Big Apple Comic Con Explained

Big Apple Comic Con
Status:Active
Genre:Comics
Popular culture
Venue:New Yorker Hotel (2019–present)
Penn Plaza Pavilion (2004–2019)
Metropolitan Pavilion (2000–2003)
St. Paul the Apostle Church (1996–2003)
Location:New York City, New York
Country:United States
First:March 2, 1996
Last:Dec 13, 2023[1]
Next:December 2024[2]
Organizer:Michael "Carbo" Carbonaro (1996–2009, 2014-present)
Wizard Entertainment (2009–2013)
Attendance:10,000 (2018)

The Big Apple Comic Con is a New York City comic book convention, the longest-running comic book/speculative fiction/pop culture convention in New York City. It was started by retailer Michael "Mike Carbo" Carbonaro in March 1996 in the basement of the St. Paul the Apostle Church.[3] During its heyday from 2001 to 2008, the Big Apple Comic Con often featured multiple shows per year, with a large three-day "national" convention held in November, usually held at the Penn Plaza Pavilion. The show was owned by Wizard Entertainment from 2009 to 2013, but was reacquired by Carbonaro in 2014.

Over the course of its history, the convention has been known as the Big Apple Convention, the Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show, and the Big Apple Comic Book, Art, Toy & Sci-Fi Expo; with the larger three-day November shows known as the National Comic Book, Art, Toy, and Sci-Fi Expo, the National Comic Book, Art, and Sci-Fi Expo, and the National Comic Book, Comic Art, and Fantasy Convention. In 2014, the name "Big Apple Convention" was revived by Carbonaro for its March 2015 show.

Though it primarily focuses on comic books, the convention features a large range of pop culture elements, such as books, cinema, science fiction/fantasy, television, animation, anime, manga, toys, horror, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, the Big Apple Comic Con often features previews of upcoming films, and such evening events as the costume contest overseen by "Captain Zorikh" Lequidre.[4]

The convention regularly hosts hundreds of artists, exhibitors, and film and television personalities in a huge floorspace for exhibitors. The show includes autograph and photo op opportunities with all of the guests, as well as the Artists' Alley where comics artists can sign autographs and sell or do free sketches.

History

Antecedents

Major comic book conventions in New York City prior to the Big Apple Comic Con included Dave Kaler's Academy Con, which ran annually from 1965 to 1967; Phil Seuling's Comic Art Convention, which ran annually from 1968 to 1983 (Seuling died in 1984); and the large annual Creation conventions, usually taking place over the weekend following Thanksgiving from 1971 to 1987. (Creation sometimes put on as many as a half-dozen smaller New York City shows per year).[5] From 1993 to 1995, promoter Frederic Greenberg[6] began hosting Great Eastern Conventions shows annually at venues including the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. (Great Eastern also ran shows in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.) Other companies, including Dynamic Forces, held New York City conventions, but all were on a smaller scale than the Seuling shows. Changes in the industry, popular culture, and the resurgent city itself since the troubled 1960s and '70s made large-scale comic-book conventions difficult to hold profitably. Jonah Weiland of ComicBookResources.com also noted that "... dealing with the various convention unions made it difficult for most groups to get a show off the ground."[7]

Birth of the show

On February 29, 1996, just two days before it was to start, Fred Greenberg cancelled what had been advertised as a larger-than-usual Great Eastern show, scheduled for March 2–3 at the New York Coliseum, which the fan press had suggested[8] might herald a successor to the 1968–1983 Comic Art Convention.[9] On the spur of the moment, comic book retailers Michael Carbonaro, Vince Gulla,[9] and Vincent Zurzuolo, all of whom had planned to sell their wares at the Great Eastern show, mounted a substitute convention in the basement of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle.[10] The gathering — dubbed "ChurchCon,"[11] "Hallelujah Con," or "The Show Must Go On"[12] Con — attracted over 4,000 attendees, most of whom had been planning to attend the scheduled Great Eastern Show.[8] Thus was born the Big Apple Comic Con,[11] thereafter produced exclusively by Carbnonaro.[9]

Growth

After the success of the initial 1996 show, Big Apple scheduled six separate conventions in 1997.[13]

In 1998, Big Apple held three conventions, in March, April, and October.

