![]() ![]() “The idea is simple,” reads the GCCC website. New to the Gem City scene in 2018 was the Game Developer’s Lab, a section of the convention dedicated to locally-designed board, trading card and role-playing games. We’ve gotten good at what we do, and we’re sticking to it. “We don’t get the big door returns of some of those shows, but we can stay true to our focus, and that’s what’s important to us. “Some shows do media guests and we don’t do that,” stated Noble. Its sole focus is comic books and the writers and illustrators behind those books. GCCC, unlike bigger conventions such as Cincinnati Comic Expo and Wizard World Cleveland, does not feature pop culture celebrities from video games, television shows or movies. This year, announced creators include voice actor and writer Frank James Bailey, artist Matt Horak and illustrator Ray-Anthony Height. Guests in past years have included Arvell Jones, a comic illustrator for Marvel and DC Comics, and Kyle Starks, writer of the graphic novel “Kill Them All” and various “Rick And Morty” comic issues. At the Nutter Center, you’re by the mall, which is fine too, but there’s not as much easily accessible culture for convention guests and attendees out in Fairborn.” We’re in walking distance of all the great night spots and restaurants downtown Dayton has to offer. ![]() “It’s a great location logistically because we don’t have to cart people around town. “The move needed to be made,” mentioned Jesse Noble, the organizer of GCCC, at the time of the relocation. Three years later, it switched locations again, this time to downtown Dayton after attendance grew to 5,500. Originally located in the Student Union building at Wright State University, the convention moved to the Nutter Center in 2013. People enjoyed themselves as they shopped the many booths.The annual Gem City Comic Con (often shortened to GCCC) is fast approaching, bringing comics, pop culture and gaming galore to the Dayton area.Ĭurrently, in its 14th year, GCCC will be returning to the Dayton Convention Center on April 27 from 10 a.m. Photo by Joseph Fuqua II for WCPO Photo by: JOSEPH FUQUA II The 10th annual Cincinnati Comic Expo brought comic book artists, fans and an assortment of superheroes to the Duke Energy Convention Center Saturday September 21, 2019. People enjoyed themselves as they shopped the many booths. ![]() People shopped at the Outer Rim Sabers booth. The 10th annual Cincinnati Comic Expo brought comic book artists, fans and an assortment of superheroes to the Duke Energy Convention Center Saturday September 21, 2019.
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