Emerald City Comicon

Emerald City Comicon (ECCC)
Status	Active
Genre	comic
Venue	Washington State Convention and Trade Center
Location(s)	Seattle, Washington
Country	USA
Inaugurated	2003
Attendance	64,000 in 2013
Organized by	Reed Exhibitions
Website
www.emeraldcitycomicon.com

The Emerald City Comicon (ECCC) is an annual comic book convention taking place in Seattle, Washington. Originally taking place at the city's CenturyLink Field (first at West Field Plaza, then at the Event Center), the venue changed in 2008 to its current home at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. In 2011, the show expanded to a three-day event. In 2013, the show utilized the entire Washington State Convention and Trade Center for the first time. In 2014, the Gaming portion of the show was moved to the third floor of the nearby Sheraton Seattle Hotel to make room for an expanded show floor.

Programming

The convention features a wide array of activities and programming including industry guests, various discussion panels, celebrity signings and photo opportunities, prize drawings, and costume contests. It features a large and lively Exhibitor's hall with comics retailers from across the entire Pacific Northwest bringing a large stock of modern and vintage comics, as well as other products such as statues, action figures, models, etc. CCG, RPG, and tabletop gaming is supported in specific areas of the convention center.

Event history

Banner across the convention center's escalators leading to the event at the 2008 event.

