Comic book convention, the Glossary

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1. 286 relations: A. E. van Vogt, Academy Awards, Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors, Action figure, Alan Davis, Alan Grant (writer), Alan Moore, Alley Award, Ally Sloper Award, Alter Ego (magazine), Alternative comics, Alternative Press Expo, Angoulême International Comics Festival, Anime, Anthrocon, Archie Goodwin (comics), Asset, Award pin, Baltimore Comic-Con, Barcelona International Comic Fair, Batman (1989 film), BEM (magazine), Bhob Stewart, Big Apple Comic Con, Bill Everett, Bill Finger, Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing, Bill Schelly, Bill Sienkiewicz, Birmingham, Bit part, Black people, Board game, Bordighera, Brad Strickland, Brett Ewins, Brian Bolland, British Comic Art Convention, British Comic Awards, Bronzen Adhemar, Brooklyn, Bruce Campbell, Bryan Talbot, Burne Hogarth, C. C. Beck, Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Caption (comics convention), Carmine Infantino, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, Cartoonist, ... Expand index (236 more) »

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A. E. van Vogt

Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was an American science fiction writer.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors

The Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors (ACBFC) was the first official organization of comic book enthusiasts and historians.

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Action figure

An action figure is a poseable character model figure made most commonly of plastic, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, military, video game or television program; fictional or historical.

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Alan Davis

Alan Davis (born 18 June 1956) is an English artist and writer of comic books, known for his work on titles such as Captain Britain, The Uncanny X-Men, ClanDestine, Detective Comics, Excalibur, JLA: The Nail and JLA: Another Nail.

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Alan Grant (writer)

Alan Grant (9 February 194920 July 2022) was a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

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Alan Moore

Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, ''Swamp Thing'', Batman: The Killing Joke, and From Hell.

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Alley Award

The Alley Award was an American annual series of comic book fan awards, first presented in 1962 for comics published in 1961.

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Ally Sloper Award

The Ally Sloper Awards was an annual awards ceremony recognising veteran British comic creators, initiated by the comics historian Denis Gifford in 1976.

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Alter Ego (magazine)

Alter Ego is an American magazine devoted to comic books and comic-book creators of the 1930s to late-1960s periods comprising what fans and historians call the Golden Age and Silver Age of Comic Books.

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Alternative comics

Alternative comics or independent comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Alternative Press Expo

The Alternative Press Expo (APE) was a comic book festival and alternative comics convention that operated from 1994 to 2017.

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Angoulême International Comics Festival

The Angoulême International Comics Festival (Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême) is the second largest comics festival in Europe after the Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, and the third biggest in the world after Lucca Comics & Games and the Comiket of Japan. Comic book convention and Angoulême International Comics Festival are comics conventions.

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Anime

is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan.

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Anthrocon

Anthrocon (abbreviated AC) is an annual furry convention that takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, each June or July.

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Archie Goodwin (comics)

Archie Goodwin (September 8, 1937 – March 1, 1998) was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist.

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Asset

In financial accounting, an asset is any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity.

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Award pin

An award pin is a small object, usually made from metal or plastic, with a pin on the back, presented as an award of achievement or a mark of appreciation.

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Baltimore Comic-Con

The Baltimore Comic-Con is a comic book-oriented fan convention held annually in Baltimore since 2000.

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Barcelona International Comic Fair

Barcelona International Comic Fair is an annual fair and convention of authors, publishers and comic readers, managed by. Comic book convention and Barcelona International Comic Fair are comics conventions.

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Batman (1989 film)

Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.

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BEM (magazine)

BEM, originally known as Bemusing Magazine, was a British fanzine focused on comic books which was published from 1973 to 1982.

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Bhob Stewart

Robert Marion Stewart, known as Bhob Stewart (November 12, 1937 – February 24, 2014) was an American writer, editor, cartoonist, filmmaker, and active fan who contributed to a variety of publications over a span of five decades.

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Big Apple Comic Con

The Big Apple Comic Con is a New York City comic book convention, the longest-running comic book/speculative fiction/pop culture convention in New York City.

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Bill Everett

William Blake Everett (May 18, 1917 – February 27, 1973) was an American comic book writer-artist best known for creating Namor the Sub-Mariner as well as co-creating Zombie and Daredevil with writer Stan Lee for Marvel Comics.

