Comic Con

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A comic con is a comic book convention, and can refer to:

Video Comic Con

Oceania

Australia

• Oz Comic Con, multi-city event held annually since 2012

Maps Comic Con

Asia and Middle East

India

• Comic Con India, main edition held annually in New Delhi and express editions annually in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore.

Pakistan

• Karachi Comic Con (Karachi) and Comic Con PK (Lahore) are held annually.

Philippines

• Asia Pop Comic Convention held annually in Manila since 2015.
• Komikon in Metro Manila, Philippines

Saudi Arabia

• SaudiComicCon was that nation's inaugural comic con, held on February 2017.

United Arab Emirates

• Middle East Film and Comic Con, annual fan convention in Dubai held since 2012.

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Europe

Lithuania

• Comic Con Baltics, annual fan convention held in Lithuania, Vilnius since 2017.

Portugal

• Comic Con Portugal, annual fan convention held in Matosinhos, Portugal since 2014.

Romania

• East European Comic Con, annual fan convention held in Bucharest, Romania since 2013.

Russia

• Comic-Con Russia, annual fan convention held in Moscow, Russia since 2014.

United Kingdom

• British Comic Art Convention, (commonly known as "Comicon" ) later renamed "U.K. Comic Art & Fantasy Convention" (earliest British comic book fan convention, held from 1968-81)
• London Film and Comic Con, annual fan convention in London held since 2004
• MCM London Comic Con, held annually since 2002
• Wales Comic Con, annual fan convention in Wrexham held since 2008
• Edinburgh Comic Con, held annually since 2014

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Americas

Brazil

• Comic Con Experience, a Brazilian multigenre entertainment and comic convention in São Paulo held since 2014 and in Recife since 2017

Canada

• Central Canada Comic Con, annual fan convention in Winnipeg held since 1994
• Montreal Comiccon, annual fan convention in Montreal held since 2007
• Toronto Comic Con, started in 2003, purchased by Wizard Entertainment in 2009
• Toronto ComiCON, semi-annual Toronto convention, presented by Fan Expo Canada
• Ottawa Comiccon, annual fan convention in Ottawa, first half of May, launched in 2012

United States

In the United States, Comic Con is a registered trademark of San Diego Comic-Con International. This trademark was upheld in a court ruling in December 2017.

• Alamo City Comic Con, annual fan convention in San Antonio, Texas since 2013
• Baltimore Comic-Con, annual fan convention in Baltimore held since 2000
• Big Apple Comic Con (formerly Big Apple Con and Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con), annual fan convention in New York City held since 1996
• Dallas Comic Con, annual fan convention in Dallas, Texas, held since 2002
• Denver Comic Con, annual fan convention in Denver, Colorado, held since 2012
• East Coast Comicon (formerly Asbury Park Comicon), annual fan convention in Secaucus, New Jersey held since 2012
• Emerald City Comicon, annual fan convention in Seattle held since 2003
• L.A. Comic Con annual fan convention in Los Angeles, California, held since 2011
• Motor City Comic Con, annual fan convention in Metro Detroit held since 1989
• New York Comic Con, annual fan convention in New York City held since 2006, the second largest fan convention in the US
• Ohio Comic Con, (formerly Mid-Ohio Con), annual fan convention held in Columbus, Ohio since 1996; held in Mansfield, Ohio from 1980-95
• Phoenix Comicon, annual fan convention in the Phoenix area, held since 2002
• Pittsburgh Comicon, annual fan convention in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, held since 1994
• Rhode Island Comic Con, annual fan convention in Providence, Rhode Island since 2012
• Salt Lake Comic Con, biannual fan convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, held since 2013
• San Diego Comic-Con International, held in San Diego since 1970
• Silicon Valley Comic Con, held in San Jose since 2016
• Wildcat Comic Con, annual fan convention in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, held from 2012-2014
• Wizard World Chicago (formerly Chicago Comicon) annual fan convention in the Chicago area, held since 1976, acquired and rebranded by Wizard Entertainment in 1997

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See also

• List of comic book conventions
• List of defunct comic book conventions
• Comecon, a trade treaty
• Comiaken people, one of the Cowichan Tribes located in and around the Cowichan Valley and Duncan, British Columbia
• Comiket, a Japanese comic convention
• Science fiction fandom
• Fantasy fandom

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia