Conventions
- January 14: Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show I (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City, USA)
- January 25–28: Angoulême International Comics Festival, website, Angoulême, France.
- February 10–12: WonderCon, website, San Francisco, USA.
- February 24–26: MegaCon, website, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA — Special guest: George Pérez; other guests: Sal Buscema, Bob Andelman, Mark Brooks, Tommy Castillo, Amanda Conner, Chuck Dixon, Steve Epting, Greg Land, Michael Lark, Laura Martin, Phil Noto, Jimmy Palmiotti, Mike Perkins, Brandon Peterson, Brian Pulido, Andy Runton, Andy Smith, William Tucci, Ethan Van Sciver, Robert Venditti, John Schneider, Tony Amendola, Steve Bacic, Julie Benz, Jason Carter, Alexis Cruz, Mira Furlan, John Kassir, Clare Kramer, Cirroc Lofton, Mark Lutz, Scott McNeill, Chris Rankin, Tanya Roberts, Sean Schemmel, Tracy Scoggins, Marina Sirtis, and Jamie Yeates
- February 24–26: New York Comic Con, website, New York City, USA.
- March 3–6: Napoli Comicon, website, Naples, Italy.
- March 4: STAPLE! (Red Oak Ballroom, Austin, Texas, USA) — guests: Tony Millionaire, Jim Mahfood, Dave Crosland, David Hopkins, and winners of the Xeric Foundation grant for comic book self-publishers
- March 11: UK Web & Mini Comix Thing, website, London, UK.
- March 12: New York Comic Book Spectacular (Holiday Inn, 440 West 57th St., New York City, USA)
- March 17–19: Wizard World Los Angeles, website (Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, USA)
- March 31–April 2: Small Press Expo, website, Stockholm, Sweden.
- April 1: Fluke: A Mini-comics/Zine Explosion, website, Athens, Georgia, USA.
- April 1–2: Emerald City Comicon, website (Qwest Field Event Center, Seattle, Washington, USA) — guests: J. G. Jones, Stuart Immonen, Steve Niles, Roman Dirge, Pia Guerra, Sean Phillips, Tony Harris, Alé Garza, Carlos D'Anda, Tim Vigil, Jason Pearson, Rob Liefeld, Patrick Zircher, Cully Hamner, Erik Larsen, Doug Mahnke, Adam Hughes, Jonathan & Joshua Luna, Rick Leonardi, Dan Brereton, Brian Stelfreeze, Corey Lewis, Jim Mahfood, Ryan Ottley, Francis Manapul, Scott Kurtz, Michael Lark, Bob Schreck, Ford Gilmore, Ed Brubaker, Alex Maleev, Matt Wagner, Mike Huddleston, Tim Sale, Clayton Crain, Gabe & Tycho, James O'Barr, John Layman, Sal Abbinanti, Buzz, Doug Wagner, Keven Gardner, Josh Ortega, Mike Bullock, Brom, Tony Moore, and Scott Morse
- April 1–9: Fumetto International Comix Festival, website Lucerne, Switzerland.
- April 8–9: APE: The Alternative Press Expo website, San Francisco, USA.
- April 21–23: Pittsburgh Comicon (Radisson Hotel Pittsburgh ExpoMart, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA) — 8,400 attendees; guests include George Pérez, Brian Michael Bendis, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Jim Balent, Adam Hughes, Greg Horn, Michael Turner, Mark Waid, Bob McLeod, Howard Chaykin, Arthur Suydam, Timothy Truman, Joseph Michael Linsner, Bruno Sammartino, Ray Park, Ed Piskor, and Ron Frenz
- April 23: Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- April 28–30: Toronto Comicon, website, National Trade Centre, Hall C, Toronto, Ontario, Canada — guests of honor: George Pérez and David Lloyd
- April 29–30: Dallas Comic Con ("DCC7") (Plano Centre, Plano, Texas) — guests include Bernie Wrightson, Dave Dorman, Tony Harris, Howard Chaykin, Steve Niles, Norm Breyfogle, James O'Barr, Josh Howard, Jaime Mendoza, Tom Hodges, Cat Staggs, Kerry Gammill, Brian Denham, Ben Dunn, Kez Wilson, Jim Daly, David Hopkins, Brock Rizy, and Tim Bradstreet
- May 6–7: Comicdom Con Athens, website, Athens, Greece.