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Bill Finger

Milton "Bill" Finger (February 8, 1914 – January 18, 1974) was an American comic strip, comic book, film and television writer who was the co-creator (with Bob Kane) of the DC Comics character Batman.

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Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing

The Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing is an American award for excellence in comic book writing.

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Bill Schelly

William Carl Schelly (November 2, 1951 – September 12, 2019) was an Eisner Award-winning author who chronicled the history of comic books and comic book fandom, and wrote biographies of comic book creators, including Otto Binder, L.B. Cole, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, John Stanley, and James Warren as well as silent film comedian Harry Langdon.

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Bill Sienkiewicz

Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz (born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' New Mutants, Moon Knight, and Elektra: Assassin.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Bit part

In acting, a bit part is a role in which there is direct interaction with the principal actors and no more than five lines of dialogue, often referred to as a five-or-less or under-five in the United States, or under sixes in British television, or a walk-on part with no dialogue.

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Black people

Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid- to dark brown complexion.

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Board game

Board games are tabletop games that typically use.

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Bordighera

Bordighera (A Bordighea, locally A Burdighea) is a town and comune in the Province of Imperia, Liguria (Italy).

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Brad Strickland

William Bradley Strickland (born October 27, 1947) is an American writer known primarily for fantasy and science fiction.

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Brett Ewins

Brett Ewins (1955 – 16 February 2015) was a British comic book artist best known for his work on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper in the weekly anthology comic 2000 AD.

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Brian Bolland

Brian Bolland (born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, Artists on Comic Art (Titan Books, 2000), p. 11 is a British comics artist.

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British Comic Art Convention

The British Comic Art Convention (usually known by the moniker Comicon) was an annual British comic book convention which was held between 1968 and 1981, usually in London.

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British Comic Awards

The British Comic Awards (BCA) were a set of British awards for achievement in comic books.

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Bronzen Adhemar

The Bronzen Adhemar (Dutch for "Brass Adhemar") is the official Flemish Community Cultural Prize for Comics, given to a Flemish comics author for his body of work.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Bruce Campbell

Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Bryan Talbot

Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and its sequel Heart of Empire, as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books.

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Burne Hogarth

Burne Hogarth (born Spinoza Bernard Ginsburg, December 25, 1911 – January 28, 1996) was an American artist and educator, best known for his work on the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and his series of anatomy books for artists.

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C. C. Beck

Charles Clarence Beck (June 8, 1910 – November 22, 1989) was an American cartoonist and comic book artist, best known for his work on Captain Marvel (today known as Shazam!) at Fawcett Comics and DC Comics.

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Captain Marvel (DC Comics)

Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam is a superhero in American comic books originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics.

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Caption (comics convention)

CAPTION was an annual comics convention specialising in British small press comics.

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Carmine Infantino

Carmine Infantino (May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books.

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Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is an annual, free, four-day celebration of cartooning and graphic novels held in Columbus, Ohio.

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Cartoonist

A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images).

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CCXP

CCXP (originally called Comic Con Experience) is a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention that has taken place in Brazil, Germany and Mexico.

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Cerebus (comics)

Cerebus is the first collected volume of Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim's Cerebus comic book series.

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Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is fan convention dedicated to comics, pop culture, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television held annually in Chicago.

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Chicago Reader

The Chicago Reader, or Reader (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Cleveland Convention Center

The Cleveland Convention Center was located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Built by the city of Cleveland beneath the Cleveland Mall adjacent to Public Auditorium, it was completed in 1964. Plans for the convention center were first made in 1956, but voters twice rejected initiatives to fund construction before approving a bond levy in November 1963.

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Collectible card game

A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards.

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Comic Art Convention

The Comic Art Convention (CAC) was an American comic book fan convention held annually New York City, New York, over Independence Day weekend from 1968 through 1983, except for 1977, when it was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 1978 to 1979, when editions of the convention were held in both New York and Philadelphia.

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Comic Arts Brooklyn

Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB) was a comic book festival and art book fair organized by the comic book store Desert Island, held annually in Brooklyn, New York.

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Comic book

A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Comic Book Artist

Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s.

