Audible’s popular audiobook series Harry Potter and Dungeon Crawler Carl are being promoted on a new San Diego trolley wrap for Comic-Con 2026!
I caught sight of the new trolley wrap this morning and captured these photographs.
UPDATE!
A second Audible wrap design has appeared. It promotes original comedy series Heads Will Roll: Heir Apparent, and We Are Legion (We Are Bob), the first installment in the Audible Original Bobiverse series!
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Once Upon a Fair is this year’s theme at the San Diego County Fair. What exactly does that mean? The fair in 2026 is celebrating reading books–and popular fiction and the classics take center stage!
The fair’s theme exhibit is filled with the wonders that readers find in books. The Wizard of Oz, Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte’s Web, Treasure Island, Harry Potter, Jules Verne, fairy tales we all know, Peter Rabbit, Superman, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes . . . visitors encounter all the great characters and timeless stories generations have come to love!
There is reading aloud story time for the very young ones. There are opportunities for visitors to contribute their own writing. Everywhere you turn you’ll find tributes to famous authors and illustrators. Renowned authors with a San Diego connection are recognized. Visiting libraries is encouraged. The shelves of your local library are like open vaults where endless treasures await.
It was exciting to observe children running from display to display, breathlessly recognizing the books they had come to know. One large, playful section of the theme exhibit is dedicated to La Jolla’s own Dr. Seuss.
It was awesome!
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The latest San Diego trolley wraps to appear for Comic-Con 2025 promote shows on Audible. Two cool designs, four cool shows!
The Audible trolley wraps promote Sacrilege: Curse of the Mbirwi, an Audiobook by Nyasha Hatendi; Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman; Kingsland by Dwayne Alexander Smith; and Oracle by Andrew Pyper.
Comic-Con is less than two weeks away, and I’ve noticed more and more fun stuff popping up around downtown San Diego.
Cool San Diego Sights is now going into Comic-Con mode! Unfortunately, the epic pop culture event will be over far too soon. Then I’ll return to the more usual “cool” sights in San Diego.
Enjoy!
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Have you ever seen a ghost? Or something bizarre and inexplicable that you thought might be a ghost?
I’ve heard stories from various people over the years about ghostly experiences, including weird encounters at San Diego’s Whaley House, said to be the most haunted building in America. (You can read several of those stories, told by Whaley House Museum docents, by clicking here.)
I love to write bits of very short fiction. A couple days ago I published a short story about a possible ghost sighting.
I’ve written four of these “ghost” stories over the years. If you’re someone who enjoys thought-provoking tales and possibly a slight shiver, you might enjoy reading them.
The 59th Annual Local Author Showcase can now be visited at San Diego’s downtown Central Library.
Books and ebooks written by San Diego authors that were published in 2024 are featured. The published works are displayed on the library’s first floor during the month of February.
One of the display cases caught my eye. It contains words of inspiration for our local authors.
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” –Louis L’Amour“I think writing is another form of thinking, and story telling is not only a way to remember, but a way to create something new that is a part of us.” –Tommy Orange“No song or poem will bear my mother’s name. Yet so many of the stories that I write, that we all write, are my mother’s stories.” –Alice Walker“You can’t wait for inspiration…You have to go after it with a club.” –Jack London“Description begins in the writer’s imagination but should finish in the reader’s.” –Stephen King“Toda mi vida he tenido miedo en el momento en que me siento a escribir.” (All my life I have been afraid of the moment I sit down to write.) –Gabriel García Márquez“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” –Terry Pratchett“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” –Jodi Picoult
One of the books in the 59th Annual Local Author Showcase contains the writing of homeless young people. Hopeful students who attend Monarch School have written about things they know.
More Odes to Common Things, Volume VII is by the Monarch Seven Collective. I posted a blog concerning the book two weeks ago. Read a few of those odes and learn more by clicking here.
I, myself, write fictional short stories. If you’re curious, you can read them here.
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Are you a fan of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World “Potterverse” characters, as they were portrayed in the popular movies? Enjoy these cool cosplay photos taken today in San Diego outside Comic-Con 2024.
Comic-Con’s fun Harry Potter cosplay group has returned!
I spotted the witches and wizards on MLK Promenade, not far from Children’s Park. They would afterward walk through the Comic-Con crowds, casting their magic wherever they turned.
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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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In San Diego, during Comic-Con 2024, you can run but you cannot hide from Big Brother! That’s because he’ll be watching you from the latest Comic-Con trolley wrap that promotes Audible originals: George Orwell’s 1984 and The Safe Man!
Both popular adaptations offer Audible listeners top voice talent, such as Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy, and Jack Quaid.
Who isn’t familiar with the dystopian, authoritarian future presented in the classic novel 1984? In our current age of digital surveillance, the story’s chilling warning seems more pertinent than ever. The nicely timed photograph above is thought-provoking, don’t you think?
The Safe Man is an eerie supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Dare you listen?
I captured these photographs this afternoon after a visit to San Diego’s very cool Comic-Con Museum. Comic-Con 2024 is coming up in a few weeks! Stay tuned!
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A pleasant day in Balboa Park, sitting, walking, daydreaming. Sudden inspiration.
That’s how certain stories were born in my mind before taking life on paper.
As a writer of short fiction, I occasionally share some of these stories. If you’re a reader, you might enjoy clicking the following links:
The Highest Seat was inspired by my friend Mitchell who plays didgeridoo in Balboa Park. He once worked in the planetarium at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.
