2014 in comics
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This is a list of comics-related events in 2014.
Deaths
January
- January 16: Gary Arlington, founder of the San Francisco Comic Book Company, dies at age 75
- January 25: Morrie Turner, creator of Wee Pals, the first nationally syndicated comic strip by an African-American creator, dies at age 90
Conventions
- January 30 – February 2: Angoulême International Comics Festival (Angoulême, France)
- March 1: New York Comic Book Marketplace (Hotel New Yorker, New York City)
- March 1–2: STAPLE! (Marchesa Hall and Theater, Austin, Texas)
- March 21–23: MegaCon (Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida) — guests include Stan Lee, John Barrowman, Torchwood’s Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd , Manu Bennett, Karl Urban, The Walking Dead's David Morrissey, Danai Gurira, Stephen Yeun, Emily Kinney, and Sonequa Martin-Green, Buffy's Eliza Dushku and James Marsters, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Battlestar Galacticas's Herbert Jefferson, Jr. and Anne Lockhart, Smallville's Allison Mack, John Glover and Laura Vandervoort, Wil Wheaton, Jon Heder, Jason David Frank, Ivy DoomKitty, Bryan Johnson, Comic Book Men's Ming Chen and Mike Zapcic, Matt Senreich, Robot Chicken's Zeb Wells and Tom Root, Peter Mayhew, Vic Mignogna, Jennifer Hale, George Lowe, Phil Lamarr, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Quinton Flynn, Richard Horvitz, Tom Kane, and Arne Starr
- March 28–30: Emerald City Comicon (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington)
- April 4–6: St. Louis Comicon (America's Center, St Louis, Missouri)
- April 5–6: MoCCA Festival (69th Regiment Armory, New York City)
- April 12–13: Asbury Park Comic Con (Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, Asbury Park, New Jersey) — guests included Jim Steranko, Chris Claremont, Ann Nocenti, J.H. Williams III, Cliff Chiang, Denis Kitchen, Mark Schultz, Box Brown, Andrew Aydin, Don McGregor, Jay Lynch, Jamal Igle, and Peter Bagge
- April 12–13: Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (Ramada Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Columbus, Ohio)
- April 17–19: Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience (Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah) - guests include Patrick Stewart, Nathan Fillion, Karen Gillan, and Karl Urban
- April 18–20: WonderCon (Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California)
- April 25–27: C2E2 (McCormick Place Complex, Chicago, Illinois)
- May 10–11: Comic Expo (Brunel Old Station, Bristol, UK)
- May 10–11: Toronto Comic Arts Festival (Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada)
- May 16–18: Dallas Comic Con (Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas)
- May 16–18: Motor City Comic Con (Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, Michigan)
- May 17: East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (Enterprise Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- May 31–June 1: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE] (The Center on Halstead, Chicago, Illinois)
- June 5–8: Phoenix Comicon (Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona) — guests include Bruce Campbell, Nathan Fillion, John Barrowman, Adam West, John Rhys-Davies, Mark Sheppard, Don Rosa, Mark Bagley, Patrick Rothfuss, Danny Glover, John Ratzenberger, Stan Lee, Brian Posehn, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Todd McFarlane, Walter Jones, David Yost, Austin St. John, Richard Dean Anderson, Charlaine Harris, Manu Bennett, Dean Lorey, Crispin Freeman, Jim Butcher, Todd Haberkorn, Jason Spisak, Cary Elwes, Stephen Amell, Michael Rooker, Kelly LeBrock, Catherine Bach, Amber Benson, Dean Lorey, Sonny Strait, and Paul and Storm
- June 20–22: Heroes Convention (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina)
- July 24–27: San Diego Comic-Con International (San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California)
- August 21–24: Wizard World Chicago (Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois)
- August 29 – September 1: Dragon*Con (Atlanta, Georgia)
- September 4-6: Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience (Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah)
- September 5–7: Baltimore Comic-Con (Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland)
- September 13–14: Small Press Expo (Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, North Bethesda, Maryland)
- September 27: Wildcat Comic Con (Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
- October 4–5: Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo [MICE] (University Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- October 9–12: Komikazen (Ravenna, Italy) — guests include Eddie Campbell and Gipi
- October 9–12: New York Comic Con (Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City)
- October 31–November 2: Comikaze Expo (Los Angeles Convention Center) — guests include Stan Lee, Elvira, Kevin Smith, Kevin Conroy, Burt Ward, Gwendoline Christie, Alfie Allen, Stephen Moyer, Kristin Bauer, Barbara Eden, Mindy Sterling, John Barrowman, Jewel Staite, Tara Strong, Howie Mandel, James Hong, Eric Roberts, Original Power Rangers (David Yost and Walter Emanuel Jones), Cast of AMC's Comic Book Men (Bryan Johnson, Mike Zapcic, Ming Chen, Robert Bruce), and Tommy Wiseau
- October 31 – November 2: Wizard World Ohio Comic Con (Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio)
- November 1–2: Rhode Island Comic Con (Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island) — guests included Karan Ashley, Colin Baker, Michael Biehn, Eliza Dushku, Gigi Edgley, David J. Fielding, Anthony Michael Hall, Richard Horvitz, Walter Koenig, Peter Mayhew, Eddie McClintock, Vic Mignogna, Samantha Newark, Nichelle Nichols, Ray Park, John Rhys-Davies, Saul Rubinek, William Shatner, Mark Sheppard, Orli Shoshan, Rikki Simons, Austin St. John, George Takei, Veronica Taylor, John Coppinger, Seth Gilliam, Michael Kingma, Michael Rooker, Scott Wilson, and Matthew Wood, Neal Adams, Jim Beaver, Belle Chere, Abby Fellows, Alaina Huffman, Destiny Nickelsen, Jonny Ruckus, Jim Steranko, Steven Williams, and Rick Worthy