comic-cons-in-north-america/comment-page-1/, August 7, 2014, it is also the largest convention held in San Diego.NEWS, Invasion of the comic fanatics, Peter Rowe, San Diego Union Tribune, July 16, 2009,www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060716/news_1n16comicon.html, October 4, 2009, While the Con’s impact is global, it’s San Diego’s single largest convention, drawing more than 100,000 people who will rent hotel rooms, order meals and buy bagfuls of whatnots, all to the tune of $32 million., dead,www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060716/news_1n16comicon.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111111100202www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060716/news_1n16comicon.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111111100202www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060716/news_1n16comicon.html, November 11, 2011, The convention has an estimated annual regional economic impact of more than $140 million.NEWS,www.kusi.com/economic-impact-of-comic-con-international-san-diego/, Economic impact of Comic-Con International San Diego, Tobias, Andrea, July 25, 2018, KUSI, September 5, 2018, September 5, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180905065306/https://www.kusi.com/economic-impact-of-comic-con-international-san-diego/, live, Yet, in 2009, the estimated economic impact was criticized for allegedly negatively impacting seasonal businesses outside of Comic-Con, low individual spending estimates of attendees, that a large number of attendees live in San Diego, and that the impact of the convention was more cultural than financial.NEWS, Bruvold, Erik, National University System Institute for Policy Research, July 16, 2009, Economics: Comic-Con’s Impact More Cultural Than Financial,www.nusinstitute.org/press/commentaries/ComicConsImpactMoreCulturalThanFinancial.html, San Diego News Network, September 5, 2018, September 6, 2018,www.nusinstitute.org/press/commentaries/ComicConsImpactMoreCulturalThanFinancial.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180906052555www.nusinstitute.org/press/commentaries/ComicConsImpactMoreCulturalThanFinancial.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180906052555www.nusinstitute.org/press/commentaries/ComicConsImpactMoreCulturalThanFinancial.html, live, The estimated economic impact of that year’s convention was $180 million.NEWS, Beer is big, bubbly business in SD, new study confirms, Peter Rowe,mutsandiego.com/news/2013/apr/22/beer-big-new-study-confirms/, San Diego Union Tribune, April 22, 2013, April 25, 2013, That same year, the direct economic impact of Comic-Con — a five-day pop culture celebration that is the county’s largest convention — was pegged at $180 million., {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2014, the estimated impact of that year’s convention was $177.8 million.NEWS, Woerner, Meredith, July 2, 2015, Comic-Con will stay in San Diego until 2018,www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-comic-con-will-stay-in-san-diego-until-2018-20150702-story.html, Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2018, September 6, 2018,www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-comic-con-will-stay-in-san-diego-until-2018-20150702-story.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180906090414www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-comic-con-will-stay-in-san-diego-until-2018-20150702-story.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180906090414www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-comic-con-will-stay-in-san-diego-until-2018-20150702-story.html, live, In 2016, the estimated impact of that year’s convention was down to $150 million.NEWS, David, Javier E., July 23, 2016, Comic Con gives a big boost to San Diego each year, data shows,www.cnbc.com/2016/07/23/comic-con-gives-a-big-boost-to-san-diego-each-year-data-shows.html, CNBC, September 5, 2018, September 5, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180905141111/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/23/comic-con-gives-a-big-boost-to-san-diego-each-year-data-shows.html, live, By 2018, San Diego Comic-Con saw increasing competition from other comic conventions in places such as New York City, and Washington, D.C., which caused it to compete for attendees and companies time and budget; yet San Diego Comic-Con was described by Publishers Weekly as “a must-do”.NEWS, MacDonald, Heidi, July 6, 2018, In a World of Too Many Cons, San Diego Is Still King,www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/77455-in-a-world-of-too-many-cons-san-diego-is-still-king.html, Publishers Weekly, September 5, 2018, September 6, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180906052715/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/77455-in-a-world-of-too-many-cons-san-diego-is-still-king.html, live, The convention is organized by a panel of 13 board members, 16 to 20 full-time and part-time workers, and 80 volunteers who assist via committees. Comic-Con International is a non-profit organization, and proceeds of the event go to funding it, as well as SAM: Storytelling Across Media and WonderCon. The convention logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Josh Beatman in 1995. In 2015, working with Lionsgate, a video channel was created to host Comic-Con related content.NEWS, Weisberg, Lori, April 9, 2015, Comic-Con to get online video channel,www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/apr/09/comic-con-teams-liongate-on-demand-video-channel/, San Diego Union Tribune, April 11, 2015, October 7, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211007011214/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/, live, NEWS, McNary, Dave, April 9, 2015, Lionsgate Launching Comic-Con Channel,variety.com/2015/tv/news/lionsgate-launching-comic-con-channel-1201468406/, Variety, April 11, 2015, April 12, 2015,variety.com/2015/tv/news/lionsgate-launching-comic-con-channel-1201468406/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150412021534variety.com/2015/tv/news/lionsgate-launching-comic-con-channel-1201468406/,">web.archive.org/web/20150412021534variety.com/2015/tv/news/lionsgate-launching-comic-con-channel-1201468406/, live, In 2015, through a limited liability company, Comic-Con International purchased three buildings in Barrio Logan.NEWS, McDonald, Jeff, August 29, 2016, Comic-Con buys properties in San Diego’s Barrio Logan — but is mum on plans for them,www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-barrio-comic-con-20160829-snap-story.html, Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2018, September 6, 2018,www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-barrio-comic-con-20160829-snap-story.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180906124518www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-barrio-comic-con-20160829-snap-story.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180906124518www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-barrio-comic-con-20160829-snap-story.html, live, NEWS, Little, Joe, August 29, 2016, Comic-Con organizers purchase three buildings in Barrio Logan,www.10news.com/news/comic-con-organizers-purchase-three-buildings-in-barrio-logan, KGTV, San Diego, Scripps TV Station Group, September 5, 2018, November 6, 2016,www.10news.com/news/comic-con-organizers-purchase-three-buildings-in-barrio-logan," title="web.archive.org/web/20161106112055www.10news.com/news/comic-con-organizers-purchase-three-buildings-in-barrio-logan,">web.archive.org/web/20161106112055www.10news.com/news/comic-con-organizers-purchase-three-buildings-in-barrio-logan, live, In 2018 Comic-Con International purchased a {{convert|29,000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} office in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood.In 2017, the organization acquired a lease to the Federal Building in Balboa Park, originally built for the California Pacific International Exposition and previously occupied by the San Diego Hall of Champions, with the intention of opening a Comic-Con Museum.NEWS, Showley, Roger, March 16, 2017, Comic-Con Museum to open in Balboa Park,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-comicconmuseum-20170316-story.html, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 26, 2018, July 27, 2018,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-comicconmuseum-20170316-story.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180727084714www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-comicconmuseum-20170316-story.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180727084714www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-comicconmuseum-20170316-story.html, live, By October 2017, the organization began to hire staff for the museum.NEWS, Steele, Jeanette, October 17, 2017, Comic-Con museum in Balboa Park hires its 1st director,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-comiccon-museum-hires-first-director-20171017-story.html, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 26, 2018, July 27, 2018,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-comiccon-museum-hires-first-director-20171017-story.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180727084737www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-comiccon-museum-hires-first-director-20171017-story.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180727084737www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-comiccon-museum-hires-first-director-20171017-story.html, live, NEWS, Dubb, Steve, March 8, 2018, Comic-Con Nonprofit Reveals its Plans for New Museum in San Diego,nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/03/08/comic-con-nonprofit-reveals-plans-new-museum-san-diego/, Nonprofit Quarterly, September 5, 2018, September 6, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180906052723/https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/03/08/comic-con-nonprofit-reveals-plans-new-museum-san-diego/, live, Nearly a year after acquiring the lease, the museum was not yet open.NEWS, Banks, Megan, July 20, 2018, Comic-Con Museum Makes Its Debut With Call For Ideas,www.kpbs.org/news/2018/jul/20/comic-con-museum-makes-its-debut-call-ideas/, KPBS, San Diego, July 26, 2018, July 27, 2018,www.kpbs.org/news/2018/jul/20/comic-con-museum-makes-its-debut-call-ideas/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180727054919www.kpbs.org/news/2018/jul/20/comic-con-museum-makes-its-debut-call-ideas/,">web.archive.org/web/20180727054919www.kpbs.org/news/2018/jul/20/comic-con-museum-makes-its-debut-call-ideas/, live, During the 2018 Comic-Con International, one reason stated for why the museum had not yet opened was the need for additional funds.NEWS, Phillips, Jevon, July 18, 2018, A year-round Comic-Con? Get an early look at the San Diego museum currently in the works,www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-comic-con-museum-20180718-story.html?outputType=amp, Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2018, July 26, 2018,www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-comic-con-museum-20180718-story.html?outputType=amp," title="web.archive.org/web/20180726150630www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-comic-con-museum-20180718-story.html?outputType=amp,">web.archive.org/web/20180726150630www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-comic-con-museum-20180718-story.html?outputType=amp, live, Organizers are hoping to raise $25 million with a target opening date of late 2020 or 2022.NEWS,www.sdbj.com/news/2018/sep/03/comic-con-plants-more-local-roots-and-wins-suit/, SDBJ INSIDER: Comic-Con Plants More Local Roots, And Wins Suit, Jensen, Nels, September 3, 2018, San Diego Business Journal, September 5, 2018, September 4, 2018,sdbj.com/news/2018/sep/03/comic-con-plants-more-local-roots-and-wins-suit/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180904233552sdbj.com/news/2018/sep/03/comic-con-plants-more-local-roots-and-wins-suit/,">web.archive.org/web/20180904233552sdbj.com/news/2018/sep/03/comic-con-plants-more-local-roots-and-wins-suit/, live, On April 17, 2020, the 53rd convention was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California. It was originally scheduled to occur from July 23 to 26, 2020, to coincide with the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which was postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic.WEB, Polo, Susano, April 17, 2020, San Diego Comic-Con 2020 canceled due to coronavirus concerns,www.polygon.com/entertainment/2020/4/17/21204523/san-diego-comic-con-2020-cancelled-postponed-ticket-refund-sdcc, April 17, 2020, Polygon (website), Polygon, April 17, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200417182702/https://www.polygon.com/entertainment/2020/4/17/21204523/san-diego-comic-con-2020-cancelled-postponed-ticket-refund-sdcc, live, An “SDCC@Home” digital streaming event was held during the same time period as a replacement for the 2020 event.WEB, Haring, Bruce, May 9, 2020, San Diego Comic-Con@Home Announced, Touting No Lines, Badges For All, And Personalized Snacks,deadline.com/2020/05/san-diego-comic-con-at-home-announced-1202930618/, May 9, 2020, Deadline Hollywood, May 10, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200510035046/https://deadline.com/2020/05/san-diego-comic-con-at-home-announced-1202930618/, live, Although plans were made for the convention to possibly return in 2021 (with 2020 badge holders given the option to receive a full refund or to roll over their badge to 2021), it was announced on March 1, 2021, that the convention would be cancelled once again. Despite availability of COVID-19 vaccines, the organizers assessed that it was still premature and unsafe to hold an in-person event at SDCC’s full scale on the originally-scheduled dates, and that Comic-Con International was exploring the possibility of holding a smaller in-person spin-off event later in the year. SDCC@Home would again be held, but in a downsized form.WEB, Gelman, Vlada, March 1, 2021, Comic-Con 2021 Cancelled; Organizers Eye Smaller, In-Person November Event,tvline.com/2021/03/01/comic-con-2021-cancelled-virtual-at-home-san-diego-november/, March 1, 2021, TVLine, en-US, March 1, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210301220115/https://tvline.com/2021/03/01/comic-con-2021-cancelled-virtual-at-home-san-diego-november/, live, A smaller in-person event, “San Diego Comic-Con Special Edition” was hosted in November 2021, with proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test required for admission, and face masks being mandatory.WEB, 2021-11-24, What we’re most looking forward to at Comic-Con Special Edition,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/story/2021-11-24/comic-con-2021, 2023-06-26, San Diego Union-Tribune, en-US, The full-scale convention returned in July 2022; once again, face masks and proof of full COVID-19 vaccination was required.WEB, Lowry, Brian, 2022-07-21, Comic-Con is back, masks and all, as fantasy streaming projects take center stage,www.cnn.com/2022/07/21/entertainment/comic-con-preview/index.html, 2023-06-26, CNN, en, WEB, 2022-07-19, This week’s San Diego Comic-Con will require masking and testing,www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-07-19/san-diego-comic-con-coronavirus-masks-vaccine-surge-variant, 2023-06-26, Los Angeles Times, en-US, On July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA approved a strike after failing to renew its contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), marking the first time that both actors and writers have concurrently been on strike since 1960.WEB, Robb, David, Patten, Dominic, July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA Contract Talks Fail To Reach Deal; National Board Meeting Thursday Morning To Launch Strike; Sides Issue Statements,deadline.com/2023/07/actors-strike-contract-talks-fail-sag-aftra-to-launch-pickets-1235436031/, July 13, 2023, Deadline Hollywood, WEB, Richwine, Lisa, July 13, 2023, Hollywood actors poised to strike, join writers on picket lines,www.reuters.com/world/us/hollywood-actors-union-sets-strike-vote-thursday-talks-break-down-2023-07-13/, July 13, 2023, Reuters, As SAG-AFTRA members would be prohibited from participating in promotional work such as panels,WEB, 2023-07-11, Entertainment Weekly Cancels Annual Comic-Con Bash Due to Potential SAG-AFTRA Strike,www.thewrap.com/entertainment-weekly-cancels-comic-con-bash/, 2023-07-13, en-US, WEB, Otterson, Joe, Maas, Jennifer, 2023-07-13, What SAG-AFTRA Strike Means for Summer Productions, Fall Premieres, Comic-Con and Q2 Earnings,variety.com/2023/tv/news/sag-strike-productions-fall-premieres-comic-con-q2-earnings-1235659448/, 2023-07-13, Variety, en-US, multiple major media companies pre-emptively pulled out of SDCC as early as June, including Disney (including subsidiaries Marvel and Lucasfilm), Netflix, Inc., Sony Pictures, and Universal Pictures.WEB, Vary, Adam B., 2023-06-23, Comic-Con Crisis: Marvel, Netflix, Sony, HBO and Universal to Skip SDCC as Fest Faces Another Existential Threat,variety.com/2023/tv/news/comic-con-schedule-marvel-netflix-hbo-sony-universal-skipping-1235653256/, 2023-06-26, Variety, en-US,

