Silicon Valley Comic Con

Silicon Valley Comic Con
Silicon Valley Comic Con logo
Status Active
Genre Multi-genre
Venue San Jose Convention Center
Location(s) San Jose, California
Country United States
Inaugurated 2016
Organized by Steve Wozniak
Stan Lee
Website http://www.svcomiccon.com

Silicon Valley Comic Con (abbreviated SVCC) is an annual pop culture and technology convention, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California. The convention was Co-Founded by Steve Wozniak and Rick White with Trip Hunter as CEO, the inaugural event was held March 18–20, 2016 at San Jose's McEnery Convention Center.[1]

History

Silicon Valley Comic Con was first announced April 17, 2015 through an online video featuring Steve Wozniak and Stan Lee.[2] The aim was to bring together popular culture touchstones such as comics, movies, genre TV and technology together as one convention. Including panels featuring creative artists, writers, actors, directors, producers, and science communicators.[3]

Silicon Valley Comic Con will be the San Francisco Bay Area's first large multi-genre convention since the departure of WonderCon after that convention's 2011 show.[4] Since WonderCon's departure the largest convention left in the Bay Area had been Big Wow! Comicfest, which is being added to Silicon Valley Comic Con's schedule.[5]

On December 4, 2015, Steve Wozniak announced that a sister-event to Silicon Valley Comic Con, called Tokyo Comic Con, will be held in Tokyo on December 3–4, 2016.[6]

On July 13, 2016 the second annual event was confirmed to be occurring April 21–23, 2017 at the San Jose Convention Center as well as expanding into several additional venues nearby.[7]

Features and events

The convention aims to include both popular culture and technology in what Wozniak hopes will be a uniquely Silicon Valley flavor.[8] In that spirit the convention will have typical comic convention staples such as an "artists alley", but will also have an "app alley" featuring new and emerging technology items. Several movie and television studios will be represented at the inaugural event including Warner Bros. Pictures, Lionsgate and AMC.[9] Additionally several technology focused guests will be involved as well including astrophysicists and technologists.

Locations and dates

Silicon Valley Comic Con

DatesLocationAttendanceGuests
March 18–20, 2016 San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, California		60,000[10]Media Guests: Steve Wozniak, Stan Lee, William Shatner, Jeremy Renner, Ray Park, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Christopher Lloyd, Astro Teller, Jon Heder, Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Tim Miller, Nichelle Nichols[9][11][12][13]
April 21–23, 2017[7] San Jose Convention Center, City National Civic, The California Theater
San Jose, California		65,000[14]Steve Wozniak, William Shatner, Grant Gustin, Tom Felton, Billy Boyd, Steven Yeun, John Cusack,

Gina Torres, Adam West, Burt Ward, Gary Fisher, Buzz Aldrin, Anjali Bhimani, Kari Byron, Ming Chen, Chad Michael Collins, Denise Crosby, Gigi Edgley, Robert Englund, Jackie Dallas, Jonathan Frakes, Matt Frewer,

Pam Grier, Sam J. Jones, Chase Masterson, Gates McFadden, David Newell, Nichelle Nichols,
April 6–8, 2018[15] San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, California		70,000[16]David Tennant, Krysten Ritter, Christina Ricci, Mads Mikkelsen, Ian McDiarmid, Freema Agyeman, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Logan, Chris Kattan, Martha Higareda, Katee Sackhoff, Ray Park, Nichelle Nichols, Adam Savage, Stan Lee, Sean Astin, Andy Weir, Jewel Staite, Dean Devlin, Judy Greer, Matthew Lewis, Kevin Eubanks, Mae Jemison, Michido Kaku, Roger Penrose[17]
August 16-18, 2019 San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, California

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Silicon Valley Comic Con WOZ Welcome Address, published on YouTube". Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Silicon Valley Comic Con 2016, published on YouTube". Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ "SVCC ABOUT/FAQ".
  4. ↑ "Steve Wozniak and Stan Lee are bringing Silicon Valley its own comic con – GamesBeat – Games – by Mike Minotti". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Silicon Valley Comic Con Announced in Dorky Video With Stan Lee And Woz". SFist. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ April 12, 2015. "Steve Wozniak Presents: Tokyo Comic Con, Coming 2016". Comicbookresources.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  7. 1 2 Martha Ross (July 28, 2016). "Woz's 2017 Silicon Valley Comic Con: Got $250? VIP tickets on sale today – The Mercury News". Mercurynews.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  8. ↑ "Steve Wozniak Teams With Stan Lee for New Silicon Valley Comic Con". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  9. 1 2 By: (January 15, 2016). "Karen Gillan, Jeremy Renner, Stan Lee, William Shatner Coming To Silicon Valley Comic-Con". Cosmic Book News. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  10. ↑ Wangberg, David (March 27, 2016). "Recapping the inaugural Silicon Valley Comic Con". AXS. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  11. ↑ "Boldly Going Where No One Has Gone Before: William Shatner to Host 'Star Trek' 50th Anniversary Celebration at Inaugural Silicon Valley Comic Con". Benzinga. September 21, 2015. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  12. ↑ May 11, 2015. "Silicon Valley Comic Con Reveals Celebrity Guest List". Comicbookresources.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  13. ↑ Darren Franich (February 3, 2016). "Back to the Future stars will reunite at the Silicon Valley Comic Con – exclusive". Ew.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  14. ↑ "Silicon Valley Comic Con 2017 was a Success and will Return in 2018". 8bitdigi.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  15. ↑ http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/23/silicon-valley-comic-con-what-worked-and-what-didnt/
  16. ↑ http://www.svcomiccon.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SVCC-2018-Recap-Announcement-FINAL-2.pdf
  17. ↑ "First Batch of Silicon Valley Comic Con 2018 Guest Revealed". 8Bit/Digi. November 24, 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-05.

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