The Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC), formerly the Emerald City Comicon, is an annual

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convention taking place in

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. Originally taking place at the city's

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(first at West Field Plaza, then at the Event Center), the venue changed in 2008 to its current home at the Seattle Convention Center. The show expanded to a three-day event in 2011 and began using the entire convention center for the first time in 2013. In 2014, the Gaming portion of the show was moved to the third floor of the nearby Sheraton Seattle Hotel to make room for an expanded show floor.

Programming

The convention features a wide array of activities and programming including industry guests, various discussion panels, celebrity signings and photo opportunities, prize drawings, and costume contests. It features a large and lively Exhibitor's hall with comics retailers from across the entire

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bringing a large stock of modern and vintage comics, as well as other products such as statues, action figures, models, etc. CCG, RPG, and

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gaming is supported in specific areas of the convention center.

History

The event began as the Emerald City ComiCon, a one-day event at the

Qwest Field Events Center Lumen Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located in the city's SoDo neighborhood, it is the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL, t ...

in 2003. It was founded by comics retailerand comic book creator

Jim Demonakos Jim Demonakos (born 1977) is an American director, graphic novelist, musician and event organizer noted for his work in comic books, conventions, and documentary films. He is most often noted as the founder of Emerald City Comic Con and co-fou ...

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, and broke even with an attendance of 3,000 people. The event was acquired by

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in 2015, after it had grown into a multi-day event at the

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. On March 6, 2020, ReedPop announced that the 2020 Emerald City Comic Con would be postponed from March 12–15 to August 21–23 because of the

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, which had been spreading in the Seattle area for several weeks. The rescheduled event was later cancelled in June and was replaced by a virtual event. In 2021, the convention resumed as an in-person event, scheduled for December 2-5, 2021.

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