And the effects of the pandemic on the entertainment world gets another chapter. San Diego Comic-Con the biggest Geek event in the world has been cancelled!
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In all those years in this vital industry…
It is the first time since its first edition, in all its 50 years of history, that the event has had an edition cancelled. Comic-Con was scheduled to take place between the 23rd and 26th of July. But although with that date still a little distant, due to the fact that the short-term forecasts are not normal, the decision was made to cancel the edition.
The organizers who had already expressed the wish that San Diego Comic-Con does not need to be cancelled, but as a result of everything that has been happening, and that all countries have been going through, it has become inevitable. The organization of the event announced on its website that tickets that were sold can either be refunded or transferred to the 2021 San Diego Comic-Con.
About Comi-Con
Origin of Comic-Con
The first Comic-Con to take place in the world was in San Diego, and its first edition took place in 1970. And its first edition took place when three friends decided to get together and make a convention, a comic fair for the residents. from San Diego. these friends were Shel Dorf a comic book lover, the owner of a comic book store Richard Alf, it's the publisher (kind of editor) Ken Krueger. The first edition was attended by 300 people, becoming a success.
A great success
Despite its beginnings focused on comics, the event has embraced virtually all segments of pop culture. Movies, series, anime... The event moves crowds from all corners, with the 2015 edition being the record for the largest audience of editions with about 167 thousand people! In 2016, to give you an idea, ALL tickets for the event were sold within 1 hour from the moment they became available.
Comic-Con in Brazil
As I said above San Diego Comic-Con with its record 167,000 people is the largest ever San Diego edition. But the record number of participants did not come from the original fair, it came from the Brazilian edition of CCXP – Comic-Con Experience.
CCXP was held for the first time in 2014, recently, with an organization of the teams from the website Omelete, Piziitoys and the agency Chiaroscuro Studios, and in 2019 it was consolidated as the largest Comic Con in the world in terms of audience, in addition to being the largest country geek event. Although the San Diego edition was cancelled, perhaps the CCPX that takes place in São Paulo will take place normally. This is due to the date of realization, for this year's edition (CCXP 2020), it will only take place in December between the 3rd and 6th. return to normal.