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Comic Book Resources

CBR, formerly Comic Book Resources, is a news website covering movies, television, anime, video games and comic book–related news and discussion.

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Comic Expo

The Bristol International Comic & Small Press Expo, commonly known as Comic Expo or BCE, was an annual comic book convention held in the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2013.

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Comic Festival

Comic Festival (also known as Comics Festival UK) was a British comic book convention which was held annually in Bristol between 1999 and 2004. Comic book convention and comic Festival are comics conventions.

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Comic Mart

Comic Mart is the catchall term for a series of British comic book trade fairs which were held in the United Kingdom from 1972 until the early 1990s.

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Comics

a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information.

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Comics and Comix

Comics and Comix Co.

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Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards

The Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG) magazine administered the annual Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards from 1982 to circa 2010, with the first awards announced in issue #500 (June 17, 1983).

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The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation.

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Comics Fest India

Comics Fest India (previously known as Nagraj Janmotsav) was a comic-based convention held in India, annually at New Delhi. Comic book convention and comics Fest India are comics conventions.

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Comiket

, more commonly known as or, is a semiannual ''doujinshi'' convention in Tokyo, Japan. Comic book convention and Comiket are comics conventions.

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Convention center

A convention center (American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests.

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Cosplay

Cosplay, a portmanteau of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Comic book convention and cosplay are Nerd culture.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Creation Entertainment

Creation Entertainment is an American for-profit entertainment company located in Glendale, California, which produces fan conventions for fans of various films and television series, mainly in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres.

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Curt Swan

Douglas Curtis Swan (February 17, 1920 – June 17, 1996) was an American comics artist.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.

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Dallas Fantasy Fair

The Dallas Fantasy Fair was an annual multi-genre fan convention held between 1982 and 1995 in Dallas, Texas.

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Dave Gibbons

David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer.

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Dave Kaler

David A. Kaler (b. 1936) is an American writer.

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Dave Sim

Dave Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creators' rights, and his controversial political and philosophical beliefs.

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David Lloyd (comics)

David Lloyd (born 1950) is an English comics artist best known as the illustrator of the story V for Vendetta, written by Alan Moore, and the designer of its anarchist protagonist V and the modern Guy Fawkes/V mask, the latter going on to become a symbol of protest.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Denis Gifford

Denis Gifford (26 December 1927 – 18 May 2000)Holland, Steve,, The Guardian, 26 May 2000.

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Detroit Triple Fan Fair

The Detroit Triple Fan Fair (DTFF) was a multigenre convention generally held annually in Detroit from 1965 to 1977.

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Dez Skinn

Derek Graham "Dez" Skinn (born 4 February 1951)Miller, John Jackson.

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Diamond Comic Distributors

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. (often called Diamond Comics, DCD, or casually Diamond) is an American comic book distributor serving retailers in North America and worldwide.

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Digital Spy

Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK.

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Disposable income

Disposable income is total personal income minus current taxes on income.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

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Don Thompson Awards

The Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum's Don Thompson Awards (also known as the Thompsons) were given for achievement in comic books, comic strips, and animation.

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Doug Wright Award

The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning (established in December 2004) are literary awards handed out annually since 2005 during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival to Canadian cartoonists honouring excellence in comics (including webcomics) and graphic novels published in English (including translated works).

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Dragon Con

Dragon Con (previously Dragon*Con and sometimes DragonCon) is a North American multigenre convention, founded in 1987, which takes place annually over the Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Dread Central

Dread Central is an American website founded in 2006 that is dedicated to horror news, interviews, and reviews.

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Eagle Awards

The Eagle Awards were a series of British awards for comic book titles and creators. They were awarded by UK fans voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK's seminal boys' comic Eagle, the awards were launched in 1977 for comics released in 1976.Burton, Richard "'The Eagles' are launched!" in Burton (ed.) Comic Media News #30 (Mar-Apr 1977), p.

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EC Comics

E.C. Publications, Inc., (doing business as EC Comics) is an American comic book publisher specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series.

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ECBACC

The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) is the Philadelphia region's first black comic book convention, bringing together hundreds of comic book, science fiction, and fantasy creators, their colleagues, and their fans.

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Eddie Campbell

Eddie Campbell (born 10 August 1955) is a British comics artist and cartoonist.

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Eisner Awards

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books.

