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About Comic-Con.org<\/p>\n

Mission Statement<\/strong>:\u00a0Comic-Con International: San Diego is a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.<\/p>\n

“Comic-Con International: San Diego<\/strong><\/a> began in 1970 when a group of comics, movie, and science fiction fans — including the late Shel Dor,<\/a> Ken Krueger,<\/a> and Richard Alf — banded together to put on the first comic book convention in southern California. Comic-Con started as a one-day \u201cminicon,\u201d called San Diego\u2019s Golden State Comic-Minicon, on March 21, 1970 at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. The purpose of this single–<\/ins>day event\u2014which included two special guests, Forrest J Ackerman and Mike Royer, and drew about 100 attendees\u2014was to raise funds and generate interest for a larger convention. The success of the minicon led to the first full-fledged, three-day San Diego Comic-Con (called San Diego\u2019s Golden State Comic-Con), held August 1\u20133, 1970, at the U.S. Grant Hotel, with guests Ray Bradbury, Jack Kirby, and A. E. van Vogt. Over 300 attendees packed into the hotel\u2019s basement for that groundbreaking event, which featured a dealers\u2019 room, programs and panels, film screenings, and more: essentially, the model for every comic book convention to follow.”<\/p>\n

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Special thanks to our friend and contributing photo journalist, Manny Santiago & “Muscles” for the excellent photo coverage.<\/p>\n

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”86″ gal_title=”2016 SDCC”]<\/p>\n

Full event coverage found on our Facebook website.<\/span>
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