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Creation Entertainment is an American for-profit entertainment company located in Glendale, California, which produces fan conventions for fans of comic books, and various films and television series, mainly in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. Creation Entertainment is also a licensee of merchandise for many genre television series — including ''Star Trek'', ''The X-Files'', ''Xena'', ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Stargate Atlantis'', ''Lost'' and ''Supernatural'' —producing souvenir items such as T-shirts, hats, mugs, autographed items and calendars. It was founded in 1971 by Gary Berman and Adam Malin in New York.〔Shenker, Israel. "Comic-Book Fans Gather for 'Creation '79': The Hand Is the Ticket," ''New York Times'' (25 Nov 1978), p. 26.〕 Since then, it has organized over 2,300 conventions. Creation Entertainment hosts about 20 conventions annually in various locations such as Chicago, Illinois; and Burbank, California. Creation Entertainment has rights to hold official conventions for shows such as ''Twilight'', ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Star Trek'', and ''Xena''. They also host the largest ''Star Trek Convention'' in the world, which occurs annually during the summer in Las Vegas, Nevada; and previously handled Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors conventions. The conventions consist of on-stage celebrity appearances, Q&A sessions, parties and cabaret performances featuring celebrities and charity auction breakfasts.〔(Creation Entertainment calendar. ) Accessed Oct. 27, 2012.〕 Attendees may also purchase autographs and photo ops that allow fans to be photographed with celebrities. Creation collects additional money at their shows through limited-attendance functions not included in the ticket prices, including celebrity food functions, photo opportunities, and slower-paced autographing sessions. == Guests == Over the years, hundreds of actors, directors, producers and writers have appeared at Creation Entertainment conventions to speak to and meet their fans. Comics guests who have appeared at Creation Conventions over the years include Stan Lee, Vaughn Bodé, Ralph Bakshi, Jenette Kahn, Michael Kaluta, Jeff Jones,〔Grimes, Paul. ("2 Collegians Get an 'A' In Comic Books," ) ''New York Times'' (Nov. 26, 1976),〕 Gil Kane, Steve Gerber, Nicola Cuti, Bob Smith, Alex Niño, Martin Pasko, Marv Wolfman, Jim Steranko, Howard Chaykin, Joe Staton, Jerry Iger, Len Wein,〔Fratz, Doug. "TNJ Listings," ''The New Nostalgia Journal'' #28 (Aug. 1976), p. 39.〕 George Pérez,〔Cummings, Judith. ("Comic Book Collectors Take Funnies Seriously," ) ''New York Times'' (Nov. 26, 1977).〕 Frank Miller, John Byrne, Howard Chaykin, Jim Steranko, Herb Trimpe, Gray Morrow, Bob Larkin, John Romita, Sr., John Romita, Jr., Gene Colan, Archie Goodwin, Rudy Nebres, Tom Yeates, Bob Wiacek, Terry Austin,〔Mastrangelo, Joseph P. "Browsing for Comic Books," ''Washington Post'' (June 29, 1981).〕 Jim Shooter, and Chris Claremont.〔 Media guests who have appeared at Creation Conventions over the years include Tom Savini,〔Shenker, Israel. ("Comic-Book Fans Gather for 'Creation '79'; The Hand Is the Ticket," ) ''New York Times'' (Nov. 25, 1978).〕 Robin Curtis, Frank Ashmore, Terrance Dicks,〔("Weekender Guide," ) ''New York Times'' (Nov. 29, 1985).〕 Lucy Lawless, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Lucas, Ron Howard, James Cameron, Vincent Price, Tim Conway, Carl Reiner, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, James Doohan, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, David Prowse, Joe Dante, Nicholas Meyer, Patrick Stewart, William Gaines, Peter Jackson, Scott Bakula, Gillian Anderson, Chris Carter, Rob Zombie, Avery Brooks and Kate Mulgrew. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Creation Entertainment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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