Events

(File:Going back in... (9321793744).jpg|right|thumb|The San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con in 2013)Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films and portfolio review sessions with top comic book and video game companies. The evenings include events such as awards ceremonies, the annual Masquerade costume contest, and the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, which showcases shorts and feature-length movies that do not have distribution or distribution deals.Traditional events include an eclectic film program, screening rooms devoted to Japanese animation, gaming, programs such as cartoonist Scott Shaw!’s “Oddball Comics” slide show, Quick Draw! hosted by Mark Evanier with Shaw!, Sergio Aragones and a guest cartoonist responding to improvisational prompts and games (a la Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and animation expert Jerry Beck’s program featuring TV’s “worst cartoons ever”, as well as over 350 hours of other programming on all aspects of comic books and pop culture.Like most comic book conventions, Comic-Con features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as movie studios and TV networks, as well as comic-book dealers and collectibles merchants. And like most comics conventions, Comic-Con includes an autograph area, as well as the Artists’ Alley where comics artists can sign autographs and sell or do free sketches. Despite the name, artists’ alleys can include writers and even models.Academics and comic industry professionals annually hold the Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con, presenting scholarly studies on comics as a medium.In recent years, the number of television shows that are promoted far outnumber films. During the 2011 convention, at least 80 TV shows were represented, compared to about 35 films.NEWS, TV shows loom at Comic-Con,www.variety.com/article/VR1118039850, Variety (magazine), Variety, Reed Business Information, January 3, 2012, Marc, Graser, Erin, Maxwell, July 13, 2011, January 24, 2012,www.variety.com/article/VR1118039850," title="web.archive.org/web/20120124224140www.variety.com/article/VR1118039850,">web.archive.org/web/20120124224140www.variety.com/article/VR1118039850, live, The shows not only promote in the exhibit halls, but also use screenings and panels of various actors, writers, producers, and others from their shows.Premium cable channels HBO and Showtime have used the con to promote programs like Game of Thrones (HBO), Dexter (Showtime), Shameless (Showtime) and True Blood (HBO).NEWS, Goldberg, Lesley, Comic-Con 2011: The TV Lineup,www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-2011-tv-lineup-203154, January 3, 2012, The Hollywood Reporter, July 3, 2011, January 1, 2012,www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-2011-tv-lineup-203154," title="web.archive.org/web/20120101235532www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-2011-tv-lineup-203154,">web.archive.org/web/20120101235532www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/comic-con-2011-tv-lineup-203154, live, WEB, Gelman, Vlada, Comic-Con 2011: ABC Bringing Castle and Once Upon a Time, and Other Updates, July 8, 2011,www.tvline.com/2011/07/comic-con-2011-tv-shows-schedule/, TVLine Media, January 3, 2012, September 11, 2011,www.tvline.com/2011/07/comic-con-2011-tv-shows-schedule/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110911222126www.tvline.com/2011/07/comic-con-2011-tv-shows-schedule/,">web.archive.org/web/20110911222126www.tvline.com/2011/07/comic-con-2011-tv-shows-schedule/, live, Streaming services, including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, have also had an increased presence at Comic-Con since the late-2010s.In 2013, there were 1075 total panels held during the convention, the plurality of which were anime-focused (29%), followed by comic-focused panels (26%). 1036 vendors participated in the convention in 2013.WEB, Infographics: How SDCC Compares To Other Conventions, November 4, 2013,sdccblog.com/2013/11/how-sdcc-compares-to-other-conventions/, The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog, November 4, 2013, November 4, 2013,sdccblog.com/2013/11/how-sdcc-compares-to-other-conventions/," title="web.archive.org/web/20131104181535sdccblog.com/2013/11/how-sdcc-compares-to-other-conventions/,">web.archive.org/web/20131104181535sdccblog.com/2013/11/how-sdcc-compares-to-other-conventions/, live, There are at least 17 separate rooms in the convention center used for panels and screenings, ranging in size from 280 seats to 6,100 seats. The two biggest are Ballroom 20, which seats approximately 4,900;WEB, Dancing With The Stars: A Guide To Comic-Con’s Ballroom 20, May 13, 2013,sdccblog.com/2013/05/dancing-with-the-stars-a-guide-to-comic-cons-ballroom-20/, The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog, May 13, 2013, June 12, 2013,sdccblog.com/2013/05/dancing-with-the-stars-a-guide-to-comic-cons-ballroom-20/," title="web.archive.org/web/20130612234136sdccblog.com/2013/05/dancing-with-the-stars-a-guide-to-comic-cons-ballroom-20/,">web.archive.org/web/20130612234136sdccblog.com/2013/05/dancing-with-the-stars-a-guide-to-comic-cons-ballroom-20/, live, and Hall H, which seats just over 6,100.WEB, I Am Hall H: A Guide To The Biggest Stage At Comic-Con, June 3, 2013,sdccblog.com/2013/06/i-am-hall-h-a-guide-to-the-biggest-stage-at-comic-con/, The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog, June 3, 2013, June 8, 2013,sdccblog.com/2013/06/i-am-hall-h-a-guide-to-the-biggest-stage-at-comic-con/," title="web.archive.org/web/20130608130220sdccblog.com/2013/06/i-am-hall-h-a-guide-to-the-biggest-stage-at-comic-con/,">web.archive.org/web/20130608130220sdccblog.com/2013/06/i-am-hall-h-a-guide-to-the-biggest-stage-at-comic-con/, live, The neighboring Hilton Bayfront is also used, with its main ballroom (Indigo) seating up to 2,600.WEB, Comin-Con Programming Information,www.comic-con.org/cci2011/cci_prog.php, Comic-Con.org, January 3, 2012, dead,www.comic-con.org/cci2011/cci_prog.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20120102122904www.comic-con.org/cci2011/cci_prog.php,">web.archive.org/web/20120102122904www.comic-con.org/cci2011/cci_prog.php, January 2, 2012, WEB, Meeting Room Capacity Chart,www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/meeting_space.jhtml?ctyhocn=SANCCHH, Hilton Worldwide, January 3, 2012, October 7, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211007011228/https://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/california/hilton-san-diego-bayfront-SANCCHH/event/roomcharts.html, live, The other neighboring hotel, the Marriott Marquis & Marina, also hosts a lot of Comic-Con activity. Among other things, the hotel serves as the anime headquarters and is where the nighttime films are shown.

Exclusive collectibles

In the 21st century, the convention has drawn toy and collectibles designers who sell “Comic-Con Exclusive” products. Such companies have included Lego, Hasbro, Funko, Gentle Giant LTD, Mattel, NECA, ThinkGeek, Sideshow Collectibles, Entertainment Earth, Bif Bang Pow!, Mezco, Toynami, and Kotobukiya.“TNI’s 2007 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Checklist”, Toy News International {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713011134www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=20&itemid=11349 |date=July 13, 2017 }} 2007“Companies with Exclusives” weblink 2017 Most such exclusives are licensed properties of film, comic book and animation characters.

In the media

Comic-Con International has served as the setting for Mark Hamill’s (Comic Book: The Movie), and for an episode of the HBO television series Entourage, the latter of which, while set at the event, was not filmed there. Comic-Con also served as an excuse for the fictional characters Seth Cohen and Ryan Atwood’s trip to Tijuana, Mexico in episode 7 (“The Escape“) of the first season of TV series The O.C. The convention also featured prominently as a setting for the Numb3rs episode “(List of Numb3rs episodes#Season 4: 2007-2008|Graphic)”. In season 4 of Beauty and the Geek, an episode was featured where the contestants traveled to Comic-Con 07 and were given a challenge to create their own superheroes. In an episode of Punk’d, Hilary Swank gets Punk’d after an “attack from talking robot”. In season 5, episode six, of the Showtime show Weeds, attendees from Comic-Con 2009 are seen in Silas and Doug’s medicinal marijuana club.Comic-Con featured at some length in the 2011 movie Paul which stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.BOOK, Archer, Neil, Studying Hot Fuzz, 2015, Columbia University Press, 978-0993238413, 98, Issue No. 72 of The Invincible Iron Man (January 1975) was set at the July–August 1974 Comic-Con at the El Cortez Hotel and featured cameos by a few of the special guests. The fifth Kelly Green graphic novel The Comic-Con Heist (1987) written by Leonard Starr and drawn by Stan Drake was set at the 1983 con and depicted such regulars as Will Eisner, Milton Caniff, Burne Hogarth and Jack Kirby along with Shel Dorf; it initially only appeared in French until Classic Comics Press issued a collection of all five volumes of the series in English in 2016.WEB,www.classiccomicspress.com/products/kelly-green-the-complete-collection, Kelly Green: The Complete Collection, September 22, 2019, September 22, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190922002531/https://www.classiccomicspress.com/products/kelly-green-the-complete-collection, live, Other comics set at the convention include Archie No. 538 (September 2003), Archie Giant Series No. 601 (October 1989) and No. 624 (October 1991), G.I. Joe No. 180 (July 2012), Dazzler No. 30 (January 1984), Lobo Convention Special ([September] 1993) and Fanboys Vs Zombies.WEB,www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/314246-comics-that-take-place-at-comic-conventions/, Comics that take place at Comic Conventions, January 7, 2014, September 26, 2019, September 26, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190926080720/https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/314246-comics-that-take-place-at-comic-conventions/, live, 1992–1995 the Con partnered with Dark Horse Comics for an annual San Diego Comic Con Comics giveaway to attendees spotlighting characters published by Dark Horse.WEB,www.comics.org/series/14095/, San Diego Comic Con Comics, October 5, 2019, August 7, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200807015236/https://www.comics.org/series/14095/, live, Comic-Con is mentioned in the long-running CBS geek-targeted sitcom The Big Bang Theory in several episodes, and in NBC’s Chuck in the episode “Chuck Versus the Sandworm”, as an event the characters enjoy attending.WEB,www.tvfanatic.com/2012/04/the-big-bang-theory-review-the-stag-convergence/, The Big Bang Theory Review: Howard, Raj and Sailor Moon, Carla Day, April 27, 2012, TVFanatic, Mediavine Inc., August 27, 2012, June 22, 2012,www.tvfanatic.com/2012/04/the-big-bang-theory-review-the-stag-convergence/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120622232138www.tvfanatic.com/2012/04/the-big-bang-theory-review-the-stag-convergence/,">web.archive.org/web/20120622232138www.tvfanatic.com/2012/04/the-big-bang-theory-review-the-stag-convergence/, live, WEB,www.tv.com/shows/chuck/chuck-versus-the-sandworm-1144190/, Chuck Versus the Sandworm, Tv.com, CBS Interactive Inc., August 27, 2012, August 30, 2012,www.tv.com/shows/chuck/chuck-versus-the-sandworm-1144190/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120830162006www.tv.com/shows/chuck/chuck-versus-the-sandworm-1144190/,">web.archive.org/web/20120830162006www.tv.com/shows/chuck/chuck-versus-the-sandworm-1144190/, live, On the Futurama episode “Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences”, the main characters attend the 3010 convention (with it being referred to as “Comic-Con Intergalactic” and the iconic eye logo now sporting multiple eyes), where Fry looks for approval for his own comic while Bender attends a panel from Matt Groening (creator of Futurama as well as The Simpsons) on his new show “Futurella” (a twist on the title of the show and a parody of its cancellation by Fox).In “It’s My Party and I’ll Bang If I Want To”, an episode of the 2011 season of (The Real World: San Diego (2011)|The Real World: San Diego), the cast attends Comic-Con made up as zombies in order to pass out promotional flyers for the House of Blues, where they worked as part of their season work assignment.Summary page for The Real World: San Diego (2011 season) Episode 7 (“It’s My Party and I’ll Bang If I Want To“). MTV.com. November 9, 2011 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113204047www.mtv.com/shows/real_world/san_diego/episodes.jhtml |date=November 13, 2011 }}EPISODE,www.mtv.com/videos/real-world-san-diego-ep-7-its-my-party-and-ill-bang-if-i-want-to/1674069/playlist.jhtml, It’s My Party and I’ll Bang If I Want To, The Real World: San Diego, MTV, November 9, 2011, 26, 7, November 11, 2011, November 12, 2011,www.mtv.com/videos/real-world-san-diego-ep-7-its-my-party-and-ill-bang-if-i-want-to/1674069/playlist.jhtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20111112002455www.mtv.com/videos/real-world-san-diego-ep-7-its-my-party-and-ill-bang-if-i-want-to/1674069/playlist.jhtml,">web.archive.org/web/20111112002455www.mtv.com/videos/real-world-san-diego-ep-7-its-my-party-and-ill-bang-if-i-want-to/1674069/playlist.jhtml, live, Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock released a 2011 documentary feature film set at the convention, (Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope). Writer Robert Salkowitz also used the 2011 Comic-Con as a backdrop for his book Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, an analysis of the comics industry’s 21st-century dilemmas and what the future may hold.WEB,www.popmatters.com/feature/159821-human-revolution-the-exclusive-with-popculture-business-guru-rob-sal, The Exclusive with Pop Culture Business Guru Rob Salkowitz, June 14, 2012, April 16, 2020, May 21, 2015,www.popmatters.com/feature/159821-human-revolution-the-exclusive-with-popculture-business-guru-rob-sal/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150521125447www.popmatters.com/feature/159821-human-revolution-the-exclusive-with-popculture-business-guru-rob-sal/,">web.archive.org/web/20150521125447www.popmatters.com/feature/159821-human-revolution-the-exclusive-with-popculture-business-guru-rob-sal/, live, From 2015 to 2019, Conan O’Brien recorded a week of live shows from Comic-Con at the nearby Spreckels Theatre.{{Citation |author= |title=Conan Is Returning To Comic-Con® July 19–23 – CONAN on TBS |date=June 22, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21UtRym8DRE |access-date=July 20, 2017 |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722085918www.youtube.com/watch?v=21UtRym8DRE |url-status=live }}NEWS, Adams, Andie, April 8, 2014, Conan O’Brien to Host from San Diego for Comic-Con 2015,www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Conan-OBrien-Hosts-Show-from-San-Diego-for-Comic-Con-2015-254288701.html, KNSD, San Diego, March 21, 2018, March 22, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180322143637/https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Conan-OBrien-Hosts-Show-from-San-Diego-for-Comic-Con-2015-254288701.html, live, In 2015, the Food Network series Cake Masters had an episode where Duff Goldman presented a cake at Comic-Con to the cast of Fantastic Four.WEB,www.foodnetwork.com/shows/cake-masters/episodes/fantastic-four-cake, Fantastic Four Cake, 2015, Foodnetwork.com, Television Food Network, August 4, 2018, August 4, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180804231601/https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/cake-masters/episodes/fantastic-four-cake, live,

