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Comiket is a semi-annual dōjinshi fair, held in Tokyo, Japan. It is a convention for selling dōjinshi and self-published Japanese works. The attendance in winter of 2016 was over 550,000 people.

Comiket is a dōjinshi fair founded in 1975 by Yoshihiro Yonezawa and friends with only around 600 attendees. That number has since grown to 550,000 people. It is held in August and January every year in Tokyo. It is a convention primarily for selling self-published works ranging from musical covers to stories to art.

Sellers are referred to as 'circles', and are listed in the convention catalogue in circle cuts.

A graph comparing Dōjin circle count over 17 Comikets

Dōjin circles counted by the original work being made derivative works of (parodied), from Comiket 84 (August 2013) to Comiket 91 (December 2016)

Links:

Wikipedia page

More information on circles and circle cuts

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What events usually happen at Comiket?

I only know Comiket from anime and manga: they usually sell their own doujinshi and do some cosplay. Is this the only thing that actually happens at Comiket or are there a lot more things that happen? Maybe some kind of contest or something? Also,…
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What kind of drawing format is this? Pictures with litle box on top left

Sometimes I find art like these on…
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What is COMITIA? Is it different than Comiket?

In Pixiv, sometimes I saw that as title. Here is the example: [ COMITIA119 ] 星の花束. Seems like it's a doujin. This is the first image (cover) - if anyone interested. I found from Google that Comitia is a legal assembly of the people from ancient…
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Cost for doujinshi in Comiket?

There is a con in Japan called Comiket. This con is held twice a year. There are like a hundred of circles/booths that sell their merchandise. I wonder how much cost for the production of their fan-made manga and artbook/illustatrion book. The…
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In terms of Comiket-related metrics, what are the most popular franchises of all time? (Touhou and...?)

I would like to know what the most popular franchises of all time are, when viewed through the lens of Comiket. By "Comiket-related metrics", I mean things like: number of circles participating; number of distinct doujinshi sold; total number of…
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What is the production process like for a doujinshi to be sold at Comiket?

Are there steps for a doujinka to take when making fan-made manga that would be sold at Comiket? For example, the Comiket would be held in April. When will they start making the doujin? Is the production process of fan-made manga similar to that of…
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