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Empire State Plaza

The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza (known commonly as the Empire State Plaza, and also as the South Mall) is a complex of several state government buildings in downtown Albany, New York.

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Evan Dorkin

Evan Dorkin (born April 20, 1965) is an American comics artist and cartoonist.

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Fan (person)

A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a video game or an entertainer.

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Fan convention

A fan convention (also known as a con or fan meeting) is an event in which fans of a particular topic gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and each other.

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Fan Expo Chicago

Fan Expo Chicago (formerly Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, and commonly known as the Chicago Comicon), is a comic book convention held during the summer in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.

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FantaCo Enterprises

FantaCo Enterprises is an American comic book store and publishing company founded and created by Thomas Skulan and based in Albany, New York.

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Fanzine

A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.

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Flo Steinberg

Florence Steinberg (March 17, 1939 – July 23, 2017) was an American publisher of one of the first independent comic books, the underground/alternative comics hybrid Big Apple Comix, in 1975.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Forrest J Ackerman

Forrest James Ackerman (November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008) was an American magazine editor; science fiction writer and literary agent; a founder of science fiction fandom; a leading expert on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films; a prominent advocate of the Esperanto language; and one of the world's most avid collectors of genre books and film memorabilia.

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Frank Frazetta

Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was an American artist known for themes of fantasy and science fiction, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media.

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Gardner Fox

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics.

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Garry Leach

Garry Leach (19 September 1954 – 26 March 2022) was a British comics artist and publisher.

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Gary Gygax

Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson.

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Gene Day

Howard Eugene Day (August 13, 1951 – September 23, 1982) was a Canadian comics artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Star Wars licensed series and Master of Kung Fu.

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George Pérez

George Pérez (June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller.

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Gil Kane

Gil Kane (born Eli Katz,; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.

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Glamour photography

Glamour photography is a genre of photography in which the subjects are portrayed in erotic poses ranging from fully clothed to nude.

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Glyph Comics Awards

The Glyph Comics Awards is an annual award ceremony for comic creators who are people of color.

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Goethe Awards

The Goethe Award, later known as the Comic Fan Art Award, was an American series of comic book fan awards, first presented in 1971 for comics published in 1970.

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Golden Age of Comic Books

The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956.

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Grand Central Hotel

The Grand Central Hotel, later renamed the Broadway Central Hotel, was a hotel at 673 Broadway, New York City, that was famous as the site of the murder of financier James Fisk in 1872 by Edward S. Stokes.

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Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême

The Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême is a lifetime achievement award given annually during the Angoulême International Comics Festival to a comics author.

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Grass Green

Richard Edward "Grass" Green (May 7, 1939Social Security Death Index. – August 5, 2002) was an African American cartoonist notable for being the first black participant in both the 1960s fan art movement and the 1970s underground comics movement.

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Great Eastern Conventions

Great Eastern Conventions, Inc. was an entertainment company that produced comic book conventions, most actively during the years 1987-1996.

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Hal Foster

Harold Rudolf Foster, FRSA (August 16, 1892 – July 25, 1982) was a Canadian-American comic strip artist and writer best known as the creator of the comic strip Prince Valiant.

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Harvey Awards

The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books.

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Haxtur Award

The Haxtur Award (Premios Haxtur) is a Spanish award for comics published in Spain.

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Heroes Convention

Heroes Convention, or HeroesCon, is a comic book convention that takes place in June (often over Father's Day weekend)Hargro, Carlton.

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Horror fiction

Horror is a genre of fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare.

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Hotel Tuller

The Hotel Tuller once stood at Adams Avenue West, Bagley Street, and Park Avenue across from Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit, Michigan.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Houstoncon

Houstoncon was an annual multi-genre fan convention which was held between 1967 and 1982 in Houston, Texas.

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Hunt Emerson

Hunt Emerson (born 1952) is an English cartoonist.

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Ian Gibson (comics)

Ian Gibson (20 February 1946 – 11 December 2023) was a British comic book artist, best known for his 1980s black-and-white work for 2000 AD, especially as the main artist on Robo-Hunter and The Ballad of Halo Jones, as well as his long run on Judge Dredd.

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ICv2

ICv2 is an online trade magazine that covers geek culture for retailers.

