Charlie Brown welcomes visitors to the Peanuts Pop-Up Shop in San Diego during 2019 Comic-Con, on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Today is the 50th Anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon. Half a century ago, Neil Armstrong, one of three astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission, stepped down onto the lunar surface and proclaimed: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
That first step by a man might not have happened without the help of a beloved cartoon dog.
Visitors to the Peanuts Pop-Up shop in San Diego during 2019 Comic-Con have the opportunity to see fun displays that recall how Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts, one of the world’s most popular comic strips, helped NASA to safely complete their missions to the moon.
This very special Comic-Con exhibition is titled To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA. The exhibit, which includes humorous comic strips, is on loan from the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California.
If a couple of my photos appear unusual, that’s because I converted them into cartoons!
To read the signs, click those photos and they will enlarge.
Astronaut Snoopy graphic on the outside of Bubbles Boutique in the Gaslamp Quarter, where the Peanuts Pop-Up Shop is located during Comic-Con.A look inside the Peanuts Pop-Up Shop at two walls of the exhibit.One of two Peanuts comic strips on display. Snoopy won’t need dinner now that he’s heading to the moon.
Peanuts, NASA, and the 21st Century. NASA and Peanuts Worldwide have partnered to inspire generations of students to learn about space exploration.Snoopy to the Rescue. Snoopy became NASA’s safety mascot after the fire that killed three Apollo 1 astronauts.
50th Anniversary of Apollo 10. The Apollo 10 crew chose the call sign for the lunar module during their mission: Snoopy.
The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center has the world’s largest collection of original Peanuts comic strips.Charles M. Schulz, 1922-2000. Many of his popular characters were named after art instructors he met.
The second of two Peanuts comic strips on display. Snoopy beat the neighbor’s cat to the moon.Photos from the Apollo missions, and how Snoopy was an important part of that history.
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Look what I discovered walking along the Embarcadero this morning! The United States Postal Service has set up a special booth between Seaport Village and the USS Midway Museum in celebration of 2019 San Diego Comic-Con!
Not only do they have a very cool R2-D2 mailbox on display, but there are all sorts of awesome souvenirs for sale. I saw Marvel Comics postcards and collectible DC Comics prints, plus tote bags, pins, commemorative stamps (of course) and stationery with an assortment of pop culture characters including Snoopy. They even have Spider-Man dolls for the kids!
Should you walk along the Embarcadero during Comic-Con, make sure to check it out!
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A big lineup of cosplay superheroes in the Gaslamp Quarter during 2019 San Diego Comic-Con!
Galactus and three big celebrities, all spotted on Friday morning! Prepare to be stunned, stupefied and utterly amazed!
You never know who (or what) you’ll see while walking about San Diego Comic-Con!
Dude Vader cosplay.Dude Vader is a local cosplayer who has recently begun making his elaborate costumes with 3D printing.Silver Surfer is taking a moment to rest. I wonder if that means Galactus is coming…Lennie James, the actor who plays Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead, talks with VIPs at the DeadQuarters offsite during 2019 Comic-Con.Hogwarts students cosplay. The first guy denied he’s Cedric.Little Shop of Horrors cosplay. The most original cosplay I’ve seen so far during 2019 San Diego Comic-Con!Wonder Woman cosplay. She was in a hurry to vanquish a villain down the street.Super powered folk seem to be everywhere during Comic-Con!Yikes! Joker spotted me.Captain Marvel is arriving in the nick of time.Freddy Krueger cosplay.Freddy Krueger checks his phone.I was told with absolute sincerity that this puppet is a big YouTube celebrity! Now do you believe me? You thought I was joking?The Krusty Krab Funfair is that way.Doctor Strange and Loki cosplay.These guys informed me they’re the Brothers Burns.Another big celebrity sighting! Conan O’Brien lounges on a yacht during Comic-Con.Mexican Deadpool cosplay.Die, Bart, Die.Luigi cosplay.Thor, Scarlet Witch and Captain America cosplay.Venom cosplay.Take a ride on this Nerd Chariot.Hellboy cosplay.Scarlet Witch and Shazam cosplay.It’s the coming of Galactus! Told you so! Awesome Black Widow and Galactus cosplay!Unless that’s a celebrity secretly disguised under those big ears, I did manage to spot Galactus and one real honest-to-goodness celebrity this morning at 2019 Comic-Con. That’s the best I could do.
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Thanos with Infinity Gauntlet and Jean Grey as Phoenix cosplay.
Check out all these super cool cosplay photos that I took yesterday at 2019 San Diego Comic-Con!
Negan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage cosplay.Shazam cosplay.Ape Avengers cosplay!Spider-Man cosplay.Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn cosplay.Joker in mask from The Dark Knight cosplay.Cool dystopian character cosplay.Captain Hook, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell cosplay.Jedi cosplay.Cover Girl (G.I. Joe) and Firefly (Cobra) cosplay.It’s Sunny, mascot of the San Diego Sockers! Not sure if this is considered cosplay, but whatever.John Coffey of The Green Mile cosplay.Maleficent cosplay.Cool versions of Thor (or perhaps Steel) and Superman at Comic-Con.Marge Simpson cosplay times three!Fred Flintstone cosplay.Catwoman cosplay.Thor cosplay.Captain America cosplay.Drax the Destroyer and Gamora cosplay.Deadpool cosplay.Obi-Wan Kenobi cosplay.Riddler and Harley Quinn on motorcycles cosplay!Lots of very cool cosplay can be seen at 2019 San Diego Comic-Con!
