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Fantasy Basel – The Swiss Comic Con
Status	Active
Genre	Comic, Cosplay, Film, TV, Gaming, Pop culture, Fantasy, Anime, Manga, Digital entertainment
Frequency	Annually
Venue	Messe Basel
Location(s)	Basel, Switzerland
Previous event	May 09-11, 2024
Next event	May 29-31, 2025
Attendance	88,000
Website	www.fantasybasel.ch/en

The Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con is a Swiss convention for film, fantasy, game, comic and cosplay fans. It was first held in Basel from May 14–16, 2015, and has been held annually since then, with the exception of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 100,000 m² of space, it is one of the largest pop culture conventions in Europe.^[1]

Organizer and venue

The convention was founded by Martin Schorno,^[2] the organizer is FantasyCon AG in Zurich.^[3] Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con takes place in the halls of Messe Basel.^[4]

Programme

International guests from Hollywood, the film and TV world, fantasy and comics, and the international cosplay scene can be seen on the stages and at autograph sessions and photo sessions. Over 300 illustrators, tattoo artists and urban artists can be met annually at Artist Alley. Cosplay competitions, exhibitions, panel discussions, workshops, premieres, live art shows, game worlds and medieval and steampunk are all part of the program. A hall is dedicated to e-sports as well as gaming, and board games, tabletop and role-playing games are also represented.^[5]

History

The first Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con 2015 attracted more than 20,000 visitors.^[6] In the second year, the area was expanded from 15,000 m² to 30,000 m². In 2017, the area was finally increased by another 20,000 m² and the convention recorded a total of 43,000 visitors. In 2018, the event took place on 60,000 m² for the first time.^[7] The fifth anniversary of Fantasy Basel - The Swiss Comic Con took place from May 3 to May 5, 2019 and recorded over 54,000 visitors.^[8] In 2020, the festival was held virtually. For its ten year anniversary in 2024, the festival welcomed around 88,000 visitors.^[9]

Convention statistics


Year	Period	Visitors	Exhibition space	Sources
2015	14.05.2015. – 16.05.2015.	20.000	15.000 m²	^[6]
2016	05.05.2016 – 07.05.2016	30.000	30.000 m²	^[10]
2017	29.04.2017 – 01.05.2017	43.000	50.000 m²	^[11]
2018	10.05.2018 – 12.05.2018	52.000	60.000 m²	^[12]^[13]
2019	03.05.2019 – 05.05.2019	54.000	60.000 m²	^[14]
2020	held virtually			^[15]
2021	08.10.2021 – 10.10.2021	45.000	70.000 m²	^[16]
2022	26.05.2022 – 28.05.2022	62.000	70.000 m²	^[17]
2023	18.05.2023 – 20.05.2023	72.000	77.000 m²	^[18]
2024	09.05.2024 – 11.05.2024	88'000	90.000 m²	^[19]

Guests

Every year since it was first held, the convention has featured several guests from different creative industries:

Kevin Sussman (The Big Bang Theory)
Kristian Nairn (Game of Thrones)
Cara Buono (Stranger Things, Mad Men, The Sopranos)
Natalia Tena (Game of Thrones and Harry Potter)
Tom Wlaschiha (Stranger Things, Game of Thrones)
Ricky Whittle (The 100)
Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia, Reign, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn)
Daniel Portman (Game of Thrones)
Duncan Lacroix (Outlander, Vikings)
Georgia Hirst (Vikings)
Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts, The Walking Dead)
Alison Sudol (Fantastic Beasts, A Fine Frenzy)
David Haydn-Jones (Supernatural)
Alfred Enoch (Harry Potter and How to Get Away with Murder)
Martin Klebba (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Sean Pertwee (Gotham, Elementary)
Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049)
Angus MacInnes (Star Wars)
Ian Beattie (Game of Thrones)
Kiran Shah
Didier Queloz (Nobel Prize winner, astronomer)^[20]

References

^ "Das sind die schönsten Cosplayer der Fantasy Basel". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ Nüsseler, Hannes (26 April 2019). "Swiss Comic Con - Gründer und Leiter der Fantasy Basel: "Ich weiss, wer zuletzt auf dem Thron sitzt"". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Imprint". www.fantasybasel.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Getting Here". www.fantasybasel.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con 2017 by FANTASY BASEL - The Swiss Comic Con - Issuu". issuu.com. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ ^a ^b "Fantasy Basel 2015". www.kostueme-bs.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ Zeier, Dominique. ""Fantasy Basel" verzeichnet erneut einen Rekord | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ ""Fantasy Basel" mit Besucherrekord: 54'000 Cosplayer in Messehallen". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). 5 May 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Media releases – Zurich Pop Con". zurichpopcon.ch. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
^ "STEG mit GAMING PCs an der FANTASY BASEL 2016 | Presseportal-schweiz.ch". www.presseportal-schweiz.ch (in German). 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ Stoecklin, Chris (2017-05-01). "Fantasy Basel verzeichnet 43'000 Besucher". Telebasel (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ Borner, Angela (2018-05-13). "Die Fantasy Basel begeistert 52'000 Besucher". Telebasel (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Die FANTASY BASEL – The Swiss Comic Con 2018 | Zappa Doing Winterthur - Die magische Welt der bunten Bilder". www.zappadoing.ch (in German). 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Programmheft 2017". www.fantasybasel.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Virtuelle FANTASY BASEL 2020 - The Swiss Comic Con dieses Wochenende". games.ch (in German). 22 May 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "45'000 Besucher an der "Fantasy Basel" - Veranstalter zufrieden". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). 10 October 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ ""Fantasy Basel" mit neuem Besucherrekord". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). 28 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Über 70'000 Besuchende kommen zur Fantasy Basel 2023". www.cetoday.ch (in German). 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^ "Media releases – Fantasy Basel". fantasybasel.ch (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-07.
^ ""Fantasy Basel" mit neuem Besucherrekord". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2023-01-30.

External links

Official Website of Fantasy Basel – The Swiss Comic Con

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