Some very cool people are helping military veterans by bringing them the joys of geek culture and video gaming.
Stack Up is the name of the organization. They have a table outside Comic-Con, near the “pirate ship” behind the San Diego Convention Center.
Serving far from home or coming back into civilian life can be difficult for veterans. I’m sure you’ve heard the stories in the news. Or you have friends or family with experience. Feelings of isolation. Anxiety. Depression. Or worse.
Stack Up provides these veterans with community and fun!
They send video games to deployed troops; they offer veterans trips to cool geek culture events; they engage in community outreach; and they provide mental health support through online community.
It’s a uniquely awesome way to help those who’ve sacrificed.
If you want to learn more about Stack Up, and perhaps get connected, or help them out, click here!
If you’d like to view my coverage of Comic-Con so far, which includes hundreds of cool photographs, click here!
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If you’re into Dragon Ball, but not in San Diego, you’ll probably like these photos. I took them today at the Bandai Namco activation that is outside at Comic-Con 2022.
If you are in San Diego, head behind the Marriott Marquis hotel to the large outdoor plaza near the Marina Office (the Marriott Hotel Marina Terrace). Once you see the big statues and flashy photo op panels, you’ll know you’ve arrived.
The public is welcome, I found no lines, and no Comic-Con badge is required! There are card and video games to play, lots of figurines to check out, and more. If you get there early in the day–they open at 10 am–swag is handed out!
As promised, here are my photos. The experience is as fun as it looks!
If you’d like to view my coverage of Comic-Con so far, which includes hundreds of cool photographs, click here!
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I live in downtown San Diego and love to walk around with my camera! You can follow Cool San Diego Sights via Facebook or Twitter!
Enjoy this collection of cool cosplay photographs that I took today while walking outside Comic-Con 2022!
Which is your favorite?
Two Flashes, Adam Warlock and Star Lord.Princess Zelda and Link.Demon Slayer cosplay.Batgirl.Scarlet Witch.Silver Surfer and silver surfing friend.Nadja of Antipaxos.A guy who is badly pixelated.I assume this is Janice Rand of Star Trek. I’m going by the hairdo.South Park characters.Oh, come on. Everyone knows Spidey!Game of Thrones.Louise Belcher.Looks like a mash-up of Star Wars stormtrooper and Venom.Wonder Woman is here to save the day!And here’s Thor with a very large Mjölnir.Riddler.A Sith Lord and a Jedi. Obi-Wan, perhaps?Namor, the Sub-Mariner.Indiana Jones.Robin.Loki.Zatanna.Dark Magician Girl.How sweet.
If you’d like to view my coverage of Comic-Con so far, which includes hundreds of cool photographs, click here!
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Check out what I discovered today while wandering inside UC San Diego’s Geisel Library!
The very cool Chameleon Jump Suit!
The life-size figure in scaly green body armor was modeled after the time-traveling character in a popular 1998 computer game. “The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time” was entertaining software created by Presto Studios, a company founded by UCSD alumni. You can read more about it here!
Even though I never played that particular computer game, I know a number of my readers love Comic-Con and popular culture, so I thought I’d share these photographs for everyone’s enjoyment!
I’m taking Comic-Con week off from work again this year, so stay tuned for lots of cool photos during 2022 San Diego Comic-Con coming up in July!
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There will also be many “at home” activities, including art and cosplay challenges, and a video competition!
Learn everything you need to know, and print your free official badge by clicking here!
Plus, visit Amazon’s Virtual-Con here! Amazon is the official sponsor of Comic-Con@Home and will have lots of cool experiences at their website.
Meanwhile, I’ve gone through hundreds of photographs that I’ve taken during Comic-Con over the past six years, and I’ve selected some of my personal favorites . . . in no particular order!
While the world anticipates Comic-Con’s triumphant return to downtown San Diego and the Convention Center in 2021, enjoy this wonderfully mixed-up collection of photographic memories!
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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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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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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!
If you want to see a lot more of this street art, and read additional information about the above photos, here are the related blog posts to check out…
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I’ve covered San Diego Comic-Con for many years. Cool San Diego Sights now includes hundreds of cosplay photos that were taken around the Convention Center and Gaslamp Quarter.
