Silicon Valley Comic Con

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Silicon Valley Comic Con
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Silicon Valley Comic Con logo
Status Active
Genre Multi-genre
Venue San Jose Convention Center
Location(s) San Jose, California
Country United States
Inaugurated 2016
Organized by Steve Wozniak
Stan Lee
Website
http://www.svcomiccon.com

Silicon Valley Comic Con is an annual comic book, popular arts, and technology multi-genre convention, to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area, based in the region's largest city, San Jose.

The convention was conceived by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak. The inaugural event was held March 18–20, 2016 at San Jose's McEnery Convention Center.[1][2]

History

Silicon Valley Comic Con was first announced 17 April 2015 through an online video featuring Steve Wozniak and Stan Lee.[3] The aim was to bring together popular culture touchstones such as comics, movies, genre TV and technology together in one convention. The plan is to feature celebrities, movies, television, video games, comic books, along with other popular cultural arts.[4]

Silicon Valley Comic Con will be the San Francisco Bay Area's first large multi-genre convention since the departure of WonderCon after that convention's 2011 show.[5] Since WonderCon's departure the largest convention left in the Bay Area had been Big Wow! Comicfest, which is being added to Silicon Valley Comic Con's schedule.[6]

On December 4, 2015, Steve Wozniak announced that a sister-event to Silicon Valley Comic Con, called Tokyo Comic Con, will be held in Tokyo on December 3-4, 2016.[7]

Features and events

The convention aims to include both popular culture and technology in what Wozniak hopes will be a uniquely Silicon Valley flavor.[8] In that spirit the convention will have typical comic convention staples such as an "artists alley", but will also have an "app alley" featuring new and emerging technology items. Several movie and television studios will be represented at the inaugural event including Warner Bros. Pictures, Lionsgate and AMC.[9] Additionally several technology focused guests will be involved as well including astrophysicists and technologists.

Locations and dates

Silicon Valley Comic Con

Dates Location Attendance Guests
March 18–20, 2016 San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, California		 60,000[10] Media Guests: Steve Wozniak, Stan Lee, William Shatner, Jeremy Renner, Ray Park, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Christopher Lloyd, Astro Teller, Jon Heder, Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Tim Miller, Nichelle Nichols[11][12][13][14]
March 2017[15] TBA TBA

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External links

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  2. ↑ http://svcomiccon.com/the-show/about/
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  7. ↑ http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/steve-wozniak-presents-tokyo-comic-con-coming-in-2016
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  9. ↑ http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/content/karen-gillan-jeremy-renner-stan-lee-william-shatner-coming-silicon-valley-comic-con
  10. ↑ http://www.axs.com/recapping-the-inaugural-silicon-valley-comic-con-79837
  11. ↑ http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/content/karen-gillan-jeremy-renner-stan-lee-william-shatner-coming-silicon-valley-comic-con
  12. ↑ http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/15/09/p5853529/boldly-going-where-no-one-has-gone-before-william-shatner-to-host-star-
  13. ↑ http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/silicon-valley-comic-con-reveals-celebrity-guest-list
  14. ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/03/back-to-the-future-reunion-silicon-valley-comic-con-exclusive
  15. ↑ http://svcomiccon.com/
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