<P> In "It's My Party and I'll Bang If I Want To", an episode of the 2011 season of The Real World: San Diego, the cast attends Comic - Con made up as zombies in order to pass out promotional flyers for the House of Blues, where they worked as part of their season work assignment . Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock released a 2011 documentary feature film set at the convention, Comic - Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope . Writer Robert Salkowitz also used the 2011 Comic - Con as a backdrop for his book Comic - Con and the Business of Pop Culture, an analysis of the comics industry's 21st - century dilemmas and what the future may hold . </P> <P> Every year Conan O'Brien has a week of live shows from Comic - Con . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Dates </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Attendance </Th> <Th> Official Comic - Con guests </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mar 21, 1970 </Td> <Td> U.S. Grant Hotel </Td> <Td> 145 </Td> <Td> Forrest J Ackerman, Mike Royer </Td> <Td> Minicon staged to raise funding for August convention </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aug 1--3, 1970 </Td> <Td> U.S. Grant Hotel </Td> <Td> 300 </Td> <Td> Forrest J Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Jack Kirby, Bob Stevens, A.E. van Vogt </Td> <Td> a.k.a. Golden State Comic Con </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aug 6--8, 1971 </Td> <Td> Muir College, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California </Td> <Td> 800 </Td> <Td> Kirk Alyn, Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, Edmund Hamilton, Jack Kirby </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aug 18--21, 1972 </Td> <Td> El Cortez Hotel </Td> <Td> 900 + </Td> <Td> Bob Clampett, Harry Harrison, Jack Kirby, Katherine Kurtz, Mel Lazarus, Roy Thomas, Milt Gray </Td> <Td> a.k.a. San Diego's West Coast Comic Convention </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Aug 16--19, 1973 </Td> <Td> Sheraton Hotel, Harbor Island </Td> <Td> 1,000 + </Td> <Td> Neal Adams, D.C. Fontana, June Foray, Mike Friedrich, Carmine Infantino </Td> <Td> Now officially San Diego Comic - Con; first five - day Comic - Con; first celebrity brunch </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> July 31--Aug 5, 1974 </Td> <Td> El Cortez Hotel </Td> <Td> 2,500 </Td> <Td> Majel Barrett, Milton Caniff, Frank Capra, Chuck Jones, Walter Koenig, Russ Manning, Russell Myers, Charles M. Schulz, Larry "Seymour" Vincent </Td> <Td> First Masquerade, emceed by June Foray </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> July 30--Aug 3, 1975 </Td> <Td> El Cortez Hotel </Td> <Td> 2,450 + </Td> <Td> Robert Bloch, Will Eisner, Mark Evanier, Gil Kane, Jack Katz, Stan Lee, Dick Moores, Chuck Norris, Don Rico, Jerry Siegel, Jim Starlin, Jim Steranko, Theodore Sturgeon </Td> <Td> Radio personality Gabriel Wisdom (dressed as Thor) emcees Maquerade, with Charlene Brinkman (akas Brinke Stevens) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Nov 7--9, 1975 </Td> <Td> El Cortez Hotel </Td> <Td> 1,100 </Td> <Td> Jock Mahoney, George Pal </Td> <Td> Three - day follow - up to summer Con . Con incorporates as nonprofit . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> July 21--25, 1976 </Td> <Td> El Cortez Hotel </Td> <Td> 3,000 + </Td> <Td> Sergio Aragonés, Mel Blanc, Milton Caniff, Rick Griffin, Dale Messick, Joe Shuster, Noel Sickles, Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson </Td> <Td> Vaughn Bodé, scheduled to appear, dies just before Con . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> July 20--24, 1977 </Td> <Td> El Cortez Hotel </Td> <Td> 4,000 + </Td> <Td> Carl Barks, C.C. Beck, Walter Gibson, Robert A. Heinlein, Michael Kaluta, Jack Kirby, B. Kliban, Joe Kubert, Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lynde, Alex Niño, Trina Robbins, Bill Scott </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> July 26--30, 1978 </Td> <Td> El Cortez Hotel </Td> <Td> 5,000 </Td> <Td> John Buscema, Howard Chaykin, Shary Flenniken, Alan Dean Foster, Gardner Fox, Steve Gerber, Burne Hogarth, Greg Jein, Bob Kane, Gray Morrow, Clarence "Ducky" Nash, Grim Natwick, Wendy Pini, Frank Thorne, Boris Vallejo </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Aug 1--5, 1979 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, U.S. Grant Hotel </Td> <Td> 6,000 </Td> <Td> Kelly Freas, Mike Jittlov, Harvey Kurtzman, Victor Moscoso, Nestor Redondo, Marshall Rogers, John Romita Sr., Mort Walker, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman </Td> <Td> US $12,000 in receipts stolen from home of Con's treasurer . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> July 30--Aug 3, 1980 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, U.S. Grant Hotel </Td> <Td> 5,000 </Td> <Td> John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Mike Grell, Paul Gulacy, Larry Niven, Joe Orlando, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Jerry Pournelle, Osamu Tezuka, Go Nagai, Monkey Punch, Ryoichi Ikegami, Adam West, Wally Wood </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> July 23--26, 1981 </Td> <Td> El Cortez Hotel </Td> <Td> 5,000 </Td> <Td> Jerry Bails, Dave Berg, L.B. Cole, Jim Fitzpatrick, Dick Giordano, Bil Keane, Julius Schwartz, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave Sim </Td> <Td> Gary Owens emcees Masquerade . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> July 8--11, 1982 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hotel San Diego </Td> <Td> 5,000 </Td> <Td> Carl Barks, Terry Beatty, Brian Bolland, Max Allan Collins, Will Eisner, Mike Grell, Chuck Jones, Hank Ketcham, Walter Koenig, Frank Miller, Arn Saba, Leonard Starr, Ken Steacy, Robert Williams </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Aug 4--7, 1983 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hotel San Diego </Td> <Td> 5,000 </Td> <Td> Douglas Adams, Bob Clampett, Floyd Gottfredson, Harvey Kurtzman, Norman Maurer, Grim Natwick, George Pérez, Trina Robbins </Td> <Td> First year the Con tried a theme for the souvenir programs . Arn Saba emcees Masquerade . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> June 28--July 1, 1984 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hotel San Diego </Td> <Td> 5,500 </Td> <Td> Greg Bear, Howard Chaykin, Stan Drake, Burne Hogarth, Greg Jein, Ollie Johnston, Bob Layton, Brant Parker, Marshall Rogers, Mike Royer, Robert Shayne, Dave Stevens, Curt Swan, Frank Thomas, Al Williamson </Td> <Td> Held early due to Los Angeles Summer Olympics . Sergio Aragonés hosted Masquerade . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Aug 1--4, 1985 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hotel San Diego </Td> <Td> 6,000 </Td> <Td> Ben Bova, Jack Cummings, Jack Davis, Gil Kane, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore (in his only U.S. convention appearance), Dan O'Bannon, Jerry Ordway, Alex Schomburg, Julius Schwartz, Jerry Siegel, Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson </Td> <Td> Rick Geary toucan design adopted as official logo . Fae Desmond hired as general manager . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> July 31--Aug 3, 1986 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hotel San Diego </Td> <Td> 6,500 </Td> <Td> Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Greg Evans, Stan Lee, Dale Messick, Frank Miller, Moebius, Mart Nodell, Harvey Pekar, Jim Valentino, Doug Wildey </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Aug 6--9, 1987 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Holiday Inn </Td> <Td> 5,000 </Td> <Td> Harlan Ellison, Miguel Ferrer, Ward Kimball, B. Kliban, Françoise Mouly, Bill Mumy, Mike Peters, Robert Silverberg, Art Spiegelman, Bernie Wrightson </Td> <Td> Debut of Convention Events Guide . Country Joe performs . