POC-Friendly Comic Book Conventions
(originally posted at theblerdgurl)
I get asked so often about conventions that are run by people of color, or are POC-friendly, that I decided to make this list to keep folks informed. I have either attended one of the cons myself of I know someone who has. I will be updating this list from time to time on my site, so feel free to check it out there as well. Thanks!
Black Comic Conventions
Schomburg Black Comic Book Festival – Jan 13th-14 2017
New York City, NY
Khem Comic Book Fest – March 18, 2017
Newark, NJ
BSAM– Black Speculative Arts Movement
Prairie View, TX – Feb 18, 2017
St. Louis, MO – Mar 17-18, 2017
Bronx, NY – April 22, 2017
Oakland, CA May 13, 2017
Los Angeles, CA June 25, 2017
ECBACC (East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention) – May 20, 2017
Philadelphia, PA
OnyxCon Sankofa – Feb 25, 2017
OnyxCon – August 26-27th 2017
Atlanta, GA
MEccaCon– Sept. 16th 2017
Detriot, MI
Motor City Black Age of Comics – TBA
Detroit, MI
Blacktasticon (SOBSFCon) – TBA
NubiaOne Fest – Jun 16-17, 2017
Atlanta, GA
Other POC Comic Conventions
Texas Latino Comic Con – July 29th 2017
Dallas, TX
Latino Comics Expo – August 6-7th 2016 (no new date yet)
Long Beach, CA
Indigenous Comic Con – November 10-12th 2017
Albuquerque, NM
New Conventions
Blerdcon – June 30-July 2, 2017
Washington DC
Five Points Festival – May 20-21, 2017
New York, NY
Universal FanCon – April 27-29th 2018
Baltimore, MD
Women Run Comic and Scifi Conventions (Intersectional Friendly)
ClexaCon – March 3-5th 2017
Las Vegas, NV
WiNC Con (Women in Comics Convention) – March 25th 2017
Bronx, NY
WisCon – May 26-29, 2017
Madison, WI
GeekGirlCon – September 30-October 1st 2017
Seattle, WA
Indie Comic Conventions
Comic Creator Conference – Feb 17th 2017
Long Beach, CA
MoCCA Arts Fest – April 1-2nd 2017
New York City, NY
Momocon – May 25-28th 2017
Atlanta, GA
AwesomeCon – June 16-18th 2017
Washington, DC
HeroesCon – June 16-18th 2017
Charlotte, NC
Large Conventions
Emerald City Comic Con – March 2-5th 2017
Seattle, WA
C2E2– April 21-23rd 2017
Chicago, IL
Comic Con International San Diego – July 20-23
San Diego, CA
New York Comic Con (NYCC) – Oct. 5-8, 2017
New York City, NY
WonderCon – March 31st-April 2nd 2017
Anaheim, CA
GenCon – August 17-20th
Indianapolis, IN
Wizard World Chicago – August 24-27th 2017
Chicago, IL
DragonCon – September 1-4th 2017
Atlanta, GA
Stan Lee’s Comic Con (Comickaze) – October 27-29th 2017
Los Angeles, CA
I just wanted to share with you 221B Con. It’s a Sherlock Holmes/other fandom con. The cool thing about this convention is that it’s about 80% women. The last two years there were so many women that the hotel had to convert several male bathrooms to ladies bathrooms because there weren’t enough. It’s also super LGBTQA+ friendly. Several of the attendees are queer or transgendered. They have several panels discussing Queer themes in Sherlock Holmes. Last year (or it might have been the 2015 con), they had a panel discussing being transgendered in fandoms.
While this article is focused on POC, I just wanted to share another cool con that’s out there!
Thanks! Do you have a link?
Yep! It’s actually two week away! http://221bcon.com/