Comic-Con Begins Podcast

In 2020, SiriusXM in association with Stitcher started production on COMIC-CON BEGINS: Origin Stories of the San Diego Comic-Con and the Rise of Modern Fandom . The podcast is a six-part mini-series chronicling the birth and evolution of the San Diego Comic-Con, and is told by over 50 of the original contributors. Among the founders there are also interviews with celebrities like Felicia Day, Ho Che Anderson, Jackie Estrada, Scott Aukerman, Trina Robbins, Kevin Smith, Neil Gaiman, and Bruce Campbell. Hosted by Brinke Stevens of Slumber Party Massacre.WEB, Column: San Diego Comic-Con gets the superhero treatment in a new SiriusXM podcast,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/story/2021-06-25/column-san-diego-comic-con-gets-the-superhero-treatment-in-a-new-siriusxm-podcast, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2021-06-25, June 26, 2021, June 26, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210626110653/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/story/2021-06-25/column-san-diego-comic-con-gets-the-superhero-treatment-in-a-new-siriusxm-podcast, live, The podcast was expanded into the book See You at San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture by creator Mathew Klickstein and published by Fantagraphics on September 6, 2022.WEB, See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture,www.fantagraphics.com/products/see-you-at-san-diego-an-oral-history-of-comic-con-fandom-and-the-triumph-of-geek-culture, Fantagraphics, en, The book includes forewords by cartoonists Stan Sakai and Jeff Smith, and an afterword by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA. The audiobook version was released on the same day by Blackstone Audio.BOOK, See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture,www.blackstonelibrary.com/see-you-at-san-diego?sp=415733, On March 28, 2024, it was announced that Academy Award and Emmy Award nominated executive producer David Permut and producer Oscar Boyson will be creating a feature-length documentary about Comic-Con, based on the book and podcast series.WEB, D’Alessandro, Anthony, 2024-03-28, San Diego Comic-Con Documentary About Fanboy Confab Origins In The Works From David Permut & Oscar Boyson,deadline.com/2024/03/san-diego-comic-con-documentary-david-permut-1235870960/, 2024-03-28, Deadline, en-US,

Locations and dates{|class“wikitable”

