• Source: Baltimore Comic-Con

      • The Baltimore Comic-Con is a comic book-oriented fan convention held annually in Baltimore since 2000.
      Each year, the show features marquee-name comic book creators past and present, publishers, charitable organizations, and vendor booths offering genre-related items, including comic book back-issues, limited edition collectible items such as Toon Tumblers and clothing, videos/DVDs, etc. Panel discussions throughout the day feature industry names presenting information on current and upcoming industry events, past hallmarks in comic book history, and information on the industry and how to be a part of it.


      History


      Founded by Marc Nathan, owner of Cards, Comics, and Collectibles of Reistertown, Maryland, the show was originally a one-day show held at the Sheraton Hotel in the Chartley Shopping Center, located in the Baltimore suburb of Towson, Maryland.
      The show continued to grow in size, and in 2002, it show moved to the Baltimore Convention Center in downtown Baltimore, across from Camden Yards and down the street from Geppi's Entertainment Museum, and was extended to a two-day show. In 2014, responding to demand from attendees and exhibitors, the show moved to a three-day event, from September 5 to 7.
      An annual Yearbook, featuring renderings by attending artists, became a part of the show in 2012, featuring Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows characters, followed by Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo in 2013 and Matt Wagner's Grendel in 2014. A scavenger hunt is also associated with the Yearbook, where attendees who get a pre-defined number of contributor autographs receive prints that were not part of the book, featuring characters from that year's theme by other attending artists.
      The 2020 Comic-Con was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for the same dates as a virtual event.


      = List of convention dates

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      October 29, 2000
      October 28, 2001
      October 26 - 27, 2002
      September 20 - 21, 2003
      September 11 - 12, 2004
      September 17 - 18, 2005
      September 9 - 10, 2006
      September 8 - 9, 2007
      September 27 - 28, 2008
      October 10 - 11, 2009
      August 28 - 29, 2010
      August 20 - 21, 2011
      September 8 - 9, 2012
      September 7 - 8, 2013
      September 5 - 7, 2014
      September 25 - 27, 2015
      September 2 - 4, 2016
      September 22 - 24, 2017
      September 28 - 30, 2018
      October 18 - 20, 2019
      October 23 – 25, 2020 — cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic; rescheduled as a virtual event


      Comics industry awards venue


      In 2006, the 19th Annual Harvey Awards, named for comics creator Harvey Kurtzman, and developed to honor comic book industry professionals and companies singled out by their peers, moved from the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) in New York City to the Baltimore Comic-Con, with Kyle Baker as Master of Ceremonies. The Harvey Awards were held every year at the Baltimore Comic-Con from 2006 to 2016, when they moved to a new venue. The Harvey Awards were replaced with the creation of the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, or Ringo Awards", beginning with the September 2017 convention.


      See also


      Fandom
      Science fiction convention
      Comic Art Convention


      References




      External links


      Baltimore Comic-Con Homepage
      Harvey Awards Homepage

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