FACTS or F.A.C.T.S. (Fantasy Animation Comics Toys Sciencefiction) is a Belgian

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convention. Launched in 1993 in

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, it has grown over the years and now welcomes over 30,000 visitors at each edition. From 1998 until 2008 the F.A.C.T.S. convention was held in the I.C.C. in Ghent, Belgium. The 2009 edition took place in Flanders Expo for the first time and has been expending there ever since. The convention currently covers more than 24,000 sq. m.. FACTS has been created by Emmanuel Van Melkebeke and 3 of his friends.

External links

Official FACTS website

Review of FACTS 2004 @ Rebelscum
Comics conventions Multigenre conventions Recurring events established in 1993 {{Multigenre conventions in Europe