Dates	Location	Attendance	Guests
February 9, 2003	Qwest Field - West Field Plaza Seattle, Washington	2,500	Erik Larsen, John Cassaday, Scott Morse, Pia Guerra, Darick Robertson, Sean Chen, Greg Rucka, Ford Gilmore, Jim Mahfood, Steve Skroce, Mike Huddleston, Steve Rolston, Ian Boothby, Jay Faerber, Matt Haley, Kathleen Webb, John Lustig, David Hahn, Stefano Gaudiano, Donna Barr, Roberta Gregory, Rick Hoberg, Jason Hall, Brian Snöddy
February 29, 2004	Qwest Field - West Field Plaza Seattle, Washington	3,000	Stan Sakai, J.G. Jones, Howard Chaykin, Dave Johnson, Todd Nauck, Jeff Johnson, Tomm Coker, Stefano Gaudiano, Brian Michael Bendis, Phil Noto, Matt Wagner, Ford Gilmore, Bob Schreck, Kurt Busiek, Jay Faerber, Greg Rucka, Darick Robertson, John Layman, David Hahn, Karl Kesel, Paul Guinan, Matt Haley, Steve Lieber, Dan Norton, Jason Pearson, Michael T. Gilbert
February 5–6, 2005	Qwest Field Event Center Seattle, Washington		Adam Kubert, Jhonen Vasquez, Tony Harris, Josh Middleton, Travis Charest, Cary Nord, Steve McNiven, Mike Choi, Russ Heath, Michael Lark, David Finch, Eric Powell, Dustin Nguyen, Roy Thomas, Andy Owens, Drew Johnson, Pete Woods, Jason Pearson, Tim Sale, Brian Michael Bendis, Kurt Busiek, Robert Kirkman, Jim Cheung, Ed Brubaker, Sean Chen, Peter Bagge, Jim Woodring, Greg Rucka, Alex Maleev, Scott Kurtz, Crab Scrambly, Dexter Vines, Gail Simone, Jay Faerber, John Layman, Ford Gilmore, David Hahn, Matthew Clark, Tom Peyer, Karl Kesel, Rebecca Woods, Jeff Parker, Steve Lieber, Ron Randall, Paul Guinan, Steve Rolston, Takeshi Miyazawa, Dave Stewart, Matt Haley, Bill Schelly, Steve Sadowski
April 1–2, 2006	Qwest Field Event Center Seattle, Washington		JG Jones, Stuart Immonen, Steve Niles, Roman Dirge, Pia Guerra, Seah Phillips, Tony Harris, Alé Garza, Carlos D'Anda, Tim Vigil, Jason Pearson, Rob Liefeld, Patrick Zircher, Cully Hamner, Erik Larsen, Doug Mahnke, Adam Hughes, Jonathan & Joshua Luna, Rick Leonardi, Dan Brereton, Brian Stelfreeze, Corey Lewis, Jim Mahfood, Ryan Ottley, Francis Manapul, Scott Kurtz, Michael Lark, Bob Schreck, Ford Gilmore, Ed Brubaker, Alex Maleev, Matt Wagner, Mike Huddleston, Tim Sale, Clayton Crain, Gabe & Tycho, James O'Barr, John Layman, Sal Abbinanti, Buzz, Doug Wagner, Keven Gardner, Josh Ortega, Mike Bullock, Brom, Tony Moore, Scott Morse
March 31-April 1, 2007	Qwest Field Event Center Seattle, Washington	7,000	Mark Bagley, David Mack, Terry Moore, Mike Oeming, Michael Golden, Gene Ha, Phil Hester, Ron Marz, Jim Lawson, Ande Parks, Joseph Michael Linsner, Chris Sprouse, Mark Waid, Peter Gross, Frank Cho, Brian Pulido, Brian Wood, Dexter Vines, Georges Jeanty, Eric Shanower, Adam Hughes, Brian Michael Bendis, Jim Woodring, Scott Kurtz, Jim Valentino, Peter Bagge, Darick Robertson, Steve Lieber, David Hahn, Matthew Clark, Jeff Parker, Ed Brubaker, Brian Reed, Kurt Busiek, Paul Chadwick, Tim Sale, Clayton Crain, Mike Grell, Andy Kuhn, Aaron Lopresti, Alex Maleev, Gail Simone, Greg Rucka Media Guests: Matthew "Feedback" Atherton, Gigi Edgley, Margot Kidder, Peter Mayhew, Brian Posehn, Wayne Pygram, Lani Tupu
