on West 18th Street in Manhattan, and by the mid-2000s were taking place at the Penn Plaza Pavilion at the Hotel Pennsylvania — the same location of the original Comic Art Conventions. In 2002, the first MoCCA Art Festival, focused on alternative comics and the small press, was held at New York City’s Puck Building; it has been held annually since. In 2006, the first New York Comic Con was held in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center; it also has been held annually since. Dates and locations Conventions held in New York City unless otherwise noted. July 4–7, 1968: Statler Hilton Hotel, 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue — as International Convention of Comic Book Art July 4–6, 1969: Statler Hilton Hotel — Penn Top/Sky Top Rooms July 3–5, 1970: Statler Hilton Hotel July 2–4, 1971: Statler Hilton Hotel July 1–5, 1972: Statler Hilton Hotel July 4–8, 1973: Commodore Hotel, 42nd Street and Park Avenue July 4–8, 1974: Commodore Hotel July 3–7, 1975: Commodore Hotel July 2–6, 1976: McAlpin Hotel, 34th Street and Broadway July 1–5, 1977: Hotel Sheraton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (no New York con this year) 1978: July 2–5: Americana Hotel, New York City July 8–9: Philadelphia 1979: June 30-July 1: Statler Hilton Hotel, New York City July 14–15: Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia July 4–6, 1980: Statler Hilton Hotel July 3–5, 1981: Statler Hilton Hotel July, 3-5, 1982: Sheraton Hotel, Seventh Ave. and 56th Street, New York City July 2–4, 1983: Sheraton Hotel, New York City — as International Science Fiction and Comic Art Convention (presentation of the Saturn Awards) See also Science fiction convention References Further reading 1975, 1976, 1977 Comic Art Convention program books The Comics Journal #46 (May 1979): Convention ad, inside back cover External links "Comic Art Convention" at the Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections Division: Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, "Comi" to "Comic Art of" "Philadelphia's 1977 Comic Art Convention", The Comic Treadmill, December 5, 2004.. Defunct comics conventions Recurring events established in 1968 Conventions in New York City