Florida Supercon

Company type	Subsidiary
Genre	comic book , anime , science fiction , fantasy
Founded	2006 ; 18 years ago  ( 2006 ) Fort Lauderdale, Florida , USA
Founder	Mike S. Broder
Headquarters	Norwalk, Connecticut , 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]}

History [ edit ]

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.

Sale of Florida Supercon and convention name changes [ edit ]

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]

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• ReedPOP (official website)
• Florida Supercon