May 10–11, 2008	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington	10,000	Ethan Van Sciver, Arthur Suydam, Jeffrey Brown, Whilce Portacio, Mike Choi, J. Michael Straczynski, Phil Jimenez, Derek Kirk Kim, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Andy Runton, Tim Sale, Tony Bedard, Jim Cheung, Bill Willingham, Gail Simone, Kaare Andrews, Skottie Young, Dan DiDio, David Finch, Aaron Williams, Phil Noto, Mike Oeming, Eric Powell, Richard Starkings, Darick Robertson, Nat Jones, Stephane Roux, Alfonso Azpiri, Sanjulián, Esteban Maroto, Juan Gimenez, Steve Sadowski, Moose Baumann, Philip Tan, Dustin Weaver, Eric Basaldua, Jeph Jacques, Jason Howard, Craig Rousseau, Chris Moreno, Todd Dezago, Tone Rodriguez, Stephen "JB" Jones, Matt Kindt, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Clayburn Moore, Tom Raney, Eric Canete, Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker, Aaron Lopresti, Dustin Nguyen, Dan Wickline, Clayton Crain, Scott Kurtz, Brad Guigar, Dave Kellett, Rick Remender, Karl Kesel, Brian Haberlin Media Guests: Jamie Bamber, Julie Benz, Daniel Logan, Wil Wheaton, Angus Oblong, Jarrett "The Defuser" Crippen , Trisha "Ms. Limelight" Paytas, Nell "Fat Momma" Wilson
April 4–5, 2009	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington	13,000	Humberto Ramos, Barry Kitson, Darwyn Cooke, Mark Brooks, Joe Casey, Christos N. Gage, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Frank Cho, Stuart Immonen, Adam Hughes, Steve Niles, Joe Linsner, Adi Granov, Mark Waid, Mark Fraction, Stan Sakai, Tony Harris, Brian Michael Bendis, Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Losos, James Kochalka, David Peterson, Paul Smith, Patrick Gleason, Mark Texeira, Brian Denham, Joe Jusko, Stephen Silver, Rick Remender, Gene Ha, Mike Huddleson, Tim Sale Media Guests: Jewel Staite, Wil Wheaton, Tahmoh Penikett, Aaron Douglas, Ray Park, Michael Hogan
March 13–14, 2010	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington	20,000	Joe Quesada, Geoff Johns, Brian Azzarello, Jhonen Vasquez, Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Allred, Whilce Portacio, James Robinson, Doug Mahnke, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, Matt Kindt, Steve Rolston, G. Willow Wilson, Colleen Coover, Aaron Lopresti, Tim Bradstreet, Joe Casey, Steven T. Seagle, JH Williams III, Tim Sale, Alex Maleev, Kurt Busiek, Timothy Green II, Jim Rugg, David Hahn, Chris Roberson, Christina Strain, Paul Tobin, David Mack, Michael Golden, Brandon Jerwa, Jo Chen, Ed Brubaker, Darick Robertson, Rick Remender, Matt Fraction, Steve Lieber, Jeff Parker, Brandon Graham, Jason Pearson, Sterling Gates, Mike Norton, Dave Stewart, Mark Texeria, Kevin Maguire, John Layman, Dave Kellett, Ryan Ottley, CB Cebulski, Phil Hester, Mike Oeming, Dustin Nguyen, Terry Moore, Pete Tomasi, Clayton Crain, Ben McCool, Richard Starkings, Philip Tan, Jeff Lemire, Scott Kurtz, Jill Thompson, Andy Runton, Aaron Lopresti, Barry Kitson, Greg Rucka, Josh Ortega, Ben Templesmith, Scott Allie, JJ Kirby, Steve Sadowski, Kris Straub, Brian Haberlin, Brad Guigar, Eric Basaldua, Len Wein, Michael Broussard, Tim Seeley, Mark Waid Media Guests: Leonard Nimoy, Stan Lee, Thomas Jane, Wil Wheaton, Lou Ferrigno, Erin Gray, Sandeep Paraikh, Jeff Lewis, Robin Thorsen
