New York Comic Con believe it or not has only been around for 8 years. In that time the attendance has grown from 15,000 in 2006 to a projected 150,000 in 2014, thus putting it neck to neck with the original Comic Con in San Diego. I personally became aware of NYCC in 2009 and wanted to go, but honestly was a bit afraid of attending such a hard core comic book convention, as my fandom is live action based. Floating around in my brain were all the perceptions that accompany comic book conventions and the people that attend them, so I admired from afar.
From some reason, I hadn’t made the connection to San Diego Comic Con and its sister event here in New York….
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