Silicon Valley Comic Con expands, picks new dates for 2017

Silicon Valley Comic Con has set a return date for April 21-23, and will expand into three neighboring venues, officials announced Wednesday.

In its first year, the comic book, science fiction and technology convention co-founded by Steve Wozniak filled the San Jose Convention Center; hard-to-negotiate crowds generated complaints at the otherwise well-received convention.

Next year, while the event will remain in the convention center, it will expand into South Hall, the City National Civic and the California Theatre.

Guests included William Shatner, comic book legend Stan Lee, the cast of “Back to the Future,” and Adam Savage of “MythBusters” and the website Tested.