In November 1999, (after a typical March show held at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle), Big Apple inaugurated the three-day "National Expo",[14] held at the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street in Manhattan.[15] The National Expo brought "together the National Comic Book, Comic Art and Fantasy Convention and the New York Toy, Sci-Fi and Collectible Show;"[16] the larger annual National shows were held every year from 1999 until 2008; other shows (until 2004) continued to be held at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle.

Over the years, the Big Apple con attracted many comics creators and pop culture figures.[3]

Heyday

By 2004 (which saw four separate shows), the convention had moved to the Penn Plaza Pavilion at the Hotel Pennsylvania.[17] [18] [19]

Big Apple Comic Con was characterized as being in "growth mode" in 2005–2006, with five shows per year[20] and an average attendance of about 8,000 guests per show.[21]

Acquisition by Wizard Entertainment

In 2009, the Big Apple Comic Con was purchased by Gareb Shamus of Wizard Entertainment; Michael Carbonaro was retained as a senior adviser.[22] The first show under Wizard was held October 2009 at Pier 94 in Manhattan.[23] [24]

The acquisition of Big Apple was part of a concerted push by Wizard's CEO Gareb Shamus to dominate the North American convention circuit, including acquiring the Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon.[25] [26] As part of that strategy, Wizard initially scheduled the 2010 Big Apple Comic Con for October 7–10, the exact same dates as the previously scheduled 2010 New York Comic Con, run by Reed Exhibitions.[27] [28] After a public outcry, Wizard later moved the dates of its 2010 New York convention to October 1–3.[29]

Wizard held a new "Wizard World New York City Experience" show on June 28–30, 2013.[30]

New York Comic Book Marketplace

In 2009, Michael Carbonaro established his own independent one-day convention known as the New York Comic Book Marketplace which ran annually through 2014.[10]

Though not branded as a "Big Apple Convention" and not affiliated with Wizard World, some might consider the next iteration of the Big Apple Comic Con to have been held on March 31, 2012, at the Penn Plaza Pavilion. It was Michael Carbonaro's third New York Comic Book Marketplace, and (prematurely) announced as Carbonaro's final convention.[10] [31] The guest of honor was Stan Lee; other guests included George Pérez, Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers, Carmine Infantino, Jim Steranko, Irwin Hasen, Mike Royer, Arthur Suydam, Bob McLeod, Rich Buckler, and Johnny Brennan, and Captain Zorikh's costume contest.[32]

Carbonaro held another NYCBM at the Hotel Pennsylvania on April 13, 2013.[33]

Reacquisition by Mike Carbonaro

Carbonaro reacquired the convention from Wizard in 2014. His first show after regaining the BACC name, dubbed the "20th Anniversary Return of the Big Apple Convention," was held March 7, 2015, at the Penn Plaza Pavilion.[34] The December 2015 edition of Carbonaro's convention, titled the New York Winter Comic & Sci-Fi Expo, was held at the Resorts World Casino New York in Jamaica, New York, and was co-produced by Carbonaro and Frank Patz.[35]

With the holiday-themed December 2019 iteration of the show, the Big Apple Comic Con moved locations to the New Yorker Hotel.[3] [36] The 2020 show, scheduled for April 4–5, was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The 2021 show, held September 25–26, was the Big Apple Comic Con's Silver Anniversary show; it was also the first in-person comics convention held in New York City since the pandemic.

In 2022, Carbonaro hosted another iteration of the Big Apple Comic Con (on March 26, 2022); he also hosted (along with promoter Laz Rivero) the first Big Apple Trading Card Show, held on January 29, 2022, at the New Yorker Hotel. The trading card show featured baseball, football, basketball, Pokémon, cards, and more.[37]

Criticism

Comics creator Evan Dorkin was a critic of the Big Apple Con.[15] He singled out the November 2008 show in particular as "the worst convention I've ever had the displeasure to sit through", for the lackluster celebrity guests, the lack of floor plan guides for attendees, inconsistently-functioning restrooms, elevator, and escalators, the poorly performing volunteer staff, and an overall seedy, flea market atmosphere of rude dealers, creators inattentive to fans, and attendees who were disproportionately male. Dorkin, who vowed never to return to the venue, also singled out the cramped space of the venue, in particular Artist's Alley, which he speculated may have constituted a fire hazard.[38]

Similarly, journalist Heidi MacDonald criticized the Penn Plaza Pavilion location as "eight pounds of sh-t in a five-pound bag." Journalist Rich Johnston said the conventions held there were "a little cramped and hot, but I still thoroughly enjoyed [them]."[3]

