Conventions
- January: CAPTION (Oxford Union Society, Oxford, England, U.K.) — inaugural event
- April 12: International Seattle Comic Convention (e.g., "Center Con") (Seattle, Washington)— guests include Martin Nodell
- June: Heroes Convention (Charlotte, North Carolina) — guest: Joe Quesada
- July 4–6: Chicago Comicon (Ramada O'Hare, Rosemont, Illinois) — special guests Rob Liefeld, Mark Silvestri, Erik Larson, Todd McFarlane, Jim Valentino, and Whilce Portacio
- July 16–18: Dragon Con (Atlanta Hilton & Towers, Atlanta, Georgia) — 6,100 attendees
- August 13–16: Comic-Con International (San Diego Convention Center and Double Tree Hotel, San Diego, California — 22,000 attendees; special guests: Francis Ford Coppola, Creig Flessel, Bill Griffith, Todd McFarlane, Diane Noomin, Rowena, William Shatner, Gilbert Shelton, Lewis Shiner, Mr. T, Gary Trousdale, Vernor Vinge, and Kirk Wise. Con hosts Jack Kirby's 75th birthday party. Phil Foglio begins long run as Masquerade emcee.
- September: Mid-Ohio Con (Columbus, Ohio) — convention coincides with publication of DC's The Death of Superman. Guests of the show include Roger Stern, John Byrne, and Jim Shooter
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“Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)