- May 13: Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (S.P.A.C.E.) website, Ohio Expo Center, Rhodes Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA — special guests: Dave Sim and Gerhard
- May 13–14: Bristol Comic Expo, website, Bristol, UK.
- May 20: Olympia Comics Festival, website, Olympia, Washington, USA.
- May 20–21: Motor City Comic Con I (Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, Michigan, USA) — guests include Adam West, Burt Ward, David Faustino, and Jerri Manthey
- June 2–4: Wizard World Philadelphia (Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- June 3–4: Stripdagen Haarlem, website Haarlem, Netherlands.
- June 10–11: MoCCA Art Festival website, New York City, USA.
- June 15–18: Comic-Salon, website, Erlangen, Germany.
- June 24–25: Adventure Con 5 (Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA) — 5,000 attendees
- June 30–July 2: Heroes Convention (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina) — guests include Warren Ellis, J. Michael Straczynski, Bryan Hitch, Peter Bagge, and Los Bros Hernandez
- July 1–2: London Film & Comic Con, website, London, UK.
- July 20–23: Comic-Con International, website, San Diego, USA.
- August 3–6: Wizard World Chicago (Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, USA) — 58,000 attendees; guest of honor: Jeph Loeb
- August 5–6: "CAPTION Remix", website, East Oxford Community Center, Oxford, UK.
- August 18–20: Animecon IV, website, Helsinki, Finland.
- September: Montreal Comic-con (Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec) — first edition of this convention
- September 1–4: Dragon Con (Hyatt Regency Atlanta/Marriott Marquis/Atlanta Hilton, Atlanta, Georgia) — 25,000+ attendees; guests include George Takei, Mickey Rooney, Summer Glau, and George A. Romero
- September 1–3: Fan Expo Canada (Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — 42,947 attendees; guests include William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Carrie Fisher, Alice Cooper, Linda Blair, James Callis, Gates McFadden, Robert Picardo, Jeffrey Combs, Verne Troyer, Karen Black, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver, Mike Mignola, Roman Dirge, and Josh Middleton
- September 8–10: Raptus Bergen International Comics Festival, website, Bergen, Norway.
- September 9–10: Baltimore Comic-Con, website, Baltimore, USA.
- September 15–17: Comics Salon (Bratislava, Slovakia)
- September 16–17: Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show II (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City, USA) — guests include Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, and Ernie Colón
- September 23–24: Phoenix Comicon (Mesa, Arizona, USA) — 2,600 attendees; special guests: Christine Auten, Greg Ayres, Josh Blaylock, Johnny Yong Bosch, Shannon Denton, Eyeshine, Christy Lijewski, Jen Quick, and Armand Villavert, Jr.
- October 12–14: International Comics and Animation Festival, website, Washington, D.C., USA.
- October 13–14: SPX, website, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
- October 14–15: Motor City Comic Con II (Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, Michigan, USA) — guests include Guy Davis, William Messner-Loebs, James O'Barr, Ken Osmond, Robert Culp, Lori Petty, and Michael Dorn
- October 27–28: Stumptown Comics Fest (Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, USA) — event expands to two days
- October 28–29: Dallas Comic Con ("DCC8") (Plano Centre, Plano, Texas) — guests include Brian Stelfreeze, Phil Noto, Paul Gulacy, Steve Rude, Mike Grell, Ron Frenz, Mark Brooks, Jaime Mendoza, Kerry Gammill, Steve Erwin, Kez Wilson, Tom Hodges, Cat Staggs, Cal Slayton, and Ben Dunn
- November 4–5: Manitoba Comic Con (Assiniboine Gordon Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) — guests: George Freeman, Digital Chameleon alumni
- November 10–12: Wizard World Texas (Arlington Convention Center, Dallas, Texas)
- November 17–19: Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show III (Penn Plaza Pavilion, New York City, USA)
- November 25–26: Mid-Ohio Con (Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA) — first year at the Columbus Convention Center
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