National Championship at the 2019 L.A. Comic Con being officially presented by Disney's "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil". Exclusive collectibles L.A. Comic Con annually boasts collectible items that are exclusively available at a given year's convention. In 2019, L.A. Comic Con's exclusive collectibles included Funko Pops from Hot Topic. Hot Topic has been a major partner of L.A. Comic Con since 2017, having sponsored and provided exclusive merchandise for the con in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Convention leadership and organization Chris DeMoulin is L.A. Comic Con's current CEO, having worked with the convention since its second year in 2012. Growing up as a fan of comics since he was a young child, Chris DeMoulin amassed a large collection of comic books before he had to sell them as a young adult to pay for his college education. Mr. DeMoulin's genuine passion for the comic book community led him to build L.A. Comic Con as a fan-driven, community-oriented convention. The convention maintains a full-time team of just under 10 employees throughout the year, and seasonally expands annually to employ 150 staff during the convention's official event weekend. Stan Lee's legacy at the Con Formerly known as "Stan Lee's L.A. Comic Con", Stan Lee formed a partnership with the convention in 2012 and continued working with the event until his passing in 2018. Mr. Lee was motivated to work with L.A. Comic Con based on their fan-motivated organizational culture. "I think he felt the legacy of what we wanted to create here was safe in our hands, because we were honest-to-goodness fans, not just business people looking to make a buck." - Chris DeMoulin, CEO of Comikaze Entertainment L.A. Comic Con 2019 featured numerous dedications to Stan Lee's legacy, including a memorial wall inviting attendees to write their well-wishes in Stan Lee's memory and a main stage panel hosted by Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld in Mr. Lee's honor. Events References External links http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/03/entertainment/la-et-pickcomic3-20111103 http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/11/stan-lee-launches-his-own-comic-convention/ Comics conventions in the United States Conventions in Los Angeles Annual events in Los Angeles County, California Multigenre conventions Recurring events established in 2011 Events in Los Angeles Stan Lee