I get asked so often about conventions that are run by people of color, or are POC-friendly, that I decided to create this page to keep folks informed. I have either attended one of the cons myself of I know someone who has. Put your mouse over the titles to access links. Feel free to email me or comment with a link if you’d like a convention to be added. Thanks!
Black Comic Conventions
Schomburg Black Comic Book Festival – Jan 13th-14 2017
New York City, NY
Atlanta Science Fiction and Fantasy Expo – March 11-12, 2017
Atlanta, GA
Khem Comic Book Fest – March 18, 2017
Newark, NJ
BSAM– Black Speculative Arts Movement
Prairie View, TX – Feb 18, 2017
St. Louis, MO – Mar 17-18, 2017
Bronx, NY – April 22, 2017
Oakland, CA May 13, 2017
Los Angeles, CA June 25, 2017
ECBACC (East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention) – May 20, 2017
Philadelphia, PA
OnyxCon Sankofa – Feb 25, 2017
OnyxCon – August 26-27th 2017
Atlanta, GA
MEccaCon– Sept. 16th 2017
Detriot, MI
Motor City Black Age of Comics – TBA
Detroit, MI
Blacktasticon (SOBSFCon) – TBA
NubiaOne Fest – Jun 16-17, 2017
Atlanta, GA
Other POC Comic Conventions
Texas Latino Comic Con – July 29th 2017
Dallas, TX
Latino Comics Expo – August 6-7th 2016 (no new date yet)
Long Beach, CA
Indigenous Comic Con – November 10-12th 2017
Albuquerque, NM
New Conventions
Blerdcon – June 30-July 2, 2017
Washington DC
Five Points Festival – May 20-21, 2017
New York, NY
Universal FanCon – April 27-29th 2018
Baltimore, MD
Women Run Comic and Scifi Conventions (Intersectional Friendly)
ClexaCon – March 3-5th 2017
Las Vegas, NV
WiNC Con (Women in Comics convention) – March 25th 2017
Bronx, NY
WisCon – May 26-29, 2017
Madison, WI
GeekGirlCon – September 30-October 1st 2017
Seattle, WA
Indie Comic Conventions
Comic Creator Conference – Feb 17th 2017
Long Beach, CA
MoCCA Arts Fest – April 1-2nd 2017
New York City, NY
Momocon – May 25-28th 2017
Atlanta, GA
AwesomeCon – June 16-18th 2017
Washington DC
HeroesCon – June 16-18th 2017
Charlotte, NC
Large Conventions
Emerald City Comic Con – March 2-5th 2017
Seattle, WA
C2E2– April 21-23rd 2017
Chicago, IL
Comic Con International San Diego – July 20-23
San Diego, CA
New York Comic Con (NYCC) – Oct. 5-8, 2017
New York City, NY
WonderCon – March 31st-April 2nd 2017
Anaheim, CA
GenCon – August 17-20th
Indianapolis, IN
Wizard World Chicago – August 24-27th 2017
Chicago, IL
DragonCon – September 1-4th 2017
Atlanta, GA
Stan Lee’s Comic Con (Comickaze) – October 27-29th 2017
Los Angeles, CA
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I didn’t notice it on their so if it isn’t the Atlanta Science Fiction and Fantasy Expo should be added, it is run by a black comic shop owner (Tony Cade) and while not promoted as such by any means, a good deal of the vendors as well as the crowd were black. The latest show was a few weeks ago, the next is tentatively scheduled for next March as well if I’m not mistaken.
Thanks for the list!
Thanks for commenting! 🙂
Hi!! Thank you for this list! Is there one updated for 2018?
Working on it!