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August 22 : The first episode of Bunny
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September 15–December 10 : "Gillray 's Legacy," curated by Lucy Shelton Caswell (8th Festival of Cartoon Art , Philip Sills Gallery, William Oxley Thompson Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio)[ 2]
Conventions
January 10–11 : Florida Extravaganza (Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida)February 21–22 : Alternative Press Expo (Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco)February 29 : Emerald City ComiCon (Qwest Field, West Field Plaza, Seattle, Washington) — guests: Stan Sakai , J.G. Jones , Howard Chaykin , Dave Johnson , Todd Nauck , Jeff Johnson , Tomm Coker , Stefano Gaudiano , Brian Michael Bendis , Phil Noto , Matt Wagner , Ford Gilmore , Bob Schreck , Kurt Busiek , Jay Faerber , Greg Rucka , Darick Robertson , John Layman , David Hahn , Karl Kesel , Paul Guinan , Matt Haley , Steve Lieber , Dan Norton , Jason Pearson , and Michael T. Gilbert February 29 : Toronto ComiCON I (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)March 5–7 : MegaCon (Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida) — guests include Kaare Andrews , Brian Michael Bendis , John Cassaday , Amanda Conner , Phil Jimenez , Andy Lee , Tony Lorenz, David W. Mack , James O'Barr , Jimmy Palmiotti , Walter Simonson , Craig Thompson , Skottie Young , Luis Amado , Tony Bedard , Jose Caraballo , Patrick Carlucci, Jim Cheung , Laura DePuy , Chuck Dixon , Steve Epting , Glenda Finkelstein, Jeff Johnson , Greg Land , Ron Marz , Stanley Morrison, Mike Perkins , Brandon Peterson , Justin Ponsor, Ariel Rivero, Tone Rodriguez , Steven Sanchez, Bart Sears , Josh Sullivan , Kevin Smith , Jason Mewes , Allison Mack , Walter Koenig , Ken Foree , Brad Dourif , Noah Hathaway , Herbert Jefferson, Jr. , Brian Thompson , Glenn Shadix , Marc Singer , Angela Cartwright , Bill Mumy , Virginia Hey , and Sid Haig March 6–7 : London Film and Comic Con I (Wembley Exhibition Centre, London, England, UK) — inaugural eventMarch 13–14 : Chicago ComicFest (Ramada Plaza Hotel O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois)March 19–21 : Wizard World Los Angeles (Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California) — inaugural event; 19,000 attendees; guest of honor Kevin Smith ; other guests include Eric Basaldua , Brian Michael Bendis , Alex Ross , Avi Arad , Selma Blair , Guillermo Del Toro , James Franco , Gale Anne Hurd , Thomas Jane , Stan Lee , Kevin Nash , Ron Perlman , Rebecca Romijn-Stamos , and Marc Silvestri [ 3] April : Phoenix Comicon (Glendale, Arizona)April 1–3 : National Comic Book, Art, and Sci-Fi Expo I (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City) — guest of honor Jerry Robinson ; other guests include Sergio Aragonés , Jim Lee , Mark Bagley , Bill Sienkiewicz , Roy Thomas , Alex Maleev , and Kevin Eastman April 3 : Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (S.P.A.C.E.) (Ohio Expo Center, Rhodes Center, Columbus, Ohio) — special guests: Dave Sim and Gerhard . Sim awarded the SPACE Lifetime Achievement AwardApril 16–18 : Atlanta Comicon (Gwinnett Civic Center, Gwinnett, Georgia) — 2,000–6,000 attendeesApril 30–May 2 : Pittsburgh Comicon (Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh ExpoMart, Monroeville, Pennsylvania) — guests include Jim Rugg ,[ 4] George A. Romero , Lani Tupu , and Virginia Hey [ 5] May 2 : Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)May 1–2 : WonderCon (Moscone Center, San Francisco, California)May 14–16 : Motor City Comic Con I (Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan) — 15th anniversary show; guests include Julie Benz , Erin Gray , Kate Jackson , Ron Perlman , and Alfonso Ribeiro .[ 6] May 15 : East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — presentation of the ECBACC Pioneer Lifetime Achievement AwardMay 21–23 : Wizard World East [ 3] May 23–24 : Comic Festival (Ramada Plaza, Bristol, Avon, England, U.K.) — guests include Gary Spencer Millidge , Bob Finch , Norman Lovett , John McCrea , Duncan Fegredo , David Roach , Rob Williams , Jon Foster , and Gary Erskine June 5–6 : Adventure Con 3 (Knoxville Expo Center, Knoxville, Tennessee) — 3,000 attendeesJune 6 : Stumptown Comics Fest (Portland, Oregon) — first inaugural event, hosted by the Old Church, a non-profit organization whose goal was to preserve an old church. 22 exhibitor tables, 150 attendeesJune 11–13 : Heroes Convention (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina) — guests include Jim Amash , Murphy Anderson , John Beatty , Mark Brooks , Nick Cardy , Richard Case , John Cassaday , Dave Cockrum , Steve Conley , Kim DeMulder , Tommy Lee Edwards , Steve Epting , Matt Feazell , Tom Feister , Ron Garney , Chris Giarrusso , Keron Grant , Cully Hamner , Scott Hampton , Tony Harris , Irwin Hasen , Sam Henderson , Adam Hughes , Georges Jeanty , Dan Jolley , Nat Jones , Jim Krueger , Dick Kulpa , Jason Latour , Rick Leonardi , Joseph Michael Linsner , Aaron Lopresti , David W. Mack , Ed McGuinness , Joshua Middleton , Martin Nodell , Phil Noto , Michael Avon Oeming , Jeff Parker , Jason Pearson , Brandon Peterson , Paul Pope , Howard Porter , Eric Powell , George Pratt , James Pruett , Joe Pruett , Budd Root , Josef Rubinstein , Paul Ryan , David Self , Bill Sienkiewicz , Joe Sinnott , Joe Staton , Brian Stelfreeze , Karl Story , Roy Thomas , Tim Townsend , Robert Ullman , Dexter Vines , Neil Vokes , Loston Wallace , Mike Wieringo , and Larry Young June 18–20 : Toronto Comic Con (National Trade Centre, Queen Elizabeth Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — guests of honor: Will Eisner and Dave Sim June 26–27 : MoCCA Festival (Puck Building, New York City)July 22–25 : Comic-Con International (San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California) — 95,000 attendees; official guests: Jack Adler , Roger Dean , Dave Gibbons , Tom Gill , 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 , and John Totleben . Comic-Con expands into Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center and now occupies the entire exhibit space.August 8 : National Comic Book, Art, and Sci-Fi Expo II (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City)August 13–15 : Wizard World Chicago (Rosemont Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois) — guest of honor: Joss Whedon ; special guests: Kelly Hu and Amber Benson ; other guests: Brian Michael Bendis , Josh Blaylock, J. Scott Campbell , John Cassaday , Jim Cheung , Marie Croall, Tony Daniel , Lou Ferrigno , Gene Ha , Greg Horn , Geoff Johns , Dan Jolley , Jim Lee , Jeph Loeb , Sean McKeever , Angel Medina , Mark Millar , Mike Norton , Joe Quesada , Alex Ross , Alex Saviuk , Marc Silvestri , Kevin Smith , Michael Turner , Brian K. Vaughn , and Skottie Young August 14–15 : "CAPTION is History" (Wolfson College, Oxford, England) — guests include Al Davison and Pat Mills August 27–29 : Fan Expo Canada (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — 27,684 attendees; guests include George Takei , Julie Benz , Peter Mayhew , Mercedes McNab , Anthony Montgomery , Aron Eisenberg , Cirroc Lofton , George A. Romero , Tom Savini , Alejandro Jodorowsky , Doug Bradley , Yoshitoshi ABe , Yasuyuki Ueda , George Pérez , Brian Azzarello , Mike Deodato , Rags Morales , Skottie Young , Adam Hughes , David W. Mack , and Jill Thompson September 3–6 : Dragon Con (Hyatt Regency Atlanta/Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia) — 20,000+ attendeesSeptember 18–19 : National Comic Book, Art, and Sci-Fi Expo III (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City) — guests include Jim Steranko , Sal Buscema , Glen Fabry , Los Bros Hernandez , and Angel Medina September 23 : Comics Salon (Pezinok , Slovakia )October 2–3 : Small Press Expo (Bethesda, Maryland)October 16–17 : Motor City Comic Con II (Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan)— guests include Dan Mishkin , Rowena Morrill , Bill Morrison , Stephanie Murnane , Eddy Newell , Diana Okamoto , Mike Okamoto , Mike Pascale , Scott Rosema , Steve Rude , Stan Sakai , Paul Sizer , Layne Toth , Daniel Webb , Bill Wilkinson , and Randy Zimmerman October 23 : London Comic Festival (Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury, London, England, U.K.) — guests include Gary Spencer Millidge October 23–24 : Dallas Comic Con (Plano Centre, Plano, Texas) — guests include Adam Hughes , Michael Lark , Greg Horn , Dan Brereton , Cal Slayton , and Michael Jantze November 5–7 : Wizard World Texas [ 3] Jim Lee , Brian Pulido , Marc Silvestri , Michael Turner , Mark Waid , and Skottie Young November 6–7 : Comic Expo (Ramada City Inn, Bristol, United Kingdom) — first iteration of this annual convention; guests include Simon Furman , Mike Carey , and Mike Collins November 6–7 : London Film and Comic Con II (Wembley Exhibition Centre, London, England, UK)November 27–28 : Mid-Ohio Con (Columbus Hilton Easton, Columbus, Ohio) — guests include Sergio Aragonés , John Byrne , Talent Caldwell , Stan Goldberg , Marc Hempel , David Mack , Michael Avon Oeming , Jeff Smith , and Tom Batiuk
First issues by title
DC Comics
JSA Strange Adventures Release: October.
Marvel Comics
Guardians Release: July 14. Writer: Marc Sumerak . Artist: Casey Jones . Loki Release: July 7. Writer: Robert Rodi . Artist: Esad Ribić .Man-Thing Release: July 21. Writer: Hans Rodionoff . Artist: Kyle Hotz .Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2004 Release: July 7. Cover by: Salvador Larroca .Starjammers Release: July 7.Writer: Kevin J. Anderson . Artist: Francisco Ruiz Velasco .Witches Release: June. Writer: Brian Walsh . Artist: Will Conrad .
Other publishers
Capitão Brasil Osiedle Swoboda Release: June by Niezależna Prasa . Writer & Artist: Michał Śledziński
Initial appearances by character name
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^ "Mitsuteru Yokoyama dies" . Anime News Network . Retrieved 2012-12-10 .^ McCreery, Cindy. "A Genius on the Edge: James Gillray and Caricature in Late Georgian Britain" (Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, 2004).
^ a b c Press release. "Wizard Announces Successful Debut for Wizard World Los Angeles," Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. website (2004). Accessed Jan. 30, 2016.
^ O'Driscoll, Bill. "Angel With A Dirty Face," Pittsburgh City Paper (28 April 2004), p. 32.
^ "Comicon Coming," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (8 April 2004), p. D-3.
^ Breithaupt, Christy L. "Pow! Comic Con drops into Novi," Detroit News (May 14, 2004), p. E1.
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