While we impatiently wait three months for 2019 Comic-Con, I thought I’d share 150 of my favorite photographs. These include some of the weirdest, funniest, most jaw-dropping examples of cosplay that my roving camera has happily recorded.
Enjoy!
Adora Belle Dearheart and Moist von Lipwig
Ahmanet of The Mummy
Alice and Mad Hatter
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Aquaman
Aquaman, Mera and cosplay friends
Assassin’s Creed
Azog and a Nazgûl
Azrael Batman
Batman and Bane
Batman looking grim
Batman, Robin and evil supervillains ready for a pool party
Baymax
Black Mage encircled by Supergirl and dancing friends
Black Widow and Ant-Man
Black Widow, Captain America and smiling friend
Bombshell Batwoman
Bumblebee and barbarian friend boarding a trolley in San Diego
Cable
Captain America strikes a pose
Catwoman and Jane Doe of Blindspot
Cloud Strife
Cobra Commander
Coneheads
Cyclops
Cylon Centurion from Battlestar Galactica
Dark Angel Olivia
Darth Maul
Darth Vader in cool sunglasses
Dayman
Deadpool takes many forms, including a hot dog
Deathstroke and Batgirl
Disco Darth Vader
Doc Brown
Dragon Slayer Ornstein
Dragon Ball Z
Electro
Elemental Hero Avian
Fast food superheroes
Ferengi from Star Trek
Fire Archangel Velajuel
Frog Glenn with Batman and two Robins
Frozone
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
Gamora
Garden gnomes
Ghostbusters
Goku
Green Arrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
Gumby and Pokey
Gurren Lagann
Harley Quinn and Deathstroke
Harley Quinn
Haru of The Cat Returns
Hawkman and Hawkgirl
Henchman 21
Hermione Granger, Daredevil and American Maid
Homestuck
Immortan Joe
Jawa from Star Wars
Jay Garrick version of Flash
Judge Dredd and Judge Death
Kevin Flynn from Tron
Kevin from Up
Klingons
Krieg the Psycho
Kuato from Total Recall
Lady Sif
LEGO Cyborg
Liliana Vess
Little Mermaid
Loki and Thor
Loki
Lord Hater
Lovecraftian steampunk Cthulhu-like character
Mad Hatters
Mad Max duo
Mad Max trio
Madame Vastra
Madder Red of Bedlam
Madoka Magica
Mercy and Reaper of Overwatch
Ming the Merciless
MOBA Legends
Mouth of Sauron
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Nightmare Before Christmas
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Opera Bugs Bunny
Orange Vader and friends
Pac-Man
Pepsiman
Pikachu
Poison Ivy
Post-apocalyptic Super Mario Bros.
Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore
Quidditch players for the Montrose Magpies
R2-D2
Riddler
Robin
Rocksteady and Bebop
Salsa Picante
Samurai Jack
Sans from Undertale
Satsuki Kiryuin
Scarecrow
Sharknado victims
She-Hulk and Raven
She-Ra has arrived to save the day. Her friend looks like a messed-up Phoenix, but I’m not sure…
Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes
Silk
Silver Surfer
Silverware
Snow White
Society For Creative Anachronism
Some sort of astronaut
Sora from Kingdom Hearts
Speed Racer and Mario characters
Spiderman and Venom
Spiderman driving a pedicab outside San Diego Comic-Con
Spock
Star Trek Barbee
Star Wars
Star-Lord and Thor
Steampunk Ghostbuster with proton pack
Steampunk lady
Steampunk version of Batman
Steven Universe
Storm
Super Shredder
TARDIS
The Addams Family
The Venture Bros.
The Witcher character
Thor
Transformer in the Gaslamp
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Undead zombie running amok inside the San Diego Convention Center
Unknown
Venom
WALL-E and Cruella de Vil
Warlock from Destiny
Wolverine
Wonder Woman and a Golden Age enemy
Wonder Woman and Maleficent
Wonder Woman and Superman
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