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OrlandoCon
OrlandoCon, also known as O'Con, was a long-running comic book and comic stripfan convention which was held annually between 1974 and 1994 in Orlando, Florida. The first comics convention held in the Orlando area, OrlandoCon billed itself as the "Central Florida comic art convention and early TV/film festival." Captain Marvel-creator C. C. Beck was a regular guest of the show; as were many other Golden Age comics creators who lived in the Orlando area.
The founders of OrlandoCon were regional chairman of the National Cartoonists SocietyJim Ivey (1925–2022) and local enthusiasts Charlie Roberts, Rob Word, Richard Kravitz, and Neil Austin. Most OrlandoCons took place over a September weekend.