March 4–6, 2011	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington	32,000	Frank Quitely, Jonathan Hickman, Max Brooks, Geof Darrow, Steve Epting, Jacen Burrows, Guy Davis, Terry & Rachel Dodson, Mike McKone, Sergio Aragones, Dan Jurgens, Marv Wolfman, Cameron Stewart, John Arcudi, Yanick Paquette, Bruce Timm, Brian Michael Bendis, Frank Cho, JG Jones, Mike Mignola, Tony Harris, Jim Cheung, Matt Fraction, Cully Hamner, Ron Marz, Erik Larsen, Mark Brooks, Todd Nauck, Adam Hughes, Skottie Young, Dustin Nguyen, Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker, Jeff Parker, CB Cebulski, Mike Oeming, Doug TenNapel, John Layman, Tim Sale, Ryan Ottley, Ben Templesmith, David Mack, Jason Pearson, Karl Kesel, Jim Mahfood, Nick Spencer, Cliff Chiang, Darick Robertson, Pete Woods, Kurt Busiek, Scott Allie, Farel Dalrymple, Todd Dezago, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Chrissie Zullo, Tony Shasteen, Chris Roberson, Mark Morales, Paul Azaceta, Ray Fawkes, Jeremy Haun, Humberto Ramos, Francisco Herrera, Pia Guerra, Brian Hurtt, Ryan Benjamin, Andy Kuhn, Joe Quinones, Raina Telgemeier, Sean Gordon Murphy, Ivan Brandon, Kris Straub, Dave Kellett, Scott Kurtz, Brad Guigar, Danielle Corsetto, Jeph Jacques, Dustin Nguyen, Ian Boothby, Jim Zubkavich, Dave Stewart, Dustin Weaver, Sean Galloway, Brandon Graham Media Guests: William Shatner, James Marsters, Felicia Day, John Noble, Bruce Boxleitner, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Wil Wheaton, Jasika Nicole, Amy Okuda, Clare Kramer, Nicholas Brendon
March 30–April 1, 2012	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington	53,000	Media Guests: George Takei, Adam Baldwin, Laurie Holden, Jon Bernthal, Summer Glau, James & Oliver Phelps, Christopher Judge, Julie Caitlin Brown, Jason Momoa, Edward James Olmos, Eddie McClintock, Lea Thompson and Wil Wheaton Voice Talent: John DiMaggio, Jess Harnell, Kevin Conroy, Billy West, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche and Tara Strong
March 1–3, 2013	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington	64,000 [1]	Mike Dringenberg, Simon Bisley, Charlie Adlard, Takahiro Yoshimatsu, Larry Elmore, Andrew Hussie, Mike Mignola, Christos Gage, Gail Simone, Eric Powell, Neal Adams, Paul Jenkins, Garth Ennis, Jae Lee, James Robinson, Skottie Young, Mark Waid, Ruben Procopio, Doug Sneyd, Larry Hama, Howard Chaykin, Daniel Way, Ethan Van Sciver, Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Tony Daniel, Joe Linsner, David Finch, Denny O'Neil, Bill Willingham, Tony Moore. Ron Marz, Matt Fraction, Cully Hamner, Terry Dodson, Terry Moore, Andy Runton, Tim Sale, Fiona Staples, Eric Canete, Matteo Scalera, Dave Johnson, Dan Panosian, Jhonen Vasquez, Mike Choi, David Petersen, Humberto Ramos, Francisco Herrera, Mark Brooks, Matt Wagner, Darick Robertson, Bruce Timm, Jim Mahfood, CB Cebulksi, Joe Casey, Kurt Busiek, Adi Granov, Barry Kitson, Don Rosa, Marcio Takara, Dustin Nguyen, Mike Grell, Tom Cook, Morgan Gendel, Rod Thorton, Eric Basaldua, Robert Atkins, JP Roth, Dawn McTeigue, Agnes Garbowska, Ale Garza, Clay Mann, Justin Greenwood, Laura Martin, Andy MacDonald, Dave Stewart, Derek Fridolfs, Mike S. Miller, Kevin Maguire, Mark Morales, Greg Horn, Mike Oeming, Thomas Zahler, Tony Shasteen, Aaron Lopresti, Shane White, Jeremy Haun, Sal Abbinati, Francesco Francavilla, Jim McCann, Janet Lee, Cory Walker, Nate Bellegarde, Ed Brisson, Michael Walsh, Kurtis Wiebe, Brandon Seifert, Sina Grace, Joe Keatinge, Emi Lenox, Bryan JL Glass, Riley Rossmo, Nathan Edmonson, Jay Faerber, Joe Eisma, Charles Soule, Jim Zub, Greg Rucka, Chris Hopkins ,Wendy & Richard Pini, Richard Starkings, Dan Parent, Ben Templesmith, Ray Fawkes, Drew Johnson, Phil