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Today I checked out the Batman Experience at the Comic-Con Museum!
This fantastic exhibition is running during 2019 Comic-Con and is well worth the short trip from the San Diego Convention Center to Balboa Park. It’s free to the public–no badge required!
All three levels of the Comic-Con Museum have been taken over by Batman, as has a section of lawn outside the museum’s front entrance. That’s because Batman, celebrating his 80-year publishing history, is the very first inductee into the Comic-Con Museum Character Hall of Fame!
Walk through the looming gate of Arkham Asylum and feast your eyes on authentic, original items from the Warner Bros. Corporate Archive. You’ll see a couple of Batmobiles, iconic props from the major motion pictures, and costumes from the movies and the television series Gotham. There’s a Bat-Signal that projects Commissioner Gordon’s urgent call for assistance on the museum’s ceiling. In the lower level there’s a super cool Batcave Gaming Lounge, with current and old school video games featuring the Caped Crusader. You can also punch a villain. BAM! ARRGH! POW! Or play Batman pinball games. Or view the complete 100-piece series of collectible Batman Black and White statues.
After you do all this, you should step through a door and enjoy looking at the original Jim Lee artwork for the 2019 Comic-Con Souvenir Book. It’s on display in the museum’s ongoing exhibit Cover Story: The Art of Comic-Con 50.
Finally, if you’re feeling heroic, put on Batman’s cowl and try out the skydive simulator on the grass outside. The Dark Knight Dive allows brave crimefighters to simulate soaring over Gotham City!
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Around seven o’clock this morning, people were trickling in for the first day of 2019 San Diego Comic-Con. Lines were forming at the convention center and at various offsite activations, most of which open around ten o’clock.
Walking about I observed the early morning activity, and I encountered many fun examples of cosplay!
Raven cosplay.The Fairly OddParents cosplay.Early Thursday morning, guys are wading in the Childrens Park fountain putting up some cool Animation Domination balloons.WATCH OUT FOR FREAKSThe Handmaid’s Tale cosplay.This guy informed me his cosplay is a cross between The Comedian and Negan.Spider-Man cosplay.The Interactive Zone at Petco Park wasn’t open yet. I’ll check it out today or tomorrow!Fans are already waiting in line for NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine activation.Rey is a popular cosplay this year.Star Trek cosplay with a Vulcan salute. Live long and prosper!Setting up for the Stan Lee’s Alliances offsite in the Gaslamp.Wolverine cosplay.
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Superman and Martian Manhunter are battling it out on a passing bus!
Preview Night is upon us!
2019 Comic-Con is just about ready to get underway! I walked all around downtown San Diego this afternoon taking it all in.
Are you ready?
Yes?
Then let the fun begin!
Supergirl is ready to fly to the rescue a few hours before 2019 Comic-Con Preview Night begins!Onyx Nightclub has a cool banner.It was media day at the Amazon offsite. Crowds will surge through here tomorrow!Cleaning the fountain at Childrens Park. A nice clean FOX Fan Fair will be enjoyed by one and all.Madness is already rampant and we haven’t even started.William, a cool San Diego artist, spray paints a character from South Park.Some blood has already been spattered at DeadQuarters.When that door opens, diners might encounter an unexpected surprise.Interdimensional Hole of Pancakes.Snoopy rides through space at the Peanuts Pop-Up Shop.Entertainment Weekly teams were handing out their San Diego Comic-Con edition.David Glanzer of Comic-Con International gives an interview.There’s a lot of yellow police line blocking video screens at Brooklyn Nine-Nine.This arcade game lets you Test your Seinfeld knowledge and WIN!A perfect Pikachu pic.Hey kid! Over here! It’s me, Shazam!A cool Star Wars speeder at Ripley’s Believe It or Not’s unusual Car Lot.A fantastic Carnival Row wrap on a bus.An activation being prepared at the last minute in the Interactive Zone at Petco Park.Sharkzilla is back for Shark Week! I expect some wooden pallets and surfboards might get chomped.Ride this mustardy hot dog at Adult Swim on the Green!Princess Pennywise cosplay!A boat in the Marriott Marina has a Batman banner flying in the wind.Posing for a cool pic in the Dragon Ball Z line.Here comes another Entertainment Weekly team passing out magazines to those in the line.Dragonball Z cosplay. I thought the one on the right might be Rick and everyone laughed at my absolute ignorance!Rey demonstrated her powerful Force Punch.A line has formed for Comic-Con pre-ordered merchandise.Cool Dragon Ball Z graphics greet those entering the main lobby of the Marriott Marquis hotel.A couple of Team Coco swag bags.ABC will have their Comic-Con live desk inside the window of the Chuck Jones Gallery.SoCal Pro Wrestling will have a cool Comic-Con event tonight!Iron Man is nicely dressed in this Gaslamp shop.HBO’s Watchmen offsite is being built on Wednesday afternoon, just in time for Comic-Con.There’s a functioning Stargate now inside the Theatre Box lobby!Even more cool Dragon Ball Z cosplay!
