Cosplay Girls, Phoenix Comic-Con 2012, Arizona, United States

• 2006
September 2006 was the first time the convention was held at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Arizona. It also became a 2 day convention, with Friday preview night, and had guests such as voice actors Johnny Young Bosche and Greg Ayres. The exhibitor room was dramatically expanded, as was the amount of programming offered. This was the first convention to expand beyond comic books into the greater pop culture community, including Anime, Manga, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Cosplay. Attendance was over 2,600 people for the weekend.
• 2007-2009
The convention was held in January from 2007 to 2009, at the Mesa Convention Center. Attendance jumped past 3,200 and we further fulfilled the promise of being the signature pop culture event in the southwest. 2007 was also considered the conventions first foray into media guests, with Feedback, the winner of "Stan Lee's Who Wants to be a Superhero" attending. In 2009 the event was expanded to 3 days, with a Thursday preview night. It was also announced at the 2009 convention that due to an overwhelming attendance of around 7,000 people for that year, the convention in 2010 will be moving to the Phoenix Convention Center the next year, along with the dates changing to the end of May.