The Story of How the San Diego Comic-Con Went From Small Event to Industry Giant

And it wasn’t always called San Diego Comic-Con, either.

After the first day’s San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Minicon, it changed to San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Con for the three-day. In 1972, we got San Diego’s West Coast Comic Convention, then San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) in 1973. Finally, in 1995, the event changed its name to Comic-Con International: San Diego (CCI).