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Ignatz Awards

The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers.

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Incorporation (business)

Incorporation is the formation of a new corporation.

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Independence Day (United States)

Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.

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Inkpot Award

The Inkpot Award is an honor bestowed annually since 1974 by Comic-Con International.

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Inkwell Awards

The Inkwell Award, sometimes shortened to the Inkwells, is an award given for inking in American comic books.

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Jack Binder (artist)

John Binder (August 11, 1902 – March 6, 1986) at the Social Security Death Index.

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Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.

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James Warren (publisher)

James Warren (born James Warren Taubman; July 29, 1930) is a magazine publisher and founder of Warren Publishing.

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Javits Center

The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, commonly known as the Javits Center, is a large convention center on Eleventh Avenue between 34th Street and 38th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City.

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Jerry Bails

Jerry Gwin Bails (June 26, 1933 – November 23, 2006) was an American popular culturist.

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Jerry Ordway

Jeremiah Joseph Ordway (born November 28, 1957) is an American writer, penciller, inker and painter of comic books.

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Jim Baikie

James George Baikie (28 February 1940 – 29 December 2017) was a Scottish comics artist best known for his work with Alan Moore on Skizz.

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Jim Shooter

James Shooter (born September 27, 1951) is an American writer, editor and publisher for various comic books.

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Jim Steranko

James F. Steranko (born November 5, 1938) is an American graphic artist, comic book writer/artist, comics historian, magician, publisher and film production illustrator.

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Joe Shuster Award

The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards (or Joe Shuster Awards) are given out annually for outstanding achievements in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, webcomics, and comics retailers and publishers by Canadians.

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John Bolton (illustrator)

John Bolton (born 23 May 1951) is a British comic book artist and illustrator most known for his dense, painted style, which often verges on photorealism.

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John Byrne (comics)

John Lindley Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American writer and artist of superhero comics.

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John Garrett (comics)

John Garrett is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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John Wagner

John Wagner (born 1949) is an American-born British comics writer.

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Julius Schwartz

Julius "Julie" Schwartz (June 19, 1915 – February 8, 2004) was an American comic book editor, and a science fiction agent.

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Kevin O'Neill (comics)

Kevin O'Neill (– 3 November 2022) was an English comic book illustrator who was the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock, Marshal Law (both with writer Pat Mills), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (with Alan Moore).

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Kirby Awards

The Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards were a set of awards for achievement in comic books, presented from 1985 to 1987.

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Klaus Nordling

Klaus Nordling (May 29, 1910 – November 19, 1986) at the Social Security Death Index, which gives no specific day of death, and notes that his last address of record was Ridgefield, Connecticut.

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Larry Ivie

Larry Ivie (1936–2014) was an American comics artist, writer, and collector who was active in comics fandom in the middle part of the 20th century, described by comics historian Bill Schelly as "the closest thing to an authority on comics that was available in the 1950s.".

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Lee Hoffman

Lee Hoffman, born Shirley Bell Hoffman, (August 14, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois – February 6, 2007 in Port Charlotte, Florida) was an American science fiction fan, an editor of early folk music fanzines, and an author of science fiction, Western and romance novels.

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Len Brown (comics)

Len Brown (born October 7, 1941) is an American writer, editor, radio personality and comic book scripter, best known as the co-creator of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Mars Attacks.

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Leslie Turner

Leslie Turner (December 25, 1899 – March 2, 1988) was an American cartoonist and writer who produced Captain Easy for more than three decades.

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List of assets owned by Paramount Global

The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Paramount Global, an American multinational media conglomerate headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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List of comic book conventions

This is a list of noteworthy comic book conventions, as distinct from anime conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, multigenre conventions, and science fiction conventions. Comic book convention and list of comic book conventions are comics conventions.

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List of defunct comic book conventions

This is a list of noteworthy defunct comic book conventions (as distinct from anime conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, multigenre conventions, and science fiction conventions).

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List of Lulu Award winners

The Lulu Awards were a group of literary awards in the field of comics, presented by the Friends of Lulu from 1997 to 2010.

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London Film and Comic Con

London Film and Comic Con is a fan convention held annually in London that focuses on films, cult television, gaming, anime, cosplay and comics. Comic book convention and London Film and Comic Con are comics conventions.

