A Brief Timeline of San Diego Comic Con

S AN DIEGO 50 YEARS- COMIC-CON A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE HISTORY OF FANDOM 000 ATTENDANCE THE "GOLDEN STATE COMIC-MINICON" IS THROWN AT THE U.S. GRANT HOTEL BY SUPERFANS SHEL DORF, KEN KRUEGER, AND RICHARD ALF. MARCH 21, SHEL DORE KEN KRUEGER RICHARD ALF GUESTS AT THE FIRST OFFICIAL CCOMIC-CON, THE "GOLDEN STATE COMIC-CON," INCLUDE AUTHOR RAY BRADBURY AND COMIC CREATOR JACK KIRBY. A THREE-DAY TICKET IS $3.50. *3.50 AUGUST I-3, 300 1970 - PROGRAM - SANDIEGOS GOLDENSTAn MORE INFLUENTIAL GUESTS JOIN, INCLUDING SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS LEIGH BRACKETT AND EDMUND HAMILTON AS WELL AS SUPERMAN ACTOR KIRK ALYN. va COMICCON RAY SAN DIECOS see 1971 R800 GOLDEN STATE COMIC CON E VAN VOGT! COMIC tamer u KIRBY! 1972 900 SCIENCE SOURCE: THE UNOFFICIAL SDCC BLOG SOURCE: SAN DIE GO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL THE SHOW OFFICIALLY CHANGES ITS NAME TO THE SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON (SDCC). SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES 1973 S1,000 THE FIRST MASQUERADE BALL TAKES PLACE. THE FIRST INKPOT AWARDS, WHICH ARE GIVEN TO PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THE FIELDS OF COMIC STRIPS, ANIMATION, COMIC BOOKS, AND SCIENCE FICTION, ARE GIVEN OUT. 1974 2,500 SOURCE: SAN DIEGO соMIC-cON INTERNATIONAL JULY 2,450 IN IRON MAN NO. 72 , TONY STARK CHECKS OUT COMIC-CON. AORES LOSE tao STRAI SE COMICS FAN CONVENTION A SECOND, SMALLER CON IS HELD THIS YEAR. NOVEMBER 1975 L,100 SOURCE: IRON MAN NO. 72 A MAN NAMED CHARLES LIPPENCOTT HOSTS A PANEL FOR AN UPCOMING SCIENCE-FANTASY FILM THAT SEEMS CERTAIN TO FLOP, ATTENDED BY ONLY A HANDFUL OF OPEN-MINDED FANS. 1976 3,000 (THAT FILM IS ŠTAR WARS.) SCI-FI WRITER ROBERT A. HEINLEIN OFFERS TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS OF HIS BOOKS ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO DONATE BLOOD, LAUNCHING A BLOOD DRIVE THAT'S STILL GOING. 1977 4,000 EXCREST 1978 5,000 SOURCE: LUCASFILM A THIEF TAKES $12,000 IN RECEIPTS FROM THE COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL TREASURER'S HOME THE ORGANIZATION ASKS FOR DONATIONS AND TAKES BID S ON ARTWORK TO PAY OFF THE DEBT. 1979 6,000 BAN-DIEGO 1980 SAN DIEGO SOURCE: SAN DIEGO соMIC-cON 1980 5,000- THE ORGANIZATION ADOPTS A NEW LOGO. INTERNATIONAL CON Comiccon 5,000 ONE OF THE FIRST FEATURETTES SHOWS OFE. A FILM FANS MIGHT LIKE: BLADE RUNNER. 1981 THE CREATOR OF SCROOGE MCDUCK, CARL BARKS, APPEARS AT COMIC-CON, DRAWING SWARMS OF FANS. AFTER TOILING IN ANONYMITY UNDER THE DISNEY STUDIO FOR MANY YEARS, HE BECAME KNOWN AS THE GOOD DUCK ARTIST. 1982 5,000- 5,000 THE TOUCAN, DESIGNED BY RICK GEARY, DEBUTS, BECOMING A HALLMARK/LOGO FOR SDCC FOR THE NEXT DECADE. 1983 COMICCON DIEGO SOURCE: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 1984 5,500 1985 6,000 SOURCE: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 1986 6,500 SDCC'S SISTER CONVENTION, THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF COMICS CONVENTION, OR WONDERCON, OPENS IN SAN FRANCISCO. @ill EISNER COMIC INDUSTRY AWARDS SOURCE: SAN DIEGO 5,000 соMIC-cON 1987 INTERNATIONAL BATMAN FANS, INITIALLY ANGERED AT THE CASTING OF MICHAEL KEATON, WARM UP TO THE CONCEPT OF THE FILM AS BATMAN CREATOR BOB KANE TALKS ABOUT THE SET, BAT SUIT, AND ВАТМОВILE. THE PRESTIGIOUS WILL EISNER COMIC INDUSTRY AWARDS (AKA THE EISNER AWARDS) BEGIN THIS YEAR, HONORING EXEMPLARY WORK WITHIN THE COMICS INDUSTRY. ONE OF THE FIRST WINNERS IS ALAN MOORE FOR WATCHMEN. 1988 8,000 1989 SOURCE: VISITSANDIEGO.COM 1990 13,000 THE SDCC MOVES INTO ITS NEW, HUGE HOME, WHERE IT WILL STAY FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES: THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER. 1991 15,000 FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA ATTENDS THE CON TO SHOW OFF BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA. THIS MOVE SHOWS HOLLYWOOD THE CON'S IMPORTANCE. RAE 1992 22,000 RAITLESNA SOURCE: SAN DIEG O COMIC-CON COMICS NO. 2. 