Someone enters the Federal Building in Balboa Park during December Nights. This will be the future home of San Diego’s Comic-Con Museum!
Look what I discovered today! You can help create the new Comic-Con Museum in San Diego!
For only fifty dollars, anyone can become a Tier Two charter member of the highly-anticipated Comic-Con Museum and receive tons of amazing perks, including special previews, member-only event invitations, an e-newsletter, exclusive live streamed programming (including panel discussions, talks, and creative classes), and exclusive merchandise . . . plus the ability to contribute ideas and feedback concerning potential exhibits . . . plus free admission to the museum for an entire year once it opens, and a couple of guest passes!
Your contribution will be used help fund the creation of the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park!
If you’d like to contribute an amount other than fifty dollars, there are several tiers that you can choose in the Comic-Con Museum’s Charter Membership Program.
You can pay-whatever-you-want, which has lots of great benefits, including being entered on an immortal Honor Roll of Charter Members. You can also chose the most generous tier, where you receive a special invite to Comic-Con Museum’s Inaugural Gala in 2019 and your name is permanently recognized inside the museum.
Here’s the Comic-Con Museum website, where you click “Become A Charter Member” to learn more and sign up!
Not only do I live within easy walking distance to the future museum, but I just became a Charter Member!
Lots of fun ahead!
The San Diego Hall of Champions once occupied the Federal Building. In the future it will be a dynamic place where visitors can explore the popular culture!At every tier, people who became a charter member of the new Comic-Con Museum get special benefits, including live streamed programming and an e-newsletter.An artist’s rendering of what the entrance to the Comic-Con Museum will appear like when it opens in San Diego!
Whenever I drive off the San Diego–Coronado Bridge into Barrio Logan, I notice two enormous eyes painted on a building below the curving bridge offramp.
During a recent walk, I directed my feet through Chicano Park to the place on Logan Avenue where I’ve seen those eyes. It turns out some very cool art adorns the front of Alchemy Motorcycles, including the face of legendary musician Prince. I believe the two bright sections on the left were painted recently.
The first four photographs you see, however, are of the Chicano Park Herb Garden and its mural, which are located immediately to the left of Alchemy. The very colorful mural is painted on the Coronado Bay Bridge’s ramp to south Interstate 5. A sign among the native plants describes: a collective community herbal garden for healing, restoring, learning, praying, meditating and grounding.
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During my walk about Logan Heights today I met a few friendly members of the San Diego Art Team. They were creating even more cool street art just north of the intersection of 31st Street and Commercial Street.
Some of their recently spray painted art features popular Marvel Comics characters, particularly those related to the X-Men!
If the style of their work seems familiar, I blogged their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle mural (which has since been painted over) here and some of their other graffiti-style artwork here.
The San Diego Art Team is composed of Logan Heights community members who enjoy being creative and energizing their neighborhood with bold, colorful public art!
Very cool!
Spiderman faces off against a member of the X-Men in street art in Logan Heights.Cyclops, Nightcrawler and a Sentinel street art in Logan Heights.I believe that’s Wolverine.I’m certain that’s Wolverine!Cyclops in action street art in Logan Heights.Jean Grey as Phoenix street art in Logan Heights.
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Cool comic book superheroes, villains and other characters are spray painted on a long wall in Logan Heights!
Check out this awesome spray paint street art on a wall south of the intersection of 31st Street and Commercial Street in Logan Heights! It’s loaded with comic book superheroes, villains and other cool characters!
The mural is a work currently in progress. Today I was fortunate to meet the primary artist, who goes by the name Fizix. I learned that most of the characters in the large, colorful mural are his artwork. I also learned that additional work on this very cool mural is by the artist ABSO.
Does the name Fizix ring a bell? Perhaps you’ve seen his work here and here. Because I photograph so much street art all around San Diego, it’s possible his work appears elsewhere on Cool San Diego Sights and I simply don’t realize it.
Fizix is actually Alex Julian, a talented artist in San Diego who can be found @alexfizix. His blog, which features some really good graphic novel art and his bio, can be enjoyed here.
His expertise is illustration, book covers, digital art, murals, horror caricatures and comic book coloring. His artwork has a distinctive style that I really like.
Check out the following photos!
Judge Dredd street art by Fizix.Fizix at work on a commissioned mural featuring superheroes, supervillains and a few other characters.A neighbor in Logan Heights loves old school Jazz, so Fizix included this cool musician in the large mural.Another neighbor in Logan Heights has a dog that resembles this cool spray paint artwork by Fizix!This very awesome sunset portion of the mural is by the artist ABSO. It looks like the sort of street art one might find in Ocean Beach.Carnage street art by Fizix.Rose of Black Dog and Rebel Rose street art by Fizix.Spawn street art by Fizix.The Maxx street art by Fizix.Hela street art by Fizix.Ghost Rider street art by Fizix.Iron Man street art by Fizix.Wonder Woman street art by Fizix.Miles Morales version of Spiderman street art by Fizix.Hellboy street art by Fizix.Rocket Raccoon street art by the artist ABSO.Cool characters from pop culture can be enjoyed by anyone who drives down Commercial Street in San Diego!
