Comic-Con 2025 is about ready to begin in earnest! Fans are streaming into downtown San Diego for Preview Night!
My walk around the San Diego Convention Center and through the Gaslamp Quarter in the mid-afternoon kept my camera very busy.
Enjoy another collection of photos!
House of Blues has cool programming during Comic-Con 2025.These guys used lightsabers to remove a Predator’s head.All sorts of merch on display outside the Doctor Who offsite!Twisted activity expected here.Twisted Metal on Peacock graphic.Red Sonja is wanted by order of Emperor Draygan.Hot Wheels is back!Friendly sign spinner directs fans to the Comic-Con Blood Drive at the Manchester Grand Hyatt.Look at the line of buses!ABC will lift Abbott Elementary fans high into the San Diego sky.Graphics near entrance of the Voodoo Ranger offsite.Ramp down to Voodoo Ranger “pirate ship” has these cool graphics.Ahoy there, matey! Voodoo Ranger returns to Comic-Con.Looking south down the bayside boardwalk past King of the Hill’s offsite.Indiana Jones is here! Drinking from the Holy Grail has seemingly preserved his youth.Must Be This Crazy to Ride at Starr Park!Is that a cat mermaid at Adult Swim?Find two Smiling Friends at the Adult Swim activation behind the San Diego Convention Center.This way to Indigo Ballroom in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront.A view of offsites behind the convention center from the Hilton.Down there is the Superman offsite, a production of DC Comics and Old Spice. Does Superman sweat?This smiling guy wants you to ask questions!The Interactive Zone at Petco Park seems a bit sparse this year. At least, so far.The Labu-Tique Pop Up Shop at Petco Park!Lots of stuff has shown up near the Omni.That Thunderbolts graphic kind of looks like a cereal box.Yes, Stitch has huge ears.How adorable.Stitch surfs in San Diego!Spead ’em Nerds! I didn’t realize Liam Neeson can do the splits.A Triple Chocolate Feast sounds good right now.Fifth Avenue is going to be crazy the next four days!Cool sculpture at entrance to the Predator: Badlands activation.I’m not sure I’d want to be a friend of Frendo.Cheetos mascot on a bicycle!Coca Cola presents Holocreator starring you!Would you like to become a Sith?Fantastic Rewards can be grabbed by fans who enjoy the Google Play offsite.Mitchell, didgeridoo player from Balboa Park, has beamed down!Yikes! The Joker has arrived!
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Lots of action in downtown San Diego this morning! Wednesday has finally arrived, the day of Comic-Con 2025 Preview Night!
Comic-Con’s many offsite activations are in a big hurry to have everything ready to open tomorrow.
Some offsites have appeared almost overnight, including the Twisted Metal Bumper Battle and the Petco Park Interactive Zone. The Rady Shell has begun decorating for their big two day Crunchyroll Anime FanFest. The grassy strip between the Omni San Diego hotel and Harbor Drive is seeing several pop-ups now materializing, including Thunderbolts and Lilo & Stitch.
I enjoyed my usual morning walk through the Gaslamp Quarter and around the San Diego Convention Center. You can imagine how anticipation for Comic-Con is growing!
I saw only one instance of full cosplay, and the guy was in a big hurry. Exhibitors were streaming in from every direction to get their stuff ready. For some independent publishers and specialized vendors, Comic-Con with its nearly 140,000 attendees can be the biggest few days of the year.
Yes, every year, Comic-Con is one of San Diego’s most epic events! The world is watching!
Here’s a photographic taste of the Preview Night morning action…
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Costumed dog superheroes converged on San Diego’s Balboa Park today in order to perform feats of heroism at PAWmicon!
With the assistance of kind-hearted humans (some of whom also wore costumes) the cosplay canines helped to raise money and awareness for the Helen Woodward Animal Center, a nationally known animal shelter here in San Diego!
While PAWmicon isn’t associated with Comic-Con, it usually takes place around the week of San Diego’s big international pop culture event.
If you’re so inclined, would you help the Helen Woodward Animal Center by visiting their website here?
You, too, could be a superhero! Loving shelter animals are waiting for you to come to their rescue!
Would this four-footed Wonder Woman win the canine cosplay contest?
Princess Leia (aka Jessica Gercke) is a Helen Woodward Animal Center superstar who has helped saved countless animals. Perhaps you’ve seen her on San Diego television. I looked for Luke and Han but they must have been in a galaxy far away.
Another great dog/human cosplay combo! The Queen of Hearts!
Pikachu joined by two happy Pokémon pups.
Captain America was on hand! Check out his The Rise of Tiny Heroes comic here!
Krypto the Superdog has arrived to save the day! (Can Supergirl be far behind?)
I spun Mario’s wheel and got 2 of 3 pop culture questions correct! The difficult category stumped me.
It’s another four-legged Wonder Woman! Has she entangled a nearby villain with her Lasso of Truth?
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Can you stretch like Marvel’s super genius Mister Fantastic, or project force fields like the Invisible Woman, or clobber evil supervillains like The Thing, or Flame On like the Human Torch?
You’ll have the chance to find out in San Diego at Comic-Con 2025!
This elaborate offsite activation, a collaboration between Google Play and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, is still being built, just a day before Comic-Con Preview Night. They’ve been working on it longer than any other Comic-Con offsite. It promises to be amazing!
The public can travel on a moving walkway through interactive pods where their Fantastic Four superpowers are tested. I wonder–will anybody be deemed powerful enough to defeat Galactus?
Learn more about this Google Play Rewards Lab activation here, and see what collectibles your points can earn!
