Fan Expo Dallas , previously known as Dallas Comic Con (or DCC for short), is a three-day speculative fiction , (including comic books and gaming ) fan convention held annually in the Dallas, Texas area. Larger in scale than the Dallas Fan Days events under the same management, Fan Expo Dallas focuses on comic book artists, writers, and publishers. These events usually also feature question and answer sessions, a large dealers room, and autograph -signing with a number of famous comic and media guests. The event is produced by Informa doing business as Fan Expo HQ.
6-694: 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 to 2002) and produced the first Dallas Comic Con . The show attracted 5,000 attendees. Starting with the October 2012 show, Dallas Comic Con expanded to three days. C2 Ventures sold control of Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo, and Fan Days to Informa in early 2014. There
12-451: Is officially "TheForce.Net, LLC," and is currently part-owned by Philip Wise, who also runs the Star Wars collecting news site Rebelscum.com. The main page of TheForce.Net features the site's news coverage. There are categories for movies, television, literature, games, and the fan community. Several categories also have special sections. For example, the television category hosts reviews of
18-685: The Dallas Comic Con relocated to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas . Dallas Fan Days events remain at the Irving Convention Center. TheForce.Net TheForce.Net ( "TFN" ) is a Star Wars news website that provides updates on the Star Wars media franchise. The web site launched in 1996 as the "Star Wars Site At Texas A & M." It was founded by Scott Chitwood and Darin Smith. TFN
24-584: The TV show Star Wars: The Clone Wars , and the literature category hosts TFN's book release schedule and its literature reviews. In addition to its function as a news site, TFN also archives a variety of media and resources. In the summer of 2000, the site hosted a fake movie trailer for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones that included actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Hayden Christensen . The trailer surpassed one million downloads and generated favorable publicity for
30-462: The movie itself. TFN hosts astrophysicist Dr. Curtis Saxton's Star Wars Technical Commentaries , a set of documents exploring the nature and limits of the technology in Star Wars . Dr. Saxton has also written Incredible Cross Sections of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Incredible Cross-sections of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith , two publications by Dorling Kindersley which draw on material from
36-869: Was no expo in 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic . To date, the Dallas Comic Con has been held at one of four locations. The first three locations were in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas . Early editions were held at the Plano Centre in Plano, Texas , or the Richardson Civic Center in Richardson, Texas . Beginning in May 2011, the event relocated to the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas . In May 2014,
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