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List of Open Artist Commissions for WonderCon 2025 [UPDATE Dec 17] - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
It’s that time again; that magical time when artists, illustrators, and creators attending WonderCon open their commissions. For those of us making the pilgrimage to the Anaheim Convention Center from March 28-30, 2025, here is a list of artists we’ll find offering unique, one-of-a-kind artwork. If you can’t make the trip this year, don’t worry; […]
List of Open Artist Commissions for San Diego Comic-Con 2025 [UPDATE Dec 17] - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
If you’re reading this (and you clearly are), you love two things: San Diego Comic-Con and art. SDCC is one of the magical places you can go to meet the artist(s) behind your favorite comics, talk to them, and even commission original artwork from them. Of course, these commissions take time, and while some artists […]
San Diego Comic-Con Tops San Diego Convention Center's Economic Impact Generators List - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
San Diego Comic-Con isn’t just a huge event that takes over the Gaslamp once a year for a few days — it’s also a huge boon for the local economy, bringing in millions of dollars in regional impact from attendee spending, as well as jobs and a tourism boost. The San Diego Convention Center Corporation […]
WonderCon Anaheim 2025 Badges & Hotels Now Available - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Although we’ve been busy focusing lately on San Diego Comic-Con, it’s time to shift our focus to WonderCon Anaheim, Comic-Con International’s smaller sister-show, known for its amazing Artist Alley and cosplay. The 2025 convention is set for March 28-30, putting it well ahead of Easter dates. And as of today, badges and hotels for WonderCon […]
List of Open Artist Commissions for WonderCon 2025 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
It’s that time again; that magical time when artists, illustrators, and creators attending WonderCon open their commissions. For those of us making the pilgrimage to the Anaheim Convention Center from March 28-30, 2025, here is a list of artists we’ll find offering unique, one-of-a-kind artwork. If you can’t make the trip this year, don’t worry; […]
List of Open Artist Commissions for San Diego Comic-Con 2025 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
If you’re reading this (and you clearly are), you love two things: San Diego Comic-Con and art. SDCC is one of the magical places you can go to meet the artist(s) behind your favorite comics, talk to them, and even commission original artwork from them. Of course, these commissions take time, and while some artists […]
Under the Tents 2025: Val Hochberg, Chris Maze, Brianna Cherry Garcia, Lauren Walsh - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
It’s a very Thanksgiving edition of Under the Tents today! We are feeling extra thankful for all of our amazing readers today… and for the first major round of San Diego Comic-Con news. Now that you (hopefully) have your badge, it’s time to look forward to what you can see at San Diego Comic-Con 2025. Here’s […]
San Diego Comic-Con Timeline of Events - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
San Diego Comic-Con may only be one week a year, but the lead-up, preparation for, and planning of the convention is practically a year-round event. It can be difficult to remember just when certain events — say, Hotelpocalypse, or the parking lottery — typically happen. Comic-Con International are for the most part creatures of habits, […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Open Registration Recap: It's the Most Wonderful Badge Sale of the Year - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
It may have taken two tries, but Open Registration — and Christmas? — are saved. This year’s Open Reg sale for San Diego Comic-Con feels a bit like The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Much like the Whos in Whoville eagerly awaiting Christmas morning, fans queued virtually last month on October 26 for their chance to score […]
SDConCast 11/23/2024 - SDCC 2025 Open Registration Redo - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Let’s try this again! After last month’s Open Registration had issues and ended early, it’s time for the San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Open Registration sale…Part 2, where anyone with a member ID can participate. Will the problems resurface? Will it run smoothly? Tune in and find out. We’ll be discussing the sale as it happens. […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Open Registration Visual Guide [UPDATE] - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
[UPDATE November 7] Following the halted Open Registration sale on Saturday, October 26, Comic-Con International has announced the new date for the sale — Saturday, November 23. They claim to have made “critical infrastructure improvements with the goal of delivering a reliable registration experience”, and we hope that’s true. As expected and announced previously, the […]
Dogu Publishing Offering Meet & Greet Opportunity with Mitsuhiro Arita at New York Comic Con - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Following the success of his appearance earlier this year at San Diego Comic-Con, the legendary illustrator Mitsohuro Arita is now heading to New York Comic Con this week. Dogu Publishing, an imprint of Dark Horse comics and home to the works of Stan Sakai, will be offering a Meet & Greet opportunity at the convention […]
Unlock New Worlds at Fandom Party at New York Comic Con - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
When it comes to fan parties, no one does it bigger or better than Fandom. This year, the largest fan platform in the world is taking things to the next level, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary by returning to New York Comic Con, where it will offer fans an memorable and engaging experience. On […]
