A building wrap on the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter facing Fifth Avenue. The cool graphic promotes Amazon Prime’s original series and their nearby offsite during 2019 Comic-Con.
Lots of new developments today, three days before 2019 San Diego Comic-Con!
One benefit of living downtown is I can watch the world’s most stupendous pop culture convention slowly taking shape! The event seems to grow bigger and bigger every year, with more offsite activities and huge building wraps everywhere you turn!
Today is Sunday, and Comic-Con preparations are now in high gear. Here are photos of new things I saw as I walked about the Gaslamp Quarter, MLK Promenade, and around the back of the San Diego Convention Center…
The word REVOLT appears in the Snowpiercer wrap on the Marriott Marquis.Workers apply large format printed wrap material to the side of one tower.At DeadQuarters, a helicopter has appeared. Can rampaging zombies be far away now?A platform is being built at DeadQuarters, perhaps for a Walking Dead fan activity.The Star Trek: Picard building wrap facing MLK Promenade is nearing completion.At the Amazon offsite, a spooky old building is being prepared. Perhaps for their upcoming show The Boys.Another photo of the Amazon offsite being readied, three days before 2019 Comic-Con.At the Brooklyn Nine-Nine offsite, fans of the show can take a selfie in a lineup with various characters.The big Animation Domination wrap on the Omni is almost half done.At the Warner Bros. Pictures offsite, it appears Freddy Freeman and his pal Shazam have been captured by a diabolical villain in some plastic.As I walked over the Harbor Drive pedestrian bridge, I noticed another new building wrap on the Hilton.Carnival Row is replacing a wrap from ESRI, which just finished their big annual convention.A photo from the bridge toward the San Diego Convention Center. (I added a little bit of contrast to bring out the Snowpiercer graphic.)Coming down the steps from the pedestrian bridge, I saw a huge FX.The FX Fearless Forum is being readied behind the San Diego Convention Center as I type this.The big Hilton wrap promotes upcoming science fiction/technology show Devs on FX.Looks like Adult Swim on the Green will have a huge stage. No wacky canoe races this year, I believe.Getting ready for 2019 Comic-Con!
Stand by for updates!
UPDATE!
I walked around in the late afternoon and saw more stuff.
I noticed Conan’s production people are ready to move their equipment into the Spreckels Theatre. I noticed that super cool Gundam wrap is now completed. I saw a tall wrap being applied to a narrow side of the Marriott promoting Amazon’s show The Boys. I saw many more booths being set up in Childrens Park for the FOX Fan Fair. I noticed that there’s a knotted rope dangling from that raised platform at DeadQuarters–presumably fans will climb down (or up) it. Finally, the Amazon wraps on Fifth Avenue across from the Hard Rock Hotel continue to be applied.
It’s obvious this year Amazon Prime is promoting its new shows Carnival Row, The Boys and The Expanse in a very big way!
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A building wrap on the Marriott Marquis’ meeting space windows promotes Gundam 40th “Beyond” for 2019 San Diego Comic-Con.
Late this morning I took photos all around the Gaslamp Quarter and San Diego Convention Center of cool stuff being readied for 2019 Comic-Con!
A bunch of Comic-Con offsites and building wraps are now appearing!
The big international pop culture event gets started in just four days!
The right part of the cool Gundam wrap is being applied four days before Comic-Con.Another building wrap is just starting to appear. This one is on the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. I guess that, like in past years, it will promote a show on FX.The grassy area behind the San Diego Convention Center is now buzzing with Comic-Con offsite construction.Adult Swim on the Green will return in 2019 for Comic-Con.The FX Fearless Forum appears quite a bit different from their offsite here last year.Workers start to set up the FX Fearless Forum in front of the Hilton.Looking across Harbor Drive, one can see the Animation Domination wrap, which is being applied on the Omni.As I walked past the Hilton parking structure, I aimed my camera up at one of the big Marvel’s Avengers video game banners.Harbor Drive and the convention center viewed from the pedestrian bridge, with four day to go until 2019 Comic-Con! Looks pretty quiet right now.This offsite will feature two recent movies from Warner Bros. Pictures. People will walk through a large tent and see cool stuff concerning Detective Pikachu and Shazam!The Brooklyn Nine-Nine offsite is also under construction in Gaslamp Square. NBC has their offsite in this prime location every year, it seems.Part of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine activation for 2019 Comic-Con.A cool Statue of Liberty will appear about here!I turned my camera in time to get a photo of a FOX Animation Domination trolley wrap at the Gaslamp station.A mysterious wrap was going up around noontime near the Gaslamp Quarter landmark sign.I spotted a free ride FRED electric vehicle promoting WEBTOON.No parking signs are up in areas of the Gaslamp for Comic-Con week.This wrap on the Hilton Gaslamp is indeed for Star Trek: Picard, as I surmised in a past blog post. It features Patrick Stewart.AMC’s popular DeadQuarters fan zone is returning for 2019 Comic-Con, and they just started building their offsite this morning.Preparing for an invasion of zombies.Another part of DeadQuarters.Videoboards have been installed high above Amazon’s big, colorful offsite. Explore the shows…Carnival Row.The Boys.The Expanse.The Ferris wheel appears ready to go at the FOX Fan Fair. A ride on this should provide a good view of Comic-Con action along MLK Promenade!A shot of FOX Fan Fair preparations in Childrens Park.The familiar old Welcome to Comic-Con International banner is now on the San Diego Convention Center.The big TBS Snowpiercer building wrap on the Marriott Marquis should soon be completed.
