Big Apple Comic Con
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| Big Apple Comic Con | |
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 Artists Alley at the November 2008 Big Apple Con. |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Comics |
| Location | New York, New York |
| Country | United States |
| First held | 1996 |
| Organizer | Michael Carbonaro |
| Official website | http://www.wizardworldcomiccon.com/home-apple.html |
The Big Apple Comic Con is a Manhattan comic book convention started by Michael Carbonaro in 1996 in the basement of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan. It was originally named Big Apple Convention. It has grown into the longest-running comic book, science fiction/fantasy/horror/pop culture convention in New York City. Through 2009 it held several events a year at the Penn Plaza Pavilion in Manhattan.
There has been some confusion between the Big Apple Convention and the Big Apple Anime Fest.[citation needed] The latter was an anime convention which was held annually between 2001 and 2003 and supported by a consortium of anime and manga companies[1] and has no affiliation with the Big Apple Convention.
There is also no affiliation between the Big Apple Convention and the New York Comic Con, which began in 2006, occurs at the Jacob Javits Convention Center and is run by Reed Exhibitions.
The Big Apple Convention was purchased by Wizard Entertainment. Its first show under Wizard was in October 2009 at Pier 94 in Manhattan.[2][3]. This was the first time it used the name Big Apple Comic Con.
The next two Wizard World Big Apple Comic Cons were held at the Penn Plaza Pavilion in 2010 and 2011. To date (as of February 29, 2012), Wizard has not announced a date or location for the next Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con.
[edit] Reference
- ^ "Big Apple Anime Fest To Rock New York over Labor Day Weekend, 2003" (Press release). Big Apple Anime Fest. 2002-11-20. http://www.animecons.com/news/article.shtml/16. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
- ^ 1010 WINS; New York; October 16, 2009 broadcast.
- ^ Guest page for the October 2009 Big Apple Convention at Wizard World
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