Tag: pop culture

Fun cosplays seen at Comic-Con in San Diego!

Gimli, Gandalf the White and Legolas cosplay.

Hundreds of super creative cosplays could be seen all around San Diego on Saturday during Comic-Con 2024!

Enjoy another collection of fun cosplay photos taken as I wandered here and there outside Comic-Con in the San Diego summer sunshine.

There’s one more day to go. Hopefully offsite lines are shorter this Sunday–there are still a few activations that I haven’t visited!

Too much fun!

If you want to see even more, click here to view 150 cosplay photos taken during past San Diego Comic-Cons!

Venom and Carnage cosplay.

Miles Morales cosplay.

Helldivers cosplay.

Zebra Batman cosplay! First time I’ve seen this!

Deadpool cosplay. Very popular at SDCC 2024.

Borderlands Psycho cosplay. Also popular in 2024.

Moon Knight cosplay.

Batgirl and Kite Man cosplay.

Powerpuff Girls cosplay.

Black Panther cosplay.

King Mickey cosplay.

The Purge cosplay.

Thor and Jane Foster cosplay.

The Last Airbender cosplay.

Luz Noceda and Jumanji cosplay.

Grand Admiral Thrawn cosplay.

Mario family cosplay.

Cyclops cosplay.

Joker cosplay.

Joker and Harley Quinn cosplay.

Demon Slayer cosplay.

Barf from Spaceballs cosplay!

Super cool Alien cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con!

Average Joe’s from Dodgeball cosplay.

Peely from Fortnite cosplay. Very appealing!

Pee-wee Herman cosplay!

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More cool cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con!

Ms. Pac-Man cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con.

Not only is San Diego Comic-Con back in full force for 2024, but the cosplay you can spot around downtown, the Gaslamp Quarter and convention center is plentiful, and frequently amazing!

Here are more cosplay pics taken outside during Comic-Con 2024. Simply walking around randomly is like journeying through a wonder world of fantasy and imagination…

Feast your eyes on another collection of cool cosplay photographs!

Rubik’s Cube cosplay.

Wario cosplay.

Captain America cosplay.

Thor cosplay.

Doctor Octopus cosplay.

Deadpool and Wolverine cosplay.

Beetlejuice cosplay.

Hellboy cosplay.

Wolverine cosplay.

Mystique cosplay.

Spock cosplay.

Elektra cosplay.

Static Shock and Captain Marvel cosplay.

Green Lantern and Hawkgirl cosplay.

Power Rangers cosplay.

Animal the Muppet cosplay!

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The Wild Robot cast appears at Comic-Con!

Lupita Nyong’o and Kit Connor surprised an outdoor crowd today at Comic-Con 2024 when they appeared in public to promote their upcoming animated film The Wild Robot!

Late Saturday morning, a remote controlled robot version of Roz (the movie’s protagonist), created and operated by Catalyst Engineers, was standing near the entrance to the Omni San Diego Hotel, moving its head and body and talking to random fans who’d gathered nearby. Little did anyone know that voice actress Lupita Nyong’o was actually hidden from sight and speaking through the robot.

When the cast members suddenly appeared from around a corner, the crowd went crazy!

The Wild Robot is an upcoming American animated science fiction film that will hit movie theaters on September 27, 2024.

I arrived early and waited for several minutes, having an inkling of what might transpire, and managed somehow to get some fun celebrity photographs!

Oh–that bird on Roz’s shoulder is an orphaned gosling with whom the robot develops a relationship while shipwrecked on an uninhabited island.

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Costumes of Doctor Who and Star Trek at Comic-Con!

Costumes worn by actors in both the Doctor Who and Star Trek science fiction franchises are now being displayed in San Diego for Comic-Con 2024!

The free-to-the-public exhibition is titled Friendship is Universal. It’s located at two separate locations: 226 and 230 Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter. The original television and movie costumes fill the latter address, and that’s where I took these photographs yesterday afternoon. (I’m afraid I accidentally missed two Star Trek costumes as I moved through the exhibit–Seven of Nine and Kathryn Janeway.)

If you’re in San Diego during San Diego Comic-Con this year, check it out! The offsite activation opens each day at 11 am. There is a photo op and merch to be had at the second address, just a few steps away. The lines for both locations tend to be small.

If you can’t see these costumes in person, please enjoy some cool photos!

Through fifteen Doctors and their companions and over a dozen brave captains and their crews, we’ve traveled on journeys spanning the cosmos…

Doctor Who costumes:

Left: Amy Pond, Vincent and the Doctor Costume. Right: Eleventh Doctor, Various.

Left: Yasmin Khan, Flux Costume. Right: Thirteenth Doctor, Various.

Left: Fourteenth Doctor, 60th Anniversary Costume. Right: Donna Noble, 60th Anniversary Costume.

