FOX has returned to San Diego Comic-Con in 2024 to assert their Animation Domination!
This afternoon I saw that a huge building wrap is now being applied to the Omni San Diego Hotel. Over the years, the tall building has been Fox Broadcasting Company’s canvas during Comic-Con, strategically overlooking Gaslamp Square and the San Diego Convention Center. Their past wraps have promoted their perpetually popular animated shows.
How long has The Simpsons been running now? Almost four decades? Is that possible?
Here are some photographs. I’ll take more photos as the wrap grows and post them as an update below.
What’s this? Alvin has arrived and is photobombing me!
He must be jealous of FOX’s Animation Domination.
Alvin! ALVIN! ALLVINNNNN!!!
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The next day (with no pesky Alvin)…
ANOTHER UPDATE!
And later…
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The next day…
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Large building wraps that promote ABC television’s series Abbott Elementary are now being applied to the exterior of Petco Park for Comic-Con 2024!
Check out some photos that I took today. I’ll take more photographs in the days to come and will post them as an update below.
Abbott Elementary will have an “A.V.A. FEST” free-to-the-public activation behind the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con. The offsite will feature lots of fun and giveaways!
Have you seen the Abbott Elementary trolleys now running around San Diego? I posted pics of one here!
UPDATE!
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Daryl Dixon has arrived in San Diego for Comic-Con 2024. I saw him this afternoon as I was walking up Fifth Avenue!
Two big building wraps promoting The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon were being applied to the Pendry Hotel for Comic-Con. I took these photographs!
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’s second season will premiere on September 29, 2024 on AMC.
I hope Daryl didn’t look down and see me shuffling through the Gaslamp Quarter. Because I’m a walker. Bad pun.
You might recall that last year the Pendry Hotel also had eye-catching wraps promoting Daryl Dixon. You can see one photograph here. When these 2024 wraps “wrap up” I’ll post an update below with new photos.
By the way, I’ve learned the Pendry won’t have Comic-Con related donuts inside the hotel this year. The Donut Bar donut pop-up will be available outside, by the Fifth Avenue sidewalk, in front of the hotel’s Provisional restaurant. Word from my friends at San Diego’s world-famous Donut Bar is that Deadpool and Wolverine donuts should be available this year. Yum!
UPDATE!
By the following late afternoon, this progress had been made…
ANOTHER UPDATE!
Then, finally…
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Passengers beware! Super powered individuals have been observed on a San Diego trolley–and there’s no escape from the mayhem!
I should say–you can’t escape seeing this bold new trolley wrap that promotes the popular Amazon Prime series The Boys!
Pop culture fans can look forward to riding this cool The Boys trolley during Comic-Con 2024. It’s the seventh different Comic-Con trolley wrap that I’ve seen running through the city so far!
This is the second wrap design that advertises shows on Amazon Prime. I photographed the other design yesterday. See it here!
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Music lovers gathered at Waterfront Park on San Diego’s Embarcadero this afternoon for a special event. They had come to listen to the second concert of San Diego’s newest arts and music series, Blanket Sounds!
As concert time neared, blankets, beach chairs and umbrellas multiplied by the stage, and the growing audience anticipated performances by DJ Mr. Hek and San Diego’s World Punk Band QUEL BORDEL!
Everyone was welcome at this multicultural and multigenerational community gathering. Kids ran and played on the grass. Families enjoyed picnics.
I lingered for a bit, enjoyed the mellow Sunday afternoon atmosphere, and took these photos. There are two more free Blanket Sounds concerts to go this summer. Find out more here!
The County Administration Building rises under a blue San Diego sky.Members of QUEL BORDEL! warm up before the concert begins.Tall ship Star of India on San Diego Bay makes a scenic background.Rock-like sculpture is an art installation by artist Trevor Amery.The other side of Trevor Amery’s fascinating sculpture.Jake Skolnick of local San Diego band QUEL BORDEL! gives a thumbs up!Kids could color at an activity table.
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The House of USA hosted a special program today in San Diego’s always amazing Balboa Park. Independence Day was celebrated at the International Cottages!
The Sons of the American Revolution and the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution were a big part of the patriotic event. Members in colonial attire were eager to educate the public about our nation’s early history.