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Aug 4--7, 1988 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Omni Hotel </Td> <Td> 8,000 </Td> <Td> Art Adams, Robert Asprin, Jules Feiffer, Ray Feist, David Gerrold, Matt Groening, George R.R. Martin, Matt Wagner </Td> <Td> Seduction Of The Innocent band (Bill Mumy, Steve Leialoha, Miguel Ferrer, Chris Christensen, Max Allan Collins) and anime department debut . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Aug 3--6, 1989 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Omni Hotel </Td> <Td> 11,000 </Td> <Td> Paul Chadwick, Howard Cruse, Ron Goulart, Mark Hamill, Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, Selby Kelly, Syd Mead, Fred Rhoads, Jerry Robinson, Gahan Wilson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Aug 2--5, 1990 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Holiday Inn </Td> <Td> 13,000 </Td> <Td> Peter David, Will Eisner, Kelly Freas, Michael Kaluta, Mel Lazarus, Carl Macek, Grant Morrison, John Romita Jr., Van Williams </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> July 4--7, 1991 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Pan Pacific Hotel </Td> <Td> 15,000 + </Td> <Td> Clive Barker, Dan DeCarlo, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Keith Giffen, Joe Haldeman, Lynn Johnston, Joe Kubert, Jim Lee, Don Maitz, Sheldon Moldoff, Rick Sternbach, Janny Wurts </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Aug 13--16, 1992 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Double Tree Hotel </Td> <Td> 22,000 </Td> <Td> Francis Ford Coppola, Creig Flessel, Bill Griffith, Todd McFarlane, Diane Noomin, Rowena, William Shatner, Gilbert Shelton, Lewis Shiner, Mr. T, Gary Trousdale, Vernor Vinge, Kirk Wise </Td> <Td> Con hosts Jack Kirby's 75th birthday party . Phil Foglio emcees . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Aug 19--22, 1993 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Doubletree Hotel </Td> <Td> 28,000 </Td> <Td> Murphy Anderson, Jim Aparo, Peter Bagge, Dan Clowes, Nancy Collins, Paul Dini, Garth Ennis, Ferd Johnson, Rick Kirkman, Don Martin, Olivia, Dave Sim, Vin Sullivan, Michael Whelan, Robert Williams, Roger Zelazny </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Aug 4--7, 1994 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hyatt Regency </Td> <Td> 31,000 </Td> <Td> Mike Allred, David Brin, Dave Dorman, Al Feldstein, Rick Geary, Stan Goldberg, Roberta Gregory, Matt Groening, Chad Grothkopf, Lurene Haines, Dan Jurgens, Frank Miller, Leonard Nimoy, James O'Barr, Lucius Shepard, J. Michael Straczynski, Rumiko Takahashi, Jean - Claude Van Damme </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> July 27--30, 1995 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 34,000 </Td> <Td> Mike Baron, Simon Bisley, Charles Burns, Alan Davis, Ramona Fradon, Neil Gaiman, James Gurney, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Ryoichi Ikegami, Gil Kane, Stan Lee, Irv Novick, Harvey Pekar, Stan Sakai, Joe Sinnott, Tom Sito, Jeff Smith, Andrew Vachss </Td> <Td> Name change to Comic - Con International . Richard Bruning "eye" logo debuts . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> July 4--7, 1996 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 36,000 </Td> <Td> Donna Barr, David Brin, Paul Chadwick, Steve Dillon, Mort Drucker, Ben Edlund, Garth Ennis, Dave Gibbons, Joe Giella, Richard Hatch, Dave McKean, Jim Mooney, Kurt Schaffenberger, François Schuiten </Td> <Td> Due to the Republican National Convention, Con falls for second time on Independence Day . