Spokane Comicon

My name is Nathan O’Brien. I am a huge fan of comics, movies and pop culture. When I moved here from Seattle in August 2006, I immediately reached out to the local businesses and inquired about when the next convention is in town. I was shocked to learn that the second largest city in Washington didn’t have a show to call their own. I was informed that there hasn’t been a comic convention in Spokane in over 16 years. Since then I have made it my personal mission to bring a slice of the comic and pop culture world to Spokane.

  In just 10 months I organized the Inaugural Spokane Comicon© and on Saturday May 26, 2007 we had over 300 fans come out and support the show. Everyone who attended had a great time. Kids and adults left with bags of comics, collectibles, smiles on their faces and great memories. 2007 picture album

The second annual Spokane Comicon© was on June 7th 2008 and was held in the Globe Room at Cataldo Hall at Gonzaga University. The show featured special guests Clayton Crain (Marvel Comics artist from Seattle, WA.) and local talent Andy Owens (Dark Horse Comics inker). We booked over 28 dealers (+10 more than year one) who sold comics, toys, cards, games, collectibles, movies, original art, graphic novels, clothing, etc. New to the con was our first ever costume contest. We awarded gift certificates to the Comic Book Store for best adult and child costumes. The second show had a positive boost in attendance as many people made it an event by staying and soaking it all in for the entire day. 2008 picture album

Our friend Isamu Jordan for the Spokane 7 wrote a great article about us. Link

The third annual Spokane Comicon was on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at Spokane Falls Community College and was our best show yet. There was a line of people around the corner as early as two hours before the doors opened. We had a show best of over 200 people through the doors within the first hour. Our third show also saw a huge jump in tables sold with 54 and attendance! New this year was a full day of programing featuring panels and gaming tournaments. Our second crack at the costume contest brought out a much larger group of individuals. The compitition was stiff and made deciding the winner even tougher (see picture above of the 2009 best adult costume). 2009 also had the most guest artists and writers to date. Our 2009 Special Guest of Honor was professional artist and all around nice guy Art Thibert (seen with Nathan O'Brien in picture above on the right). With so much to see and do fans, dealers, artists and special guests left raving how much of a great time they had! You can read our recap blog here.

2009 picture album can be found here

Here is a nice article written prior to the 3rd show by our friend Lloyd Phillips just click the link here to read it

 Finally here is a 09 con review from the Comics Bronze Age by Andrew Wahl Link