! No.!Dates!Location!Attendance!Guests!Notes|1U.S. Grant Hotel 60–75 Forrest J Ackerman, Mike Royer (comics)COMIC CON SOUVENIR BOOK NO. 40 YEAR=2009 |Minicon staged to raise funding for August convention|2Forrest J Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Jack Kirby, Bob Stevens (comics)>Bob Stevens, A. E. van Vogt{{rp|a.k.a. Golden State Comic Con|3University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California >Kirk Alyn, Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, Edmund Hamilton, Jack Kirby{{rp>62}}|4El Cortez (San Diego)>El Cortez Hotel 900+ Bob Clampett, Harry Harrison (writer), Jack Kirby, Katherine Kurtz, Mel Lazarus, Roy Thomas, Milt Gray{{rp>65}}a.k.a. San Diego’s West Coast Comic Convention|5Harbor Island, San Diego>Harbor Island 1,000+ Neal Adams, D.C. Fontana, June Foray, Mike Friedrich, Carmine Infantino{{rp|Now officially San Diego Comic-Con; first five-day Comic-Con; first celebrity brunch|6El Cortez Hotel 2,500 Majel Barrett, Milton Caniff, Frank Capra, Chuck Jones, Walter Koenig, Russ Manning, Russell Myers, Charles M. Schulz, Larry Vincent{{rp>67}}First Masquerade, emceed by June Foray|7Robert Bloch, Will Eisner, Mark Evanier, Gil Kane, Jack Katz (artist)>Jack Katz, Stan Lee, Dick Moores, Chuck Norris, Don Rico, Jerry Siegel, Jim Starlin, Jim Steranko, Theodore Sturgeon{{rpThor (Marvel Comics)>Thor) emcees Maquerade, with Charlene Brinkman (akas Brinke Stevens)|8Jock Mahoney, George Pal>|Three-day follow-up to summer Con. Con incorporates as nonprofit.|9Sergio Aragonés, Mel Blanc, Milton Caniff, Rick Griffin, Dale Messick, Joe Shuster, Noel Sickles, Don Thompson (Comics Buyer’s Guide)>Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson{{rp|Vaughn Bodé, scheduled to appear, dies just before Con.|10Carl Barks, C. C. Beck, Walter B. Gibson>Walter Gibson, Robert A. Heinlein, Michael Kaluta, Jack Kirby, B. Kliban, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lynde, Alex Niño, Trina Robbins, Bill Scott (voice actor){{rp>70}} |11John Buscema, Howard Chaykin, Shary Flenniken, Alan Dean Foster, Gardner Fox, Steve Gerber, Burne Hogarth, Greg Jein, Bob Kane, Gray Morrow, Clarence Nash>Clarence “Ducky” Nash, Grim Natwick, Wendy Pini, Frank Thorne, Boris Vallejo{{rpGeorge MetzgerISSUE #85 DATE=APRIL 30, 2003, |12San Diego Convention Center, U.S. Grant Hotel >Kelly Freas, Mike Jittlov, Harvey Kurtzman, Victor Moscoso, Nestor Redondo, Marshall Rogers, John Romita Sr., Mort Walker, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman{{rp>72}}US$12,000 in receipts stolen from home of Con’s treasurer.|13John Byrne (comics)>John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Mike Grell, Paul Gulacy, Larry Niven, Joe Orlando, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Jerry Pournelle, Osamu Tezuka, Go Nagai, Monkey Punch, Ryoichi Ikegami, Adam West, Wally Wood{{rp||14Jerry Bails, Dave Berg (cartoonist)>Dave Berg, Ray Bradbury, L. B. Cole, Jim Fitzpatrick (artist), Dick Giordano, George Clayton Johnson, Bil Keane, Julius Schwartz, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Sim{{rp>79}}Gary Owens emcees Masquerade.|15San Diego Convention Center, Hotel San Diego 5,000 Carl Barks, Terry Beatty, Brian Bolland, Max Allan Collins, Will Eisner, Mike Grell, Chuck Jones, Hank Ketcham, Walter Koenig, Frank Miller (comics), Arn Saba, Leonard Starr, Ken Steacy, Robert Williams (artist)>Robert Williams{{rp||16Douglas Adams, Bob Clampett, Floyd Gottfredson, Harvey Kurtzman, Norman Maurer, Grim Natwick, George Pérez, Trina Robbins{{rp>81}}First year the Con tried a theme for the souvenir programs. Arn Saba emcees Masquerade.|17Greg Bear, Howard Chaykin, Stan Drake, Burne Hogarth, Greg Jein, Ollie Johnston, Bob Layton, Brant Parker, Marshall Rogers, Mike Royer (comics)>Mike Royer, Robert Shayne, Dave Stevens, Curt Swan, Frank Thomas (animator), Al Williamson{{rp>82}}Held early due to Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Sergio Aragonés hosted Masquerade.|18Ben Bova, Jack Cummings, Jack Davis (cartoonist)>Jack Davis, Gil Kane, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore (in his only U.S. convention appearance), Dan O’Bannon, Jerry Ordway, Alex Schomburg, Julius Schwartz, Jerry Siegel, Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson{{rp|Rick Geary toucan design adopted as official logo. Fae Desmond hired as general manager.|19Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Greg Evans (cartoonist)>Greg Evans, Stan Lee, Dale Messick, Frank Miller (comics), Jean Giraud>Moebius, Mart Nodell, Harvey Pekar, Jim Valentino, Doug Wildey{{rp||20Harlan Ellison, Miguel Ferrer, Ward Kimball, B. Kliban, Françoise Mouly, Bill Mumy, Mike Peters (cartoonist)>Mike Peters, Robert Silverberg, Art Spiegelman, Bernie Wrightson{{rp|Debut of Convention Events Guide. Country Joe McDonald performs.|21Art Adams, Robert Asprin, Jules Feiffer, Ray Feist, David Gerrold, Matt Groening, George R.R. Martin, Matt Wagner{{rp>86}}Seduction Of The Innocent band (Bill Mumy, Steve Leialoha, Miguel Ferrer, Chris Christensen, Max Allan Collins) and anime department debut.|22Paul Chadwick, Howard Cruse, Ron Goulart, Mark Hamill, Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, Walt Kelly#Legacy in print and other media>Selby Kelly, Syd Mead, Fred Rhoads, Jerry Robinson, Gahan Wilson{{rp||23Peter David, Will Eisner, Kelly Freas, Michael Kaluta, Mel Lazarus, Carl Macek, Grant Morrison, John Romita Jr., Van Williams{{rp>94}}|24Clive Barker, Dan DeCarlo, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Keith Giffen, Joe Haldeman, Lynn Johnston, Joe Kubert, Jim Lee, Don Maitz, Sheldon Moldoff, Rick Sternbach, Janny Wurts{{rp>95}} |25Francis Ford Coppola, Creig Flessel, Bill Griffith, Todd McFarlane, Diane Noomin, Rowena Morrill>Rowena, William Shatner, Gilbert Shelton, Lewis Shiner, Mr. T, Gary Trousdale, Vernor Vinge, Kirk Wise{{rp|Con hosts Jack Kirby’s 75th birthday party. Phil Foglio emcees.|26Murphy Anderson, Jim Aparo, Peter Bagge, Dan Clowes, Nancy A. Collins>Nancy Collins, Paul Dini, Garth Ennis, Ferd Johnson, Rick Kirkman, Don Martin (cartoonist), Olivia De Berardinis>Olivia, Dave Sim, Vin Sullivan, Michael Whelan, Robert Williams (artist), Roger Zelazny{{rp>97}}|27Mike Allred, David Brin, Dave Dorman, Al Feldstein, Rick Geary, Stan Goldberg, Roberta Gregory, Matt Groening, Chad Grothkopf, Lurene Haines, Dan Jurgens, Frank Miller (comics)>Frank Miller, Leonard Nimoy, James O’Barr, Lucius Shepard, J. Michael Straczynski, Rumiko Takahashi, Jean-Claude Van Damme{{rp||28San Diego Convention Center 34,000 Scott Bakula, Clive Barker, Mike Baron, Simon Bisley, Charles Burns (cartoonist), Alan Davis, Ramona Fradon, Neil Gaiman, James Gurney, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Ryoichi Ikegami, Gil Kane, Stan Lee, Rob Liefeld, Go Nagai, Irv Novick, Harvey Pekar, Stan Sakai, Joe Sinnott, Tom Sito, Jeff Smith (cartoonist)>Jeff Smith, Andrew VachssSAN DIEGO COMIC CON GUIDEBOOK >YEAR=1995 99}}Name change to Comic-Con International. Richard Bruning “eye” logo debuts.|29Donna Barr, David Brin, Paul Chadwick, Steve Dillon, Mort Drucker, Ben Edlund, Garth Ennis, Dave Gibbons, Joe Giella, Richard Hatch (actor)>Richard Hatch, Dave McKean, Jim Mooney, Kurt Schaffenberger, François Schuiten{{rpRepublican National Convention, Con falls for second time on Independence Day (United States)>Independence Day.|30Brent Anderson (comics)>Brent Anderson, Dick Ayers, Steve Bissette, Terry Brooks, Kurt Busiek, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Steven Hughes, Peter Kuper, David Lapham, Carol Lay, Joseph Michael Linsner, Ralph McQuarrie, Linda Medley, Michael Moorcock, George Pérez, Brian Pulido, Alex Ross, R.A. Salvatore, Kevin Smith, George Tuska, Jhonen Vasquez, Paul Verhoeven, Mark Waid, Al Williamson{{rp||31John Broome (writer)>John Broome, Eddie Campbell, Nick Cardy, Mark Crilley, Colleen Doran, Lorenzo Mattotti, Terry Moore (comics), Paul S. Newman, James Robinson (comics)>James Robinson, Joe Simon, Paul Smith (comics), Vin Sullivan, Naoko Takeuchi, Chris Ware, Rob Williams (comics)>Robert Williams{{rp||32Tom Batiuk, Chuck Cuidera, Samuel R. Delany, Paul Dini, Arnold Drake, Neil Gaiman, Sam Glanzman, Larry Gonick, Irwin Hasen, Patrick McDonnell, Mike Mignola, Mark Mothersbaugh, Jerry Robinson, Art Spiegelman, Jim Steranko, Jill Thompson, Bruce Timm, Barry Windsor-Smith{{rp>103}}|33Kyle Baker, Will Elder, Ric Estrada, Al Feldstein, Phoebe Gloeckner, Jack Kamen, Ben Katchor, Harry Knowles, Harry Lampert, Jeph Loeb, Scott McCloud, Tim Sale (artist)>Tim Sale, Marie Severin, Kevin Smith, Bryan Talbot, Angelo Torres, Lewis Trondheim, Al Williamson, Gahan Wilson, Janny Wurts{{rp||34Brian Michael Bendis, John Buscema, Michael Chabon, Frank Cho, Julie Doucet, Brian Froud, Wendy Froud, Gene Ha, Joe R. Lansdale, Russell Myers, P. Craig Russell, Kim Stanley Robinson, Spider Robinson, Alvin Schwartz (comics)>Alvin Schwartz, Dan Spiegle, Jhonen Vasquez, Judd Winick, Bernie Wrightson{{rp||35Dick Ayers, Mike Carey (British writer)>Mike Carey, Howard Chaykin, Peter David, Roman Dirge, Devin K. Grayson, Frank Jacobs, Chip Kidd, Bob Lubbers, Jason Lutes, Craig McCracken, Todd McFarlane, Tony Millionaire, Kevin Nowlan, Bob Oksner, Lew Schwartz>Lew Sayre Schwartz, Eric Shanower, Hal Sherman, Herb Trimpe, George Woodbridge (illustrator), William Woolfolk{{rp>110}} |36Brian Azzarello, Charles Berberian, Sal Buscema, Philippe Dupuy, Neil Gaiman, Jackson Guice>Jackson “Butch” Guice, Nalo Hopkinson, Steve Jackson (US game designer), Geoff Johns, Larry Lieber, Carla Speed McNeil, Kevin O’Neill (comics)>Kevin O’Neill, Howard Post, R.A. Salvatore{{rp||37Jack Adler, Roger Dean (artist)>Roger Dean, Dave Gibbons, Tom Gill (comics), Harry Harrison (writer)>Harry Harrison, Sid Jacobson, Geoff Johns, Batton Lash, Chuck McCann, Aaron McGruder, Brad Meltzer, Mike Mignola, Rebecca Moesta, Bill Plympton, Eduardo Risso, Jean Schulz, Frank Springer, Tim Thomerson, Craig Thompson, John Totleben{{rp|Con expands into Hall H of San Diego Convention Center, occupying entire exhibit space.|38Lalo Alcaraz, Lee J. Ames>Lee Ames, Sy Barry, Bob Bolling, Bruce Campbell, Nick Cardy, Greg Evans (cartoonist), Bob Fujitani, Pia Guerra, Ray Harryhausen, Phil Jimenez, Robert Jordan, David Lapham, Richard Morgan (author)>Richard Morgan, Gary Panter, Eric Powell (comics), Lou Scheimer, J. J. Sedelmaier, Dexter Taylor, Brian K. Vaughan, Jim Warren (artist)>James Warren{{rp||39PUBLISHER=IFC NEWS URL=HTTP://WWW.WEBCASTR.COM/VIDEOS/MOVIES/IFC-NEWS-COMIC-CON-CHRONICLES-2006.HTML URL-STATUS=DEAD Forrest J. Ackerman, Yoshitaka Amano, Sergio Aragonés, Peter S. Beagle, Brian Bolland, Ray Bradbury, Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)>Mark Buckingham, Kurt Busiek, Art Clokey, Daniel Clowes, Amanda Conner, Roger Corman, Luis Dominguez, Brian Fies, Phil Foglio, Basil Gogos, Carmine Infantino, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Robert Kirkman, James Kochalka, Walter Koenig, Kazuo Koike, Tommy Kovac, Roger Langridge, George R.R. Martin, Neko Press, Jonathan Matthews, Linda Medley, Brad Meltzer, Jean-Claude Mézières, Sheldon Moldoff, Jim Mooney, Jimmy Palmiotti, Christopher Paolini, George Pérez, Howard Porter (artist)>Howard Porter, Jerry Robinson, John Romita Jr, Andy Runton, Shag (artist)>Shag, Gail Simone, J. Michael Straczynski, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, John Wagner, Brian Walker (author), Greg Weisman, Scott Williams (comics)>Scott Williams.COMIC-CON 2006 SPECIAL GUEST LIST >URL=HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI2006/CCI_GUESTS.SHTML URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 12, 2009, |40“Comic-Con: Where ‘nerd has become normal’” {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728065005www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-07-29-comic-con-wrapup_N.htm USA Today (July 29, 2007), by Scott Bowles >Sergio Aragonés, Alison Bechdel, Allen Bellman, Ray Bradbury, Dan Brereton, Daryl Cagle, Cecil Castellucci, Darwyn Cooke, Guy Delisle, Paul Dini, Roman Dirge, Cory Doctorow, Will Eisner#Death>Ann Eisner, Warren Ellis, Mark Evanier, Renee French, Gary Friedrich, Christos N. Gage, Neil Gaiman, Rick Geary, George Gladir, Laurell K. Hamilton, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Adam Hughes, Joe Jusko, Miriam Katin, Mel Keefer, Scott Kurtz, Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Matt, David Morrell, Karen Palinko, Mike Ploog, Paul Pope, Lily Renée, George A. Romero, Rowena, Dave Stevens, J. Michael Straczynski, Ben Templesmith, Roy Thomas, Morrie Turner, Mark Verheiden, Matt Wagner, J. H. Williams III, Kent Williams (artist), F. Paul Wilson, Brian Wood (illustrator)>Brian Wood.COMIC-CON 2007 SPECIAL GUEST LIST >URL=HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI2007/CCI_GUESTS.SHTML URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 25, 2009, |41Forrest J Ackerman, Sergio Aragonés, Kyle Baker, Ralph Bakshi, Mike W. Barr, Lynda Barry, Frank Beddor, Ray Bradbury, Steve Breen, Max Brooks, Ed Brubaker, Matt Busch, Jim Butcher, Eddie Campbell, Howard Chaykin, Kim Deitch, Mark Evanier, Al Feldstein, Hiro Mashima, Keith Giffen, Neil Googe, Victor Gorelick, Mike Grell, Paul Gulacy, Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Hill (writer)>Joe Hill, Bryan Hitch, John Howe (illustrator), Al Jaffee, Geoff Johns, J. G. Jones, Todd Klein, Dean Koontz, Tite Kubo, Verne Langdon, Jim Lee, Rutu Modan, Noel Neill, Floyd Norman, Jim Ottaviani, Mike Peters (cartoonist)>Mike Peters, Wendy Pini, Steve Purcell, Robert J. Sawyer, James Shoop, Jim Starlin, Joe Staton, J. Michael Straczynski, Adrian Tomine, Ethan Van Sciver, Jim Warren (artist), Jeff Watts, Signe Wilkinson, Bill Willingham, Connie Willis, Jim Woodring, Bernie Wrightson, Dean Yeagle.COMIC-CON 2008 SPECIAL GUEST LIST DATE=AUGUST 16, 2008 URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 24, 2009, |42AUTHOR=LORI WEISBERG WORK=THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 20, 2010 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Shane Acker, Mike Allred, Kevin J. Anderson, Sergio Aragonés, Ray Bradbury, Gerald Brom>Brom, Gene Colan, Nicola Cuti, Kevin Eastman, Steve Epting, Mark Evanier, June Foray, Ramona Fradon, Hunter Freberg, Stan Freberg, Gary Gianni, Jimmy Gownley, Russ Heath, Brian Herbert, James Jean, Geoff Johns, Eric Jones (comics), Kazu Kibuishi, Denis Kitchen, John Kricfalusi, Hope Larson, Jim Lee, Francis Manapul, Dwayne McDuffie, Doug Moench, Sheldon Moldoff>Sheldon “Shelly” Moldoff, Fabio Moon, Patrick Oliphant, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Stephan Pastis, David Petersen (comics), Darick Robertson, Jerry Robinson, Mike Royer (comics)>Mike Royer, Stan Sakai, Lew Schwartz, Seth (cartoonist)>Seth, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gail Simone, Leonard Starr, J. Michael Straczynski, Richard Thompson (cartoonist), Lewis Trondheim, Ramón Valdiosera Berman, Jerry Vanderstelt, Charles Vess, Landry Walker, Bill Willingham, Gene Yang, Leinil Yu.COMIC-CON 2009 SPECIAL GUEST LIST DATE=SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 1, 2013, John Lasseter and Hayao MiyazakiJAPAN’S MASTER ANIMATOR TO BE HONORED IN U.S. VISIT >AUTHOR=MICHAEL CIEPLY NEWSPAPER=THE NEW YORK TIMES ACCESS-DATE=JULY 20, 2012 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20140129011427/HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/2009/07/09/MOVIES/09MIYAZAKI.HTML LAST=CARVNA NEWSPAPER=THE WASHINGTON POST ACCESS-DATE=JULY 20, 2012 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150513170957/HTTP://VOICES.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/COMIC-RIFFS/2009/08/LASSETER_CELEBRATES_PONYO_CREA.HTML FIRST=LEV NEWSPAPER=TIME ACCESS-DATE=JULY 20, 2012 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120417013611/HTTP://TECHLAND.TIME.COM/2009/07/25/SAN-DIEGO-COMIC-CON-MEETING-MIYAZAKI/ ||43DATE=JULY 19, 2010 San Diego Convention Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, and San Diego Marriott Hotel and MarinaHTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI2010/CCI10_TWO_NEW_VENUES.PHP >TITLE=TWO NEW VENUES OF COMIC-CON EVENTS PUBLISHER=COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=NOVEMBER 2, 2011, 130,000+ Neal Adams, Jason Spyda Adams, Joel Adams (comics), Josh Adams (comics)>Josh Adams, Sergio Aragonés, Peter Bagge, Gabrielle Bell, Brian Michael Bendis, Ray Bradbury, Émile Bravo, Berkeley Breathed, Kurt Busiek, Chris Claremont, Howard Cruse, Vanessa Davis (cartoonist), Felicia Day, Samuel R. Delany, Dave Dorman, Mark Evanier, Jon Favreau, Matt Fraction, Stan Freberg>Hunter Freberg, Stan Freberg, Nicholas Gurewitch, Moto Hagio, Charlaine Harris, Dusty Higgins, Tanya Huff, Kathryn Immonen, Stuart Immonen, Van Jensen, Phil Jimenez, Jenette Kahn, Keith Knight (cartoonist), Jim Lee, Stan Lee, Paul Levitz, Milo Manara, Larry Marder, Carla Speed McNeil, China Miéville, Dennis O’Neil, Robert M. Overstreet, Tom Palmer (comics)>Tom Palmer, Sean Phillips, Ivan Reis, Douglas E. Richards, Rick Riordan, Jerry Robinson, Steve Rude, Charles M. Schulz#Personal life, J. Michael Straczynski, Drew Struzan, James Sturm, Jillian Tamaki, Doug TenNapel, C. Tyler, Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer, Gerard Way, Al Wiesner, Michael Zulli.COMIC-CON 2010 SPECIAL GUEST LIST ACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 18, 2009 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20091213020926/HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/CCI_GUESTS.SHTML ||44NEWSPAPER=KFMB-TV ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 16, 2012 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120508155859/HTTP://WWW.CBS8.COM/STORY/15137557/FOURTH-AND-FINAL-DAY-FOR-COMIC-CON-AND-OVER-126000-ATTENDEES LAST2=LUCAS DATE=JULY 21, 2011 URL=HTTPS://WWW.KPBS.ORG/NEWS/2011/JUL/21/COMIC-CON-EXPECTED-GIVE-SAN-DIEGO-163-MILLION-BOOS/ LOCATION=SAN DIEGO ARCHIVE-DATE=SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Gerry Alanguilan, Sergio Aragonés, Jean Bails, Ed Benes, Anina Bennett, Jordi Bernet, Yves Bigerel, Joyce Brabner, Patricia Briggs, Chester Brown, Ernie Chan, Jo Chen, Seymour Chwast, Alan Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Tony DeZuniga, Eric Drooker, Garth Ennis, Mark Evanier, Joyce Farmer, David Finch (comics), Dave Gibbons, Tsuneo Goda, Paul Guinan, Kim Harrison>Kim Harrison (Dawn Cook), Jonathan Hickman, John Higgins (comics), Charlie Huston, Jamal Igle, Joëlle Jones, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Peter Kuper, Richard Kyle (comics)>Richard Kyle, Mell Lazarus, Jim Lee, Paul Levitz, David Lloyd (comics), Patricia Lupoff, Richard A. Lupoff, Patrick McDonnell, Rebecca Moesta, Christopher Moore (author)>Christopher Moore, Grant Morrison, Alex Niño, Ethan Nicolle, Axe Cop, Anders Nilsen (cartoonist)>Anders Nilsen, Jerry Robinson, Bill Schelly, Scott Shaw (artist), Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Jeff Smith (cartoonist)>Jeff Smith, Frank Stack, Jim Steranko, Cameron Stewart, Dave Stewart (artist), J. Michael Straczynski, Mark Tatulli, Roy Thomas, Maggie Thompson, Peter J. Tomasi, Scott Westerfeld, Ashley WoodHTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI2011/CCI_GUESTS.PHP#BENES DATE=OCTOBER 16, 2011 PUBLISHER=COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 9, 2012, Steven Spielberg appeared as a panelist.STEVEN SPIELBERG TO MAKE FIRST COMIC-CON APPEARANCE >AUTHOR=JOSHUA L. WEINSTEIN NEWSPAPER=REUTERS ACCESS-DATE=JULY 15, 2013 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20160310214227/HTTP://WWW.REUTERS.COM/ARTICLE/IDUS303833425820110713 URL=HTTP://HEROCOMPLEX.LATIMES.COM/MOVIES/COMIC-CON-2011-STEVEN-SPIELBERG-SAYS-JURASSIC-PARK-4-IS-ON/ DATE=JULY 22, 2011 ARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 23, 2013 URL-STATUS=LIVE, |45URL=HTTP://WWW.UTSANDIEGO.COM/NEWS/2012/JUL/15/COMIC-CON-ATTENDEES-REFLECT-CONVENTIONS-CHANGING-A/ DATE=JULY 14, 2012 ARCHIVE-DATE=JANUARY 2, 2015 URL-STATUS=LIVE, COMIC-CON WRAPS AFTER 4 DAYS OF POP-ART INDULGENCE >AUTHOR=SANDY COHEN NEWSPAPER=ASSOCIATED PRESS ACCESS-DATE=JULY 16, 2012 Charlie Adlard, Bill