Originally held at the Overland Park International Trade Center in nearby Overland Park, Kansas, the venue changed in 2013 to its current home at the Kansas City Convention Center.
RPG and tabletop gaming as well as comic book third-party grading is supported in specific areas of the convention center.
[2] Industry guests have included Stan Lee, Jim Steranko, Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, Jim Lee, Michael Turner, and Roy Thomas.
[7] Planet Comicon made national news in 2016 when guest Kevin Smith, a movie director and comic book writer, posted on social media about a flight delay, changing a flight to Southwest Airlines to not disappoint his fans.
[9] The convention’s 2020 event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,[10] but resumed in 2021, including an appearance by the original NASA Liberty Bell 7 space capsule.