Dates and locations

Year width=125px Dates !width=125px Venue !width=125px Show Moniker !Official guests Notes width=25px Source(s)
1996 March 2 ChurchCon; Show Must Go On Con; Hallelujah Con
1997 January St. Paul the Apostle ChurchBig Apple Comic Con
March St. Paul the Apostle Church Big Apple Comic Con [39]
May St. Paul the Apostle Church Big Apple Comic Con
July St. Paul the Apostle Church Big Apple Comic Con
September St. Paul the Apostle ChurchBig Apple Comic Con
November St. Paul the Apostle Church Big Apple Comic Con
1998 March St. Paul the Apostle Church Big Apple Comic Con [40]
April 4 St. Paul the Apostle Church Big Apple Comic Book & Toy Convention 100 dealers; admission price $5 [41]
October 10
1999
November 12–14 National Comic Book, Art, Toy, and Fantasy Convention First "National Expo"; large animation auction held Nov. 12 to benefit the American Foundation for the Visual Arts [42] [43]
2000 March
November 10–12 National Comic Book, Comic Art and Fantasy Convention [44]
2001 January 20
March 9–10 St. Paul the Apostle Church Auditorium Big Apple Comic Book, Art & Toy Show [45]
July 6–7 Big Apple Comic Book, Art & Toy Show [46]
[47]
October 12–13 St. Paul the Apostle Church Auditorium Run as a charity to benefit victims of the September 11 attacks [48]
November 9–11 National Comic Book, Art, Toy, and Sci-Fi Expo Proceeds donated to the World Trade Center Fund. [49] [50]
2002 January 19 Guy Gilchrist, Ethan Van Sciver, Bill Plympton, Irwin Hasen, Dick Ayers, The Iron Sheik, April Hunter, Wagner Brown, Tammy Lynn Sytch, Chris Candido, Virgil
July 12–13
September 13–14 Big Apple Comic Book Art and Toy Show
November 8–10 National Comic Book, Comic Art, and Fantasy Convention Nichelle Nichols, Sarah Douglas, Sergio Aragonés, Jim Lee, Gene Colan, Nutopia, Sam Kieth, Michael Kaluta, Brian Michael Bendis, David W. Mack, Joe Jusko, Andy Lee, Tim Vigil, Graig F. Weich First annual Golden Panel Awards for Excellence in Comic Book Art and Story Telling (sponsored by the New York City Comic Book Museum); close to 6,000 attendees [51]
2003 January 25
April 6
May 2–3 St. Paul the Apostle Church Auditorium Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show [52]
July 25–26
September 5–6
November 28–30 National Comic Book, Comic Art, and Fantasy Convention[53]
2004
November 19–21 Penn Plaza Pavilion National Comic Book, Comic Art, and Fantasy Convention [54]
2005 January 22–23 Penn Plaza Pavilion Big Apple Comic Book, Art, and Toy Show [55]
April 1–3 Penn Plaza Pavilion Big Apple Comic Book, Art, and Toy Show [56]
June 18–19 Penn Plaza Pavilion Big Apple Comic Book, Art, and Toy Show [57]
September 10–11 Penn Plaza Pavilion The Big Apple Con: Comic Book, Art and Toy Show Focus on American war comics. 12,000 attendees; 300 exhibitors. [58]
November 18–20 Penn Plaza Pavilion National Comic Book, Comic Art, and Fantasy Convention 10th annual National show [59]
2006 "One-Day Wonder"
February 24–26 [60]
March 31–April 2 Penn Plaza Pavilion Big Apple Comic Book, Art, and Toy Show [61]
November 17–19 Penn Plaza Pavilion Big Apple National Comic Book Convention [62] [63]
2007 January 19–20 Penn Plaza Pavilion Big Apple Comic Book, Art & Toy Expo Comics guests: Seth Tobocman, James Romberger, Alex Maleev, Alex Saviuk, Arnold Drake, Mac McGill, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dan Slott, Danny Fingeroth, Dennis Calero, Dick Ayers, Fred Harper, Guy Dorian, Guy Gilchrist, Ian Dorian, Irwin Hasen, Ivan Brandon, Ivan Velez, Jamal Igle, Jim Kyle, Jennifer Camper, Jim Salicrup, Jim Sherman, Ken Gale, Mark Texeira, Mercy Van Vlack, Michael Avon Oeming, Rich Buckler, Sean Chen, and Tommy Castillo Fan Appreciation show with free admission to celebrate Big Apple's 10th anniversary [64]
