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Fri Feb 22 - Sun Feb 24

The 22nd Annual

WonderCon

Location	Date and Time
Moscone Center 700 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 map district: SoMa	Fri Feb 22 (Noon-7pm) Sat Feb 23 (10am - 7pm) Sun Feb 24 (11am-5pm)

Description

WonderCon returns to San Francisco for its 22nd big year, February 22-28, 2008! Moscone Center South is the setting once again for Northern California's biggest and best comics and pop culture show. And the February dates make WonderCon the first major convention of the year!

Coming off its biggest year ever in 2007, with 20,000 attendees and a record number of exhibitors and programs, WonderCon continues to grow. Last year's event saw increased interest from Hollywood, with movie panels devoted to 300 (with stars Gerard Butler and Lena Headey, and director Zack Snyder, and 600 lucky attendees saw the movie in IMAX a week before it hit theaters), Ratatouille (director Brad Bird and Patton Oswalt, the voice of Remy), Resident Evil: Extinction (stars Ali Larter and Oded Fehr), and special Sunday TV panels devoted to Jericho (with stars Skeet Ulrich and Ashley Scott), Drive (Nathan Fillion) and TV Guide's look at genre TV (with Jeph Loeb of Heroes, Billy Campbell and Ira S. Behr of The 4400 and scifi icons Richard Hatch and Chase Masterson). Comics-oriented panels dominated the schedule, including spotlights on each of WonderCon's special guests, publisher presentations, and popular panels such as "Cover Story: The Art of the Comics Cover." 2008 promises to offer more along those same lines.

WonderCon's headquarters hotel this year is the San Francisco Marriott, located just a few short blocks from Moscone Center. WonderCon takes place in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with plenty of other attractions including shopping, museums, restaurants and nightlife, to make your convention experience even better. If you've been to WonderCon in the past, you know it's one of the most fun and fastest-growing events on the convention calendar. And if you haven't visited yet, this is the year to do it! Check back often for breaking news on WonderCon, including the complete program schedule and exhibitor list, as we get closer to the event. Make WonderCon 2008 and February in San Francisco your first convention of the New Year!