The positively huge Blade Runner 2049 Experience is under construction on First Avenue for 2017 San Diego Comic-Con!
I was wrong! In a previous post, I thought the huge structure being built on First Avenue just north of Harbor Drive was for a private party. Wrong! It’s going to house the Blade Runner 2049 Experience. And it’s positively enormous! I also learned it will be free to the public–no Comic-Con badge required. You can bet I’ll be checking that out!
Today I also saw that progress has been made at Amazon’s The Tick Takeover site at the corner of First Avenue and Harbor Drive, and at the Midnight, Texas site near the Tin Fish. Here are some photos. Six days to go until Comic-Con!
A cool 4D experience being built near the Tin Fish promotes the upcoming NBC show Midnight, Texas.It appears to me this old motorhome will be part of a spooky Midnight, Texas attraction at Comic-Con.A building with broken windows and a big gaping hole has appeared along MLK Promenade for Amazon’s The Tick Takeover.And attached to the building is this. Every hero must face their destiny. Are you ready to face yours? The Tick.
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Local artist Suzka has created some colorful artwork that includes elements from San Diego Comic-Con, popular culture and comic books.
Check this out! There’s a bunch of cool, original San Diego Comic-Con artwork on display in an eatery not far from the convention center! Head a couple blocks up First Avenue and step inside Simon’s Cafe to see these colorful Comic-Con paintings!
The artist’s name is Suzka, and you can read her bio in one of my photos–click it to enlarge for easier reading.
This morning I had a lot of fun looking at this art inside the cafe while waiting for my breakfast burrito. (Which was pretty good, too!)
Biography of painter and writer Suzka. Some of her art celebrating San Diego Comic-Con can be seen inside Simon’s Cafe on First Avenue, a couple blocks north of Harbor Drive.Cool original San Diego Comic-Con art shows timeline of the international pop culture phenomenon.An enormous Superman seems to stand guard near a harbor.Dr. Fate is in a big hurry to save Inza from danger!Fun versions of Batman and Superman welcome everyone to Comic-Con!
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I’m starting to get excited about upcoming 2017 San Diego Comic-Con! It begins in less than two weeks!
Now that I’m beginning to think again about Comic-Con, I’ve been remembering some of the cool cosplay photos I’ve taken the past few years. Just for fun I’ve collected links to old blog posts that contain lots of cosplay photos!
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A huge banner hung on the Hilton San Diego Bayfront parking structure promotes The Gifted for 2017 Comic-Con. The X-Gene can’t be seen. Do your part. Get tested.
Check it out! Three super huge banners have already been hung on a building for 2017 Comic-Con. They cover much of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront parking structure, and promote the upcoming FOX series The Gifted.
Those attending Comic-Con are urged to get tested by Sentinel Services for the X-Gene. (I wonder–if those who are tested are found to be positive, will they be sent away in an armored Mutant Transport trolley?)
In past years, I don’t recall huge banners like this appearing several weeks before the big event. I imagine tons and tons more cool stuff is on the way! Stay tuned!
Marvel’s upcoming series about the mutant X-Men will be on FOX television.Get tested for the X-Gene. Sentinel Services. This promotional banner will be displayed on the Hilton parking garage during San Diego Comic-Con.A happy family provides a chilling message. It’s not a crime to have the X-Gene. But it is a crime to hide it. Get tested.Here’s an example of what you might become if you have the X-Gene and suddenly mutate. I think this sinister-looking character is called the Toothy Composite Marvel Oddity. I spotted this sticker along Harbor Drive. (I wonder if the Spiderman web-shooting gets tangled in the Wolverine claws?)Or worse, you might mutate and become Sheldon Cooper. This is Sheldon, isn’t it? One super power, I suppose, would be brain power that almost matches that of Reed Richards. And an over-sized ego nearly the size of Ego.The first huge banners have appeared on a San Diego building for 2017 Comic-Con, several weeks before the massive international pop culture event!
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Banner for 2017 San Diego Comic-Con promotes the upcoming Marvel movie Black Panther.
Another cool discovery! A few banners for 2017 San Diego Comic-Con have already been hung along Harbor Drive near the convention center. For 2017, the promotional banners depict Thor and Black Panther, Marvel superheroes who have highly-anticipated movies coming up!
Thor, one of Marvel Comics’ Mighty Avengers, appears on a banner for 2017 San Diego Comic-Con. It depicts a scene from the upcoming movie Thor: Ragnarok.
