Dallas Comic Con [SEP] inception
DCC for short), is produced by Informa Canada Inc. doing business as Fan Expo HQ.
History.
In 2002, Ben Stevens, producer of the Sci-Fi Expo (1994–present), and Philip Wise, owner of rebelscum.com and theforce.net, brought on consultant Mark Walters (of the defunct Dallas Fantasy Fair, who had staged the Dallas Comic & Toy Fest from 2000–2002) and produced the first Dallas Comic Con. The show attracted 5,000 attendees.
Starting with the October 2012 show, Dallas Comic Con expanded
volunteers, and the Awards are financed through sponsorships.
Since their inception, the awards have been presented at various comic book conventions such as the Chicago Comicon, the Dallas Fantasy Fair, Wondercon, the Pittsburgh Comicon, the MoCCA Festival, the Baltimore Comic-Con, and the New York Comic Con.
History.
The Harvey Awards were created as an industry award voted on entirely by comics professionals (as opposed to awards such as the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards and the Eagle Awards, which were also