San Diego Comic-Con

San Diego Comic-Con is an annual popular-culture convention founded in 1970, featuring comics, film, television, games, and related arts and fandoms.

Comic-Con International: A nonprofit organization that produces San Diego Comic-Con and other conventions. It organizes the convention and sets its programming and policies.
Shel Dorf: A comics fan and organizer who helped found San Diego Comic-Con. His organizing efforts helped turn the 1970 gathering into an annual convention.
Comic-Con International: San Diego attendance: The number of people attending San Diego Comic-Con, which is limited by venue capacity and badge policies. Its scale illustrates how far the convention has grown beyond its early gatherings.
New York Comic Con: An annual popular-culture convention held in New York City. It is a major U.S. counterpart with a different city, venue, and audience context.
Hall H: A large San Diego Convention Center hall known for high-profile entertainment panels. Major film and television presentations make this room the convention’s best-known venue.
Golden State Comic-Minicon: A one-day comics convention held in San Diego in 1970 before the first San Diego Comic-Con. It served as the immediate precursor to the convention’s first full event.
Entertainment marketing: The promotion of films, television, games, and other entertainment to audiences. Studios use the convention’s panels and publicity to reach highly engaged fans.
WonderCon: A comics and popular-culture convention produced by Comic-Con International in California. It shares an organizer with San Diego Comic-Con but operates on a smaller scale.
San Diego Convention Center: A waterfront convention facility in downtown San Diego, California. Its halls and exhibit spaces host the convention’s main events.
San Diego Comic-Con 1970: The first San Diego Comic-Con, held in August 1970 at the U.S. Grant Hotel. This inaugural event established the convention’s San Diego home and comics focus.

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