New York Comic-Con is planning an in-person convention this year, running from October 7-10, 2021. The event will be held at the Javits Center. A virtual element is being planned in conjunction with the event. This decision on the heels of San Diego Comic-Con revealing its revised plans to hold an in-person show over Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-28, 2021, at the San Diego Convention Center. The company made reference to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in its announcement, saying they hoped that, by fall, “conditions will permit larger public gatherings.”
While the details of New York Comic-Con haven’t been officially confirmed yet, the October dates provided place it more than a month prior to San Diego Comic-Con, which was previously pegged to be the first in-person convention produced by the organization since Comic-Con 2019, and the first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But will it ever be THIS politically incorrect again? Just meeting in person isn’t the cure to what’s been ailing comic-cons for years.
Would Triumph the Insult Comic Dog trigger today’s comic fans? Is everyone too easily triggered? Do comic pros want to reinstate the “Comics Code Authority” for jokes?
There’s no way this type of humor is allowed at #ComicConAtHome pic.twitter.com/BRKznV4Qfp #SDCC2020 #SDCCMemories
— Bleeding Fool (@BleedingFool) July 23, 2020
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