It’s Saturday. It’s Comic-Con 2026. What does that mean?
That means Fifth Avenue in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter has become the center of the cosplay universe!
Every character imaginable from popular culture comes to life before your eyes.
Some of the costumes are extraordinary. Many of the cosplayers have devoted a lot of time and effort preparing for San Diego Comic-Con.
Enjoy this collection of photographs taken late Saturday afternoon…
Knight on Fifth Avenue.Ghostbusters.Unusual musician!Tonto, Lone Ranger and Wyatt Earp.Wolverine Ultimate Warrior.Batman and Harley Quinn.Art the Clown.Blue Power Ranger.Bird Furry.Chainsaw Man.Princess Bride.Morpheus.Constantine.Limbus Company Dante.The Mask.Powdered Toast Man.Olaf.
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How can you not love all the cool, creative cosplay. It’s everywhere you turn outside the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con 2026.
I took these photographs during my Friday walks.
Enjoy!
Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon.Spider Bob Ross.Pee-wee Herman.Elf.Wonder Woman.Naruto.Jessie from Toy Story.Evil Queen from Snow White.Winter Soldier.Sharknado victims.Hamburger.Spaceballs.Dead by Daylight and Five Nights at Freddy’s.Helldivers 2.Nightwing.Spider Woman and Nick Fury.Havok.Fierce-looking knights!WD-40.Chainsaw Man.Project Hail Mary.
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Ignition Press, the Los Angeles based publisher of comic books and graphic novels, has returned to San Diego Comic-Con with their Ignition Pavilion! You can find the two-story pavilion on MLK Promenade among many other activations.
As the Ignition Press website explains: The creator-driven company exclusively publishes original series including Murder Podcast, Voyeur, Roots of Madness, Deluge, NO Place, Arcadia, and Bloodland. Current film and television adaptations of Ignition Press series include The Beauty (FX/Hulu) and Extraction (Netflix).
Comic-Con goers don’t want to miss this. In addition to buying a wide range of comics and graphic novels, fans have the opportunity to speak at length with writers and artists, all of whom are very friendly and eager to discuss their work. (You might purchase something, too!)
I noticed that downstairs you can watch the “Revenge Of” podcast. Not familiar to me.
Upstairs, there is a coffee bar (you get one free), and eBay Live which you can watch in action.
The very best part of being upstairs, however, were the awesome creators behind tables with their books.
Here are Jim McCann and Joe Eisma. They’ve created individually and in collaboration with each other. Jim McCann has written for Marvel, including the series Hawkeye & Mockingbird. You can see their cool stuff at their table inside the coffee bar.
This is Ande Parks. He has created Bad Thoughts, a dark psychological thriller. As an artist he is best known for his work on Green Arrow. The art on his table immediately reminded me of work by Mike Grell. He liked my Neal Adams Superman t-shirt!
Lots of great creators to meet!
Dave Wielgosz is another cool creator I met. He wrote 2021’s Man-Bat and contributed stories to comic book anthologies including Batman: The Brave & The Bold and Superman: Man of Tomorrow. His first creator-owned project is Showdown..
Walking over to check out the eBay Live lounge area…
Pretty cool, huh?
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Would you like to sit in the captain’s chair of the Federation starship Enterprise?
You can during Comic-Con 2026 in San Diego! Simply make your way over to the Marriott Marquis hotel to enjoy the free photo op while the Star Trek activation is open, Thursday to Saturday 9:30 am to 7 pm, and Sunday 9:40 to 5.
You can check out a cool LEGO model of the Enterprise and see an example of a Star Trek card from Magic: The Gathering, too!
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Check it out! Hot Wheels has a Porsche outside Comic-Con 2026 with a cool KPop Demon Hunters wrap that looks like Derpy!
Very cool!
A small crowd had already gathered around the car to take photos on Wednesday afternoon, before the opening of Preview Night at the San Diego Convention Center.
Here are my pics…
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Yes, Doomsday is fated for San Diego. A portent of Doomsday is arising in the Gaslamp Quarter!
The historical Gaslamp Quarter sign is undergoing a sinister transformation. Doctor Doom seems to have recruited workers to prepare for his arrival. Some say the mighty throne of God Emperor Doom will be placed here in the center of Fifth Avenue.
Or perhaps this is a dimensional portal through which he’ll arrive to conquer Earth during Comic-Con 2026!
Avengers Assemble!
UPDATE!
The next morning I saw this…
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