"Creature Commandos" Belle Reve Experience Heading to New York Comic Con - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
The inmates are taking over New York Comic Con. DC announced a special experience at the convention this week for the upcoming animated Creature Commandos from James Gunn. Fans will get the chance to enter Belle Reve Prison, Thursday through Sunday, at Booth #4327. Here, they’ll step into the top-secret, high-security prison that is home […]
SDConCast 10/26/2024 - SDCC 2025 Open Registration - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Hot off the heels of Returning Registration last month, it’s time for the San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Open Registration sale, where anyone with a member ID can participate. How will it go? Tune in and find out. We’ll be discussing the sale as it happens. Come join the SDCC UBlog team as we cover the […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Open Registration Visual Guide - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Will you get a trick or a treat? San Diego Comic-Con Open Registration for 2025 is set for Saturday, October 26 at 9AM PT – which means that for better or worse, you’ll know soon whether you’re attending the pop culture juggernaut next year. We don’t want to scare you, but the odds of purchasing a […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Returning Registration Recap: My Con Only Breaks Its Favorite Waiting Rooms - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
For better or worse, several thousand Comic-Con attendees have their badges for 2025 — and several thousand more don’t yet. Returning Registration for San Diego Comic-Con 2025, the badge sale for eligible returning general attendees, took place today. This is our third year with this new system, which utilizes a QueueIt waiting room and Configio. […]
SDConCast 9/21/2024 - SDCC 2025 Returning Registration - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
It’s that time again, the annual ritual of anxiety. It’s the San Diego Comic-Con badge sale for returning attendees. How will it go? Tune in and find out. We’ll be discussing the sale as it happens. Come join the SDCC UBlog team as we kick off the first event for San Diego Comic-Con 2025! We’ll […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Returning Registration Visual Guide - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
We are not even a month out from San Diego Comic-Con 2024, and it’s already time to start planning on how you’re going to get back to the convention for next year. San Diego Comic-Con Returning Registration for 2025 is set for Saturday, September 21 at 9AM PT – which means that for better or worse, you’ll […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Returning Registration Information - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Will you be heading to San Diego Comic-Con 2025? New this year, Comic-Con International unveiled the date for this year’s Returning Registration badge sale — the sale only open to those who attended in 2024 as a paid General Attendee — before the close of this year’s convention. For those who missed it, Returning Registration will […]
The Shruggie Awards of San Diego Comic-Con 2024 — The Winners - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Everywhere you looked at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, everyone was talking about what a “normal” year it was — which is no small feat, given the challenges of the last few years (which include everything from a pandemic to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes). But this year felt like it had even more awesome things […]
UCC Distributing D23 Exclusives - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Hot off a stellar San Diego Comic-Con, UCC Distributing is heading to D23 this weekend, where they’ll be taking over Booths #522 and #524. Fans can stop by to check out their exclusive products, exciting licenses, and more. Attendees at D23 will be able to get their hands on UCC’s exclusive Star Wars Doorables Lava Darth […]
The Shruggie Awards of San Diego Comic-Con 2024 – Voting - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
San Diego Comic-Con 2024 is behind us now, and most attendees seemed to have a stellar year outside of a few mishaps (almost all of which involved security or line management). We’re excited to hear your own thoughts in our sixth edition of The Shruggie Awards, which, despite the name, is not celebrating the “wtf-ness” […]
REVIEW: Funko's Funkoville International Airport Soars over San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Welcome aboard, passengers, this is your captain speaking. We’ll be cruising at an altitude of just above sea level as we take a flying tour over Funko’s booths at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. We’ll soar high above Funko’s Booth #5341 on our way to our sister booths Loungefly at Booth #5145 and Mondo at #5137. […]
REVIEW: 2024's Paramount+ The Lodge Was a Solid Sequel That Didn't Quite Match 2023's Version - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
In its first iteration at San Diego Comic-Con 2023, the Paramount+ Lodge was a rousing success, boasting multiple elements crucial to making or breaking an offsite: reservations (with an ample 50-minute length), solid capacity, free food and drinks, swag, and an ideal location (Happy Does Bar on 340 5th Avenue, two blocks north of the […]
A Love Letter To Bandai Namco at San Diego Comic-Con - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
When it comes to Comic-Con, bigger isn’t always better; bigger lines, bigger price tags, bigger headaches. Some companies succumb to the pressure of expanding to welcome more and more attendees within the boundaries of their booth. This thought of mind doesn’t always work out because of the limitations of floor space or the faulty execution. […]
REVIEW: FX Offsite Offered Mix Results at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