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Window near entrance to a Gaslamp retailer contains DC Comics characters and Star Wars helmets. Comic-Con is a few months away!
Walk around downtown and you’ll be reminded that San Diego is home to an international phenomenon of colossal proportions: San Diego Comic-Con!
Here are some fun photos that I took today. Are you energized? About three months to go!
I’ll be taking a whole week off–before and during San Diego Comic-Con–and blogging like crazy!
Deco Bike rental station still contains graphic from last year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The television show Colony, a science fiction series on USA Network, was being heavily promoted.Godzilla rises at the nexus for all things pop culture. The Gaslamp is a popular playground for those attending San Diego Comic-Con.The Tin Fish near the San Diego Convention Center still features an Emerald City canopy, nine months after last year’s Comic-Con.Star Trek graphic on a wall in downtown San Diego’s Domino’s Pizza store. A Starfleet insignia. Going boldly where no one has gone before . . .San Diego’s Domino’s Pizza has a fun wall with lots of pop culture imagery, including an alien, Bat signal, Mario, and the downtown skyline.Of all the cool space helmets in the known universe, Darth Vader tops them all!Walk around downtown and you might be reminded our fair city is home to San Diego Comic-Con!
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Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) art rendition of Justice League heroes, including Superman and Batman.
A good number of pop culture fans follow Cool San Diego Sights, because every year I cover San Diego Comic-Con and post tons of cosplay photos. So here’s something I saw today during my walk through Old Town that DC Comics readers might really enjoy!
In the window of a shop called Cielito Lindo were all sorts of Day of the Dead ornaments and gifts. And among all the colorful artwork were Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, and his super-dog Krypto!
Day of the Dead is a beloved Mexican holiday that is very popular here in San Diego. In Spanish it’s called Día de los Muertos. Skulls and skeletons, which abound during the Day of the Dead, traditionally represent deceased loved ones.
As you can see, Day of the Dead inspires all sort of creative, unexpected art! No subject matter escapes its decorative influence! Even the mighty Justice League!
Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) art depicts popular DC Comics super-heroine Wonder Woman.A skeletal Superman flying through skulls.Fun skeleton artwork celebrating Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos). The figures are Superman, his dog Krypto, and Batman!
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Blanka of Capcom’s Street Fighter video games. Fun street art in National City.
A bunch of fun, colorful Japanese video game characters have been painted on several utility boxes near the center of National City. I spotted them while walking near the intersection of National City Boulevard and East 8th Street.
A whole universe of video game characters created over the years in Japan have contributed in a very big way to our popular culture. From Sonic the Hedgehog to Mario to the magical creatures of Pokémon, they populate video games, television shows, movies, comic books, toys . . and, as you can see, even some really fun street art!
Painted utility and transformer boxes near the corner of National CIty Boulevard and East 8th Street feature a variety of colorful Japanese video game characters.Sonic the Hedgehog of Sega Games has been painted on a utility box in National City.Bub and Bob originally from the 1980s Taito video game Bubble Bobble.Street art depicts Link of The Legend of Zelda video game series.A cute street art rendition of Princess Peach from the Mario video games.Pikachu sits atop a Pokémon Poké Ball. Fun street art in National City.The character beneath the Poké Ball looks somehow familiar, but I can’t figure this one out… Okay, a coworker identified him! It’s Finn the Human from the animated television show Adventure Time. Not of Japanese origin, apparently, but he has appeared in video games!Chocobo from the Final Fantasy video games. Happy street art painted on a utility box.Luna from the popular Japanese manga series Sailor Moon. I’m not sure if Luna appeared in any video games.Nintendo’s pop culture icon Mario fights Gooper Blooper in this fun, nostalgic street art.A green Super Mario Koopa Paratroopa flies over a castle while our leaping hero steps on a Goomba!A villainous Rocky Wrench pops out of a hole to attack Mario in this video game street art!I believe these are various images of enemies from the Mario video game franchise on top of the transformer.Super Mario Galaxy has our hero capturing Power Stars in Outer Space! More street art in National City!
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It’s a cosplay of Lego Venom in the middle of the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con crowd!
Here’s another large collection of cosplay photographs! I took these Saturday outside 2016 San Diego Comic-Con!
Seeing so many super creative costumes is one reason I love walking around during Comic-Con. It’s an opportunity for individuals to find unabashed joy in their own personal creativity. It’s all about fantasy and imagination come to life. People young and old can choose to be whatever they choose to be. It’s all good. And it’s all fun!