Amend, Sergio Aragonés, Tom Batiuk, Kate Beaton, Alison Bechdel, Tim Bradstreet, Mike Carey (writer)>Mike Carey, Gail Carriger, Becky Cloonan, Geof Darrow, Ben Edlund, Steve Englehart, Mark Evanier, Greg Evans (cartoonist), Brecht Evens, Gary Gianni, Stan Goldberg, Rob Guillory, Larry Hama, Peter F. Hamilton, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Mario Hernandez (comics)>Mario Hernandez, Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm, Klaus Janson, N.K. Jemisin, Lynn Johnston, Joe Jusko, Karl Kerschl, Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, John Layman, Jim Lee, Jeff Lemire, Paul Levitz, Rob Liefeld, Andy Mangels, Rudy Nebres, Dan Piraro, Whilce Portacio, Nate Powell, James Robinson (writer)>James Robinson, Brandon Sanderson, Ben Saunders (professor), Doug Savage, John Scalzi, Mark Schultz (comics)>Mark Schultz, Scott Shaw (artist), Gilbert Shelton, Jason Shiga, Jim Silke, Marc Silvestri, Scott Snyder, J. Michael Straczynski, Angelo Torres, Herb Trimpe, Morrie Turner, Michael Uslan, Jim Valentino, Trevor Von Eeden, Mark Waid, Tom Yeates,HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/CCI_GUESTS.PHP DATE=JULY 11, 2012 PUBLISHER=COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=NOVEMBER 6, 2012, Anthony BourdainHTTP://WWW.MTV.COM/NEWS/2600773/ANTHONY-BOURDAIN-GET-JIRO-COMIC-CON/ >TITLE=ANTHONY BOURDAIN GETS ‘JIRO’ AT COMIC-CON FIRST=RYAN J. WEBSITE=MTV.COM ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 4, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTP://GEEKOUT.BLOGS.CNN.COM/2012/06/28/ANTHONY-BOURDAIN-SWEARS-HES-A-NERDY-FANBOY/ >TITLE=ANTHONY BOURDAIN SWEARS HE’S A NERDY FANBOY FIRST=AARON WEBSITE=CNN ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 4, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, KARLIN >FIRST=SUSAN TITLE=GET A TASTE OF ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL MAGAZINE=FAST COMPANY ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 4, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, HTTPS://WWW.VULTURE.COM/2018/06/ANTHONY-BOURDAIN-ONCE-DREAMED-OF-BEING-A-COMIC-BOOK-ARTIST.HTML >TITLE=BEFORE HE WANTED TO BE A CHEF, ANTHONY BOURDAIN WANTED TO DRAW COMIC BOOKS FIRST1=KAREN FIRST2=ABRAHAM WEBSITE=VULTURE ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 5, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Comic-Con begins charging for Preview Night; pre-registration during 2011 held off-site at Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, and number of pre-registrations limited.LINES AND PRE-REGISTRATION THE COMIC-CON WAY >AUTHOR=LORI WEISBERG NEWSPAPER=SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE ACCESS-DATE=JULY 14, 2013 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211007005310/HTTPS://WWW.SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM/ LAST=SALISBURY NEWSPAPER=SAN DIEGO READER ACCESS-DATE=JULY 14, 2013 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120614074739/HTTP://WWW.SANDIEGOREADER.COM/NEWS/2011/JUL/26/STRINGERS-WILL-SLEEP-FLOOR-COMIC-CON-2012-TICKETS/, live, |46WORK=COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO ACCESS-DATE=JUNE 12, 2014 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20210113165915/HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/ABOUT Sergio Aragonés, Tom Batiuk, Brian Michael Bendis, Jon Bogdanove, Vera Brosgol, Jeffrey Brown (cartoonist)>Jeffrey Brown, Frank Brunner, Gerry Conway, Denys B. Cowan, Jeromy Cox, Michael Davis (comics creator), Gene Deitch, Jose Delbo, Derek T. Dingle, Paul Dini,HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2013/SPECIAL-GUESTS AUTHOR= PUBLISHER=COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO ARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 7, 2021 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Mark Evanier, Christine Feehan, Ellen Forney, Gary Frank (comics), Charlotte Fullerton, Neil Gaiman, Tom Gauld, Russ Heath, Faith Erin Hicks, Adam Hughes, Tony Isabella, Georges Jeanty, Dan Jurgens, Richard Kadrey, Sam Kieth,HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2013/SPECIAL-GUESTS?PAGE=1 AUTHOR= WEBSITE=COMIC-CON.ORG ACCESS-DATE=JULY 13, 2013 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20130708163928/HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2013/SPECIAL-GUESTS?PAGE=1 Jim Lee, Paul Levitz, John Lewis, Todd Lockwood, Elliot S. Maggin, Leonard Maltin, Jeff Mariotte, Val Mayerik, Dave McKean, Terry Moore (comics)>Terry Moore, Dean Mullaney, Ted Naifeh, Mike Norton, Jerry Ordway, Dan Parent,HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2013/SPECIAL-GUESTS?PAGE=2 >TITLE=SPECIAL GUESTS, PAGE 3 YEAR=2013 ACCESS-DATE=JULY 13, 2013 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20130708163932/HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2013/SPECIAL-GUESTS?PAGE=2 Martin Pasko, Lincoln Peirce, George Pérez, Fred Perry, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, John Romita Jr., Chris Samnee, Ruth Sanderson, Scott Shaw (artist)>Scott Shaw, Christopher Shy, Louise Simonson, Bill SkarsgÃ¥rd, Jeff Smith (comics), Nick Spencer, J. Michael Straczynski, Duane Swierczynski,HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2013/SPECIAL-GUESTS?PAGE=3 AUTHOR= PUBLISHER=COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 8, 2013 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Romeo Tanghal Sr., Roy Thomas, Bruce Timm, J. H. Williams IIIHTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2013/SPECIAL-GUESTS?PAGE=4 >TITLE=SPECIAL GUESTS, PAGE 5 YEAR=2013 ACCESS-DATE=JULY 13, 2013 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20130708163942/HTTP://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2013/SPECIAL-GUESTS?PAGE=4 ||47LAST=HILL DATE=JULY 21, 2014 ACCESS-DATE=JUNE 25, 2015 ARCHIVE-DATE=JUNE 26, 2015 Mark Brooks (comics)>Mark Brooks, Amanda Conner, Jane Espenson, Jim Lee, Sara E. Mayhew, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada, Stan Sakai, Dan Slott, Brian Stelfreeze, J. Michael Straczynski, Brian K. Vaughn, Gene Luen YangHTTPS://FANCONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO/4358/COMIC-CON-INTERNATIONAL-SAN-DIEGO-2014 >TITLE=COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO 2014 INFORMATION ACCESS-DATE=JULY 5, 2018 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180705175957/HTTPS://FANCONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO/4358/COMIC-CON-INTERNATIONAL-SAN-DIEGO-2014 ||48DATE=FEBRUARY 21, 2015 URL=HTTP://MUTSANDIEGO.COM/NEWS/2015/FEB/21/COMIC-CON-BADGES-SELL-OUT-RECORD-TIME/ ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 26, 2015 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20160819211445/HTTP://MUTSANDIEGO.COM/NEWS/2015/FEB/21/COMIC-CON-BADGES-SELL-OUT-RECORD-TIME DATE=JULY 16, 2016 URL=HTTP://WWW.DAILYNEWS.COM/ARTS-AND-ENTERTAINMENT/20160716/HOW-THE-SECURITY-TEAM-AT-COMIC-CON-WORKS-TO-KEEP-FANS-SAFE AGENCY=SAN BERNARDINO SUN Jim Lee, Stan Lee, Humberto Ramos, J. Michael Straczynski, Jhonen Vasquez, Skottie YoungHTTPS://FANCONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO/5254/COMIC-CON-INTERNATIONAL-SAN-DIEGO-2015 PUBLISHER=FANCONS ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 5, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Anime rooms, returned to the San Diego Convention Center for 2015.HTTPS://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2015/ANIME >TITLE=ANIME AT COMIC-CON 2015 DATE=2015 PUBLISHER=SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION QUOTE=THE ANIME ROOMS MOVE BACK TO THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR 2015! NOW LOCATED ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL IN ROOMS 16AB, 17A, AND 17B, COMIC-CON ONCE AGAIN OFFERS 3 BIG ROOMS DEVOTED TO ANIME SCREENINGS ALL WEEKEND LONG! ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180804231947/HTTPS://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2015/ANIME, live, |49DATE=JULY 21, 2016 URL=HTTPS://WWW.LATIMES.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/LA-ET-HC-COMIC-CON-UPDATES-BY-THE-NUMBERS-SAN-DIEGO-COMIC-CON-1469118665-HTMLSTORY.HTML ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 21, 2018 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180322143539/HTTP://WWW.LATIMES.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/LA-ET-HC-COMIC-CON-UPDATES-BY-THE-NUMBERS-SAN-DIEGO-COMIC-CON-1469118665-HTMLSTORY.HTML Sergio Aragonés, Peter David, Ben Dunn, Duff Goldman,LUJAN DATE=JULY 19, 2016 URL=HTTPS://EW.COM/ARTICLE/2016/07/19/COMIC-CON-2016-TV-PANEL-SCHEDULE/ ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 4, 2018 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180804231601/HTTP://EW.COM/ARTICLE/2016/07/19/COMIC-CON-2016-TV-PANEL-SCHEDULE/ Jim Lee, Stan Lee, Ed McGuinness, Tsutomu Nihei, Patrick Rothfuss, J. Michael StraczynskiHTTPS://FANCONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO/6466/COMIC-CON-INTERNATIONAL-SAN-DIEGO-2016 PUBLISHER=FANCONS ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 5, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, RFID badges are first introduced. This requires attendees to “tap in” as they enter the convention center and official offsite events and “tap out” as they exit.MADRIAGA >FIRST=MIKE TITLE=COMIC-CON SCANNING SCAMMING WORK=SAN DIEGO READER QUOTE=COMIC-CON 2016 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED THE INTELLITIX SCANNER AND RFID SYSTEM ON THE MILLION-PLUS SQ./FT. VENUE. ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180805053616/HTTPS://WWW.SANDIEGOREADER.COM/NEWS/2017/JUL/22/STRINGERS-COMIC-CON-SCANNING-SCAMMING/ TITLE=SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2016: ALL OUR COVERAGE WORK=PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 4, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Anime rooms return to Marriott.HTTPS://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2016/ANIME >TITLE=NEW LOCATION FOR THE ANIME ROOMS! DATE=2016 PUBLISHER=SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION QUOTE=ANIME MOVES OUT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER AND GAINS AN ADDITIONAL ROOM! ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180804232014/HTTPS://WWW.COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2016/ANIME, live, |50DATE=JULY 15, 2017 URL=HTTP://WWW.SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/COMIC-CON/SD-ME-CON-NUMBERS-20170715-STORY.HTML ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 21, 2018 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180322143419/HTTP://WWW.SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/COMIC-CON/SD-ME-CON-NUMBERS-20170715-STORY.HTML Sergio Aragonés, Mike Daniels (American football)>Mike Daniels,GONZALEZ >FIRST1=TARA FIRST2=TARA TITLE=MIKE DANIELS’ ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WORK=ESPN ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 4, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, Paul Dini, Mike Grell, Erica Henderson, Jim Lee, Stan Lee, Jonathan Maberry, Gail Simone, R. L. Stine, J. Michael StraczynskiHTTPS://FANCONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO/7716/COMIC-CON-INTERNATIONAL-SAN-DIEGO-2017 >TITLE=COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO 2017 INFORMATION ACCESS-DATE=JULY 6, 2018 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180707010010/HTTPS://FANCONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO/7716/COMIC-CON-INTERNATIONAL-SAN-DIEGO-2017 DATE=JULY 22, 2017 URL=HTTPS://WWW.NBCSANDIEGO.COM/NEWS/LOCAL/THE-2017-MUST-HAVE-COMIC-CON-COLLECTORS-ITEMS--435944413.HTML LOCATION=SAN DIEGO ARCHIVE-DATE=AUGUST 5, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, |51DATE=JULY 18, 2018 URL=HTTPS://WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/FILMS/FEATURES/COMIC-CON-2018-SAN-DIEGO-POPULARITY-COSPLAY-CULT-SUPERHERO-MOVIES-MARVEL-HISTORY-A8452236.HTML ACCESS-DATE=JULY 15, 2019 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20190715174556/HTTPS://WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/FILMS/FEATURES/COMIC-CON-2018-SAN-DIEGO-POPULARITY-COSPLAY-CULT-SUPERHERO-MOVIES-MARVEL-HISTORY-A8452236.HTML Yoshitaka Amano, Brian Fies, Duff Goldman,HTTPS://EMERTAINMENTMONTHLY.ORG/2018/07/22/SDCC-2018-DUFF-GOLDMAN-FLAVOR-FANDOM/ LAST=GRAHAM DATE=2018 ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 4, 2018 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180805004543/HTTP://EMERTAINMENTMONTHLY.COM/INDEX.PHP/SDCC-2018-DUFF-GOLDMAN-FLAVOR-FANDOM/ Jim Lee, Trina Robbins, R. A. Salvatore,HTTPS://FANCONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO/9858/COMIC-CON-INTERNATIONAL-SAN-DIEGO-2018 PUBLISHER=FANCONS ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 25, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, John Walsh (filmmaker)HTTPS://COMICCON2018.SCHED.COM/EVENT/FSMV/RAY-HARRYHAUSEN-THE-RETURN-OF-THE-SPECIAL-EFFECTS-GODFATHER WEBSITE=COMICON2018.SCHED.COM URL-STATUS=LIVE ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211007011216/HTTPS://COMICCON2018.SCHED.COM/EVENT/FSMV/RAY-HARRYHAUSEN-THE-RETURN-OF-THE-SPECIAL-EFFECTS-GODFATHER, Online lottery system first implemented for high-demand signings, exclusives, and booth access.HTTP://WWW.COMICSBEAT.COM/SDCC-18-GOOD-BYE-SLEEPING-BAGS-EXCLUSIVES-AND-AUTOGRAPHS-ARE-NOW-LOTTERIES-TOO/ >TITLE=SDCC ‘18: GOOD-BYE SLEEPING BAGS – EXCLUSIVES AND AUTOGRAPHS ARE NOW LOTTERIES TOO FIRST=HEIDI WEBSITE=THE BEAT ACCESS-DATE=JULY 16, 2018 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180717071106/HTTP://WWW.COMICSBEAT.COM/SDCC-18-GOOD-BYE-SLEEPING-BAGS-EXCLUSIVES-AND-AUTOGRAPHS-ARE-NOW-LOTTERIES-TOO/ TITLE=COMIC-CON SAN DIEGO: ROAD CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION WORK=KGTV DATE=JULY 15, 2018 ARCHIVE-DATE=JULY 16, 2018 URL-STATUS=LIVE, |52WEBSITE=GOOGLE ARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 7, 2021 URL-STATUS=LIVE, 135,000+COMIKET OUTSIZES SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON WITH RECORD ATTENDANCE>URL=HTTPS://COMICBOOK.COM/ANIME/NEWS/COMIKET-ATTENDANCE-2019-RECORD-SAN-DIEGO-COMIC-CON-MANGA//Preeti Chhibber{{Citation >title=Preeti Chhibber talks Spider-Man with us LIVE from SDCC 2019! {{!}} Marvel url=https://www.marvel.com/watch/digital-series/marvel-live/preeti-chhibber-talks-spider-man-with-us-live-from-sdcc-2019 |First year Comic-Con shuttles are not operating continuously. Shuttles operated from 5am to 1am during the con. 50th Anniversary of Comic-Con International.|53July 23–26, 2020}} rowspan=“2” San Diego Convention Center >N/Arowspan=“2 |Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Replaced with virtual event.|54July 22–25, 2021}} |55San Diego Convention Center, San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade, Comic-Con Museum, Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego>COVID-19 vaccine>vaccinated against COVID-19 or a negative COVID-19 test no earlier than 48 hours prior to the first day of the event. Covid vaccine/testing verification wristbands were distributed at pop-up booths located outside Halls C and H. Masks were required. First time badges for individual days were not sold. Instead, badges were marketed as a 3-day badge only (Fri-Sun). No preview night on Thurs. No Comic-Con shuttles, however complementary shuttles between the Comic-Con Museum and the Convention Center were available. No online lottery system implemented for exclusive booth access. Instead, only one onsite lottery was held (Funko) inside Hall A each morning. First time in a decade that badges did not sell out.|56ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 2, 2022, rowspan=“3” San Diego Convention Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, San Diego Central Library, Comic-Con Museum, Petco Park>Petco Interactive Zone, Omni San Diego Hotel, Children’s Park (San Diego), Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego>Gaslamp Quarter, Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade, Embarcadero Marina Park South, Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge, Marina, San Diego >URL=HTTPS://WWW.SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM/BUSINESS/STORY/2022-07-15/COMIC-CON-IS-BACK-HERES-WHY-IT-MIGHT-NOT-BE-THE-SAME-AS-YOU-REMEMBER-ITTomi Adeyemi, Lorena Alvarez, Jane Baer, Henry Barajas, Tom Batiuk, Pierce Brown, Cecil Castellucci, Soman Chainani, Amy Chu, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Mark Evanier, Danny Fingeroth, Shaenon Garrity, Marc Hempel, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Jock (cartoonist)>Jock, Keithan Jones, Phil LaMarr, Jim Lee, Miriam Libicki, Tula Lotay, Kevin Maguire (artist), Barbara Mendes, Shannon Messenger, Frank Miller, Bill Morrison (comics)>Bill Morrison, Steve Niles, Nathan W. Pyle, Barbara Randall Kesel, Steve Saffel, Scott Shaw!, Dan Slott, Jeff Smith (cartoonist), Scott Snyder, William Stout, J. Michael Straczynski, Lila Sturges, Mariko Tamaki, Raina Telgemeier, Hidetaka Tenjin, Maggie Thompson, Trino, Mark Wheatley (comics)>Mark Wheatley, Sophie YanowSPECIAL GUESTS>URL=HTTPS://COMIC-CON.ORG/CCI/2022/SPECIAL-GUESTS?PAGE=3COVID-19 vaccine>vaccinated against COVID-19 or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test no earlier than 48 hours prior to the first day the badge is valid for. Covid vaccine/testing verification wristbands were distributed at various pop-up booths located around San Diego, with most located in and around the convention center complex, with some expanding to nearby hotels. Comic-Con partnered with CLEAR which enabled US citizens to streamline the process.|57URL=HTTPS://SDCCBLOG.COM/2022/07/SAN-DIEGO-COMIC-CON-2023-DATES-LIKELY-REVEALED/TITLE=COMIC-CON AVERTED AN APOCALYPSE DESPITE TWO STRIKES (AND LITTLE HOLLYWOOD) URL=HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/MOVIES/MOVIE-NEWS/COMIC-CON-STILL-HIT-ACTORS-STRIKE-1235544055/ ACCESS-DATE=17 SEPTEMBER 2023, Victoria Aveyard, Darcie Little Badger, Jerry Beck, Jim Benton, Holly Black, J. Scott Campbell, Ricardo Caté, Janice Chiang, Becky Cloonan, Felicia Day, Jo Duffy, Mark Evanier, Barbara Friedlander, Bill Griffith, Simon Hanselmann, Junji Ito, Keith Knight (cartoonist)>Keith Knight, Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Frank Miller, Stephen Notley, Joe Quesada, John Romita Jr, P. Craig Russell, Ben Saunders (professor), Linda Sejic, Stjepan Sejic, John Semper, Scott_Shaw_(artist)>Scott Shaw, Jeff_Smith_(cartoonist), Beau Smith, Rachel Smythe, Matthew Southworth, Merrie Spaeth, Steenz, Garth Stein, William Stout, J. Michael Straczynski, Mariko Tamaki, Raina Telgemeier, Ben Templesmith, Maggie Thompson, Ron_Turner_(publisher)>Ron Turner, David F. Walker, Brian Walker, Lee Weeks, Martha Wells, Alex de CampiHTTPS://SDCCBLOG.COM/2023/06/SAN-DIEGO-COMIC-CON-2023-SPECIAL-GUESTS/ >TITLE=SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2023 SPECIAL GUESTS [UPDATE JUNE 21]FIRST=ANDY WEBSITE=SDCC UNOFFICIAL BLOG Proof of COVID-19 vaccine is not required, returning to the 2019 pre-pandemic era. Similar to SDCC 2022, badges were mailed to US attendees in a discreet envelope without a decorative box and pin. The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike as well as the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike directly affected the con. Many companies and talent cancelled panels and signings ahead of the convention, due to the uncertainty of the strike. However, it did not restrict talent from promoting their personal work (e.g. Jamie Lee Curtis promoted her Mother Nature novel). The strikes resulted in few celebrity appearances, leading to Hall H not being used at all on Sunday. Notably, the cast of Philippine television series (Voltes V: Legacy) attended the event, becoming the first Philippine television program to attend the Comic-Con.HTTPS://WWW.GMANETWORK.COM/NEWS/LIFESTYLE/HOBBIESANDACTIVITIES/875229/VOLTES-V-LEGACY-IS-HEADED-TO-SAN-DIEGO-COMIC-CON-2023/STORY/PUBLISHER=GMA INTEGRATED NEWSACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 15, 2023, |58URL=HTTPS://SDCCBLOG.COM/2023/07/SAN-DIEGO-COMIC-CON-2024-DATES-LIKELY-REVEALED/|Comic-Con Magazine“>

