New York Comic Con | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | Speculative fiction |
Venue | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center |
Location(s) | New York City, New York |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | February 24, 2006 |
Most recent | October 12, 2023 |
Next event | October 17, 2024 |
Attendance | 200,000 in 2022[1] |
Organized by | ReedPop, a division of RX and RELX plc[2][3] |
Filing status | For-profit |
Website | New York Comic Con New York Anime Festival |
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay,[4] toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.[5] With an attendance of 200,000 in 2022, it is North America's most attended fan convention. The New York Comic Con is a for-profit event produced and managed by ReedPop, a division of RX and Reed Elsevier, and is not affiliated with the long running non-profit San Diego Comic-Con, nor the Big Apple Convention, later known as the Big Apple Comic-Con, owned by Wizard Entertainment.