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Re: 50 cons in 50 states quest - help needed
« Reply #15 on: March 25, 2019, 08:01:25 PM »
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I would make sure it’s not the only reason to visit AK - last year’s Arctic Comic Con was very meh. But, there’s lots of stuff to do around here. I work for Visit Anchorage (the tourist bureau) so if you want to message me your address I can send you lots of info & brochures.


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Re: 50 cons in 50 states quest - help needed
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2019, 10:04:29 PM »
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Re: 50 cons in 50 states quest - help needed
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Re: 50 cons in 50 states quest - help needed
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2019, 10:58:07 AM »
Michigan has a few:

Motor City Comic Con in May (The biggest out of the 3 I've listed)
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Michigan Comic Con in August
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Grand Rapids Comic Con in November
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C2E2  2019
DragonCon  2013, 2015
Fan Expo Canada  2014, 2018
Heroes and Villains FanFest Chicago  2018, 2019
Motor City Comic Con  2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
SDCC  2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Team Coco House  2018

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Re: 50 cons in 50 states quest - help needed
« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2019, 02:58:17 PM »
Thanks everyone. With your help our list is up to nearly 25 states worth of cons!
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Re: 50 cons in 50 states quest - help needed
« Reply #19 on: March 29, 2019, 08:00:59 AM »
I just got an alert for another con in Washington D.C. called Awesome Con. It's in April.

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Also, I don't know if you saw this thread, but the links may help you locate cons in other states.

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Re: 50 cons in 50 states quest - help needed
« Reply #20 on: March 30, 2019, 04:52:21 PM »
Texas has a few good ones

Fan Expo Dallas (May 3-5, 2019) - Dallas Convention Center
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Great guest lists, limited panels. I have not been since they became Fan Expo. I used to go when they were Dallas Comic Con

Dallas Fan Days (October 18 - 20 2019) - Irving Convention Center
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We used to go before Fan Expo acquired it. It was a fun smaller con with decent guests. A nice location in Irving instead of downtown Dallas. A cool area with a small concert venue and restaurant area nearby.

Comicpalooza (May 10-12, 2019) - George R Brown Convention Center, Houston
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I love this con, and wish people wouldn't complain about the guest list. There is much more to this one than celebrity guests. A lot of great panels (NASA panels, FBI panels, Comics related panels, etc.) And I think they have a decent guest list. We go every year. It's in a nice area with plenty of food choices, and even some varied food choices in the convention center.

ATX Television Festival (June 6-9, 2019) - Downtown Austin
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This one is not your typical con. It truly is a celebration of television - all genres, not just Sci Fi/Comic Book properties. There are screenings held at Alamo Drafthouse downtown, and the Paramount Theater, and an outdoors event on Friday night, too (used to be Friday Night Lights, but it does vary) Panels are held at various locations (mostly a the host hotel Stephen F Austin). They are very specific topics that dive deep into the behind the scenes of television (e.g. this year: Casting Anthologies presented by the Casting Society of America) I do highly recommend this one if you are a television fan

MondoCon (September 14 & 15, 2019) Palmer Events Center - Austin
Not really a destination con unless you are a big fan of Mondo. I do know that people come from around the country for it. They have just one panel room, but the panels are interesting. The exclusives are pretty intense, but we mostly go for the panels and exhibit floor (it is smallish, but has really good artists/vendors). It's local for us, so another reason that we go.

There are others - a couple of well respected Anime Cons (Anime Matsuri, A-Kon, and others). I am sure I am missing a few. The above are the ones that I have been to.

For another state - Georgia - there is Dragon Con Memorial Day weekend. It's a whole other state of mind! I adore this con. It's downtown Atlanta in 5 hotels. Getting a host hotel is tricky, but you can get an overflow hotel reasonably easily. There are so many diverse panels and celebrity appearances, and parties.

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Re: 50 cons in 50 states quest - help needed
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2019, 06:39:33 PM »
In Pennsylvania, you have Great Philadelphia Comic Con, Wizard World Philadelphia, and Keystone Comic Con.  In Pittsburgh, they do a couple Steel City Comic Cons each year.

In North Carolina, there's Raleigh Supercon