Comic-Con Magazine

Comic-Con Magazine, formerly known as Update, is the official magazine of San Diego Comic-Con International, WonderCon, and SAM: Storytelling Across Media, published free by San Diego Comic-Con International in the United States. The seed of the Comic-Con Magazine was a short one-shot issue of The Spirit, based on Comic-Con and sold exclusively in 1976 at the San Diego Comic-Con International. The Comic-Con Magazine debuted as Update in July 2005 and mainly focused on the winners of the Eisner Awards.JOURNAL, John, Rogers, Inside: Celebrating a Legend, Update, 1, 1, July 2005, Cover, San Diego, California, San Diego Comic-Con International,www.comic-con.org/common/assets/upd2005_1.pdf, 50503872, dead,www.comic-con.org/common/assets/upd2005_1.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20090205080600www.comic-con.org/common/assets/upd2005_1.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20090205080600www.comic-con.org/common/assets/upd2005_1.pdf, February 5, 2009, The last Update issue appeared in July 2008;JOURNAL, John, Rogers, Exclusive World Premiere at WonderCon!: Justice League: The New Frontier, Update, 3, 1, July 2008, Cover, San Diego, California, San Diego Comic-Con International,www.comic-con.org/common/assets/upd2007_3.pdf, 50503872, dead,www.comic-con.org/common/assets/upd2007_3.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20090205080520www.comic-con.org/common/assets/upd2007_3.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20090205080520www.comic-con.org/common/assets/upd2007_3.pdf, February 5, 2009, then it went on hiatus. When it came back, it was as Comic-Con Magazine, which not only covered San Diego Comic-Con International, but also WonderCon and the Alternative Press Expo, more commonly known as APE (which the con owned through 2014). The new Comic-Con Magazine features interviews with Comic-Con attendees and complete coverage of the Comic-Con events.WEB,www.comic-con.org/common/cc_magazine.shtml, FREE magazine gives you valuable information, San Diego Comic-Con International, SHTML, dead,www.comic-con.org/common/update.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20080226140230www.comic-con.org/common/update.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20080226140230www.comic-con.org/common/update.shtml, February 26, 2008, July 25, 2016, ... the new official publication of the San Diego Comic-Con International, WonderCon, and APE, the Alternative Press Expo ... Comic-Con Magazine will still contain the elements that made the Update the official preview of all the Comic-Con events ... We will continue showcasing exclusive interviews with special guests from all three of our shows ..., WEB, Miller, Neil, Neil Miller (writer),www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/officially-cool-comic-con-magazine-premiere-issue.php, Officially Cool: Comic-Con Magazine Premiere Issue, March 2, 2008, Film School Rejects, PHP, February 3, 2009, ... produced by the folks who run the San Diego Comic-Con, its little sister show WonderCon and APE, the Alternative Press Expo. This new publication, Comic-Con Magazine, is the evolved version of Update ... there is a pretty in-depth preview of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con ... a Comic-Con A to Z Guide and Interviews with actual Comic-Con attendees., July 6, 2008,www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/officially-cool-comic-con-magazine-premiere-issue.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20080706204022www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/officially-cool-comic-con-magazine-premiere-issue.php,">web.archive.org/web/20080706204022www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/officially-cool-comic-con-magazine-premiere-issue.php, live, The fourth issue of Comic-Con Magazine was a hybrid with Comic-Con’s Souvenir Book with cover art by Alex Ross, in full color and exclusive to Comic-Con attendees.WEB,www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_progbk.shtml, 2009 Comic‑Con Souvenir Book!, San Diego Comic-Con International, SHTML, February 3, 2009, ... Alex Ross’ cover for our 2008 Souvenir Book ... The big news this year is that the Souvenir Book is switching to FULL COLOR ..., dead,comic-con.org/cci/cci_progbk.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20090209014802comic-con.org/cci/cci_progbk.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20090209014802comic-con.org/cci/cci_progbk.shtml, February 9, 2009,

Exhibitors

A large number of exhibitors from art, comics, games, film, TV, and publishing make their appearance at Comic-Con.There are three types of exhibitors at San Diego Comic Con. Inside the convention center, which requires a badge to visit during the convention, includes artists alley and the main exhibitor hall. Artist Alley is for up and coming artists who are new to the pop culture world by selling their new books, comics, toys, and or services. They range from local companies and businesses in Southern California to international ones, but are mainly private endeavors. Artist Alley is usually located in Hall G of the convention center. Spaces for these exhibitors are highly sought after and are on a lottery and need-based system.WEB,www.comic-con.org/cci/2018/exhibitors, Exhibitors, comic-con.org, August 24, 2017, August 27, 2021, live, August 17, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210817182943/https://comic-con.org/cci/2018/exhibitors, The main exhibit hall, which includes larger well-recognized companies, takes up halls F through A. These companies sell or promote new and upcoming movies, television shows, and video games as well as featuring toys and exclusives with many selling for hundreds or even thousands on the secondary markets outside the convention. Some notable recurring companies include Lego, Hasbro, Funko, Hallmark Cards, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, The Walt Disney Company, and Blizzard Entertainment.

Off site

The other type of exhibitors include offsite exhibitors, booths and events which are located outside the convention center. These locations are usually within walking distance of the convention center but have been moving into nearby parks in recent years. Some notable examples include Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, Petco Park, and Children’s Park (San Diego).NEWS, Carr, Stephanie, July 23, 2018, Get an inside look at some of Comic-Con’s lesser-known activities,www.kshb.com/entertainment/get-an-inside-look-at-some-of-comic-cons-lesser-known-activities, KSHB, Kansas City, July 26, 2018, July 27, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180727054602/https://www.kshb.com/entertainment/get-an-inside-look-at-some-of-comic-cons-lesser-known-activities, live, NEWS, Alvarez, Elizabeth, July 21, 2018, Comic-Con Day 3: A look at the fans and events outside the convention center,www.kusi.com/comic-con-day-3-a-look-at-the-fans-and-events-outside-the-convention-center/, KUSI, San Diego, July 26, 2018, August 31, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180831082611/https://www.kusi.com/comic-con-day-3-a-look-at-the-fans-and-events-outside-the-convention-center/, live, In recent years, these offsite events have no connection to SDCC.NEWS, Batcha, Sarah, July 17, 2018, 18 San Diego Comic-Con 2018 events you can enjoy without buying a badge,www.ocregister.com/2018/06/28/18-san-diego-comic-con-2018-events-you-can-enjoy-without-buying-a-badge/, Orange County Register, July 26, 2018, July 27, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180727054624/https://www.ocregister.com/2018/06/28/18-san-diego-comic-con-2018-events-you-can-enjoy-without-buying-a-badge/, live, In the past, most sites have not required a Comic-Con badge.WEB,www.gaslamp.org/2018/07/no-badge-required-comic-con-events-specials-gaslamp-quarter/, No Badge Required Comic-Con Events and Specials in the Gaslmap Quarter!, July 2018, Gaslamp.org, Gaslamp Quarter Association, August 4, 2018, March 21, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200321182056/https://www.gaslamp.org/2018/07/no-badge-required-comic-con-events-specials-gaslamp-quarter/, live, MAGAZINE, Scheinbaum, Chase, July 14, 2018, 4 Fun Things to Do at Comic-Con 2018, No Badge Required,www.sandiegomagazine.com/Blogs/Cityfiles/Summer-2018/4-Fun-Things-to-Do-at-Comic-Con-2018-No-Badge-Required/, San Diego Magazine, August 4, 2018, August 5, 2018,www.sandiegomagazine.com/Blogs/Cityfiles/Summer-2018/4-Fun-Things-to-Do-at-Comic-Con-2018-No-Badge-Required/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180805052017www.sandiegomagazine.com/Blogs/Cityfiles/Summer-2018/4-Fun-Things-to-Do-at-Comic-Con-2018-No-Badge-Required/,">web.archive.org/web/20180805052017www.sandiegomagazine.com/Blogs/Cityfiles/Summer-2018/4-Fun-Things-to-Do-at-Comic-Con-2018-No-Badge-Required/, live, In 2017, one example was a virtual reality and immersive set based on the movie Blade Runner 2049.NEWS, Yamato, Jen, July 20, 2017, Are you a replicant? Go inside the immersive, insanely real ‘Blade Runner 2049’ experience at Comic-Con,www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-comic-con-2017-blade-runner-2049-bar-replicants-deckard-gosling-1500580559-htmlstory.html, Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2018, August 5, 2018,www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-comic-con-2017-blade-runner-2049-bar-replicants-deckard-gosling-1500580559-htmlstory.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180805052121www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-comic-con-2017-blade-runner-2049-bar-replicants-deckard-gosling-1500580559-htmlstory.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180805052121www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-comic-con-2017-blade-runner-2049-bar-replicants-deckard-gosling-1500580559-htmlstory.html, live, In 2018, these examples included a Taco Bell Demolition Man themed pop-up restaurant in the Gaslamp;NEWS, Petrakovitz, Caitlin, July 20, 2018, Taco Bell’s Comic-Con pop-up was delicious and all thanks to Demolition Man!,www.cnet.com/news/taco-bell-comic-con-pop-up-was-delicious-thanks-demolition-man/, CNET, July 26, 2018, July 26, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180726020336/https://www.cnet.com/news/taco-bell-comic-con-pop-up-was-delicious-thanks-demolition-man/, live, and a Shake Shack Bob’s Burgers themed pop-up restaurant in Mission Valley.NEWS, Sherman, Elisabeth, July 17, 2018, Shake Shack Will Bring ‘Bob’s Burgers’ to Life for Comic Con,www.foodandwine.com/news/shake-shack-real-life-bobs-burgers-comic-con, Food & Wine, July 26, 2018, July 27, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180727054931/https://www.foodandwine.com/news/shake-shack-real-life-bobs-burgers-comic-con, live, However, there are some official offsite events that require a badge.WEB,www.comic-con.org/toucan/22-outside-convention-center-comic-con-2018, #22: Outside the Convention Center at Comic-Con 2018!, 2018, Comic-Con.org, San Diego Comic Convention, August 4, 2018, August 5, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180805052051/https://www.comic-con.org/toucan/22-outside-convention-center-comic-con-2018, live, In 2018, it was estimated that nearly 200,000 people will be in Downtown San Diego due to Comic-Con related exhibits and events.NEWS, Albert, Cliff, September 5, 2018, How San Diego’s Comic-Con Became So Big,kogo.iheart.com/content/2018-07-17-how-san-diegos-comic-con-became-so-big/, KOGO, San Diego, September 5, 2018, October 7, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211007011216/https://kogo.iheart.com/content/2018-07-17-how-san-diegos-comic-con-became-so-big/, live,