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> July 17--20, 1997 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 40,000 </Td> <Td> Brent Anderson, Dick Ayers, Steve Bissette, Terry Brooks, Kurt Busiek, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Steven Hughes, Peter Kuper, David Lapham, Carol Lay, Joseph Michael Linsner, Ralph McQuarrie, Linda Medley, Michael Moorcock, George Pérez, Brian Pulido, Alex Ross, R.A. Salvatore, Kevin Smith, George Tuska, Jhonen Vasquez, Paul Verhoeven, Mark Waid, Al Williamson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> Aug 13--16, 1998 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 42,000 </Td> <Td> John Broome, Eddie Campbell, Nick Cardy, Mark Crilley, Colleen Doran, Lorenzo Mattotti, Terry Moore, Paul S. Newman, James Robinson, Joe Simon, Paul Smith, Vin Sullivan, Naoko Takeuchi, Chris Ware, Robert Williams </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> Aug 13--16, 1999 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 42,000 </Td> <Td> Tom Batiuk, Chuck Cuidera, Samuel R. Delany, Paul Dini, Arnold Drake, Neil Gaiman, Sam Glanzman, Larry Gonick, Irwin Hasen, Patrick McDonnell, Mike Mignola, Mark Mothersbaugh, Jerry Robinson, Art Spiegelman, Jim Steranko, Jill Thompson, Bruce Timm, Barry Windsor - Smith </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> July 20--23, 2000 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 48,500 </Td> <Td> Kyle Baker, Will Elder, Ric Estrada, Al Feldstein, Phoebe Gloeckner, Jack Kamen, Ben Katchor, Harry Knowles, Harry Lampert, Jeph Loeb, Scott McCloud, Tim Sale, Marie Severin, Kevin Smith, Bryan Talbot, Angelo Torres, Lewis Trondheim, Al Williamson, Gahan Wilson, Janny Wurts </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> July 19--22, 2001 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 53,000 </Td> <Td> Brian Michael Bendis, John Buscema, Michael Chabon, Frank Cho, Julie Doucet, Brian Froud, Wendy Froud, Gene Ha, Joe R. Lansdale, Russell Myers, P. Craig Russell, Kim Stanley Robinson, Spider Robinson, Alvin Schwartz, Dan Spiegle, Jhonen Vasquez, Judd Winick, Bernie Wrightson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> Aug 1--4, 2002 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 63,000 </Td> <Td> Dick Ayers, Mike Carey, Howard Chaykin, Peter David, Roman Dirge, Devon Grayson, Frank Jacobs, Chip Kidd, Bob Lubbers, Jason Lutes, Craig McCracken, Todd McFarlane, Tony Millionaire, Kevin Nowlan, Bob Oksner, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Eric Shanower, Hal Sherman, Herb Trimpe, George Woodbridge, William Woolfolk </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> July 17--20, 2003 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 70,000 </Td> <Td> Brian Azzarello, Charles Berberian, Sal Buscema, Philippe Dupuy, Neil Gaiman, Jackson "Butch" Guice, Nalo Hopkinson, Steve Jackson, Geoff Johns, Larry Lieber, Carla Speed McNeil, Kevin O'Neill, Howard Post, R.A. Salvatore </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> July 22--25, 2004 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 95,000 </Td> <Td> Jack Adler, Roger Dean, Dave Gibbons, Tom Gill, Harry Harrison, Sid Jacobson, Geoff Johns, Batton Lash, Chuck McCann, Aaron McGruder, Brad Meltzer, Mike Mignola, Rebecca Moesta, Bill Plympton, Eduardo Risso, Jean Schulz, Frank Springer, Tim Thomerson, Craig Thompson, John Totleben </Td> <Td> Con expands into Hall H of San Diego Convention Center, occupying entire exhibit space . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> July 14--17, 2005 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 103,000 </Td> <Td> Lalo Alcaraz, Lee Ames, Sy Barry, Bob Bolling, Bruce Campbell, Nick Cardy, Greg Evans, Bob Fujitani, Pia Guerra, Ray Harryhausen, Phil Jimenez, Robert Jordan, David Lapham, Richard Morgan, Gary Panter, Eric Powell, Lou Scheimer, J.J. Sedelmaier, Dexter Taylor, Brian K. Vaughan, James Warren </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> July 20--23, 2006 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 123,000 </Td> <Td> Forrest J. Ackerman, Yoshitaka Amano, Sergio Aragonés, Peter S. Beagle, Brian Bolland, Ray Bradbury, Mark Buckingham, Kurt Busiek, Art Clokey, Daniel Clowes, Amanda Conner, Roger Corman, Luis Dominguez, Brian Fies, Phil Foglio, Basil Gogos, Carmine Infantino, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Robert Kirkman, James Kochalka, Walter Koenig, Kazuo Koike, Tommy Kovac, Roger Langridge, George R.R. Martin, Billy Martinez, Jonathan Matthews, Linda Medley, Brad Meltzer, Jean - Claude Mézières, Sheldon Moldoff, Jim Mooney, Jimmy Palmiotti, Christopher Paolini, George Pérez, Howard Porter, Jerry Robinson, John Romita, Andy Runton, Shag, Gail Simone, J. Michael Straczynski, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, John Wagner, Brian Walker, Greg Weisman, Scott Williams . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> July 26--29, 2007 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 125,000 </Td> <Td> Sergio Aragonés, Alison Bechdel, Allen Bellman, Ray Bradbury, Dan Brereton, Daryl Cagle, Cecil Castellucci, Darwyn Cooke, Guy Delisle, Paul Dini, Roman Dirge, Cory Doctorow, Ann Eisner, Warren Ellis, Mark Evanier, Renee French, Gary Friedrich, Christos N. Gage, Neil Gaiman, Rick Geary, George Gladir, Laurell K. Hamilton, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Adam Hughes, Joe Jusko, Miriam Katin, Mel Keefer, Scott Kurtz, Joseph Michael Linsner, Joe Matt, David Morrell, Karen Palinko, Mike Ploog, Paul Pope, Lily Renée, George A. Romero, Rowena, Dave Stevens, J. Michael Straczynski, Ben Templesmith, Roy Thomas, Morrie Turner, Mark Verheiden, Matt Wagner, J.H. Williams III, Kent Williams, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Wood . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> July 24--27, 2008 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 126,000 </Td> <Td> Forrest J Ackerman, Sergio Aragonés, Kyle Baker, Ralph Bakshi, Mike W. Barr, Lynda Barry, Frank Beddor, Ray Bradbury, Steve Breen, Max Brooks, Ed Brubaker, Matt Busch, Jim Butcher, Eddie Campbell, Howard Chaykin, Kim Deitch, Mark Evanier, Al Feldstein, Hiro Mashima, Keith Giffen, Neil Googe, Victor Gorelick, Mike Grell, Paul Gulacy, Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Hill, Bryan Hitch, John Howe, Al Jaffee, Geoff Johns, J.G. Jones, Todd Klein, Dean Koontz, Tite Kubo, Verne Langdon, Jim Lee, Rutu Modan, Noel Neill, Floyd Norman, Jim Ottaviani, Mike Peters, Wendy Pini, Steve Purcell, Robert J. Sawyer, James Shoop, Jim Starlin, Joe Staton, J. Michael Straczynski, Adrian Tomine, Ethan Van Sciver, James Warren, Jeff Watts, Signe Wilkinson, Bill Willingham, Connie Willis, Jim Woodring, Bernie Wrightson, Dean Yeagle . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> July 23--26, 2009 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> 126,000 </Td> <Td> Shane Acker, Michael "Doc" Allred, Kevin J. Anderson, Sergio Aragonés, Ray Bradbury, Brom, Gene Colan, Nicola Cuti, Kevin Eastman, Steve Epting, Mark Evanier, June Foray, Ramona Fradon, Hunter Freberg, Stan Freberg, Gary Gianni, Jimmy Gownley, Russ Heath, Brian Herbert, James Jean, Geoff Johns, Eric Jones, Kazu Kibuishi, Denis Kitchen, John Kricfalusi, Hope Larson, Jim Lee, Francis Manapul, Dwayne McDuffie, Doug Moench, Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff, Fabio