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Lucca

Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea.

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Lucca Comics & Games

Lucca Comics & Games is an annual comic book and gaming convention in Lucca, Italy, traditionally held at the end of October, in conjunction with All Saints' Day. Comic book convention and Lucca Comics & Games are comics conventions.

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Lynn Abbey

Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey (born September 18, 1948) is an American fantasy author.

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Maggie Thompson

Maggie Thompson (born Margaret Curtis; November 29, 1942) is an American longtime editor of the now-defunct comic book industry news magazine Comics Buyer's Guide, science fiction fan, and collector of comics.

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Manga

are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.

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Marv Wolfman

Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023.

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Masquerade ball

A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is a special kind of formal ball which many participants attend in costume wearing masks.

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Max und Moritz Award

The Max und Moritz Award (German:Max und Moritz-Preis), also known as the Max & Moritz Prize, is a prize for comic books, comic strips, and other similar materials.

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MCM Comic Con London

The MCM Comic Con London (formerly known as the London Movies, Comics, and Media Expo, London MCM Expo, and MCM London Comic Con) is a speculative fiction fan convention held at the ExCel London twice yearly since 2002, usually on the last weekend in May and October. Comic book convention and MCM Comic Con London are comics conventions.

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Michael Moorcock

Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English–American writer, particularly of science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction.

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Mike McMahon (comics)

Michael McMahon (born 1954) is a British comics artist best known for his work on ''2000 AD'' characters such as Judge Dredd, Sláine and ABC Warriors, and the mini-series The Last American.

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Mike Vosburg

Michael Vosburg (born July 23, 1947) is an American comic book artist primarily known for his work on the Tales from the Crypt TV series.

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MoCCA Festival

The MoCCA Arts Festival, or MoCCA Fest, is an independent comics showcase that typically includes artist booths, slide shows, and educational panels.

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Mort Weisinger

Mortimer Weisinger (April 25, 1915 – May 7, 1978) was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books.

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Motor City Comic Con

The Motor City Comic Con is a fan convention held in Novi, Michigan, United States, at the Suburban Collection Showplace.

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Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) is a not-for-profit arts organization and former museum in New York City devoted to comic books, comic strips and other forms of cartoon art.

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National Cartoonists Society

The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States.

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National Comics Awards

The National Comics Awards was a series of awards for comic book titles and creators given out on an annual basis from 1997 to 2003 (with the exception of the year 2000) for comics published in the United Kingdom the previous year.

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New London, Connecticut

New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the outlet of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut.

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New York Coliseum

The New York Coliseum was a convention center that stood at Columbus Circle in Manhattan, New York City, from 1956 to 2000.

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New York Comic Con

The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television.

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Nick Landau

Nick Landau is a British entertainment entrepreneur.

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Norman Reedus

Norman Mark Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American actor and former fashion model.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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OrlandoCon

OrlandoCon, also known as O'Con, was a long-running comic book and comic strip fan convention which was held annually between 1974 and 1994 in Orlando, Florida.

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Otto Binder

Otto Oscar Binder (August 26, 1911 – October 13, 1974) was an American author of science fiction and non-fiction books and stories, and comic books.

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Pat Lupoff

Patricia Enid Lupoff (Loring; January 19, 1937 – October 18, 2018) was an American magazine editor and event organizer.

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Paul Neary

Paul Neary (18 December 1949 – 10 February 2024) was a British comic book artist, writer and editor.

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Phil Seuling

Philip Nicholas Seuling (January 20, 1934 – August 21, 1984) was an American comic book fan convention organizer and comics distributor primarily active in the 1970s.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Pistol

A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.

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Pittsburgh Comicon

The Pittsburgh Comicon, later known as Wizard World Comic Con Pittsburgh and since succeeded by Steel-City Con, was a comic book convention held in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Pocket schedule

A pocket schedule or fixtures card is a small card or foldable paper guide which typically fits in a wallet or pocket.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture.

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Popular culture

Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.

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Real ale

Real ale is the name coined by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) for beer that is "brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide".

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RELX

RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England.

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Ribbon

A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying.

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Richard Garriott

Richard Allen Garriott (born 4 July 1961) is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut.

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Ringo Awards

The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Ringo Awards, are prizes given for achievement in comic books.

