Company type | Subsidiary |
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Genre | comic book, anime, science fiction, fantasy |
Founded | 2006 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA |
Founder | Mike S. Broder |
Headquarters | , 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]
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.
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]