NEW YORK COMIC CON to Hold a Second “Pure Comic-Focused” Convention This Year!


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ReedPOP, the cats who run New York Comic Con and C2E2, are going to produce a second New York comic convention this June.  That is right- New York is going to get two, yes two, New York Comic Cons. And this comic con will be focused only on COMICS!

Wait, could it be true?  Is there such thing as a comic convention that is actually about comics?  Most comic conventions have been infiltrated by all aspects of pop culture, but ReedPOP promises this event is a “pure comic-focused show.” 

Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  They are calling the event “Special Edition: NYC,” and the event is schedule to take place at the Javits Center on June 14 and June 15.  Unlike NYCC, this will not take over the entire Javits center.  It will take place in Javits Center North, which is where Artist Alley has been located during the past two NYCC events.  There will also be programming held in the panel rooms. nycc-crowd

“Special Edition: NYC”  will be a much smaller event that will host between 10,000 and 15,000 people each day.  In comparison, NYCC had 130,000 attendees over the four days.

“We started as a pure comics event,” ReedPOP global vice president Lance Fensterman told Comic Book Resources. “That’s what New York Comic Con was, and it’s grown and grown. We felt having something that was still consistently focused on and serving that core comic fan and community was true to our vision when we started this whole game.”

“It’s really about creators, artists, dealers and some publishers,” Fensterman said. “We’re trying to keep it really pure to comics, [with] a little bit of kind of an indie bent to it. Just something for that pure comic fan, and something for the creator community.”

I am so excited.  My entire year revolves around NYCC, so this event should hold me over and help me with the withdrawal.  Last summer, Wizard held an “experience” in NY, but it was a letdown for many attendees (and was completely dominated by pop culture and not comics).

ReedPOP should make an official announcement over the next few weeks.  UTF will be your resource for all the news coming out of the convention.  We will have some incredible interviews lined up because I am a conversational dude and creators love talking to me due to my wonderful quirky personality.

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