{{Short description|Multi-genre fan convention in Poland}} {{Infobox Convention | name = Warsaw Comic Con | image = | caption = | status = active | genre = Comic books, science-fiction, anime, cosplay | venue = | location = Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship | country = {{POL}} | first = 2017 | last = | organizer = Ptak Warsaw Expo | filing = | attendance = | website =https://warsawcomiccon.pl/en/ }}
The '''Warsaw Comic Con''' was an annual pop culture fan convention held in Warsaw, Poland. First established in 2017, it was the second largest festival of this kind in Poland, after Pyrkon,{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}} and was organized in Ptak Warsaw Expo the largest exhibition and conference centre in Central Europe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://warsawexpo.eu/en/ |title=Ptak Warsaw Expo |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>
==Events== The Warsaw Comic Con was dedicated to comic books, computer games, TV series, science-fiction, fantasy, anime, manga, horror and cosplay fans and enthusiasts. It took place twice a year and was divided into the Spring and the Autumn Editions. The event featured popular actors and celebrities from the world of pop culture movies, TV series, games and comics, and gave visitors the opportunity to meet actors, writers, comic book professionals, e-sport players and YouTube personalities, attend panel discussions and take part in interviews as well as offered genre-related gadgets, computer games, comic books, cosplay items, videos and various collectibles. Other attractions of the festival included cosplay competitions, music concerts, Warsaw Games Show, steel figures exhibition of comic book characters, Hollywood film props exhibition, board games area, LEGO Area, and the COBI Area for the enthusiasts of militaria.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://warsawcomiccon.pl/pl/dla-mediow/informacje-prasowe/ |title=Informacje prasowe |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023160725/https://warsawcomiccon.pl/pl/dla-mediow/informacje-prasowe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Locations and dates== {| class="wikitable" |- ! width=140px|Dates ! width=150px|Location ! Official Warsaw Comic Con guests ! Notes |- | 1–4 June 2017 || Ptak Warsaw Expo || Alfie Allen, Carice van Houten, Olga Fonda, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Melissa Ponzio, Nadia Hilker, RJ Mitte, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Katarzyna Majgier || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://warsawcomiccon.pl/en/attractions/i-edition-stars/ |title=I Edition Stars |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023160630/https://warsawcomiccon.pl/en/attractions/i-edition-stars/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/warsaw-comic-con-2017-poznaj-gwiazde-gry-o-tron-zagadaj-do,4043378,artgal,t,id,tm.html |title=Warsaw Comic Con 2017. Poznaj gwiazdę Gry o Tron, zagadaj do Pilipiuka i zagraj w gry! |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref> |- | 24–26 Nov 2017 || Ptak Warsaw Expo || Pamela Anderson, Holland Roden, Michael Malarkey, Andrew Scott, Jack Gleeson, Vladimir Furdik, Daniel Portman, Gemma Whelan, Julian Glover, Maude Hirst, Kevin McNally, Trevor Stines, Henrik Holm, Sean Biggerstaff, Devon Murray, Afshan Azad, Anthony Forrest || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://warsawcomiccon.pl/en/attractions/ii-edition-stars/ |title=II Edition Stars |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195729/https://warsawcomiccon.pl/en/attractions/ii-edition-stars/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 20–22 Apr 2018 || Ptak Warsaw Expo || Daniel Gillies, Dylan Sprayberry, Manu Bennett, Michael Trevino, Trevor Stines, Richard Harmon, Andrzej Sapkowski, Kristian Nairn, Ken Stott, Martin Klebba, Hayley Law, Marlon Langeland, Kerry Ingram, Cody Saintgnue, Alex Bairma, Conan Stevens, Michelle Harrison|| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://warsawcomiccon.pl/en/attractions/iii-edition-stars/ |title=III Edition Stars |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195811/https://warsawcomiccon.pl/en/attractions/iii-edition-stars/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 26–28 Oct 2018 || Ptak Warsaw Expo || Paul Wesley, John Rhys-Davies, Cara Buono, Andrew Scott, Crystal Reed, Christopher Larkin, Jason Douglas, Ian McElhinney, Eugene Simon, Jimmy Vee, Ian Whyte, Rick Cosnett, Froy Gutierrez, Nathaniel Buzolic, Jordan Connor, Adam Brown, Clive Standen, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Glenn Fabry, Simon Bisley, Michał Gołkowski, Piotr Langenfeld || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://warsawcomiccon.pl/en/stars/ |title=Stars |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://warsawcomiccon.pl/pl/dla-mediow/informacje-prasowe/ |title=Informacje prasowe |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-date=2018-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023160725/https://warsawcomiccon.pl/pl/dla-mediow/informacje-prasowe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 31 May-2 June 2019|| Ptak Warsaw Expo || Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Holland Roden, Billy Boyd, Casey Cott, Tyler Hoechlin, Carice van Houten, Stefan Kapičić, Cara Buono, Tom Wlaschiha, Royd Tolkien || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://warsawcomiccon.pl/pl/atrakcje/strefa-gwiazd-2/ |title=Gwiazdy |access-date=2019-09-14 |archive-date=2019-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710023504/https://warsawcomiccon.pl/pl/atrakcje/strefa-gwiazd-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |}
==See also== *Science fiction and fantasy in Poland *International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódź *Pyrkon
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Category:Multigenre conventions Category:Comics conventions Category:Recurring events established in 2017 Category:2017 establishments in Poland
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