The Austra… Editing (section) History of Australian comics 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Conventions</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The first true Australian comic convention was <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Comicon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Comicon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BComicon%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5131-13745015125f0234fd6999f" class="new" title="Comicon (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ29taWNvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Comicon</a> I (1979) held at RMIT in Melbourne. Comicon II (1980) followed at the Sheraton Hotel in Melbourne and Comicon III (1981) was held in Sydney. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The much larger <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Australian%20Comic-Book%20Convention%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Australian%20Comic-Book%20Convention%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAustralian%20Comic-Book%20Convention%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5131-13745015125f0234fd6999f" class="new" title="Australian Comic-Book Convention (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQXVzdHJhbGlhbl9Db21pYy1Cb29rX0NvbnZlbnRpb24/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Australian Comic-Book Convention</a> was held on 16-18 January 1986 at the Sydney Opera House featuring international guests for the first time, including Will Eisner and Jim Steranko. It was the forerunner of the many later <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22OzCon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22OzCon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOzCon%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5131-13745015125f0234fd6999f" class="new" title="OzCon (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvT3pDb24/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">OzCon</a> conventions held from 1992 to 1998 in Sydney, with an additional event in Melbourne in 1997, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22comicfest%21%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22comicfest%21%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcomicfest%21%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5131-13745015125f0234fd6999f" class="new" title="Comicfest! (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ29taWNmZXN0IT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">comicfest!</a> events in Sydney from 2000 to 2002. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In 2000 anime conventions started appearing in Australia's yearly event calendar, with <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Manifest%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Manifest%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BManifest%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="5131-13745015125f0234fd6999f" class="new" title="Manifest (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWFuaWZlc3Q/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Manifest</a> being held in Melbourne. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key australiancomics:rte-parser-cache:2226 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes
