venue (21,000 square feet) that is closer to downtown Toronto. In 2009, it was announced that the show would be on hiatus in 2009 due to scheduling concerns. On June 24, 2009, via press release, Gareb Shamus, owner of Wizard Entertainment, announced that he had purchased the event from Paradise owner Peter Dixon, who would remain involved in the show in some form, in a manner similar to Wizard's purchase of the Big Apple Comic Con. The former comic book-only show will be retooled as a multi-genre event similar to other Wizard events in Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York, and relaunched in 2010. The convention seems to be officially on hiatus, as there have been no new events since 2012. In June 2014 Paradise launched a new semi-monthly one day show called the "Toronto Comics Show" and held them in a room at the Leaside Arena. Those are also currently on hiatus since Fall 2014. Dates and locations 2003: March 23 — Toronto Hilton Hotel 2003: November 7–9 — Queen Elizabeth Building, National Trade Centre 2004: June 18–20 — Queen Elizabeth Building, National Trade Centre 2005: April 29–30, May 1 — Hall F, National Trade Centre 2006: April 28–30 — Hall C, National Trade Centre 2007: June 8–10 — Hall C, Direct Energy Centre 2008: July 12–13 — 2nd Floor, Holiday Inn on King (Last Paradise event) 2010: March 26–28 — Hall A, Direct Energy Centre (First Wizard event) 2011: March 18–20 — Hall D, Direct Energy Centre 2012: April 14–15 — Metro Toronto Convention Center, North Building Guests of Honour 2003 Jim Starlin and Michael William Kaluta 2004 Will Eisner and Dave Sim 2005 Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis and Jerry Robinson 2006 George Pérez and David Lloyd 2007 Michael Golden, Terry Moore, Marv Wolfman and Matt Wagner 2008 Herb Trimpe, Joseph Michael Linsner, Greg Land References External links Official web site Comics conventions in Canada