Comiket

Comiket, otherwise known as the Comic Market or CM is the world's largest comic convention held biannually in Tokyo, Japan. The first CM was held in December of 1975 with only about 30 participating circles and an estimated 700 attendees. Attendance has since swelled to over a quarter of a million people. The convention lasts for three days. CM is held for the purpose of fans exchanging and communicating through their beloved hobby of dōjinshi. CM is not about profiting by selling massive amounts of books, and corporate comic publishers are not allowed to participate in CM. CM is a grassroots DIY effort by fans for fans. CM is not a convention motivated by profit, and as such no mainstream publishers' comics are for sale at CM. However, as items sold in CM are considered very rare (because dōjinshi are seldom reprinted), some items sold at CM can be found in shops or on the Internet at prices up to 10 times the item's original price.

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