CCXP (originally called Comic Con Experience) is a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention that has been variously held in Brazil, Germany and Mexico. The largest pop-culture festival in the world, it is designed along the same lines as San Diego Comic-Con; its attractions and events focus on comics, television series, movies, video games, literature, and the internet.[2]

CCXP
CCXP in São Paulo in 2015.
StatusActive
GenreSpeculative fiction
Venue
  • São Paulo Expo
  • Centro de Convenções de Pernambuco (CCXP Tour Nordeste)
  • Koelnmesse (CCXP Cologne)
Location(s)
Country
  • Brazil
  • Germany (CCXP Cologne)
InauguratedDecember 4, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-12-04)
Most recentDecember 5, 2024; 25 days ago (2024-12-05)
Next eventDecember 4, 2025; 11 months' time (2025-12-04)
Attendance280,000 in 2019[1]
Organized byOmelete
Filing statusNon-profit
Website

History

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The first CCXP was held in December 2014 in São Paulo; it was organized jointly by the owners of the website Omelete, the comics agency Chiaroscuro Studios and the toy company Piziitoys. It was attended by an estimated 100,000 members of the public, and 80 companies participated in it.[3] Invited artists, including Jason Momoa and Sean Astin, also attended.[3][4][5]

History of each show

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Dates Location Atten. Guests
December 4–7, 2014 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
Around 100,000[3]Edgar Vivar, Jason Momoa, Mauricio de Sousa, Katie Cassidy, Lino Facioli, Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, Sean Astin, Scott Snyder, Joe Maddalena, Ariel Olivetti, Danilo Beyruth, Don Rosa, Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Greg Tocchini, Gustavo Duarte, Ivan Reis, João Montanaro, José Luis García-López, Klaus Janson, Lu Cafaggi, Olivier Coipel, Rafael Albuquerque, Rafael Grampá, Sean Gordon Murphy and Vitor Cafaggi.[6]
December 3–6, 2015 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
Around 142,000[7]Frank Miller, Krysten Ritter, Evangeline Lilly, Gerard Way, Alfonso Herrera, Misha Collins, Anna Popplewell, Aml Ameen, Jim Lee, John Rhys-Davies, Jamie Clayton, Mauricio de Sousa, Ivo Holanda, Steve Cardenas, David Finch, Meredith Finch, Ed Benes, Erica Awano, Esad Ribić, Felipe Massafera, Jae Lee, John Totleben, David Tennant, Dan DiDio, June Chung, Kevin Maguire, Mark Waid, Amy Chu, Mike Deodato, Mike McKone, Paulo Crumbim, Cristina Eiko, Pedro Cobiaco, Shiko, Affonso Solano, Chris Taylor, Emily Anderson, Lady Lemon, Hiro Kiyohara, Scott McCloud, Timothy Zahn, Érico Borgo and Marcelo Forlani.[8]
December 1–4, 2016 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
196,000 [9]Adam Nimoy, Evanna Lynch, David Zappone, Jim Michaels, Alan Davis, Vin Diesel, Arthur Adams, Kozo Morishita, Nina Dobrev, Bianca Pinheiro, Brian Azzarello, Mark Pellegrino, Cris Peter, Eduardo Risso, Frank Quitely, Gerardo Zaffino, Ian Livingstone, James Robinson, Joyce Chin, Julian Totino, Mahmud Asrar, Marcelo D'Salete, Marcello Quintanilha, Mark Farmer, Mateus Santolouco, Max Fiumara, Peter Kuper, Sebastián Fiumara, Tsutomu Nihei, Yanick Paquette, Paul Pope, Kay Pike, Yaya Han, Ruby Rose, Naomi Scott, Dacre Montgomery, Ludi Lin, RJ Cyler, Frank Miller, Natalie Dormer, Milla Jovovich, Paul W. S. Anderson, Neil Patrick Harris, Carlos Villagrán, Lauren Kate, Addison Timlin, David Ramsey, Katherine McNamara, Matthew Daddario, David Wenham, Dominic Sherwood, Emeurade Toubia and Alberto Rosende.[10]
April 13–16, 2017 Centro de Convenções de Pernambuco
Olinda, Brazil
More than 54,000[11]Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Brandon Flynn, Alisha Boe, Christian Navarro, Finn Jones, Tom Pelphrey, Rodolfo Valente, Vaneza Oliveira, Mauricio de Sousa, Mike Deodato, Ivan Reis, Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Adriana Melo, Bianca Pinheiro, Rafael Albuquerque, José Luis García-López, Paul Pope, Bill Sienkiewicz, Jock, Glenn Fabry[12]
December 7–10, 2017 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
227,451[9]Will Smith, Alicia Vikander, Dylan O'Brien, Tye Sheridan, Simon Pegg, Joel Edgerton, David Ayer, Danai Gurira, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alice Braga, Henry Zaga, Joel Kinnaman, Nick Jonas, Natalia Tena, Rebecca Mader, Austin St. John, Ariel Olivetti, Paul Azaceta, Arthur Adams, Joyce Chin, Carlos Ruas, Ben Templesmith, David Mack, Denys Cowan, Glenn Fabry, Humberto Ramos, Nicola Scott and Bernard Chang.[13]
December 6–9, 2018 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
262,000[14]Tom Holland, Jacob Batalon, Brie Larson, Sophie Turner, Jessica Chastain, Sandra Bullock, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Tom Welling, Sebastian Stan, Maisie Williams, John Bradley, Manu Bennett, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Zachary Levi, Ricky Whittle, Simon Kinberg, Dean DeBlois, M. Night Shyamalan, Chris Columbus, John Romita Jr., Peter Milligan, Mike Deodato, Ivan Reis, Lee Weeks, David Michelinie, Scott Lobdell, John Cassaday, David Lloyd, Tom Grummett, Joe Rubinstein among others.[15]
June 27–30, 2019 Koelnmesse
Cologne, Germany
More than 40,000[16]Brian Azzarello, Ben Barnes, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Mike Deodato, David Finch, Meredith Finch, Zachary Levi, David Lloyd, Rebecca Mader, Chuck Palahniuk, Mark Pellegrino, Joe Prado, Ivan Reis, Benedict Wong, Martin Perscheid
December 5–8, 2019 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
280,000Henry Cavill, Kevin Feige, Shawn Levy, Joe Kerry, J. J. Abrams, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Kathleen Kennedy, Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Ryan Reynolds, Michael Bay, Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Gal Gadot, Patty Jenkins, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, David Yost, Karen Fukuhara, Jonathan Del Arco, Isa Briones, Frankie Adams, Steven Strait, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Lana Parrilla, Alba Flores, Rodrigo de la Serna, Pedro Alonso, Esther Acebo, Darko Peric, Garret Dillahunt, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Takashi Shimizu, Maurício de Souza,[17] Vera Egito, Cao Hamburguer, Frank Miller, Rafael Grampá, Christie Golden, Neal Adams, Mike Deodato Jr, Danilo Beyruth, Joëlle Jones, Frank Quitely, Eduardo Risso, Adriana Melo, Al Stefano, Roger Cruz, Charlie Adlard, David Roman, Tim Bradstreet, Mike Mickone, Eduardo Risso, Érica Awano, Fefê Torquato, Julio Simamoto, Ju Loyola, Laerte, Mikel Janín, Robson Rocha, Stout Club, Shiko, Sam Hart, Samuka Marinho, Ryan Smallman, Leon Chiro,[18] Kes Von Puch,[19] among others.[20]
June 26–28, 2020[16] Koelnmesse
Cologne, Germany
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic, new date June 25–27, 2021 also canceled
December 3–6, 2020[21] São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
December 1–4, 2022 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
November 30–December 3, 2023 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
December 5–8, 2024 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
December 4–7, 2025 São Paulo Expo
São Paulo, Brazil
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CCXP Awards

