Florida Supercon

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Florida Supercon
Company type Subsidiary
Genre comic book, anime, science fiction, fantasy
Founded2006;18 years ago (2006)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
FounderMike S. Broder
Headquarters
Norwalk, Connecticut
,
USA
Area served
 Florida, USA
Parent ReedPop
Website https://www.floridasupercon.com

Florida Supercon is an annual comic book convention held in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale metro areas of Florida. [1] The event takes place in early July. Florida Supercon is a subsidiary of ReedPop, located in Norwalk, Connecticut, acquired in March 2019. [2] It was originally part of Super Conventions, or Supercon, which also had included events now branded as GalaxyCon. [3] [4]

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History

Supercon logo from 2012-2018 SuperconLogo.png
Supercon logo from 2012-2018

The first Supercon was organized by founder Mike Broder in late 2006 at the Ramada Hollywood Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida, called Florida Supercon. [5] [6] He was looking to bring a large scale convention to south Florida. [7] Another event, Anime Supercon, took place in Fort Lauderdale five months later. [8] Estimated attendances at each event averaged around 2,000 people. [5] [6] [8] As success grew, other conventions were added throughout the Fort Lauderdale and Miami metro areas.

An attempt was made in November 2008 to hold a longstanding Supercon outside of Florida, in Atlanta, Georgia, but it was not as prosperous as the Florida events. [9] Another try didn't take place until July 2017 with Raleigh Supercon in Raleigh, North Carolina, replacing the promotional Wizard World Raleigh Comic Con which eventually moved to nearby Winston-Salem after the 2015 event. [10] Raleigh Supercon 2017 drew in an estimated 30,000 people for the weekend. [3] [11] [12] Super Conventions later acquired the former Derby City Comic Con in Louisville, Kentucky, which was re-branded as Louisville Supercon. [13] The inaugural event took place in November 2018. [14] [15]

Two other recent conventions, Animate! Florida (formerly known as Animate! Miami) and Paradise City Comic Con (formerly known as Magic City Comic Con [16] ), were discontinued in 2018 so Super Conventions could concentrate on their three Supercon events. [3] [4] Both of those had taken place in Miami.

Sale of Florida Supercon and convention name changes

On March 11, 2019, it was announced that Broder sold Florida Supercon and the "Supercon" trademark to ReedPop of Norwalk, Connecticut. [2] The company owns a number of conventions around the world, including New York Comic Con and MCM London Comic Con. [2] Management for the events in Raleigh and Louisville would remain the same under Broder, but are renamed as GalaxyCon. [17] [18] Two other events have also been added. [18] Florida Supercon, now managed by ReedPop, will continue to have its annual event in early July. [1]

The 2020 convention was rescheduled and then canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [19]

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References

  1. 1 2 Florida Supercon, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 ReedPOP, ReedPOP Adds Florida Supercon To Its Family Of Pop Culture Conventions, March 11, 2019 Archived May 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Super Conventions Archived 2019-03-27 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  4. 1 2 AnimeCons.com - Super Conventions, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  5. 1 2 AnimeCons.com - Florida Supercon 2006, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  6. 1 2 The Miami Herald, Florida Supercon expects biggest turnout in July, July 3, 2016, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ The New Tropic, Mike Broder: The super geek behind Supercon by Elizabeth Fernandez, June 26, 2015, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  8. 1 2 AnimeCons.com - Anime Supercon 2007, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ AnimeCons.com - Atlanta Supercon, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  10. ↑ WRAL Channel 5, Out and About - Wizard World, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  11. ↑ GalaxyCon Raleigh, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019
  12. ↑ Visit Raleigh, 15+ Major Upcoming Events and Festivals in Raleigh, N.C., July 6, 2018, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  13. ↑ Cision PRWeb, Supercon To Launch a New Geek Event in Louisville in 2018, January 8, 2018, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  14. ↑ GalaxyCon Louisville, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019
  15. ↑ Louisville Downtown Partnership, November 30 - December 2: Louisville Supercon, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  16. ↑ Valys, Phillip (March 28, 2016). "Animate Florida, Paradise City Comic Con level up to Fort Lauderdale". Sun-Sentinel . Archived from the original on June 18, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  17. ↑ GalaxyCon - Contact Archived 2019-05-06 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  18. 1 2 GalaxyCon, Retrieved Aug. 5, 2019.
  19. ↑ "To our Super community," Florida SuperCon website.
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