Hester, Brian Churilla, Robbi Rodriguez, Ryan Cody, Mitch Gerads, Doc Shaner, Brett Weldele, Joe Harris, Andy Owens, Jason Gorder, Jeff Parker, Tom Fowler, Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener, Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, Matthew Southworth, Justin Norman, Chuck BB, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Scott Snyder, Corey Lewis, Simon Roy, Brandon Graham, Tony Akins, Shawn Crystal, Brian Buccellato, Kevin Hanna, Chrissie Zullo, Lars Brown, Tony Parker, Shannon Denton, Joe Quinones, Josh Fialkov, Rick Remender and Blair Butler Media Guests: Gillian Anderson, Kristin Bauer, Dirk Benedict, Misha Collins, Felicia Day, Lexa Doig, Danai Gurira, Walter Koenig, Christopher Lloyd, Paul McGillion, Ray Park, Michael Rooker, Chris Sarandon, Michael Shanks, Patrick Stewart, Natalia Tena, Burt Ward, Adam West, Billy Dee Williams, and Wil Wheaton Voice Talent: Jim Cummings, Grey DeLisle, Richard Horvitz, Phil LaMarr, Kevin Michael Richardson, Rikki Simons, Quinton Flynn, and Jennifer Hale [2]
March 28–30, 2014	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington	70,000 [3]	Jason Aaron, Ben Acker, Arthur Adams, Brooke Allen, Grace Allison, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Jay Anacleto, Kevin J. Anderson, Luigi Anderson, Ani-Mia, Soni Aralynn, Paul Azaceta, Mark Bagley, Cecil Baldwin, Frank Barbiere, Mike Baron, Chuck BB, Corinna Bechko, Jordie Bellaire, Nate Bellegarde, Lucy Bellwood, Ryan Benjamin, Ben Blacker, Terry Blas, Chad Bowers, Paul Bradford, Tom Brevoort, Ed Brisson, Brom, Garry Brown, Ryan Browne, Brian Buccellato, Mark Buckingham, Cullen Bunn, Rick Burchett, Chris Burnham, Erik Burnham, Kurt Busiek, Craig Cackowski, Jim Calafiore, James Callahan, J. Scott Campbell, Jonathan Case, CB Cebulski, Ron Chan, Elias Chatzoudis, Frank Cho, Ken Christiansen, Johnnie Christmas, Amy Chu, Brian Churilla, Stella Chuu, Richard P. Clark, Wook Jin Clark, Matthew Clark, Brian Clevinger, Becky Cloonan, Joey Comeu, Emily Horne, Aaron Conley, Amanda Conner, Katie Cook, Thomas Cook, Colleen Coover, Dan Cote, Jeffrey Cranor, Carlos D'Anda, Farel Dalrymple, Peter David, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Rachel Deering, Anthony Del Col, Leila Del Duca, José Delbo, Shannon Denton, Lar DeSouza, Benjamin Dewey, Aaron Diaz, John DiMaggio, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Marie Doll, Sean Dove, Becky Dreistadt, Frank Gibson, Rich Ellis, Grace Ellis, Jay Faerber, Nathan Fairbairn, Cat Farris, Ray Fawkes, Josh Fialkov, Nick Filardi, Matt Fillbach, Shawn Fillbach, Joseph Fink, Matt Fraction, Derek Fridolfs, Jenny Frison, Cornelia Funke, Mark Gagliardi, Monica Gallagher, Sean "Cheeks" Galloway, Ale Garza, Sterling Gates, Stefano Gaudiano, Damon Gentry, Mitch Gerads, Chris Giarrusso, Bryan JL Glass, Jon Goff, Sina Grace, Brandon Graham, Justin Greenwood, Brad Guigar, Rob Guillory, Shuzilow. HA (Shujiro Hamakawa), Brian Haberlin, Kevin Hanna, Orlando Harding, Gabriel Hardman, Tony Harris, Joe Harris, Jeremy Haun, Ian Herring, Tyson Hesse, Kyle Higgins, Travis Hill, Dennis Hopeless, Edwin Huang, Mike Huddleston, Derek Hunter, Brian Hurtt, Andrew Hussie, Megan Hutchison, Joe Infurnari, Marc Evan Jackson, Jeph Jacques, Klaus Janson, Tyler Jenkins, Paul Jenkins, Brandon Jerwa, Jock, Antony Johnston, Brian Joines, Joëlle Jones, Zealand Jones, Joe