The Big Apple Comic Con is a New York City comic book convention, widely considered to be the longest-running comic book/science fiction/fantasy/horror/pop culture convention in New York. It was started by retailer Michael Carbonaro in March 1996 in the basement of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle. Usually held at the Penn Plaza Pavilion, the Big Apple Comic Con often featured multiple shows per year. The show is now owned by Wizard Entertainment (with Carbonaro serving as a senior adviser) and its future status is unclear.
Over the course of its history, the convention was known as the Hallelujah Con (1996), Big Apple Convention (1997–1999), the Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show (2000, 2003, 2005–2007), the National Comic Book, Art, Toy, and Sci-Fi Expo (2001–2002), the National Comic Book, Art, and Sci-Fi Expo (2004), the Big Apple Comic Book, Art, Toy & Sci-Fi Expo (2008), and the Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con (2010–2011).
Michael Carbonaro established his own independent one-day convention known as the New York Comic Book Marketplace in 2009 which ran annually through 2012.
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