Nominate your favorite comic book store for the industry's most prestigious honor: the Will Eisner Spirt of Comics Retailer Award! The deadline for nominations is April 7, 2017.
Hotel reservations for WonderCon Anaheim 2017 are now open! There are 8 great hotels to choose from ... book your room now and enjoy the entire 3-day WonderCon experience!
You can choose from eight hotels available at a special discounted rate through Comic-Con International and onPeak. Prices range from $116 per night at the Red Lion Anaheim to $199 per night at the Anaheim Marriott.
This is up from 2015 prices (the last year WonderCon was in Anaheim) – when prices at the Marriott clocked in at just $129 per night.
The Hilton Anaheim is once again the “Headquarters Hotel”, which will also play host to nightly gaming and other activities for CCI – but each of the eight hotels are all fairly close to the convention center.
In order to book a room at the special con rate, simply visit CCI’s Wondercon Anaheim Hotels page and continue on to onPeak’s website.
Will you be booking a WonderCon hotel through onPeak? Let us know in the comments.
The 2017 Judges' Choice recipients and the nominees for the Will Eisner Hall of Fame have been announced.
The San Diego Convention Center Corporation has posted their 2017 regional impact forecast for all of the conventions that the San Diego Convention Center hosts, and they’re predicting to generate $1.1 billion in total regional impact this calendar year. For the 2016 calendar year, they predicted $1.2 billion — so the estimate may be a little conservative, or last year’s expected boost may have been helped by the MLB All Stars event.
Of the 109 events scheduled for 2017 – with the possibility of more to be added – San Diego Comic-Con is by far the biggest performer, estimated to have a regional impact of $143,100,000 in 2017 (up $3.1 million from the 2016 forecast). The next biggest regional economic performer is The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, which is estimated to bring in $86,700,000 to the region.
That $143.1 million is shy of the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s $160,000 – $180,000 million economic impact estimation from November 2014, but it’s still a huge boost for the city. It’s also possible that this study isn’t taking into account the few thousand people who flock to the city every year during the convention for other, offsite events, even without a Comic-Con badge.
Here’s a look at the Top Economic Generators, from the 2017 Forecast:
With SDCC’s current contract with the San Diego Convention Center only set through 2018, and lots of recent setbacks in any expansion plan, findings like this one are important for helping to prove to to San Diego at large that Comic-Con is worth fighting for.
You can read the full study on the San Diego Convention Center’s site.
Are you surprised by any of this information? Let us know in the comments.
While we’re all still busy waiting around for badge news, let’s have some actual San Diego Comic-Con 2017 news, shall we?
Here’s a look at what you might have missed:
@SD_Comic_Con @josh_L_warner and I will both be returning too.
— Sean Forney (@SeanForneyArt) December 20, 2016
Specifically for SDCC 2017
Pencils/Inks/Copics/Colors: @ChadHeinrichArt pic.twitter.com/9vEb6VdjXW— Chad Heinrich (@ChadHeinrichArt) December 20, 2016
Super excited to announce that we'll be exhibiting @Comic_Con and @FLAMECON next summer! More convention news to come. @215Ink #SDCC2017 pic.twitter.com/zUk3RjKG3A
— Flutter (@FlutterComic) December 7, 2016
Yay! Just got my confirmation that I'll have a booth at San Diego Comic Con in 2017 for my 16th time! Still not allowed in Hall H!
— Alex Pardee (@alexpardee) November 29, 2016
We got accepted in San Diego Comic Con 2017!! We are so excited to back at @Comic_Con!! We are going to bring our A game, again!! Woot!
— The Ninjabot (@theninjabot) November 19, 2016
It's confirmed, I locked my table in #artistalley for #sdcc2017! Super excited to be back in my old stomping grounds. #sdcc #ComicCon pic.twitter.com/OVfnTOyjNj
— Sean Galloway (@cheeks_galloway) January 9, 2017
Anything we missed? Let us know in the comments, drop us a line or tweet us at @SD_Comic_Con.
We're back with 4 more special guests for WonderCon Anaheim 2017, March 31–April 2 at the Anaheim Convention Center!
