Salt Lake Comic Con is a semi-annual multi-genre fan convention held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is produced by Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg under Dan Farr Productions and is Utah's most attended convention according to the Governor's Office of Economic Development. The first convention took place at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. The second event, Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience, was inaugurated in April 2014.
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The first Salt Lake Comic Con was held September 5-7, 2013 and included special guests like Adam West, William Shatner, and Stan Lee with attendance over 70,000. People attended with ticket sales that exceeded 50,000. Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience, the first of two Salt Lake Comic Con events in 2014, took place on April 17-19, 2014. Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience was attended by over 100,000 people.
On July 25, 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International sent Salt Lake Comic Con a cease and desist letter over the use of the word "Comic Con." Salt Lake Comic Con organizers responded to this stating that San Diego Comic-Con International threatening Salt Lake Comic Con could lead to other "Comic Cons" being affected. Salt Lake Comic Con responded with a press release citing their legal position and unwillingness to comply to the cease and desist letter.. In December 2017, a San Diego jury ruled found San Diego Comic-Con does hold a trademark on the term Comic Con, but also ruled Salt Lake organizers Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg did not willfully or intentionally violate it. They awarded San Diego $20,000 in damages, significantly less than the $12 million the event wanted. An appeal is being sought but in the meantime Farr and Brandenburg are considering re-branding the convention under the name FanX.
On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 6 pm Salt Lake Comic Con attempted and successfully broke the world record for the most costumed comic book cosplay characters in one location. At 1784 people, this beat the previous record by about 250, surpassing the International Animation CCJOY LAND in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, on April 29, 2011 which had gathered 1530 people. In March 2016, Salt Lake Comic Con partnered with POP Life to expand FanXperience to Asia.
At Salt Lake Comic Con 2016 that began on September 1-3, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill and Star Trek actor William Shatner appeared in special back-to-back panels at the Vivint Smart Home Arena, home of the Utah Jazz.
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See also
- Fandom
- Science fiction convention
- Comic Art Convention
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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