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Here come loads of photos from my morning walk around 2019 San Diego Comic-Con before Preview Night. It’s Wednesday, and everyone is working furiously to get wraps and offsites ready!
I walked everywhere: through East Village, the Gaslamp Quarter, around the San Diego Convention Center and Marriott Marquis, and down MLK Promenade.
Among other things I observed . . . the Nerdist offsite has received Museum of Mayhem window wraps. The Watchmen offsite had barely even begun their construction. The Syfy wrap is finished. The entrance of the Star Trek: Picard offsite appears ready, with the words Jean-Luc Picard: The First Duty and Starfleet Museum. DeadQuarters is a radioactive zone, and that airplane appears to have crash landed. The South Park miniature golf is about ready. The Marriott appears ready to host the Esports Lounge. One or two people walking about are already engaging in cosplay. The Dragon Ball Z activation looks really cool now. The IMDb yacht appears about ready. The Adult Swim and FX offsites are both looking pretty awesome, with some mysterious objects that make me wonder what they are. The Petco Park wraps are done, including one for ABC’s Emergence. A gigantic The Twilight Zone wrap is on the brand new Park 12 high-rise near Petco Park. The Interactive Zone at Petco Park is still setting up, and will include a Ripley’s Believe It or Not “Car Lot” with various unusual vehicles. The Chilladelphia activation has carnival games including a Shazam ring toss. I’m starting to see people hauling swag bags about. The Star Trek: Discovery wrap on the Omni is done. So are all the wraps on the Hard Rock Hotel, where IGN will be filming live on a balcony.
And if you’re tired after all this, have a seat on the Seinfeld couch!
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Kumeyaay traditional Bird Songs are performed during the San Diego 250 Civic Commemoration Ceremony.
This evening a very special event was held in San Diego.
A crowd gathered near the top of Presidio Hill, in the parking lot just below the Serra Museum, to take part in the San Diego 250 Civic Commemoration Ceremony.
The historic event was staged in the same spot overlooking San Diego Bay where a Spanish mission and presidio were built in 1769. It is where San Diego began 250 years ago.
The first part of the San Diego 250 Civic Commemoration Ceremony featured cultural entertainment representing our remarkably diverse city. Several colorful dances were followed by speeches by politicians, dignitaries and diplomats, plus several leaders of the Native American Kumeyaay people–those who have lived in this region many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. The audience experienced a Kumeyaay blessing and traditional Bird Songs. With sincere words past injustices and the suffering of the Kumeyaay were acknowledged, and optimism was expressed that our city’s future will be inclusive and bright.
For as long as I can remember, three flagpoles have stood at this place where the Spanish built their first outpost in California. Three banners have flown representing the history of San Diego: the flags of Spain, Mexico and the United States.
A fourth flagpole was recently installed. Today, at the close of the ceremony, a flag incorporating the different tribes of the Kumeyaay Nation was blessed with white sage smoke–to purify minds and hearts-and raised proudly, acknowledging and honoring San Diego’s first people.
I took some photographs of this important historical event.
Early arrivals for San Diego’s big 250th Anniversary event claim a seat and await some cultural entertainment.A variety of tents could be visited for food, drink and information about San Diego and its history.Kumeyaay tools and crafts are on display at one table.Map shows the different Kumeyaay villages of our region. The village of Cosoy was located near the base of Presidio Hill, where Old Town is located today.Prior to the ceremony, I walked a bit through Presidio Park. I took a photograph of VIPs arriving by Old Town Trolley at the Serra Museum.Performers lounge on grass behind the stage before the program begins.Someone takes a seat in the VIP section as Lion Dancers begin the multicultural entertainment.
The ballet folklorico dancing that followed was enthusiastic, joyous and loudly applauded.
Dancers representing San Diego’s Portuguese community take the stage.
A dance followed that represented San Diego’s Vietnamese community.
The VIPs take their seats as speeches are about to commence.There are four flagpoles, but only three flags are flying.Mayor Faulconer addresses the crowd, urging unity and a positive future for all who live in San Diego.A leader of the Kumeyaay Nation addresses those assembled.Kumeyaay women sway in front of the stage as the men perform traditional Bird Songs.
A presentation is made to the San Diego History Center, which operates the Junipero Serra Museum and helped to arrange this special ceremony.Before the event concludes, everyone’s attention is directed to the four flagpoles.The Kumeyaay color guard stands ready.The flag of the Kumeyaay Nation is unfolded and blessed.It is raised.The Kumeyaay color guard poses with pride for a photograph.The flag of the Kumeyaay Nation now flies on historic Presidio Hill, in a place of honor.
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