The Fantastic Four offsite will be open on the grassy area next to the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter hotel this coming Thursday through Sunday! Looks awesome!
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A small outpost of Mount Olympus is being built in downtown San Diego. Greek gods and goddesses will soon be descending from on high for Comic-Con 2025!
Are you a demigod? Is Zeus your dad? Athena your mom? Is Poseidon your grumpy uncle? Well, you’ll have the opportunity to fill in your family tree at the Disney offsite, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Sea of Monsters!
The fun activation is still under construction in Gaslamp Square this Tuesday afternoon, a day before Comic-Con Preview Night. Open to the public beginning Thursday, visitors will see whether they are selected by one of the Greek gods.
With any luck, the gods in their wisdom will proclaim that I’m closely related to Prometheus, and I’ll have to be chained to a rock so that an eagle can eternally eat my liver.
Enjoy some photos before the craziness begins!
Wouldn’t the gods prefer marble construction?
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Bottoms up San Diego! This isn’t your ordinary bounce house. It’s the Rick and Morty Buttworld Bounce House!
The Adult Swim offsite for Comic-Con 2025 is now being built behind the San Diego Convention Center. And right next to the boardwalk are giant rolls of toilet paper, massive plungers, and a bunch of fat, gross, inflated behinds! Yes, this activation might be ass-inine, butt… What fun!
Do you dare enter the bouncy Buttworld dimension? What if other Adult Swim visitors have eaten beans? How sanitary is this? But–but–but–
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New stuff outside Comic-Con 2025 keeps popping up! Look what I stumbled upon while walking around downtown San Diego this afternoon, two days before Preview Night!
First, check out the Gaslamp Quarter sign! It has been taken over by The Bad Guys 2! Some panels were on the nearby sidewalk, too. Not sure where they’re going to be placed…
Workers were putting up large frames along Harbor Drive near the trolley tracks. And into the frames go Peacemaker graphics…
Still putting up Comic-Con graphics on the San Diego Convention Center…
The Gaslamp is filling up with Comic-Con goodness. Check out some of the awesome AMC graphics…
Work continues on the Percy Jackson offsite at Gaslamp Square…
A spaceship has landed at the southeast corner of the Hard Rock Hotel. I was told there will be a Predator: Badlands screening here!
The Rookie and Abbott Elementary building wraps on Petco Park grow…
That vertical banner workers were having trouble with this morning is now attached to the corner of the Hilton’s parking garage. It promotes Little Nightmares III.
Some cool graphics have appeared on one fence at the Alien: Earth offsite by FX.
Another surprise! I was told this offsite in the courtyard beside the Hilton San Diego Bayfront will concern Superman! It’s a collaboration between DC Comics and Old Spice. I’m told there will be photo ops.
Adult Swim is shaping up slowly…
The fun Abbott Elementary Block Party is also shaping up…
The Coca Cola/Star Wars activation is taking shape at First Avenue on MLK Promenade near Harbor Drive…
The Fantastic Four mural near their offsite is about done, looking cool…
I’ve come full circle back to the Gaslamp Quarter, where STARZ wraps are still being applied to the Hard Rock Hotel…
The IGN balcony is about ready at the Hard Rock. Which celebrities will be spotted here?
I peeked inside The Lodge and found Mission: Impossible!
Outside, Happy Does’ yellow smiley face has been replaced with the Paramount mountain logo!
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More and more cool stuff is showing up in downtown San Diego, with only two days to go until Preview Night of Comic-Con 2025!
I took another walk this Monday morning through the Gaslamp Quarter and around the San Diego Convention Center. Hundreds of workers are all over the place, preparing building wraps and offsite activations. A couple of offsites have newly appeared this morning, too!
Here we go!
The Fantastic Four/ Google Play offsite is becoming ever more amazing. They’ve been working on it for about a week. Whatever the heck it is, it will be sure to draw a crowd to the grassy area next to the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter!
Peanuts has begun moving into their usual location on Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade. It’s the 75th Anniversary of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and gang!
And right next door, the Doctor Who offsite promises to be amazing, too. I saw them moving tons of stuff from BBC Studios into this activation the other day.
Workers were beginning to set up an activation beside MLK Promenade at First Avenue. I learned it will concern Coca Cola and Star Wars!
I made my way behind the San Diego Convention Center.
The Abbott Elementary Block Party has made a tiny bit of progress since yesterday…
The King of the Hill offsite now has their water tower!
More activity spotted beyond the fence…
The Brawl Stars barge, location of Starr Park, is looking ever more cool. What’s inside Mike’s Mine?
A bit more activity at Adult Swim…
I’m afraid the FX offsite is almost entirely blocked by fences now. Oh, well.
As I walked to the Hilton San Diego Bayfront parking garage, some guys were having trouble hanging a long banner on the structure’s corner…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again…
The Harbor Drive side of the parking structure has a cool new banner! It promotes Digimon Story: Time Stranger.
Building wraps are now going up on Petco Park. I recognized ABC’s The Rookie…
This spot on the grass near the Omni hotel will feature a billboard, pointing fans to the Brawl Stars offsite behind the convention center…
I see MTS has most of the Comic-Con trolley wraps now on the Green Line, which passes the convention center. Here’s one…
With only a couple more days to finish the Disney+ offsite, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is busy transforming Gaslamp Square…
The Lounge of Paramount+ is also preparing for San Diego Comic-Con’s opening. I got a peek inside. Popcorn, anyone?
Lastly, Kaluú Restaurant & Bar on Fifth Avenue is being transformed into Alice in Wonderland: Down The Rabbit Hole!
Watch for more updates!
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