1993 28,000- THE CHARACTER OF HELLBOY IS INTRODUCED IN SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON COMICS NO. 2. SAN DIEGO CON SAN DIEGO 31,000 SISTER CONVENTION ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO (APE) OPENS IN SAN JOSE. CON 1994 INTERNATIONAL 34,000 RICHARD BRUNING CREATES THE ICONIC "EYE" LOGO, AND THE CONVENTION CHANGES ITS OFFICIAL NAME T O COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO (CCI). 1995 SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 95 A COUPLE OF YOUNG INTERNATIONAL POWER RANGERS SOURCE: SAN DIEGO WATCH RON LIM OF соMIC-cON 1996 36,000 MARVEL COMICS INTERNATIONAL SKETCH BATMAN. SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2661 40,000 A "HOLLYWOOD TAKEOVER" AT SDCC BEGINS WITH THE ADVENT OF STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE, THE MATRIX TRILOGY, AND BLADE. 1998 42,000 1999 42,000 SOURCE: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON IFF INTERNATIONAL AN ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL CALLED THE COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS THIS YEAR. INBEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2000 48,500 PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS: 53,000 THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THERE IS A SURGE IN 2001 TOLKIEN-RELATED COLLECTIBLES AND EVENTS. BIG NAMES LIKE ANGELINA JOLIE (PROMOTING TOMB RAIDER) AND HALLE BERRY (PROMOTING GOTHIKA) ARE NOW MAKING MORE FREQUENT APPEARANCES. 2002 63,000 2003 70,000 2004 95,000 2005 V03,000 THE REACTION TO FOOTAGE OF 300 LITERALLY SHAKES THE ROOF OE HALL H. 2006 HARVEY DENT/23,000 FOR DISTAICT ATTORNEY WHILE THERE IS NO PREVIEW FOR THE DARK KNIGHT, A MASSIVE VIRAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN TAKES OVER THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, WITH CLUES LEFT IN THE SKY LEADING TO A SCAVENGER HUNT. 2007 125,000 I BELIEVE IN HARVEY DENT TWILIGHT FANS SWARM INTO COMIC-CON, LINING UP, A DAY IN ADVANCE TO SEE ROBERT PATTINSON, KRISTEN STEWART, AND STEPHENIE MEYER IN A PREVIEW OF THE FILM. SOURCE: FRIENDS OF HARVEY DENT SOURCE: POPSUGAR.COM 2008 126,000 SOURCE: SYFY.COM JAMES CAMERON PREVIEWS A WHOPPING 25 MINUTES OF AVATAR. SOURCE: NYDAILYNEWS.COM 2009 126,000 IN A HISTORIC PANEL, THE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE IN REAL LIFE! ALSO THIS YEAR, HARRISON FORD FINALLY APPEARS, NOT TO PROMOTE STAR WARS, BLADE RUNNER, OR A NEW INDIANA JONES MOVIE BUT HIS FILM COWBOYS & ALIENS. AT THE END OF HIS PANEL, EDGAR WRIGHT STANDS UP AND INVITES FANS TO WALK WITH HIM OVER TO THE NEARBY BALBOA THEATER TO WATCH SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD. AFTERWARD, THE CAST COMES ουT TΟ THANΚ THE FANS. 2010 130,000 ANDREW GARFIELD STARTS THE TREND OF SHOWING UP AT SDCC IN A COSTUME OF HIS CHARACTER. 126,000 2011 IN A PRESENTATION OF THE HOBBIT,THE SCREEN IN HALL H SUDDENLY STARTS TO EXPAND ALMOST COMPLETELY AROUND THE AUDIENCE, SURPRISING FANS. 2012 130,000 CO SOURCE: TOM HIDDLESTON ONE -UPS GAREIELD BY SHOWING UP IN COSTUME AND IN CHARACTER AS LOKI. THE MARY SOURCE: SUE COLLIDER.COM 2013 130,000 THE CONVENTION HOSTS CLOSE TO 700 SEPARATE EVENTS THIS YEAR. 2014 130,000 ATTENDANCE HITS AN ALL-TIME HIGH, WITH PREVIEWS OF FILMS LIKE STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS AND BATMAN v SUPERMAN DRAWING IN FANS TO THE CON IN DROVES. 2015 167,000 THE TICKETS FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT SELL OUT IN ONE HOUR. 2016 135,000 STAN LEE MAKES HIS LAST APPEARANCE AT COMIC-CON. 2017 130,000 BIG NAMES LIKE MARVEL, HBO, AND STAR WARS DO NOT MAKE AN APPEARANCE, BUT MANY FANS ARE GLAD, AS IT ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SMALLER CREATORS. 2018 30,000 SOURCE: SAN DIEGO CON 50 COMIC-CON SDCC CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. INTERNATIONAL 2019 135,000 THE FUTURE A YEAR-ROUND COMIC-CON MUSEUM IS SLATED TO OPEN IN BALBOA PARK IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. 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