Keatinge, Kazu Kibuishi, Matt Kindt, D.J. Kirkbride, Adam P. Knave, Scott Kowalchuk, Peter Krause, Mike Kunkel, Braden Lamb, Shelli Paroline Lamb, Erik Larsen, Jason Latour, Bob Layton, Alvin Lee, Jim Lee, Steve Leialoha, Jeff Lemire, Emi Lenox, Kate Leth, Ken Levin, Corey Lewis, T. Lewis, Steve Lieber, Sam Logan, Aaron Lopresti, Hal Lublin, Kevin Maguire, Jim Mahfood, David Malki !, Clay Mann, Seth Mann, Billy Martinez, Ben McCool, Ian McGinty, Ed McGuinness, Ben Meares, Amy Mebberson, Dylan Meconis, Digger T. Mesch, Mark Miller, Erika Moen, Caleb Monroe, B. Clay Moore, Marat Mychaels, Todd Nauck, Terri Nelson, Michael Alan Nelson, Mark A. Nelson, Dustin Nguyen, Peter Nguyen, Jai Nitz, Ann Nocenti, Ryan North, Mike Norton, Eddie Nunez, Chris Oatley, Michael Avon Oeming, Ryan Ottley, Carlo Pagulayan, Jimmy Palmiotti, Yanick Paquette, Dan Parent, Jeff Parker, Jake Parker, Andrew Pepoy, Omaha Perez, David Petersen, Brandon Peterson, Wendy Pini, Richard Pini, Nick Pitarra, Andy Price, Brian Pulido, Molly Quinn, Joe Quinones, Mark Rahner, Ron Randall, Chris Roberson, Darick Robertson, Andrew Robinson, Kenneth Rocafort, Robbi Rodriguez, Don Rosa, Matthew Rosenberg, Riley Rossmo, Patrick Rothfuss, Simon Roy, Joe Rubinstein, Greg Rucka, Nei Ruffino, Mad Rupert, Sara Ryan, Steve Sadowski, Stan Sakai, Tim Sale, Claudio Sanchez, Chondra Echert, Ben Saunders, Annie Savage, Matteo Scalera, John Scalzi, Gregg Schigiel, Dan Schoening, Tim Seeley, Stephen Segovia, Declan Shalvey, Evan "Doc" Shaner, Dante Shepherd, James Silvani, Stephen Silver, Gail Simone, Chris Sims, Jeff Smith, Scott Snyder, Ryan Sohmer, Kenichi Sonoda, Charles Soule, Matthew Southworth, Rick Spears, Richard Starkings, Peter Steigerwald, Stephen L. Stern, Noelle Stevenson, Dave Stewart, Paul & Storm, Allison Strejlau, Mico Suayan, Andy Suriano, Marcio Takara, Philip Tan, Ben Templesmith, Brian Thies, Marcus To, Paul Tobin, Eric S. Trautmann, Dean Trippe, Roc Upchurch, Fred Van Lente, Dexter Vines, Alessandro Vitti, Cory Walker, Michael Walsh, Adam Warren, Scott Wegener, Brett Weldele, Rich Werner, Doug Wheatley, Shannon Wheeler, Shane White, Maris Wicks, Kurtis Wiebe, Dave Wilkins, Freddie Williams II, Bill Willingham, G. Willow Wilson, Dave Wolverton, Chris Yates, Thom Zahler, Chip Zdarsky, Jim Zub. Media Guests: Karen Gillan, Richard Dean Anderson, John de Lancie, Stephen Amell, Jim Beaver, Michael Biehn, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Chad Coleman, Michael Dorn, Eliza Dushku, Kris Holden-Ried, Kelly Hu, Emily Kinney, Nichelle Nichols, Rachel Nichols, Zoie Palmer, Ron Perlman, Lance Reddick, J. August Richards, Dwight Schultz, Mark Sheppard, Alan Tudyk, Karl Urban.
March 27–29, 2015	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington	80,000	Media Guests: Morena Baccarin, John Barrowman, Julie Benz, Charisma Carpenter, Rachel Skarsten, Tabitha St. Germain, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Patrick Warburton.
April 7–10, 2016	Washington State Convention Center Seattle, Washington

References

1. http://emeraldcitycomicon.tumblr.com/post/77101026790/just-out-of-curiosity-do-you-know-the-attendance
2. http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/past-shows/
3. http://emeraldcitycomicon.tumblr.com/post/85726727490/i-was-just-wondering-if-you-had-the-total-number-of

External links

• Emerald City Comicon (ECCC)