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A comic book convention, often referred to as a comic con, is a gathering or event where comic book fans, collectors, artists, writers, publishing companies, and vendors attend to celebrate. Comics, toys, books, cosplay, anime, video games, star wars, original artwork, trading cards, comic creators and celebrity guests. Comic con collecting tips, buying, deals, strategies, advice. For comic book enthusiasts, comic con needs no introduction. This is our calendar of upcoming comic book conventions comic cons, pop culture conventions, expos, and fandom experiences across the united states. International festival of comics in algiers, algeria est. In his piece he tells of phil seulings plans for his events. We update our calendar regularly when more comic book conventions are announced or as we learn of them see how to add your event to our calendar. Massive comic con 2017 artist alley is stacked with talent. Looking ahead to 2018 comic book conventions have a number of things in store for us. Ten tattoo conventions not to miss in 2017 the list. Megacon cancels june show and announces new limited show for halloween.
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