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As I walked around the San Diego Convention Center late this morning, I came upon an artist painting the windows of the Sweet Things Frozen Yogurt shop in preparation for Comic-Con, which is now only four days away.
The smiling artist had painted a warm tribute to Stan Lee on one window, plus some popular Marvel characters who appeared in Avengers: Endgame.
The artist’s name is Shirish Villasenor. Her Instagram page is @arteatolondrada.
I have loads of 2019 Comic-Con photos coming up!
Stay tuned!
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It’s Friday, five days until 2019 Comic-Con, and I noticed during my morning walk that the FOX Fan Fair offsite is just starting to set up in Childrens Park!
I also saw the Ferris wheel carnival ride arriving by truck in the New Children’s Museum nearby playground!
UPDATE!
Look what I spied as I walked about in the early evening, coming home from work. Not only is the Ferris wheel set up, but in the middle of Childrens Park there appears to be a carnival game!
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The very first building wrap of 2019 Comic-Con is now being applied to the Omni hotel across from the San Diego Convention Center! It appears to promote FOX and their Animation Domination!
Gaslamp Square near the Tin Fish and Hard Rock Hotel is also fenced off now. I expect construction will soon begin for NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine offsite, which will include a Statue of Liberty!
UPDATE!
Early Friday evening I walked about and made lots of cool discoveries!
I noticed the Animation Domination wrap on the Omni has some more panels. I also noticed NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine activation is now under construction. Some banners promoting various NBC shows have also been hung nearby at the Gaslamp trolley station.
Plus I noticed the beginnings of three new building wraps!
Two I can’t identify yet–one is on a tower of the Marriott Marquis and the other, a CBS show, is on the Hilton Gaslamp. (The first might be upcoming TBS series Snowpiercer and the second might be Star Trek: Picard. Can you identify them?)
A third very cool wrap on the Marriott promotes Gundam on its 40th anniversary!
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Three huge banners promoting the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers video game were hung today on the Hilton San Diego Bayfront’s parking structure for 2019 Comic-Con!
Check it out!
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Today I entered the future Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park to check out PAWmicon! As I walked around, I poked my nose into the gallery where the Cover Story: The Art of Comic-Con 50 exhibit is located, and in one corner I discovered walls full of original art created by kids!
The colorful artwork, often featuring superheroes and pop culture characters, is drawn to resemble the covers of Comic-Con souvenir program books! Some of the designs are super inventive!
These covers that I photographed are just a small fraction of those on display.
Creativity rocks at the Comic-Con Museum!
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During my walks around San Diego over the years, I’ve photographed all sorts of pop culture characters depicted in street art. The cool artwork has appeared on walls as murals and on sidewalk electrical boxes.
I’ve stumbled upon characters from comic books, manga, movies, television shows and even video games. Can you name all of them?
With Comic-Con now just ten days away, I thought I’d have fun and post some of these old photographs again!
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As I walked down Fifth Avenue through the Gaslamp today, I noticed the Chuck Jones Gallery is now ready for 2019 San Diego Comic-Con!
There’s tons of Marvel artwork right near the entrance, including some awesome pieces by Alex Ross. They’ve got framed prints of classic comic book covers and some stretched canvas, too, which I’m sure will be super popular with fans. Like last year, there’s also cool Star Wars artwork, and lots of fun Looney Tunes stuff, of course!
Here’s the Chuck Jones Gallery’s event page. Creators you can meet at the gallery during 2019 Comic-Con include Simpsons storyboard artist Stephen Reis; Star Wars artists Rodel Gonzalez and Rob Kaz; and Willie Ito, who worked with Golden Age of Animation greats Chuck Jones, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera!
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Another cool trolley wrap has debuted for 2019 San Diego Comic-Con! I spotted it this morning. This one might be my favorite so far!
The eye-catching graphics promote an upcoming show on Netflix. Get ready for Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance!
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