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During the 2021 edition of the event, the organizers announced the creation of the CCXP Awards, an award focused on pop culture. The format of the first edition of the awards was announced in March 2022, with a total of 32 awards, divided into six categories with several subcategories.[22][23]

References

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  1. ^ "CCXP Worlds: A Journey of Hope". www.ccxp.com.br.
  2. ^ "Comic Con Experience se firma como maior evento do tipo no mundo". VEJA SÃO PAULO.
  3. ^ a b c "Evento de cultura pop, Comic Con Experience é sucesso de público em SP". Folha de S.Paulo. August 12, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  4. ^ G1, Portal (December 5, 2014). "Comic Con Experience tem atores de 'Game of thrones' e 'Goonies' em SP" (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 4, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Costa, Rafael (December 8, 2014). "Na Comic Con, atores de 'Senhor dos Anéis' e 'Game of Thrones' têm os autógrafos mais caros". Veja.com (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Grupo Abril. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  6. ^ "Comic Con Experience 2014 – Convidados". Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  7. ^ de Carvalho, Pedro (April 5, 2016). "Comic Con Experience cresce 80% em 2016 e espera público recorde". Veja.com. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Comic Con Experience 2015 – Convidados". Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "A CCXP". www.ccxp.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  10. ^ "Comic Con Experience 2016 – Convidados". Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  11. ^ Saturnino, Letícia (April 18, 2017). "[CCXP Recife 2017] – Mais de 54 mil pessoas passaram o feriado no evento geek". MundoBit. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  12. ^ Pernambuco, Diario de (April 12, 2017). "Divulgada a programação completa da Comic Con Experience em Pernambuco". Diário de Pernambuco (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  13. ^ "Comic Con Experience 2017 – Convidados". Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  14. ^ Sousa, Camila (December 10, 2018). "CCXP 2019 acontecerá de 5 a 8 de dezembro". Omelete. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  15. ^ "Comic Con Experience 2018 – Convidados". Archived from the original on January 6, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Forlani, Marcelo (June 30, 2019). "CCXP Cologne confirma data da edição 2020". Omelete. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  17. ^ "MSP na CCXP – Mauricio de Sousa Produções". MSP na CCXP. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  18. ^ "Leon Chiro (@leonchiro) • Fotos e vídeos do Instagram". www.instagram.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  19. ^ "Kes Costumes & Cosplay (@kesvonpuch) • Fotos e vídeos do Instagram". www.instagram.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  20. ^ "CCXP 2019". www.ccxp.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  21. ^ "CCXP 2020 já tem data para acontecer; CCXP 19 tem recorde de público – saiba tudo" (in Portuguese). Nerdsite. December 8, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ "CCXP 2021 será mais curta, mas promete lançamentos dos grandes estúdios" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. December 3, 2021.
  23. ^ "CCXP Awards ganha data; entenda como será premiação" (in Portuguese). Omelete. March 28, 2022.
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