Toronto Comicon
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Toronto Comicon, Comic Con or Comic-Con are slang ways of saying Toronto
Comic Book
Convention and a few companies have used the term to promote comic book
conventions in the city of Toronto, Canada.
Examples:
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
Comic Book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
Convention and a few companies have used the term to promote comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
conventions in the city of Toronto, Canada.
Examples:
- Hobby Star Marketing, who also put on the annual Fan Expo CanadaFan Expo CanadaToronto, Canada's Fan Expo Canada is an annual multigenre fan convention. It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1994 by Hobby Star Marketing Inc...
(the comic book subdivisions of that annual event is referred to as the 'Canadian National Comic Book Expo", later designated simply the "Comic Book Expo"). HobbyStar brands their single day fall and winter shows as "Toronto ComiCON", as well as a 2-day event in the spring that includes one of the days designated as the annual "Fan Appreciation Day" which includes a free admission program held in conjunction with participating Toronto-area comic book stores. All HobbyStar events are held at the Metro Toronto Convention CentreMetro Toronto Convention CentreMetro Toronto Convention Centre , located in Downtown Toronto, Ontario at 255 Front Street West, has of space. The convention centre was completed in October 1984 and is home to the 1330-seat John Bassett Theatre...
. Fans have been known to refer to Fan Expo Canada as the Toronto Comic-Con, as it is a comic book convention in Toronto, but that is not the event's official name.
- TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
comic bookComic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
store Paradise ComicsParadise ComicsParadise Comics is a comic book store located in Toronto, Canada. The owner and proprietor is Peter Dixon. The store's manager is long time comic book fan Doug Simpson. Paradise Comics is known primarily as being an excellent source of silver age, 1970s, 1980s and CGC graded comics...
, used to hold an annual event that was called at first the Toronto Comicon, but was later referred to as the Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon. Between 2003 and 2007 these events were held on the grounds of the Canadian National ExhibitionCanadian National ExhibitionCanadian National Exhibition , also known as The Ex, is an annual event that takes place at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the 18 days leading up to and including Labour Day Monday. With an attendance of approximately 1.3 million visitors each season, it is Canada’s largest...
. In 2008, after the departure of one of the show's co-founders to work for Hobbystar., Paradise moved to a downtown hotel and then went on hiatus. On June 24, 2009 it was announced via press release that Wizard Magazine owner Gareb Shamus had purchased the Toronto Comicon from Paradise Comics and would be relaunching the event in 2010 as the Wizard World Toronto Comic Con.
- Wizard EntertainmentWizard EntertainmentWizard Entertainment, formerly known as Wizard Press, was a New York-based publisher of Wizard and ToyFare magazines, along with various special issues for each magazine and the annual Toy Wishes holiday guide....
launched a Wizard World Toronto Comic-Con in March 2010, having acquired the convention from Paradise Comics and re-launched the former well-regarded comic book convention as a multi-media show with increased emphasis on celebrities, reality tv performers and wrestlers.