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Riverfront Times

The Riverfront Times (RFT) was a free progressive weekly newspaper in St. Louis, in the U.S. state of Missouri, that consisted of local politics, music, arts, and dining news in the print edition, and daily updates to blogs and photo galleries on its website.

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Robert Adams (science fiction writer)

Franklin Robert Adams (August 31, 1933 – January 4, 1990), who published as Robert Adams, was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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Robert Asprin

Robert Lynn Asprin (June 28, 1946 – May 22, 2008) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan, known best for his humorous series MythAdventures and Phule's Company.

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Rocke Mastroserio

Rocco A. "Rocke" Mastroserio (June 8, 1927 — early March 1968Dates per Additional made June 15, 2010. Note: The Social Security Death Index lists a of New York City, born September 15, 1901, died December 1966.) was an American comic book artist best known as a penciler and inker for Charlton Comics.

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Rocket's Blast Comicollector

Rocket's Blast Comicollector (RBCC) was a comics advertising fanzine published from 1964 to 1983.

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Comic book convention and role-playing game are Nerd culture.

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Ron Goulart

Ronald Joseph Goulart ((January 13, 1933 - January 14, 2022) was an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. He worked on novels and novelizations (and other works) being published under various pseudonyms such as: Kenneth Robeson, Con Steffanson, Chad Calhoun, R.

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Ron Smith (comics)

Ronald George Smith (1928 – 10 January 2019) was an English comic artist whose career spanned almost fifty years.

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Roy Crane

Royston Campbell Crane (November 22, 1901 – July 7, 1977), who signed his work Roy Crane, was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip characters Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy and Buz Sawyer.

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Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas Jr."Roy Thomas Checklist" Alter Ego vol.

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Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award

The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an American award presented to a comic book artist whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years.

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Sal Trapani

Salvatore A. "Sal" Trapani (April 30, 1927—July 14, 1999) was an American comic-book artist active from the 1940s Golden Age of comics through the 1960s Silver Age and into the 1980s.

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San Diego Comic-Con

San Diego Comic-Con (also referred to as Comic-Con or SDCC) is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, since 1970.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay.

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San Jose, California

San Jose, officially the paren), is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States.

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São Paulo

São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo.

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Science fiction convention

Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of the speculative fiction genre, science fiction. Comic book convention and science fiction convention are Nerd culture.

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Sequential Tart

Sequential Tart (ST) is an online magazine focused on comics and popular culture from a female perspective.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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Shel Dorf

Sheldon "Shel" Dorf (July 5, 1933 – November 3, 2009) was an American comic book enthusiast and the founder of San Diego Comic-Con.

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Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo

The Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo, or SPACE or S.P.A.C.E., is an annual convention in Columbus, Ohio, United States, for alternative comics, minicomics, and webcomics. Bob Corby founded the convention as a gathering place for "the comics and the creators with no distractions." The show is sponsored by Corby's Back Porch Comics, a Columbus small press comics publisher.

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Small Press Expo

The Small Press Expo (SPX) is an American alternative comics convention.

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Smyrna, Georgia

Smyrna is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.

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A social club may be a group of people or the place where they meet, generally formed around a common interest, occupation or activity.

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Society of Illustrators

The Society of Illustrators (SoI) is a professional society based in New York City.

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Southwesterncon

Southwesterncon was a series of regional multi-genre fan conventions held annually in Texas and Oklahoma between 1966 and 1971 (and then sporadically afterward until 1981).

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Sponsoring something (or someone) is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services.

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St. Louis

St.

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Stan Lee

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher and producer.

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STAPLE!

STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo is an annual convention in Austin, Texas, United States, for alternative comics, minicomics, webcomics, zines, underground comics, and graphic arts.

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Star Studded Comics

Star Studded Comics is the name of three comics-related publications, including a comic from the Golden Age of Comics, a comics fanzine, and a modern comic homage to the previous.

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Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.

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Statler Hotels

The Statler Hotel company was one of the United States' early chains of hotels catering to traveling businessmen and tourists.

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Stephen R. Bissette

Stephen R. Bissette (born March 14, 1955) is an American comic book artist and publisher with a focus on the horror genre.

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Steve Ditko

Stephen John Ditko.