Left: Ruby Sunday, Boom Costume. Right: Fifteenth Doctor, Boom Costume.

Star Trek costumes:

Left: Beckett Mariner, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Right: Brad Boimler, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Left: Nyota Uhura, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Right: Hemmer, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Left: Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Star Trek: Discovery. Right: Michael Burnham, Star Trek: Discovery.

Left: James T. Kirk. Right: Spock.

Visor used by Geordi La Forge.

Hat and pipe used by Data playing Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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A fun Friday stroll around Comic-Con!

If a traveler had arrived in San Diego today, not knowing our city is in the middle of Comic-Con, and if they were to walk anywhere downtown or near the San Diego Convention Center, they’d conclude people have gone completely nuts. And to a certain extent they’d be right! Nuts can be good!

Check out these photographs I took while strolling outside Comic-Con today. The crowds were enormous. Super creative cosplay was everywhere. Some silly, bizarre sights designed to attract attention certainly attracted my camera!

A throng of Deadpools riding unicorns? Marketing genius! Funny, too!

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A comics Mini Con to be held in San Diego!

A comic art Mini Con will be coming to San Diego on August 24th, 2024. The free event will be held at Southern California Comics at 8280 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #124, from 11 am to 5 pm.

Featured artists will be Jevin Loop, Kevin Tran, Phillip Quick, Action Figure God and Zander6comix. This morning at San Diego Comic-Con, Zander himself told me about this cool local comic event. We’ve met on a couple of occasions in the past while I’ve blogged about events around San Diego.

Come support great comic talent and have a fun time. Burgers and Fries will be on hand, too!

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Harry Potter cosplay returns to Comic-Con!

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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Photos of Dragon Ball offsite at Comic-Con 2024!

The vast entertainment empire that is Dragon Ball is on full display in San Diego during Comic-Con 2024. Their free-to-the-public offsite activation, on the Marina Terrace behind the Marriott Marquis hotel, is a feast for the eyes to anyone who loves the movies, television shows, anime, manga, video and card games produced by Dragon Ball.

I must admit I’m no expert when it comes to Dragon Ball, but I love looking at all the graphics and detailed figurines on display. And there’s the gigantic statue of Goku, too!

I saw excited kids and adults wandering about trying to take it all in. Visitors to the offsite can try their hand at video games and learn how to play the Dragon Ball card game. They can even make Son Goku models. I was told that if you arrive at the offsite between 9 am and 11 am, you get free stuff including an awesome swag bag. I’ve done that in past years. It’s well worth it.

I wandered about like everyone else on Thursday and took some cool photos…

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Photos of cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con!

Red Hood and Starfire cosplay during San Diego Comic-Con.

A whole lot of very cool cosplay could be seen today, Thursday, outside Comic-Con 2024!

Here’s a collection of 29 photos. I spotted these creative costumes as I walked around downtown San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter and the San Diego Convention Center.

Enjoy!

Thor, Loki and Hela cosplay.
I asked if this is Scarecrow cosplay, but I got a shake of the head.
Rogue cosplay.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 cosplay.
Raven cosplay.
Star Wars cosplay.
Cinderella cosplay.
Rogue cosplay.
Mad Hatter cosplay.
My Hero Academia cosplay.
Batman with Beetlejuice cosplay.
Indiana Jones cosplay.
Grogu armor cosplay.
Jack in the Box cosplay.
Daredevil cosplay.
Cobra cosplay.
The Incredibles cosplay.
Marvin the Martian cosplay.
Dungeons & Dragons cosplay.
Star Trek cosplay.
Star Wars cosplay.
Zatanna cosplay.
Spider-Man with pirate hat cosplay!
Wolverine cosplay.
Warhammer cosplay.
Iron Patriot cosplay.
Spock cosplay.
Wolverine cosplay.

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Crazy creative fun outside Comic-Con 2024!

It might seem like chaos. It is certainly a bit crazy. It’s what happens when thousands of creative, fun-loving people gather together all at once and have a big party. That’s what it’s like in downtown San Diego outside the convention center during San Diego Comic-Con!

There is cosplay–costume play–everywhere you turn. There are new movies, television shows, video games and more to explore with fun activations. There are new discoveries around every corner. There’s just a big crush of humanity, and everyone is smiling and having a good time. Adults can be a kid again and not worry what others think. Kids can dream and see the possibilities of human creativity.

I took loads of photos today. I’ve got lots of blog posts coming up, so stay tuned! But first let me share a bunch of semi-random shots taken today (Thursday) that give you a taste of the wonderfulness of Comic-Con 2024.

I promised to mention the smiling group that’s in the the next photo. They were out and about promoting Quirkies, which offers all sorts of cool merch. Thank you for the refrigerator magnets!

If you see this Rick and Morty truck, walk up to the passenger window and you’ll probably get a cool pin!

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