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North American Comics Shows (Plus)
What follows is a select list of shows related to comics. There are many, many more.
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Arts Festivals And Small Press
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Alternative Press Expo (APE)
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Autoptic
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Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC)
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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)
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Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB)
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Comic Arts Los Angeles (CALA)
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Detroit Comix Party
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DiNK Denver (DiNK)
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Genghis Con Cleveland
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Kenosha Festival Of Cartooning
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Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE)
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MoCCA Arts Festival (MoCCA)
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Olympia Comics Festial
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San Diego Comic Fest
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Short Run
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Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE)
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Small Press Expo (SPX)
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St. Louis Small Press Expo
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Ting Festival
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)
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Vancouver Comic Arts Festival (VanCAF)
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Book Fairs With A Comics Component
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Brooklyn Book Festival
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BookExpo America
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Miami Book Fair
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NY Art Book Fair
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The Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books
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Comics Conventions
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C2E2
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Calgary Comic And Entertainment Expo
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Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC)
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Denver Comic Con
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Emerald City Comic-Con (ECCC)
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Flamecon
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FanX® Salt Lake Comic Convention
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HeroesCon
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New York Comic Con (NYCC)
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WonderCon
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Academic Conferences Or Similar
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Comics Studies Society Conference
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CXC Symposium
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Graphic Medicine
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Queers And Comics
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The International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF)
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International Shows Favored By North Americans
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Angouleme Festival
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Comic Symposium
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Comiket
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Erlangen International Comic Salon
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Fumetto
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Lakes International Comic Arts Festival (Lakes)
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Lucca Comics & Games (Lucca)
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Thought Bubble
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Zine Fests
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8 Ball Zine Fair
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ABQ Zine Fest
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BABZ Fair
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Bay Area Queer Zine Fest
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Betty Zine Fest
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Buffalo Zine Fair
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Charleston Zine Fest
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Chicago Zine Fest
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DC Zinefest
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Denver Zine Fest
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Expozine in Montreal
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Feminist Zine Fest Pittsburgh
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Fresno Zine Fest
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Gluestick 2017
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Greensboro Zine Fest
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Halifax Pop Explosion Zine Festival
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Hamilton Zineposium
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Johnson City Zine Fest
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KC Zine Con
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Kenosha Zine Fest
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Kentucky Fried Zine Fest
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Lehigh Valley Zine Fest
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Lone Star Zine Fest
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Long Beach Zine Fest
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Long Island City Pop Up Zine Fair & Swap
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Milwaukee Zine Fest
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New Orleans Comics & Zine Fest
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New Zineland Zine Fest
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Norfolk Zine Fest
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NY Queer Zine Fair
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OC Zine Fest
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Olympia Zine Fest
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Oregon City Public Library Zine Fair
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Pete's Mini Zine Fest
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Philly Zine Fest
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Portland Zine Symposium
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Queer/Trans Zinefest
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San Anto Zine Fest
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San Diego Zine Fest
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San Francisco Zine Fest
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San Jose Zine Con
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Scranton Zine Fest
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Spokane Zine Fest
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Street Cat Zin Fest
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Tampa Zine Fest
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Tijuana Zine Fest
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Zine Camp For Kids
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Zine Dream
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Zine Fest Houston
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ZINEmercado
Note:
You may have to look around for the most accurate zine fest listings. Many of those shows depend on their Facebook postings, which when searched favor that year's show rather than a general page.
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Whatever We're Calling Wizard's Shows Now
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Centralized Listing For Wizard Shows
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CR Reviews
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Pittsburgh
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Frontier #18 (Tiffany Ford)
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A Fistful Of Drawings
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Heroes For Hire #5
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The Beagle Boys #36
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CR News
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Do You Know Me? TCAF 2017 Exhibitors In Unidentified Photos
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The Collected Notes From The Comic-Con International Floor, 2013
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Ongoing Link List To Publishing News Stories From San Diego’s Comic-Con International 2013
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Kim Thompson, 1956-2013
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Albert Weinberg, 1922-2011
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CR Interviews
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News Interview: Matthew James-Wilson
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CR Sunday Interview: Eric Reynolds
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CR Sunday Interview: Joe Decie
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CR Letters
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Michael Grabowski On Laundry Land As A Habit-Changer For Alt-Comics Consumers
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Jim Salicrup On Russ Heath’s Last Comics Works
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Brad Bartkus On People Having Beefs With The Lenticular Process
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Mike Catron On TCJ’s Long Ago Coverage Of Wally Wood’s Passing
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Ivan Brunetti On His Informal Lecture In Chicago, March 28
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CR Commentary
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Welcome To Nerd Vegas: A Guide To Visiting Comic-Con International 2014 (The Placeholder Edition)
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The Comics Reporter Planned Convention And Festival Schedule For 2014
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The Comics Reporter Group-Facilitated Reconsideration List, 2013
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Comic-Con Coping Guide 2013—180 Tips To Survive And Thrive San Diego Con Weekend!
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Photos From The Matt Fraction Hawkguy Sandy-Relief Signing At House Of Secrets In Burbank
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VIEW ARCHIVES
Bart Beaty's Conversational
Euro-Comics
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Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On The Angouleme 2012 Program Sent Out This Week
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Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Kolor Klimax
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Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On The Recent, Slyly Revealing Diary Comics Of David B.
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Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Recent Work From Lewis Trondheim
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Conversational Euro-Comics: Bart Beaty On Jean-Christophe Menu Leaving L’Association
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CR Calendar, Dates, Events
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Forthcoming Comics-Related Events For January 2020 And Beyond
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List Of Columbus (Ohio) Comics Shops
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Crystal Ball: Scheduled Books and Major Releases
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CR Comics 101
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A Brief Overview
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Buying Comics
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Getting Published—Comic Books
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Making Mini-Comics
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Getting Published—Comic Strips
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Reading Mini-Comics
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Collective Memory
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Ted Stearn, 1961-2019
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Batton Lash, 1953-2019
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Best Comics And Graphic Novels Lists For 2018
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Marie Severin, 1929-2018
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Harlan Ellison, 1934-2018
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Lists and Links
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Books About Comics
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The Comics Registry
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Comics Creators And Related, All On Patreon
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North American Comics Shows (Plus)
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