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Steve Moore (comics)

Steve Moore (11 June 1949 – 16 March 2014) was a British comics writer.

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Stumptown Comics Fest

Stumptown Comics Fest was a comic book convention, held annually in Portland, Oregon from 2004 to 2013.

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Supanova Expo

Supanova Comic Con & Gaming (also known simply as Supanova) is a fan convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy film and TV, comic books, anime, gaming and collectables. Comic book convention and Supanova Expo are comics conventions.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Sword

A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting.

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T-shirt

A T-shirt (also spelled tee shirt, or tee for short) is a style of fabric shirt named after the T shape of its body and sleeves.

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Tax exemption

Tax exemption is the reduction or removal of a liability to make a compulsory payment that would otherwise be imposed by a ruling power upon persons, property, income, or transactions.

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Ted White (author)

Theodore Edwin White (born February 4, 1938) is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, as well as a music critic.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines.

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The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news.

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The Beguiling

The Beguiling is a comic shop in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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The Comics Journal

The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels.

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The Egg, Albany

The Egg is a performing arts venue in Albany, New York.

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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, often referred to as LICAF, is an annual comics art festival. Comic book convention and The Lakes International Comic Art Festival are comics conventions.

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The Ledger Awards

The Ledger Awards are prizes awarded to "acknowledge excellence in Australian comic art and publishing." Named after pioneering Australian cartoonist Peter Ledger (1945–1994), the awards were first held in 2005 to help promote and focus attention on Australian creators and their projects, both in Australia and overseas.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868.

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Thought Bubble Festival

Thought Bubble:The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival is an annual comics art festival and comic book convention held in Yorkshire. Comic book convention and Thought Bubble Festival are comics conventions.

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Tim Burton

Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American director, producer, writer, animator, and illustrator.

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Tom Gill (artist)

Thomas P. Gill, Social Security Number 084-05-3041, at the Social Security Death Index via GenealogyBank.com.

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Toronto Comic Arts Festival

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) is a comic book festival held annually in Toronto, Ontario. Comic book convention and Toronto Comic Arts Festival are comics conventions.

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Toronto Comic Con

The Toronto Comic Con was an annual comic book convention held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Town square

A square (or plaza, public square, or urban square) is an open public space used for various activities.

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TwoMorrows Publishing

TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

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U.S. Grant Hotel

The is a historic and one of the oldest hotels in downtown San Diego, California operating under a franchise of Marriott International as part of their brand.

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Underground comix

Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature.

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Underground film

An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre or financing.

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United Kingdom Comic Art Convention

The United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC) was a British comic book convention which was held between 1985 and 1998.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.

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University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States.

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University of London Union

The University of London Union (ULU), known as Student Central after 2014, was the students' union of the federal University of London.

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Video game

A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.

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Webcomic

Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on the internet, such as on a website or a mobile app.

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Will Eisner

William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur.

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William Shatner

William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor.

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Wizard (magazine)

Wizard or Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture (previously titled Wizard: The Guide to Comics and Wizard: The Comics Magazine) was a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States by Wizard Entertainment from July 1991 to January 2011.

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Wizard Entertainment

Wizard Entertainment Inc., formerly known as Wizard World, was a producer of multi-genre fan conventions across North America.

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WonderCon

WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and film convention held in the San Francisco Bay Area (1987–2011), then—under the name WonderCon Anaheim—in Anaheim, California (2012–2015, 2017–present), and WonderCon Los Angeles in 2016.

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Wyndham New Yorker Hotel

The New Yorker Hotel is a mixed-use hotel building at 481 Eighth Avenue in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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2020 in comics

Notable events of 2020 in comics.

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See also

1964 introductions

• 7400-series integrated circuits
• Bell's theorem
• Black Arts Movement
• Cinecon
• Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles
• Comic book convention
• Direct debit
• Eurospy film
• Kardashev scale
• LEX (sounding rocket)
• Ladderax
• Postal codes in France
• Random walk hypothesis
• Rosa 'Oklahoma'
• Show'N Tell
• Social insurance number
• Space blanket
• Surface integrity
• Test of English as a Foreign Language
• Timation
• Trimphone
• Underground House Colorado
• Underground World Home
• Wallace tree

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_convention

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