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The final words of the famous poem Invictus, painted near the entrance to Invictus Fitness. I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
I enjoyed an aimless walk around East Village on Saturday. My camera found a variety of cool sights! Some old and some new!
As you can see, there are all sorts of new high-rises under construction in this dynamic part of downtown San Diego.
I walked past the Quartyard at its new corner on Market Street. It’s a couple blocks east of where it used to be. I’ll be posting those fun photos shortly!
Colorful banners along the side of Urban Discovery Academy in East Village.Abstract cat on a sidewalk chalkboard.A cool new mural by Michael Brooks Chandler on the side of a building at 13th Street and J Street.The 23-story K1 San Diego luxury apartment building is currently under construction just east of the downtown Central Library.Mission Brewery has been located in the old Wonder Bread Building for years now.This unusual, humorous mural has been on the north wall of the building at 1400 L Street for many years, too. I know nothing about it!The recently completed Pinnacle on the Park rises above the south entrance to Fault Line Park.New residential buildings rise beyond reflections in one of the silvery spheres at Fault Line Park.A blonde peers out from a shop window in East Village!
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A small sign with an ostrich welcomes those walking up Park Boulevard in University Heights.
Last weekend I walked along Park Boulevard in University Heights. I headed north from El Cajon Boulevard to Adams Avenue, then back south on the opposite sidewalk. I saw all sorts of fun art during my journey!
Why so many ostriches? University Heights has adopted the ostrich as a unique and memorable symbol. Back in 1903 this neighborhood was the home of Harvey Bentley’s ostrich farm, where visitors could ride the large birds!
Artistic mural painted on south wall of Park Blvd Artworks.Wall painted by New Zealand artist Cinzah for the PangeaSeed Foundation informs passersby that each year 100,000,000 sharks are killed for their fins.Electrical box floral street art near the Diversionary Theatre.People walk up Park Boulevard’s sidewalk toward the University Heights landmark sign.Some small colorful tiles in a stucco wall.Transformer box painted with an image of The Pavilion at Mission Cliff Gardens.Streetlamp banner with ostrich proclaims University Heights – Founded in 1888.Faded flowery street art on a utility box.A small, peaceful sculpture in front of Buddha’s Light Bookstore.Spiritual image above front entrance of San Diego Buddhist Association’s Hsi Fang Temple.Part of the cool mural painted on a store wall at the corner of Park Boulevard and Monroe Avenue.
I photographed the above mural four years ago. See more images of this street art here!
Some beautiful but faded street art.Silly faces!Love Your H2O, a mural painted by local artist Gloria Muriel for the Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans project.
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A crime scene at Solve Who titled Murder at PROstate Farm. A team of detectives gathers clues, watches video interrogations of three suspects, then attempts to determine who the murderer is.
A unique and very cool attraction recently opened in downtown San Diego. It’s called Solve Who!
Neither an escape room, nor murder mystery dinner theatre, Solve Who offers would-be detectives something far more immersive and realistic. Solve Who is the world’s first interactive crime scene simulator!
Enter the front door of Solve Who and you suddenly become a detective investigating a detailed crime scene using your wits, a notepad and pen, and a variety of forensic tools. Groups of up to ten people operate as a team, collecting clues, watching short video interrogations of three suspects, then deliberating to determine the identity of the murderer.
Questions one might ask during the investigation include: Was the crime premeditated? Who had the motive to commit murder? Was there a break-in? Was there a struggle? What was the murder weapon? Are any fingerprints that you find with an ultraviolet light relevant? What is the meaning of a series of emails that periodically appear on one computer? Is any object at the crime scene out of place?
I was given a little bit of a preview this evening and I must say this entertainment concept is absolutely unique and brilliant! The super friendly guys behind Solve Who have worked hard to make the experience very realistic–they have even worked with law enforcement experts to ensure this fully interactive crime scene simulator is very close to authentic. With some crazy humor injected for fun!
It seems to me that Solve Who would be an ideal place for corporate team building, having a night out with friends, or for simply meeting new people. Right now they offer one scenario titled Murder at PROstate Farm, with three new, completely unique crime scenes to appear in the future. Solve Who will also offer beer and wine to participants in the near future.
Check out the Solve Who website here and perhaps make a reservation. You’ll be one of very few people in the entire world to have experienced a realistic interactive crime scene simulator!
A brief video introduction explains how each team of detectives can work together to logically deduce which suspect is guilty of murder.The funny, satirical brochure of PROstate Farm. The insurance agent was murdered, and his three employees are suspects.Inside the mock insurance office. PROstate Farm has policies to protect the insured against icebergs, apocalypse, zombies, talking apes and much more.Tools used by participants at Solve Who include forensic lights, magnifying lenses, string for trajectory pinpointing, evidence markers, and more.The crime scene includes many clues–a few are critically important. Deductive reasoning and acute observation are required to identify the murderer.An overturned chair and a big blood stain on the carpet.Blood splattered on the wall!Detectives at Solve Who will watch as three suspects are interrogated. It is important to listen to words and watch body language.Solve Who is a very cool new attraction in San Diego, located downtown at 1570 Fifth Avenue. It is the world’s first interactive crime scene simulator!
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