FX has possibly been the most consistent offsite at San Diego Comic-Con over the last decade, and they’re always scaring up good times and good swag for fans with the help of experiential marketing agency Creative Riff. Each year’s iteration differs, and this year offered some of, if not the most, coveted swag items of […]
The Shruggie Awards of San Diego Comic-Con 2024 – Nominations - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
San Diego Comic-Con 2024 is behind us now, and most attendees seemed to have a stellar year outside of a few mishaps (almost all of which involved security or line management). We’re excited to hear your own thoughts in our sixth edition of The Shruggie Awards, which, despite the name, is not celebrating the “wtf-ness” […]
SDConCast 7/31/2024 - Pack Up The Leftovers And Go Home - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Another San Diego Comic-Con is over and we’re doing one more SDConCast to wrap up the 2024 season. We’ll go over the highlights, regular lights, surprises, and possibly some lowlights from SDCC. Join us for a fun and marginally coherent show. We’ll kick things off at 6:30PM PT/9:30PM ET. Join in on the fun on […]
REVIEW: Fandom Offered an Epic Party for their 20th Anniversary at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
When it comes to parties that attendees can actually get into, there is no ticket more coveted than Fandom’s annual Thursday night bash. There’s good reason: It’s possibly the single-best experience that attendees will find at the con, with free food, free drinks, plenty of activities, the chance to mingle with celebrities, and a musical […]
REVIEW: AEW and Adult Swim Entertain The Masses At 'Battle for the Booty' - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
The crossover we didn’t know we needed took place at Adult Swim’s Pirate Parrrty On The Green with AEW talent taking on Adult Swim characters inside a wrestling ring, during San Diego Comic-Con 2024. The “AEW x [as] Battle for the Booty” tournament was held Thursday night at the offsite activation behind the San Diego […]
REVIEW: ABC's Abbott Elementary A.V.A. Fest Took Attendees to New Heights - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Bless ABC for understanding that San Diego Comic-Con attendees love wholesome comedies as much as we love genre fare. This is the second time that they have brought their stellar comedy Abbott Elementary to San Diego for an offsite, and the sophomore activation did not slump. Expanding on the “school festival” plotline seen in seasons […]
REVIEW: All Aboard the IMDboat at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Love, exciting and newCome aboard, we’re expecting youLove, life’s sweetest rewardLet it flow, it floats back to you Captain Steubing may not have been there to greet me when I stepped on board, and Isaac sure wasn’t mixing the drinks behind the bar, but the IMDboat at San Diego comic-Con 2024 promised something for everyone. […]
REVIEW: Crunchyroll Concert Series Offered an Electrifying Performance by LiSA at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
LiSA, the global J-pop sensation, made her triumphant return to the United States with a captivating performance at the Rady Shell for the Crunchyroll Concert Series during San Diego Comic-Con 2024. Marking her first US concert in nearly a decade LiSA performed a setlist of her popular anime theme songs like “Gurenge” from Demon Slayer: […]
REVIEW: The Penguin's Iceberg Lounge Gave Us Chills - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Immediately following the events at the end of Matt Reeve’s The Batman, Gotham City is in shambles. The city has been flooded after The Riddler blew the levees and it’s the perfect time to go underground… to a nightclub? Yes, absolutely. But not just any nightclub, it’s time for a visit to The Iceberg Lounge, […]
REVIEW: Hulu Animayhem Goes Bigger & Better on Offsite at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Hulu Animayhem was one of the biggest hits of San Diego Comic-Con 2023, thanks in large part to its fun, quick interactions and must-have swag (everyone wanted that backpack!) — and for 2024, they returned in (what at least felt like) a bigger and better way. The brand once again took over the parking lot […]
Blast Off at LEGO's Space Station Bricks Experience at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Get ready to explore the final frontier with LEGO. With Preview Night now open, we can reveal that the company has launched their Space Station 8RICK5, an interstellar booth experience featuring first-look product reveals, the chance to build your own LEGO rocket and score some swag that’s out-of-this-world, and more. Fans will find cosmic adventures […]
Peacock's "Those About to Die" Races Into San Diego Comic-Con with Fun Offsite - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Transporting San Diego Comic-Con attendees into the heart of ancient Rome is no easy feat, particularly with an outdoor space, that’s setup next to a bustling restaurant on the busiest corner of the convention. But Peacock’s Those About to Die offers a fun, impressive offsite that is worth attendee’s time. For those lucky enough to […]
Blast Off at LEGO's Space Station Bricks Experience at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
Get ready to explore the final frontier with LEGO. With Preview Night now open, we can reveal that the company has launched their Space Station 8RICK5, an interstellar booth experience featuring first-look product reveals, the chance to build your own LEGO rocket and score some swag that’s out-of-this-world, and more. Fans will find cosmic adventures […]
How Fandom Elevates San Diego Comic-Con with Events - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
For attendees at San Diego Comic-Con, when the convention floor closes, there are after-parties to attend — and then there’s Fandom. It’s one of, if not the, coolest party that fans can actually get into. Set atop the rooftop of the Hard Rock Hotel, at the swanky FLOAT venue, the party offers attendees the chance […]