Moon, Patrick Oliphant, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Stephan Pastis, David Petersen, Darick Robertson, Jerry Robinson, Mike Royer, Stan Sakai, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Seth, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gail Simone, Leonard Starr, J. Michael Straczynski, Richard Thompson, Lewis Trondheim, Ramón Valdiosera Berman, Jerry Vanderstelt, Charles Vess, Landry Walker, Bill Willingham, Gene Yang, Leinil Yu . John Lasseter and Hayao Miyazaki as panelists </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> July 22--25, 2010 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, and San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina </Td> <Td> 130,000 + </Td> <Td> Neal Adams, Jason Spyda Adams, Joel Adams, Josh Adams, Sergio Aragonés, Peter Bagge, Gabrielle Bell, Brian Michael Bendis, Ray Bradbury, Émile Bravo, Berkeley Breathed, Kurt Busiek, Chris Claremont, Howard Cruse, Vanessa Davis, Felicia Day, Samuel R. Delany, Dave Dorman, Mark Evanier, Jon Favreau, Matt Fraction, Hunter Freberg, Stan Freberg, Nicholas Gurewitch, Moto Hagio, Charlaine Harris, Dusty Higgins, Tanya Huff, Kathryn Immonen, Stuart Immonen, Van Jensen, Phil Jimenez, Jenette Kahn, Keith Knight, Jim Lee, Stan Lee, Paul Levitz, Milo Manara, Larry Marder, Carla Speed McNeil, China Miéville, Dennis O'Neil, Robert M. Overstreet, Tom Palmer, Sean Phillips, Ivan Reis, Douglas E. Richards, Rick Riordan, Jerry Robinson, Steve Rude, Jeannie Schulz, J. Michael Straczynski, Drew Struzan, James Sturm, Jillian Tamaki, Doug TenNapel, C. Tyler, Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer, Gerard Way, Al Wiesner, Michael Zulli . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> July 21--24, 2011 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel </Td> <Td> 126,000 + </Td> <Td> Gerry Alanguilan, Sergio Aragonés, Jean Bails, Ed Benes, Anina Bennett, Jordi Bernet, Yves Bigerel, Joyce Brabner, Patricia Briggs, Chester Brown, Ernie Chan, Jo Chen, Seymour Chwast, Alan Davis, Dick DeBartolo, Tony DeZuniga, Eric Drooker, Garth Ennis, Mark Evanier, Joyce Farmer, David Finch, Dave Gibbons, Tsuneo Goda, Paul Guinan, Kim Harrison (Dawn Cook), Jonathan Hickman, John Higgins, Charlie Huston, Jamal Igle, Joëlle Jones, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Peter Kuper, Richard Kyle, Mell Lazarus, Jim Lee, Paul Levitz, David Lloyd, Patricia Lupoff, Richard A. Lupoff, Patrick McDonnell, Rebecca Moesta, Christopher Moore, Grant Morrison, Alex Niño, Ethan Nicolle, Malachai Nicolle, Anders Nilsen, Jerry Robinson, Bill Schelly, Scott Shaw, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Jeff Smith, Frank Stack, Jim Steranko, Cameron Stewart, Dave Stewart, J. Michael Straczynski, Mark Tatulli, Roy Thomas, Maggie Thompson, Peter J. Tomasi, Scott Westerfeld, Ashley Wood Steven Spielberg appeared as a panelist . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> July 12--15, 2012 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, and San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina </Td> <Td> 130,000 + </Td> <Td> Charlie Adlard, Bill Amend, Sergio Aragonés, Tom Batiuk, Kate Beaton, Alison Bechdel, Tim Bradstreet, Mike Carey, Gail Carriger, Becky Cloonan, Geof Darrow, Ben Edlund, Steve Englehart, Mark Evanier, Greg Evans, Brecht Evens, Gary Gianni, Stan Goldberg, Rob Guillory, Larry Hama, Peter F. Hamilton, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Mario Hernandez, Jennifer and Matthew Holm, Klaus Janson, N.K. Jemisin, Lynn Johnston, Joe Jusko, Karl Kerschl, Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, John Layman, Jim Lee, Jeff Lemire, Paul Levitz, Rob Liefeld, Andy Mangels, Rudy Nebres, Dan Piraro, Whilce Portacio, Nate Powell, James Robinson, Brandon Sanderson, Ben Saunders, Doug Savage, John Scalzi, Mark Schultz, Scott Shaw, Gilbert Shelton, Jason Shiga, Jim Silke, Marc Silvestri, Scott Snyder, J. Michael Straczynski, Angelo Torres, Herb Trimpe, Morrie Turner, Michael Uslan, Jim Valentino, Trevor Von Eeden, Mark Waid, Tom Yeates </Td> <Td> Comic - Con begins charging for Preview Night; pre-registration during 2011 held off - site at Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, and number of pre-registrations limited . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> July 18--21, 2013 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Gaslamp Quarter, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, Petco Park Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, Chula Vista Center </Td> <Td> 130,000 + </Td> <Td> Sergio Aragonés, Tom Batiuk, Brian Michael Bendis, Jon Bogdanove, Vera Brosgol, Jeffrey Brown, Frank Brunner, Gerry Conway, Denys B. Cowan, Jeromy Cox, Michael Davis, Gene Deitch, Jose Delbo, Derek T. Dingle, Paul Dini, Mark Evanier, Christine Feehan, Ellen Forney, Gary Frank, Charlotte Fullerton, Neil Gaiman, Tom Gauld, Russ Heath, Faith Erin Hicks, Adam Hughes, Tony Isabella, Georges Jeanty, Dan Jurgens, Richard Kadrey, Sean Kieth, Jim Lee, Paul Levitz, John Lewis, Todd Lockwood, Elliot S. Maggin, Leonard Maltin, Jeff Mariotte, Val Mayerik, Dave McKean, Terry Moore, Dean Mullaney, Ted Naifeh, Mike Norton, Jerry Ordway, Dan Parent, Martin Pasko, Lincoln Peirce, George Pérez, Fred Perry, Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, John Romita Jr., Chris Samnee, Ruth Sanderson, Scott Shaw, Christopher Shy, Louise Simonson, Jeff Smith, Nick Spencer, J. Michael Straczynski, Duane Swierczynski, Romeo Tanghal Sr., Roy Thomas, Bruce Timm, J.H. Williams III </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 </Td> <Td> July 24--27, 2014 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Gaslamp Quarter, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, Petco Park, Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, Harbor Club Condominiums, Westfield Horton Plaza, Chula Vista Center, Qualcomm Stadium </Td> <Td> 130,000 + </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> July 9--12, 2015 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Gaslamp Quarter, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, Petco Park, Park at the Park, Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Diego Public Library, Horton Plaza Park, Omni San Diego Hotel, Spreckels Theater Building, Martin Luther King Jr . Promenade </Td> <Td> 167,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> July 21--24, 2016 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego Public Library, San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, Gaslamp Quarter, Petco Park, Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, Children's Park, Park at the Park, Omni San Diego Hotel, Spreckels Theater Building, Martin Luther King Jr . Promenade </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> RFID badges are first introduced . This requires attendees to "tap in" as they enter the convention center and official offsite events and "tap out" as they exit . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> July 20--23, 2017 </Td> <Td> San Diego Convention Center </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> First year badges are mailed in commemorative boxes to US attendees which includes a preview guide, an Amazon video 30 - day free trial voucher, and an exclusive SDCC' 17 pin . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Dates </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Attendance </Th> <Th> Official Comic - Con guests </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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