November 16–18 Penn Plaza Pavilion National Comic Book, Art, Toy & Sci-Fi Expo [65] [66] [67]
2008 June 7–8 Penn Plaza Pavilion Big Apple Comic Book, Art & Toy Expo Richard Dreyfuss, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T, Coco Austin, Doug Jones, Jason Mewes, Dana Kimmel, Paul Kratka, Larry Zerner, David Katims, Catherine Parks, Tracie Savage, Annie Gaybis, Tony Moran, Warrington Gillette, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jasmin St. Claire, Monique Dupree, David Zen Mansley, Adrian Barrios, Alex Maleev, Andy MacDonald, Anthony Cacioppo, Arthur Suydam, Bernie Wrightson, William Tucci, Brian C. Kong, Buzz, Danny Fingeroth, Ed Coutts, Gene Ha, Guy Dorian, Guy Gilchrist, Ian Dorian, Irwin Hasen, Ivan Brandon, Joe Giella, John Cebollero, Marcus Boas, Mark Sable, Mark Texeira, Michael Avon Oeming, Mike Lilly, Patrick Gleeson, Paul Azaceta, Primo, Rich Buckler, Richard Howell, Rob Granito, Rodney Ramos, Steve Mannion, Steve Walker, Taki Soma, Tommy Castillo "Summer Sizzler" [68]
November 14–16 Penn Plaza Pavilion National Big Apple Comic Book, Art, Toy, & Sci-Fi Expo [69]
2009
October 16–18 Pier 94 Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con First iteration of the show under Wizard Entertainment[70] [71]
2010 February 27 New York Comic Book Marketplace [72] [73]
October 1–3 Big Apple Comic Con
2011 May 21–22 Penn Plaza Pavilion Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con [74] [75]
2012 March 31 Penn Plaza Pavilion New York Comic Book Marketplace Third NYCBM, announced as Carbonaro's final convention (although this was not actually the case); Captain Zorikh's costume contest [76]
2013 April 13 New York Comic Book Marketplace [77]
June 28–30 Basketball City (Pier 36) Wizard World New York City Experience Focused on "celebrities, creators, sports stars, music, exhibitors, parties and other attractions" — very little comics content [78] [79]
2014 March 1 New York Comic Book Marketplace Final NYCBM before Carbonaro re-acquired the BACC name
2015 March 7 First show after Carbonaro re-acquired the BACC name; dubbed "20th Anniversary Return of the Big Apple Convention"
December 5–6 New York Winter Comic & Sci-Fi Expo (a.k.a. New York Winter Con 2015) Co-produced by Frank Patz and Michael Carbonaro
2016 March 5 Big Apple Con Neal Adams, Jason David Frank, Kathy Garver, Erik Larsen, Joseph Michael Linsner, James O'Barr, Karyn Parsons, Lori Petty, Laurence Mason, Johnny Brennan, Mark Texeira[80] [81]
2017March 11–12 Big Apple Comic Con Stan Lee cancelled scheduled appearance due to illness [82] [83] [84] [85]
2018April 14–15 Big Apple Comic Con [86] [87]
2019 March 9–10 Big Apple Comic Con [88]
December 14 Big Apple Comic Con Comics guests Jim Steranko, Paul Levitz, Neal Adams, Erica Schultz, Billy Tucci, Larry Hama, Joseph Michael Linsner, Mark Texeira, Tom DeFalco, Bob Rozakis, Paul Kupperberg, Michael Jan Friedman, Peter Kuper, Paris Cullins, Gary Cohn, Larry Stroman, Bob Wiacek, Mike Diana, Zorikh Lequidre, John Orlando, and the Kubert School; celebrity guests Sam J. Jones, Peter Scolari, Barbie Chula (Cosplay Guest of Honor)
2020April 4–5 Big Apple Comic Con [89]
2021September 25–26 Big Apple Comic Con Silver Anniversary show [90] [91] [92]
2022March 26 Big Apple Comic Con [93]
2023 December 16 New Yorker Hotel 3rd Annual BACC Christmas Con

See also

External links

Notes and References

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