One of the coolest offsite activations at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, particularly if you’re a Star Trek fan, celebrates Star Trek’s 60th anniversary. The mobile game Star Trek Fleet Command has assembled original uniforms and props from every live action television series of the science fiction franchise.
On this final day of SDCC 2026, I got in line early and enjoyed a visit!
Fans would love the displays, photo ops, a Holodeck virtual reality experience, and a claw machine with Star Trek prizes. I skipped the latter attractions and focused my camera on the many uniforms and props. If you missed experiencing this offsite, you might enjoy my photographs!
Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek (The Original Series).U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A, Constitution-class Refit.Props from Star Trek (The Original Series).Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: The Next Generation.Data’s prosthetic makeup bust.Starfleet Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement worn by Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge.Original props from Star Trek: The Next Generation.Võx (Borg).Klingon Negh’Var-class warship.War College Mugato Mascot costume and Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.Bajoran Orb of the Emissary and Reliquary.Uniforms from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.Borg prosthetic makeup bust.Uniforms from Star Trek: Discovery.Props from Star Trek: Discovery.Starfleet Standard Duty Uniforms from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
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Would you like to sit in the captain’s chair of the Federation starship Enterprise?
You can during Comic-Con 2026 in San Diego! Simply make your way over to the Marriott Marquis hotel to enjoy the free photo op while the Star Trek activation is open, Thursday to Saturday 9:30 am to 7 pm, and Sunday 9:40 to 5.
You can check out a cool LEGO model of the Enterprise and see an example of a Star Trek card from Magic: The Gathering, too!
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Yet another San Diego trolley wrap has made its appearance in time for Comic-Con 2026, which is now a little over a week away!
Cool graphics for Blade Runner 2099 are running through the city!
The new trolley wrap promotes a sci-fi television miniseries created by Silka Luisa for Amazon Prime Video. The show is scheduled to be released next year.
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The America 250 exhibition at the San Diego History Center includes this cool display. It’s labeled San Diego Comic-Con Program (1970), Issue #1: Comic-Con Origins.
Under glass is what is described as an itinerary and artwork from comic artists supporting the inaugural San Diego Comic Convention, organized by Shel Dorf... The pages are all from the San Diego History Center’s Shel Dorf Collection.
Sheldon “Shel” Dorf was a founder of San Diego Comic-Con. That first con was called San Diego Golden State Comic-Con, and was held in downtown’s historic U. S. Grant Hotel in 1970. To learn more about the history of Comic-Con, click here.
Over half a century later, Comic-Con 2026 is a little over a week away! As a long-time downtown San Diego resident, I’ll be walking around the event again, photographing offsite activations, cosplay, and whatever catches my fancy.
Stay tuned!
The following two pages are from San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Minicon, the one day event in March 21, 1970 that preceded the three day San Diego Golden State Comic-Con held later that same year, on August 1–3, 1970.
Both events were at the U. S. Grant.
Admission $2 for all day! Old science fiction pulps! Original silent film Lost World! Flash Gordon serial! In person Forrest J. Ackerman!
And here’s from the later, three day San Diego Golden State Comic-Con:
Jack Kirby! Dealers tables! Displays of original art and fan art! Appearing in person A. E. van Vogt and Earl Kemp! Chalk talk by Bob Stevens! $3.50 for 3 days!
Jack Kirby art on wrap-around cover of what is essentially the first Comic-Con souvenir book.
A few hundred copies of the program book from the 1970 San Diego Golden State Comic-Con were printed, and only a few dozen of them are believed to still exist.
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Ish Galvan is a cool dude I met during the Vista Strawberry Festival. He and Vince Vargas are the creators behind Triple OG Comics. He was showing everybody the Tamale Guy comic book they’ve published.
As I understood it, Ish is a writer who loves to mash up different concepts in his work, from mythology to metaphysics to science fiction to neo-noir. The story of the multi-issue Tamale Guy is described as: A tamale vendor escapes his violent past to begin a peaceful life. However, an ex-cartel killer with Aztec powers seeks revenge.
Ish explained that he’s bridging both nerd and Chicano lowrider culture. At first glance the two cultures might seem very different, but in fact they have things in common. Consider the graphics painted on many lowrider cars. It’s the sort of art you’d find in a comic, graphic novel, or at Comic-Con for that matter. Some deep in the lowrider culture have confided to Ish they secretly collect comic books, too!
That these two artists are cultural trailblazers is pretty awesome!
Good luck guys!
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The Maritime Museum of San Diego recently acquired DeepFlight I, a unique “flying” underwater submersible developed in the late 1990s. You can read more about this amazing, advanced submersible here.
Visitors to the San Diego museum might be astonished to learn that this one-of-a-kind prototype appears in every episode of Star Trek: Enterprise!
DeepFlight I can be seen momentarily in the Star Trek: Enterprise introductory sequence, which begins every episode. The sequence depicts the evolution of human technology and exploration. DeepFlight I appears at the 34 second mark here!
Super cool!
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Last night I was rereading H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, when suddenly I wondered… What crazy images would the AI Drawing Assist function of my Samsung Galaxy smartphone create, should I use the text prompt: “Martians arrive in San Diego” and tap Generate.
I had my phone create the images in Pop Art style. That explains why words are sometimes splashed as if in a comic book. In many instances, the AI misspelled San Diego or produced absurd words.
I selected the best, most diverse images out of many that were produced.
Most had boats in a bay and flying saucers descending above a city that resembles San Diego. Certain skyscrapers like those of the Manchester Grand Hyatt are recognizable, even if oddly drawn or positioned.
A few surprising images had the green Martians themselves!
This is the third time I’ve experimented with the AI Drawing Assist on my phone. Would you like to see some more bizarre results?
Strange images of “Balboa Park at sunset” are here.
Eye-popping images of “San Diego 100 years in the future” are here!
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What happens when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds beams into San Diego for Comic-Con 2025? A Strange New Spectacle!
Dancers representing characters from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds have appeared this Saturday on the streets of San Diego, performing in an unusual but entertaining Broadway-like production!
Who knew the 23rd century would be so much fun!
Captain Christopher Pike, Spock, Uhura, and the happy crew of the starship Enterprise danced before a large crowd in the Gaslamp Quarter, loosely reenacting scenes from the science fiction series. Boldly they went where no one has gone before: a noir murder mystery (complete with trench coats), a sudden zombie situation, a ’60s retro mission, a Vulcan wedding, and plenty of sci-fi mayhem that the crowd loved.
Yes, it was a little bit silly, but everyone loved it. Lots of kids were in the audience. A few even danced along with the futuristic acting troupe!
Wouldn’t dancing in San Diego in the 21st century violate Starfleet’s Prime Directive?
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