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WonderCon: The First Major Comics Convention of 2008!

Northern California's comics convention tradition returns to San Francisco!

WonderCon celebrates its 22nd year as Northern California's most popular comics and pop culture event with a return to Moscone Center South on February 22-24, 2008. The February date solidifies WonderCon's status as the first major convention of the year in the United States.

Plans for next year's show are already in the works, with ten incredible comics guests already lined up (click here for details). In addition to the announcement of the World Premiere of DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation's Justice League: The New Frontier (click here for more information), WonderCon is working on another great schedule of exclusive programs. That schedule will once again include major comics publishers such as DC Comics, Dark Horse, Image, Top Cow, Aspen, IDW, Boom! Studios, and SLG Publishing. In addition, we're talking to the major Hollywood studios and television networks about once again participating in the event.

Coming off its biggest year ever in 2007, with 20,000 attendees and a record number of exhibitors and programs, WonderCon continues to grow. Last year's event saw increased interest from Hollywood, with movie panels devoted to 300 (with stars Gerard Butler and Lena Headey, and director Zack Snyder, and 600 lucky attendees saw the movie in IMAX a week before it hit theaters), Ratatouille (director Brad Bird and Patton Oswalt, the voice of Remy), Resident Evil: Extinction (stars Ali Larter and Oded Fehr), and special Sunday TV panels devoted to Jericho (with stars Skeet Ulrich and Ashley Scott), Drive (Nathan Fillion) and TV Guide's look at genre TV (with Jeph Loeb of Heroes, Billy Campbell and Ira S. Behr of The 4400 and scifi icons Richard Hatch and Chase Masterson). Comics-oriented panels dominated the schedule, including spotlights on each of WonderCon's special guests, publisher presentations, and popular panels such as "Cover Story: The Art of the Comics Cover." 2008 promises to offer more along those same lines.

WonderCon's headquarters hotel this year is the San Francisco Marriott, located just a few short blocks from Moscone Center (click here for details). WonderCon takes place in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with plenty of other attractions including shopping, museums, restaurants and nightlife, to make your convention experience even better. If you've been to WonderCon in the past, you know it's one of the most fun and fastest-growing events on the convention calendar. And if you haven't visited yet, this is the year to do it! Check back often for breaking news on WonderCon, including the complete program schedule and exhibitor list, as we get closer to the event. Make WonderCon 2008 and February in San Francisco your first convention of the New Year!