This cosplay of a Cylon from the original Battlestar Galactica had a moving red light in its helmet and cool Cylon sound effects!A great cosplay of Marvel’s famous superhero couple, Ant-Man and the Wasp.A truly great Addams Family cosplay on the street outside Comic-Con!I was told these ladies are characters from Alice in Wonderland. It appears to me one is the Queen of Hearts and the other is Alice.This cuddly killer is Unipool. He’s even got his own hashtag!I recognize Green Arrow, but the other cosplay I didn’t hear properly when I asked. Does someone out there know? Leave a comment if you do.I learned the cosplay on the right is Mega Man, but I didn’t catch the identity of the fellow on the left. Help!Cosplay of Raven of the Teen Titans.A very cool cosplay of a Jawa from Star Wars.This funny guy combined Joker and Donald Trump!A zombie walks through the Gaslamp with a big pink ribbon. Even the undead can fight for life!It took a moment, but then I realized these little guys were familiar. That’s Crow T. Robot from Mystery Science Theater on the right, and Tom Servo on the left!Menacing cosplay of Cobra Commander.It’s Pac-Man and a small Blinky!A super creative cosplay of a steampunk Batman.I hope the zombies rampaging through the Gaslamp Saturday night were careful. Because these guys wanna kill zombies.This cosplayer seemed a bit surprised that I recognized he was the Mouth of Sauron. I guess I’ve read and watched Lord of the Rings too many times.I learned these guys are cosplaying characters from the video game Fallout.A fun, creative cosplay of characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas.Here comes Spidey!These nice ladies were cosplaying Toriel and Frisk from Undertale.I think I heard this is a Pokemon cosplay. I might be wrong.These Medieval period enthusiasts hail from the Barony of Calafia. They are members of the Society for Creative Anachronism.Incredible cosplay of Ornstein the Dragon Slayer, from Dark Souls.Another super good cosplay. It’s Cable of the X-Men.Some really great costumes–all characters from Game of Thrones.Hey, Cap! What’s up?I was told this cosplay is Tyson Rios, of Army of Two.Super creative cosplay of Marvel’s Lady Sif, Asgardian warrior. Looks like the Jack Kirby version.This cosplay, I believe, is Victarion Greyjoy, from Game of Thrones.The Suicide Squad movie is coming up. This is the original Harley Quinn with an absurdly huge hammer. A little more humor in this version, perhaps.Cosplay of long-time movie hero Zorro!Cosplay from the original Tron. He thought the first movie was best.I was informed this is just a purple fuzzy creature with long ears! Even so, it looks somehow familiar.Cosplay of Liliana Vess, from Magic: The Gathering.This Poison Ivy cosplayer must’ve mistaken me for Batman, because she’s blowing a lethal kiss my way!Now a cosplay Catwoman is about to strike me with her whip! Ouch!These musicians in wild Mexican outfits were simply having fun entertaining 2016 San Diego Comic-Con fans in the Gaslamp.Here comes a cool cosplay of Cyclops. Don’t activate your visor! I’m a good guy!
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An amazing Wonder Woman mural is being painted for 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, at (Paradise) Island Avenue and Sixth Avenue
An awesome, multi-paneled outdoor mural depicting Wonder Woman is being painted during 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. Should you head a few blocks north of the convention center and find the intersection of Island and Sixth Avenue, your eyes will be astonished at what they discover!
Three Southern California artists are painting larger-than-life interpretations of Wonder Woman, DC Comic’s legendary super-heroine. The three colorful panels together compose a large bold mural, and Comic-Con fans can line up to have their picture taken with the artwork as a backdrop. The reason? It’s Wonder Woman’s 75th Anniversary!
How cool is this?
A small lot in downtown San Diego, several blocks from the convention center, has been converted into a celebration of DC Comic’s legendary character Wonder Woman and her 75th Anniversary!The left panel, depicting an abstract face of Wonder Woman, was painted by San Diego artist Katherine Brannock.2016 San Diego Comic-Con fans can have their photo taken with this very cool Wonder Woman mural as a backdrop.The center panel honoring Wonder Woman is being painted by another talented San Diego artist, Celeste Byers.And the right panel, the strong face of comic book heroine Wonder Woman, is being painted by Los Angeles artist Christina Angelina.
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I anticipate having a few more Comic-Con adventures! Will you join me?
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