Big Apple Convention

Big Apple Convention

Infobox Convention
name = Big Apple Convention


caption =
status = Active
genre = Comics
venue =
location = New York, New York
country = United States
first = 1996
last =
organizer = Michael Carbonaro
filing =
attendance =
website = http://www.bigapplecon.com

The Big Apple Convention is a Manhattan comic book convention started by Michael Carbonaro in 1996 in the basement of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan. It has grown into the longest-running comic book, science fiction/fantasy/horror/pop culture convention in New York City. It currently holds several events a year at the Penn Plaza Pavilion in Manhattan.

The convention is known for its eclectic variety of guests, including many celebrities of comic books, classic TV, movies, animation, pro wrestling, and other forms of pop culture. Some notable guests include Hayden Panettiere, Steven Segal, Carrie Fisher, Val Kilmer, Kevin Smith, Frank Miller, Adam West, Tom Fulp, George A. Romero, Neal Adams, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, Bill Plympton, Roddy Piper, and many more. It also holds panel discussions and a costume contest hosted by "Captain Zorikh."

There has been some confusion between the Big Apple Convention and the Big Apple Anime Fest.fact|date=May 2008 The latter was anime convention which was held annually between 2001 and 2003 and supported by a consortium of anime and manga companiescite press release | title = Big Apple Anime Fest To Rock New York over Labor Day Weekend, 2003 | publisher = Big Apple Anime Fest | url = http://www.animecons.com/news/article.shtml/16 | date = 2002-11-20 | accessdate = 2007-02-05] and has no affiliation with the Big Apple Convention.

There is also no affiliation between the Big Apple Convention and the New York Comic-Con, which began in 2006, occurs at the Javits Center, and is run by Reed Exhibitions.

References

ee also

* Comic Art Convention
* List of comic book conventions

External links

* [http://www.bigapplecon.com The Big Apple Convention]
* [http://www.comicbookconventions.com Comic Book Conventions.com]


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