Overcrowding

(File:ComicCon2011ByPhilKonstantin.jpg|thumb|right|Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter)(File:San Diego Comic Con 2011 - waiting for exhibition hall to open.jpg|thumb|Comic-Con crowd inside the second floor of the convention center in 2011 waiting for the exhibition hall to open)Capacity attendance at Comic-Con in 2006 and 2007 has caused crowding issues. Concerns have been raised that the event is possibly too large for the San Diego Convention Center, Comic-Con’s home through at least 2024www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/story/2019-07-05/comic-con-is-staying-in-san-diego-at-least-through-2024 San Diego Tribune (July 5, 2019) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706004802www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/story/2019-07-05/comic-con-is-staying-in-san-diego-at-least-through-2024 |date=July 6, 2019 }}: “With just two weeks to go before the start of Comic-Con, organizers of the annual pop culture extravaganza have agreed to a new three-year contract that ensures the annual convention will stay in San Diego through 2024.”. In 2006, Comic-Con, for the first time, had to close registration for a few hours on Saturday to accommodate crowds. In response, for 2007, Comic-Con introduced a new three-day membership that did not include Saturday. Nevertheless, the 2007 show went on to sell out Saturday, as well as Friday and Sunday for the first time. Additionally, both the four-day and three-day memberships sold out for the first time. For 2008, the three-day memberships were abandoned and the convention decided to sell memberships only in advance, with no on-site registration.WEB,www.comic-con.org/cc/,www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_reg.shtml," title="web.archive.org/web/20071011033223www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_reg.shtml,">web.archive.org/web/20071011033223www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_reg.shtml, dead, Homepage, October 11, 2007, Comic-Con, In 2008, all memberships were sold out before the convention for the first time. This sellout has given rise to the new phenomenon of Comic-Con memberships being scalped for exorbitant prices on websites such as eBay and Craigslist.NEWS, McLean, Tom, Buyers beware scalped Comic-Con tickets, Variety.com, June 25, 2008,weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/2008/06/comic-con-ticke.html, July 20, 2008, dead,weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/2008/06/comic-con-ticke.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080720141232weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/2008/06/comic-con-ticke.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080720141232weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/2008/06/comic-con-ticke.html, July 20, 2008, In April 2008, David Glanzer, Comic-Con’s director of marketing and public relations, commented on the organization’s desire to remain in San Diego:{{blockquote|We’ve been approached by other cities, [but] I don’t think anybody wants to leave San Diego. I certainly don’t. It’s a perfect fit for us. It’s expensive, whether it be paying for the street signs that tell you what streets are closed, or for any police or the hall or any of the myriad things, it’s expensive. But it’s a great city. There’s been some talk of expansion of the center, which we would certainly welcome. Hopefully if everything lines up, we will be here for many more years.}}Heidi McDonald reported on her blog The Beat as of October 7, 2009, Preview Night for the 2010 show had already sold out. Glazner explained the early sell-out:{{blockquote|For 2010 the decision was made to offer an option (of whether they wanted to attend Preview Night) to those who pre-registered for four-day badges. We limited the number of badges for Preview Night to the number of those who attended in 2008.pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/10/07/mroe-on-the-sdcc-preview-night-sell-out" title="web.archive.org/web/20091010082602pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/10/07/mroe-on-the-sdcc-preview-night-sell-out">More on the SDCC Preview Night sellout â€” correction}}Mark Evanier on his blog News from ME noted as of November 9, 2009, that all 4-day passes for the 2010 show had already been sold out.WEB,www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_09.html#018028,www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_09.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111021123322www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_09.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111021123322www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_09.html, dead, You Were Warned!, October 21, 2011, On February 23, 2010, The Orange County Register reported that the larger Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim would be making a bid to become the new home of Comic-Con starting in 2013.NEWS, Could Comic-Con move to Anaheim?, Carpenter, Eric, The Orange County Register, February 23, 2010,www.ocregister.com/news/convention-235900-comic-anaheim.html, February 24, 2010, February 27, 2010,www.ocregister.com/news/convention-235900-comic-anaheim.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100227081824www.ocregister.com/news/convention-235900-comic-anaheim.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100227081824www.ocregister.com/news/convention-235900-comic-anaheim.html, live, On September 30, 2010, Comic Con announced that they had extended their stay up to 2015. The North County Times reported on July 26, 2010, that 4-day passes with access to Preview night for the 2011 Convention had sold out two hours before the 2010 convention closed.NEWS,www.nctimes.com/business/article_0dd24a8a-a75d-53ae-a16e-3c0c244d5e0c.html, REGION: Comic-Con sells out 2011 Preview Night before Con ends, Eric Wolff, North County Times, dead,www.nctimes.com/business/article_0dd24a8a-a75d-53ae-a16e-3c0c244d5e0c.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100902102554www.nctimes.com/business/article_0dd24a8a-a75d-53ae-a16e-3c0c244d5e0c.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100902102554www.nctimes.com/business/article_0dd24a8a-a75d-53ae-a16e-3c0c244d5e0c.html, September 2, 2010, Comic-Con International announced that 4-day passes for the 2014 convention (July 24–27) would no longer be available and only single days would be sold.NEWS, San Diego Comic-Con International: No more four-day badges for 2014, Noelene Clark,herocomplex.latimes.com/comic-con/san-diego-comic-con-international-no-more-four-day-badges-for-2014/#/0, Los Angeles Times, January 10, 2014, March 26, 2014, People who want to attend Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday will have to purchase a badge for each day, October 12, 2014,herocomplex.latimes.com/comic-con/san-diego-comic-con-international-no-more-four-day-badges-for-2014/#/0," title="web.archive.org/web/20141012223756herocomplex.latimes.com/comic-con/san-diego-comic-con-international-no-more-four-day-badges-for-2014/#/0,">web.archive.org/web/20141012223756herocomplex.latimes.com/comic-con/san-diego-comic-con-international-no-more-four-day-badges-for-2014/#/0, live, Due to overcrowding, organizers of the event capped attendance;NEWS, Comic-Con badges go on sale Saturday, Lori Weisberg,www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/01/its-official-comic-con-badges-on-sale-sat/, San Diego Union Tribune, March 1, 2012, March 5, 2012, “As you know because of limited space at the San Diego Convention Center we have had to cap attendance for the last few years,” organizers said in their e-mail., May 4, 2015,www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/01/its-official-comic-con-badges-on-sale-sat/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150504112530www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/01/its-official-comic-con-badges-on-sale-sat/,">web.archive.org/web/20150504112530www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/01/its-official-comic-con-badges-on-sale-sat/, live, this cap has been in place since 2007.NEWS, Comic-Con will stay in San Diego, Geoff Boucher,herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/09/30/comic-con-international-san-diego/, Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2010, March 5, 2012, Comic-Con reached a self-imposed attendance limit at the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) in 2007 and has had to cap attendance at approximately 125,000 people each year since., October 4, 2010,herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/09/30/comic-con-international-san-diego/," title="web.archive.org/web/20101004120603herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/09/30/comic-con-international-san-diego/,">web.archive.org/web/20101004120603herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/09/30/comic-con-international-san-diego/, live, As of October 2013, a $520 million proposed expansion to the San Diego Convention Center received approval from the California Coastal Commission.NEWS, Commission OKs convention expansion, Lori Weisberg,www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Oct/10/coastal-commission-convention-expansion-plan-bay/, U-T San Diego, October 10, 2013, February 11, 2014, October 11, 2013,www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/10/coastal-commission-convention-expansion-plan-bay/," title="web.archive.org/web/20131011002811www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/10/coastal-commission-convention-expansion-plan-bay/,">web.archive.org/web/20131011002811www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/10/coastal-commission-convention-expansion-plan-bay/, live, The proposed expansion would increase the available space within the convention center and had a target completion date of early 2016.WEB,www.visitsandiego.com/community/expansion.cfm, Expansion, 2012, Community, San Diego Convention Center Corporation, December 27, 2012, dead,www.visitsandiego.com/community/expansion.cfm," title="web.archive.org/web/20130309023108www.visitsandiego.com/community/expansion.cfm,">web.archive.org/web/20130309023108www.visitsandiego.com/community/expansion.cfm, March 9, 2013, The expansion would add approximately 225,000 square feet of exhibit space, an additional 35%; and a brand-new 80,000 square foot ballroom, 20% larger than Hall H. The plan would also add a second tower to the Hilton Bayfront hotel, adding 500 rooms adjacent to the Convention Center.NEWS, CA Coastal Committee Okays San Diego Convention Center Expansion, Completion Targeted for 2018,sdccblog.com/2013/10/ca-costal-committee-okays-san-diego-convention-center-expansion-completion-targeted-for-2018/, The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog, October 11, 2013, October 11, 2013,sdccblog.com/2013/10/ca-costal-committee-okays-san-diego-convention-center-expansion-completion-targeted-for-2018/," title="web.archive.org/web/20131011183224sdccblog.com/2013/10/ca-costal-committee-okays-san-diego-convention-center-expansion-completion-targeted-for-2018/,">web.archive.org/web/20131011183224sdccblog.com/2013/10/ca-costal-committee-okays-san-diego-convention-center-expansion-completion-targeted-for-2018/, live, Due to the proposed expansion of the convention center, Comic Con extended its contract for San Diego to 2016.NEWS, Comic-Con International to remain in San Diego through 2016,herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/10/29/comic-con-international-to-remain-in-san-diego-through-2016/, Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2012, December 27, 2012, November 1, 2012,herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/10/29/comic-con-international-to-remain-in-san-diego-through-2016/," title="web.archive.org/web/20121101002806herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/10/29/comic-con-international-to-remain-in-san-diego-through-2016/,">web.archive.org/web/20121101002806herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/10/29/comic-con-international-to-remain-in-san-diego-through-2016/, live, In 2014, convention center expansion was halted due to a lawsuit.NEWS, Sloss, Jason, August 7, 2014, City Council ponders next move for San Diego Convention Center expansion,fox5sandiego.com/2014/08/07/city-council-ponders-next-move-for-san-diego-convention-center-expansion/, KSWB, San Diego, June 27, 2015, July 1, 2015,fox5sandiego.com/2014/08/07/city-council-ponders-next-move-for-san-diego-convention-center-expansion/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150701021128fox5sandiego.com/2014/08/07/city-council-ponders-next-move-for-san-diego-convention-center-expansion/,">web.archive.org/web/20150701021128fox5sandiego.com/2014/08/07/city-council-ponders-next-move-for-san-diego-convention-center-expansion/, live, NEWS, Weisberg, Lori, August 1, 2014, Ruling threatens convention center expansion,www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/01/convention-expansion-hotel-tax-unconstitutional/, San Diego Union Tribune, June 27, 2015, June 30, 2015,www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/01/convention-expansion-hotel-tax-unconstitutional/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150630032446www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/01/convention-expansion-hotel-tax-unconstitutional/,">web.archive.org/web/20150630032446www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/01/convention-expansion-hotel-tax-unconstitutional/, live, NEWS, Lewis, Scott, August 26, 2014, Six Years and $10 Million Gone, the Convention Center Expansion Is Dead,www.voiceofsandiego.org/share/six-years-and-10-million-gone-the-convention-center-expansion-is-dead/, June 27, 2015, June 29, 2015,www.voiceofsandiego.org/share/six-years-and-10-million-gone-the-convention-center-expansion-is-dead/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150629064535www.voiceofsandiego.org/share/six-years-and-10-million-gone-the-convention-center-expansion-is-dead/,">web.archive.org/web/20150629064535www.voiceofsandiego.org/share/six-years-and-10-million-gone-the-convention-center-expansion-is-dead/, live, NEWS, Weisberg, Lori, May 9, 2015, Is contiguous center expansion dead?,www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/09/contiguous-convention-center-expansion-in-jeopardy/, San Diego Union Tribune, June 27, 2015, June 30, 2015,www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/09/contiguous-convention-center-expansion-in-jeopardy/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150630044857www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/09/contiguous-convention-center-expansion-in-jeopardy/,">web.archive.org/web/20150630044857www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/09/contiguous-convention-center-expansion-in-jeopardy/, live, NEWS, Sauer, Mark, Claire, Trageser, August 1, 2014, Court Rejects San Diego Convention Center Expansion Tax,www.kpbs.org/news/2014/aug/01/court-rejects-special-tax-fund-san-diego-conventio/, KPBS, San Diego, June 27, 2015, June 30, 2015,www.kpbs.org/news/2014/aug/01/court-rejects-special-tax-fund-san-diego-conventio/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150630160443www.kpbs.org/news/2014/aug/01/court-rejects-special-tax-fund-san-diego-conventio/,">web.archive.org/web/20150630160443www.kpbs.org/news/2014/aug/01/court-rejects-special-tax-fund-san-diego-conventio/, live, As of July 2015, convention center expansion is effectively frozen, partly because the city no longer has financing lined up for it (any financing plan would involve taxpayer money and would have to be approved by a public vote), and partly because the city lost the rights to the only contiguous parcel of land where expansion could occur.NEWS,www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/land-use/everything-you-need-to-know-about-where-the-convention-center-expansion-stands/, Everything You Need to Know About Where the Convention Center Expansion Stands, July 13, 2015, July 14, 2015,www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/land-use/everything-you-need-to-know-about-where-the-convention-center-expansion-stands/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150714030027www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/land-use/everything-you-need-to-know-about-where-the-convention-center-expansion-stands/,">web.archive.org/web/20150714030027www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/land-use/everything-you-need-to-know-about-where-the-convention-center-expansion-stands/, live, Other cities, including Los Angeles, began to seek to have Comic-Con move out of San Diego;NEWS, Hugo, Martin, Perry, Tony, January 21, 2015, Will Comic-Con leave San Diego? Other cities are making pitches,www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-comic-con-move-20150121-story.html, Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2015, June 30, 2015,www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-comic-con-move-20150121-story.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150630122821www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-comic-con-move-20150121-story.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150630122821www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-comic-con-move-20150121-story.html, live, In 2015, Comic-Con entered into negotiations with San Diego.NEWS, Weisberg, Lori, June 25, 2015, Comic-Con deal near,www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/24/comic-con-two-year-contract-expected/, San Diego Union Tribune, June 27, 2015, June 29, 2015,www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/24/comic-con-two-year-contract-expected/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150629045829www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/24/comic-con-two-year-contract-expected/,">web.archive.org/web/20150629045829www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/24/comic-con-two-year-contract-expected/, live, As a result of these negotiations, Comic-Con entered into a contract to stay in San Diego through 2018.NEWS,www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2015/07/02/29654985/, Comic-Con International decides to stay in San Diego through 2018, USA Today, July 2, 2015, July 2, 2015, July 6, 2015,www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2015/07/02/29654985/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150706033747www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2015/07/02/29654985/,">web.archive.org/web/20150706033747www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2015/07/02/29654985/, live, The commitment to San Diego was extended to 2021,NEWS,www.sdbj.com/news/2017/jul/02/comic-con-stay-san-diego-through-2021/, Comic-Con to Stay in San Diego Through 2021, De Crescenzo, Sarah, July 2, 2017, San Diego Business Journal, July 3, 2017, July 3, 2017,sdbj.com/news/2017/jul/02/comic-con-stay-san-diego-through-2021/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170703015808sdbj.com/news/2017/jul/02/comic-con-stay-san-diego-through-2021/,">web.archive.org/web/20170703015808sdbj.com/news/2017/jul/02/comic-con-stay-san-diego-through-2021/, live, then to 2024.NEWS, Weisberg, Lori, 5 July 2019, Comic-Con is staying in San Diego — at least through 2024,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/story/2019-07-05/comic-con-is-staying-in-san-diego-at-least-through-2024, live,web.archive.org/web/20230705194342/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/story/2019-07-05/comic-con-is-staying-in-san-diego-at-least-through-2024, 5 July 2023, 21 March 2024, The San Diego Union-Tribune,

