Sunshine once again drenches the city of San Diego as it bathes in the glow of another glorious summer’s day. The streets of the old Gaslamp District are packed with people as Comic-Con has arrived and the carnival is in full swing.
Every year the conference centre is filled to bursting point with fans and followers of everything associated with science fiction, superheroes, cult movies and comic books.
Batman 2000. But did he factor in a pee hole?
Not only is it a gathering of all things geek, Comic-Con has become by far the biggest single cinematic event in terms of news and announcements. It focuses the sci-fi, cult movie and comic genres and while you might think it doesn’t relate to you, what you have to remember is that a vast amount of modern media dips into it. Batman, Spiderman, The X-Men, Superman, The Watchmen, Iron Man and Star Trek all fall into this category. And most people have watched at least one of these. Only the Academy Awards puts more movie stars in one place.
The San Diego Conference Center has to accommodate over 130,000 fans
This is an environment where you can be, and probably will be, judged on how worthy you are of being there simply by the T-shirt you’re wearing. Your level of knowledge, your degree of enthusiasm and ultimately your geek credibility rating are all assessed in a second by a simple glance as to what’s on your chest. A bog-standard Batman logo T-shirt for instance, is little more than a token attempt and you’d be considered an amateur. However, if you had one with the Kirby Silver Surfer on it, or a in a Silver Age Flash t-shirt, then you will have earned kudos.
Out of kickass and red mist who would you take? .. bah bha bha bha bah… start the music..
How does any mortal being get togo to this, what is the accommodation like and how easy is it to access
In response to P. Charman’s question, mere mortals can easily attend…but they need to have an eye on the Comic-Con website for when tickets are available…and they do sell out in a matter of hours, in much the same way as say, the Glastonbury musical festival does.
And then it’s just a matter of finding somewhere to stay.
We suggest somewhere away from the Gaslamp District – as those hotels can be quite expensive. Something a mile or so away – downtown San Diego is not that big – in the Italian Quarter is perfect. Not only are there some great bars and restaurants and a full street market on Saturday morning, but it’s still not too far from everything.
However, be warned ALL motel, hotel and hostel prices go up for the week of Comic-Con. Even the little independent ones.