I learned how the Children of the American Revolution is the nation’s oldest and largest patriotic youth organization. Members are under the age of 22, and have descended from an individual who provided military of civil service or gave material support to the cause of independence during the American Revolution. Their mission is to train future leaders and promote love of the United States and its heritage among youth. The young members I met were fine, well-spoken representatives of the organization.
The event included inspiring verbal presentations concerning the women of the American Revolution. Speakers represented historical personalities, including groundbreaking African American poet Phillis Wheatley; activist, author and Bill of Rights advocate Mercy Otis Warren; Deborah Sampson who disguised herself as a man to join the Patriot forces; and Lydia Darragh, who hid in a closet to eavesdrop on a secret meeting, learning about a surprise attack by the British on Washington’s troops.
The speakers were followed by several dances that would be typical during this era of American history. The Folk Dancers of Balboa Park danced to She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain, the Virginia reel and other familiar tunes.
Then the San Diego City Guard Band, which was founded way back in 1880, took to the stage and performed music fit for the occasion, starting with America the Beautiful.
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Independence Day was celebrated today, the Fourth of July, in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park!
A festival atmosphere drew families to the central plaza, where the public could freely enjoy live music, crafts, old-fashioned outdoor games like sack races and tug of war, and even a simulated telegraph office! The Boosters of Old Town San Diego, raising funds for the park, raffled off a valuable quilt and offered fun handmade gifts for those passing by.
California State Park employees and volunteers wore 19th century attire. With a little imagination, strolling through the grassy plaza would feel like stepping back in time. Lovers of Americana, nostalgia and San Diego’s early history were all smiles.
Red, white and blue could be seen throughout the State Park. The various museums were open and welcoming. Spinners and quilters were demonstrating their craft at Threads of the Past, while several blacksmiths were hammering red hot iron at the Blacksmith Shop. Curious visitors could listen to explanations as they looked on.
It was a special day in a very special place.
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Check out very cool graphics on one side of a trolley car that was recently wrapped for Comic-Con 2024!
I got photos of the opposite side a couple days ago, and posted them here. (Those graphics promote George Orwell’s 1984 and The Safe Man.)
This second side promotes Audible originals The Sandman and Impact Winter. (Remember the amazing sand sculptures two years ago at Comic-Con based on The Sandman and Impact Winter? Those photographs can be viewed here.)
This morning I had to act fast to capture these new photos! (I think the trolley driver noticed me and paused an extra moment or two–if so, thank you!)
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The third trolley wrap to appear in San Diego for Comic-Con 2024 promotes the ABC television series Abbott Elementary. And you can’t possibly miss it!
The fun circus graphics refer to the Abbott Elementary A.V.A. Fest (or A Very Abbott Festival), which originated in a classic episode in the show’s second season.
Critically acclaimed through its first three seasons, Abbott Elementary has been renewed for a fourth season. The humorous interactions of its well-rounded characters has kept the good-natured sitcom fresh and enjoyable!
Check out these photos taken today, about a month before the start of San Diego Comic-Con.
Excited yet?
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The Switchfoot Bro-Am was held today on Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. The popular surfing and live music Beach Fest celebrated its 20th anniversary!
Back in 2005, internationally famous rock band Switchfoot, whose members grew up in San Diego surfing and making music, held their first Bro-Am on the beach. They started Bro-Am to help local, at-risk youth, and lift them up.
Since then, the surf competition and musical offerings have grown. I saw thousands out enjoying the day today, sunbathing on blankets before the main stage, wandering about the sand, playing, watching surfing action, and checking out the booths of various charities that benefit from this wonderful event. I saw folks from Rady Children’s Hospital, Feeding San Diego, the Monarch School and the Challenged Athletes Foundation! (Just a few.)
At heart, Bro-Am is about celebrating kids. They represent our future. And lots of kids were out on the sand, having a blast!
The Rob Machado Bro-Junior surf competition was for younger athletes. A second smaller stage featured youthful performers from the School of Rock.
I didn’t hang around long enough to hear Switchfoot perform–as I left for the Coaster train station to head back home, the great group Jettee was up on the main stage rocking the beach!
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