Accidents and incidents

In 2013, a young woman attempted to jump off the balcony of a local high-rise, but nearby stuntmen prevented it.NEWS, Stuntmen saves woman hanging from balcony,www.10news.com/news/stuntmen-save-woman-hanging-from-balcony-071913, KGTV, August 1, 2013, July 20, 2013, dead,www.10news.com/news/stuntmen-save-woman-hanging-from-balcony-071913," title="web.archive.org/web/20130722145924www.10news.com/news/stuntmen-save-woman-hanging-from-balcony-071913,">web.archive.org/web/20130722145924www.10news.com/news/stuntmen-save-woman-hanging-from-balcony-071913, July 22, 2013, In 2014, multiple pedestrians marching in an off-site ZombieWalk were struck by a car forcing its way through an intersection.NEWS, ZombieWalk Driver Found Guilty In Comic-Con 2014 Accident Trial,deadline.com/2015/12/zombiewalk-driver-guilty-verdict-matthew-pocci-2014-comic-con-accident-1201607237/, Deadline Hollywood, December 11, 2015, April 16, 2020, July 25, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180725161115/https://deadline.com/2015/12/zombiewalk-driver-guilty-verdict-matthew-pocci-2014-comic-con-accident-1201607237/, live, A 64-year-old woman sustained serious injuries to her arm; two others had minor injuries.NEWS, Passersby Struck by Car Amid Comic-Con Zombie Walk,www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Pedestrian-Hit-by-Car-Amid-ZombieWalk-Downtown-San-Diego-Comic-Con-268762861.html, NBCSanDiego.com, July 28, 2014, July 28, 2014, July 27, 2014,www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Pedestrian-Hit-by-Car-Amid-ZombieWalk-Downtown-San-Diego-Comic-Con-268762861.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140727193933www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Pedestrian-Hit-by-Car-Amid-ZombieWalk-Downtown-San-Diego-Comic-Con-268762861.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140727193933www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Pedestrian-Hit-by-Car-Amid-ZombieWalk-Downtown-San-Diego-Comic-Con-268762861.html, live, NEWS, Ash, Allison, Bianco, Rachel, July 29, 2014, New cellphone videos of ‘Zombie Walk’ hit-and-run surface,www.10news.com/news/new-cell-phone-videos-of-zombie-walk-hit-and-run-surface, KGTV, The E.W. Scripps Co, July 30, 2014, August 25, 2014,www.10news.com/news/new-cell-phone-videos-of-zombie-walk-hit-and-run-surface," title="web.archive.org/web/20140825101419www.10news.com/news/new-cell-phone-videos-of-zombie-walk-hit-and-run-surface,">web.archive.org/web/20140825101419www.10news.com/news/new-cell-phone-videos-of-zombie-walk-hit-and-run-surface, live, The same year, a teenage cosplayer was initially thought to have been sexually assaulted early Sunday morning, and a suspect was arrested on Sunday at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina.*NEWS, Emma G. Gallegos, Man Arrested After Teen Cosplayer Discovered ‘Unconscious And Bloody’ On The Side Of The Road At Comic-Con,laist.com/2014/07/29/man_arrested_in_teens_beating_at_co.php, LAist, Gothamist LLC, July 29, 2014, July 30, 2014, dead,laist.com/2014/07/29/man_arrested_in_teens_beating_at_co.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20140802031708laist.com/2014/07/29/man_arrested_in_teens_beating_at_co.php,">web.archive.org/web/20140802031708laist.com/2014/07/29/man_arrested_in_teens_beating_at_co.php, August 2, 2014,

• NEWS, Comic-Con 2014: Police investigating attack on Riverside County teen cosplayer,www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140730/comic-con-2014-man-jailed-for-inappropriate-contact-with-teen-cosplayer, Los Angeles Daily News, LA Daily News, July 30, 2014, July 30, 2014, October 7, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211007011216/https://www.dailynews.com/2014/07/30/comic-con-2014-police-investigating-attack-on-riverside-county-teen-cosplayer/, live,
• NEWS, Arturo Garcia, SD Comic-Con cosplaying teen hospitalized in bloody attack, man arrested,www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/29/sd-comic-con-cosplaying-teen-hospitalized-in-bloody-attack-man-arrested/, Raw Story, Raw Story Media, Inc., July 29, 2014, July 30, 2014, July 31, 2014,www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/29/sd-comic-con-cosplaying-teen-hospitalized-in-bloody-attack-man-arrested/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140731074059www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/29/sd-comic-con-cosplaying-teen-hospitalized-in-bloody-attack-man-arrested/,">web.archive.org/web/20140731074059www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/29/sd-comic-con-cosplaying-teen-hospitalized-in-bloody-attack-man-arrested/, live,
• NEWS, Nguyen, Candice, R., Strickney, July 30, 2014, Family: Riverside Co. Teen Beaten While Attending Comic-Con 2014,www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Comic-Con-San-Diego-Attack-Cosplayer-Harbor-Drive-269218791.html, NBC San Diego, NBCUniversal Media, LLC., July 30, 2014, July 30, 2014,www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Comic-Con-San-Diego-Attack-Cosplayer-Harbor-Drive-269218791.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140730224252www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Comic-Con-San-Diego-Attack-Cosplayer-Harbor-Drive-269218791.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140730224252www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Comic-Con-San-Diego-Attack-Cosplayer-Harbor-Drive-269218791.html, live,
• NEWS, Cox, Carolyn, July 31, 2014, What We Know About The Comic-Con Cosplay Assault, And How To Help,www.themarysue.com/comic-con-cosplay-assault/, The Mary Sue, July 31, 2014, August 1, 2014,www.themarysue.com/comic-con-cosplay-assault/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140801142359www.themarysue.com/comic-con-cosplay-assault/,">web.archive.org/web/20140801142359www.themarysue.com/comic-con-cosplay-assault/, live,
• NEWS, Du Pre, Jon, July 31, 2014, Comic-Con assault leaves female minor in critical condition,www.kusi.com/story/26157793/comic-con-assault-leaves-female-minor-in-critical-condition, KUSI, McKinnon Broadcasting Company, August 5, 2014,www.kusi.com/story/26157793/comic-con-assault-leaves-female-minor-in-critical-condition," title="web.archive.org/web/20140808060714www.kusi.com/story/26157793/comic-con-assault-leaves-female-minor-in-critical-condition,">web.archive.org/web/20140808060714www.kusi.com/story/26157793/comic-con-assault-leaves-female-minor-in-critical-condition, August 8, 2014, dead, Police later stated that the teenage girl was injured in a fall; the arrested individual was released without any charges.NEWS, McVicker, Laura, August 1, 2014, Comic-Con Cosplayer Not Assaulted: Police,www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Comic-Con-Cosplayer-Not-Assaulted-Police-269470211.html, KNSD-TV, NBCSanDiego.com, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, August 5, 2014, August 4, 2014,www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Comic-Con-Cosplayer-Not-Assaulted-Police-269470211.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140804030436www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Comic-Con-Cosplayer-Not-Assaulted-Police-269470211.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140804030436www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Comic-Con-Cosplayer-Not-Assaulted-Police-269470211.html, live,

Trademark

In 2014, San Diego Comic-Con sent a cease and desist order to the organizers of Salt Lake Comic Con, asserting that “Comic-Con” and “Comic-Con International” were registered trademarks of the convention, and that use of the term “comic con” in any form was trademark infringement as it implies an unauthorized association with San Diego Comic-Con.NEWS,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sdut-salt-lake-san-diego-comic-con-battle-name-rights-2014jul28-htmlstory.html, Battle of the Cons: SD vs. Salt Lake City, Weisberg, Lori, San Diego Union-Tribune, January 10, 2018, en-US, January 11, 2018,www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sdut-salt-lake-san-diego-comic-con-battle-name-rights-2014jul28-htmlstory.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180111165002www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sdut-salt-lake-san-diego-comic-con-battle-name-rights-2014jul28-htmlstory.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180111165002www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sdut-salt-lake-san-diego-comic-con-battle-name-rights-2014jul28-htmlstory.html, live, A U.S. court ruled in favor of San Diego Comic-Con and awarded $20,000 in damages (albeit not considering the infringement to be willful). Phoenix Comiccon changed its name to Phoenix Comic Fest as a proactive move to avoid possible legal issues in the wake of this ruling. They then filed a motion in an Arizona Federal Court to strike down San Diego Comic Convention’s trademarkNEWS,www.bleedingcool.com/2018/01/18/phoenix-comic-fest-asks-federal-court-comic-con-trademark/, Phoenix Comic Fest is Asking a Federal Court to Strike Down SDCC’s Comic-Con Trademark, Terror, Jude, Bleeding Cool, March 1, 2018, en-US, March 2, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180302103852/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/01/18/phoenix-comic-fest-asks-federal-court-comic-con-trademark/, live, In 2017, the Salt Lake Comic Con changed its name to FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention (or just FanX).WEB,www.fanxsaltlake.com/about/, About Us, fanxsaltlake.com, August 27, 2021, live, August 12, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210812141242/https://fanxsaltlake.com/about/, On January 16, 2018, Salt Lake Comic Con filed a motion for a new trial.NEWS,www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/san-diego-comic-con-trademark-fight-continues-jury-verdict-1066336, San Diego Comic-Con Trademark Fight Rages On After Jury Verdict, Cullins, Ashley, The Hollywood Reporter, March 1, 2018, en-US, March 2, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180302044642/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/san-diego-comic-con-trademark-fight-continues-jury-verdict-1066336, live, NEWS,www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-01-18/salt-lake-comic-con-files-for-new-trial-in-trademark-case, Salt Lake Comic Con files for new trial in trademark case, The Associated Press, March 1, 2018, en-US, March 2, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180302103852/https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-01-18/salt-lake-comic-con-files-for-new-trial-in-trademark-case, live,

See also

• Comic book convention
• Comic Art Convention
• Fandom
• San Diego, California
• Science fiction convention
• WonderCon
• Comic-Con Museum

References

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Further reading

• Bill Schelly. “The Comic-Con of Destiny”. Comic-Con Souvenir Book 2019. pp. 14–32.
• The “Secret Origin” of San Diego’s Comic-Con International
• San Diego Comic-Con – Frequently Asked Questions
• Comic-Con Begins oral history

External links

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• 1985–1989 Eisner Award winners, Comic-Con International San Diego. www.comic-con.org/awards/1980s-recipients" title="archive.today/20130704001351www.comic-con.org/awards/1980s-recipients">Archived from the original on July 3, 2013.
• 1991–1999 Eisner Award winners, Comic-Con International San Diego. www.comic-con.org/awards/1990s-recipients" title="archive.today/20131029200617www.comic-con.org/awards/1990s-recipients">Archived from the original on February 1, 2014
• 2000–2009 Eisner Award winners, Comic-Con International San Diego. www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s" title="archive.today/20141006153947www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s">Archived from the original on February 1, 2015.
• 2010–2020 Eisner Award winners, Comic-Con International San Diego. comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present" title="web.archive.org/web/20201030031640comic-con.org/awards/eisner-award-recipients-2010-present">Archived from the original on October 30, 2020.
• WEB,www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner.php, Joel, Hahn, Will Eisner Awards [1988–2007], Comic Book Awards Almanac, November 18, 2015,www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner," title="web.archive.org/web/20101102132937www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner,">web.archive.org/web/20101102132937www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner, November 2, 2010, live,

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