Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon

Infobox Convention
name = Paradise Toronto Comicon


caption =
status = Active
genre = Comic books
venue = Holiday Inn on King
location = Toronto, Ontario
country = Canada
first = 2003
last =
organizer = Paradise Comics
filing = For profit
attendance =
website = http://www.torontocomicon.com/

The Paradise Toronto Comicon is an annual comic book convention held in Toronto, Canada.

From 2003-2007 the subtitle for the event was "A Celebration of Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Manga and Sequential Art". During those years the event was scheduled to run over 3 days (Friday through Sunday). However in 2008 the convention was a two-day event (Saturday and Sunday).

Features have included: exhibitor room for commercial selling of related goods, a corporate area for companies to promote their projects, an Artist Alley area for comic book creators, a guest area for invited guests of the convention, panel room for discussions on various aspects of comic books and creators, workshops and children's programming. In previous years the convention was the home to additional special events programming such as Women of Comics Symposium and the Joe Shuster Awards.

The event is run by Paradise Comics a Toronto comic book store. Staff from Paradise Comics have been putting on one-day comic book conventions in Toronto since the early 1990s. In November 2003 they held their first 3 day event. In 2004 it was held in mid-June. In 2005 and 2006 it was held in late April, in 2007 it was held in June and in 2008 it was held in mid-July (July 12-13, 2008).

On occasion Paradise has also held one-day shows at the Holiday Inn on King.

From 2003-2007 the Convention was held at the National Trade Centre (now called the Direct Energy Centre, located at Exhibition Place (home of the historic Canadian National Exhibition). Hall size varied at that location, and the convention's largest hall rental was Hall C in 2006-7, which is convert|58315|sqft|m2.

In 2008 it moved to the Holiday Inn on King, a smaller venue (21,000 square feet) that is closer to downtown Toronto.

Dates and Locations

*2003: March 23 - Toronto Hilton Hotel
*2003: November 7-9 - Queen Elizabeth Building, National Trade Centre
*2004: June 18-20 - Queen Elizabeth Building, National Trade Centre
*2005: April 29-30, May 1 - Hall F, National Trade Centre
*2006: April 28-30 - Hall C, National Trade Centre
*2007: June 8-10 - Hall C, Direct Energy Centre
*2008: July 12-13 - 2nd Floor, Holiday Inn on King

Guests of Honour

*2003 Jim Starlin and Michael William Kaluta
*2004 Will Eisner and Dave Sim
*2005 Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis and Jerry Robinson
*2006 George Pérez and David Lloyd
*2007 Michael Golden, Terry Moore, Marv Wolfman and Matt Wagner
*2008 Herb Trimpe, Joseph Michael Linsner, Greg Land

External links

* Official Site: [http://www.torontocomicon.com]