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ComicFest Day 3 Photo Report: Russ Heath, Batton Lash, more
Mission Valley pop culture party wraps it up
The second annual ComicFest wrapped up on October 6 at the Town and Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center. This year’s 3-day event featured sci-fi author Larry Niven, whose storied career is celebrated at an on-site coffeshop and snack bar, …
ComicFest Day 2 Photo Report: Sci-fi fans & Jokerman
Mission Valley hotel/resort hosting 2nd annual pop culture bash
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/oct/04/54299/ The second annual ComicFest is running through October 6 at the Town and Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/oct/04/54303/ This year’s 3-day event features sci-fi author Larry Niven, whose storied career is celebrated at an on-site coffeshop and …
ComicFest Day 1 Photo Report: Local lights & men in tights
Second annual gathering at Mission Valley’s Town & Country Resort
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/oct/04/54299/ The second annual ComicFest is running through October 6 at the Town and Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center. “Some of us Comic-Con founders and other folks who put on the early Comic-Cons joined together to put on a …
CHP confirm man jumped from Coronado Bridge Sunday night
San Diego Harbor Police recovered a mans body from San Diego Bay after a reported fall from the Coronado bridge Sunday July 21, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Sanchez. At approximately 4:35pm passengers aboard the southbound 901 bus …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 5 - Sunday
Holy hotpics, here's the last batch of Gaslamp giggles...
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49776/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49745/ Steampimpin'! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49746/ Enter Sandman? No thanks, I see the key to a better entrance... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49747/ What do you get when you cross Red Sonja and Barbarella? Apparently, a Buggles video... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49748/ Once you go elf, well, you may …
San Diego Comic-Conundrum
I'm not going to complain about the name, though it's getting more difficult each year to find the actual comics amidst the aisles of fantasy corsets and Hollywood presentations. I'm not going to complain about the overwhelming mass of people, …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 4 - Saturday
Getting yer Gaslamp geek on again
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49715/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49677/ Sure, they're cute, but my eyes keep going back to that Devil's Panties booth... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49678/ C'mon, that's how Grace Jones dresses EVERY day! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49679/ It's not paint. I think I have lead poisoning... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49685/ He's not supposed to …
The music side of Comic-Con - Metallica, Weezer, Thomas Negovan and more
Lots of music related ways to spend time and money at Comic Con International 2013, from an artist who records on wax cylinder to new Beatle plush toys. 21 photos.
While Comic Con International is certainly based around the trilogy of comics, science fiction and motion pictures/television, it’s not hard to find music at the convention. It starts on arrival downtown, before you get to the convention center itself, with …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 3 - Friday
More gutbusting guffaws from the Gaslamp
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/19/49555/ Parking is so scarce downtown, homeless guys are scalping open spaces... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/19/49556/ Wait, aren't those just Madison High cheerleaders?? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/19/49557/ Uh oh, looks like that lynch mob caught up to Mayor Sanders! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/19/49553/ Who knew jackalopes had such huge …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 2 - Thursday
Great googly wooglies, a gaggle of Gaslamp giggles
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/18/49401/ Okay, I'm ready to clean the Convention Center men's room now. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/18/49402/ He's okay, he just had a little too much Laffy Taffy. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/18/49403/ Batman's got his utility belt, but I carry my own robin perch! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/18/49404/ When Underachievers …
Comic-Con 2013 hires Nerd Herders to keep crowds moving smoothly
Convention organizers: "We must never have a repeat of 2012's Saturday Stampede. These seemingly harmless creatures can turn deadly under the wrong conditions."
HIGH UP ON THE G4 GEEK CENTRAL PLATFORM, LOOKING DOWN AT THE SWARMING MASS OF SUBHUMANITY BELOW — "For years, the average fanboy or girl attending the Con was mostly placid and gentle, despite its intimidating size," says Comic-Con Traffic …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 1
Goofy gags from geektastic Gaslamp gathering...
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/17/49304/ What costume? I found these in my mattress at the hotel! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/17/49306/ That's no whip, Emerald Areola, I'm just happy to see you! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/17/49305/ When hoary met sultry... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/17/49308/ Wanna catch a ride with Little Red from the Hood? …
ListenSD brings Miami Horror to Comic-Con
San Diego's own Total Request Live teams up with Static for a Comic-Con party.
A pair of local music lovers recently kicked off ListenSD, a multimedia outlet highlighting San Diego music with videos, interviews, reviews, and special events. Host Rachel Frank likens the project (for better or worse) to MTV’s Total Request Live, “where …
Gam3rCon: Space Invaders Landing in San Diego
Bay Area filmmaker documents collectors from the golden-era of arcade games.
Pac-Man. Donkey Kong. Space Invaders. Galaga. Many of us grew up on these names, but what happened to all of the old arcade games from the early ‘80s after they were retired from the Wonderlands and Chuck-E-Cheese’s of America? To …
Third annual Comic Con Nerd-a-thon showcase at The Merrow
Tiny Nightmare Productions hosts two days of dork with Nerf Herder, Kirby Krackle, MegaRan, Dualcore, Wordburglar, Danimal Cannon, and more.
The third annual Comic Con Nerd-a-thon will span two days - July 19 and July 20 - showcasing geek rock, nerdcore hip-hop, and back-to-back performances from the geek-girl burlesque dancers of The Devil’s Playground Burlesque at The Merrow (formerly the …
Torrey Pines (La Jolla) Rotary Club raffling off tickets to Comic-Con
A 1 in 6,500 chance to win
Ten bucks, one-tenth of a Frankiln, could net you a pair of tickets to this year's Comic-Con. That's all it will cost to purchase a raffle ticket from Torrey Pines (La Jolla) Rotary Foundation to win two passes to Comic-Con …
Comic-Con's Fish Fantasy
Oh man. What a night. You had to be there. And I mean outside Comic-Con, not inside. This was around seven in the evening. I get off the trolley at Gaslamp Quarter, and there, okay, for a start, crowds, of …
Catfight at Comic-Con!
Scheduling Snafu Sets Up Clash Between Fans of Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey Three Hospitalized, Hundreds Treated for Scratches and High-Heel Abrasions Following Massive Brawl Outside Hall H Comic-Con Rep: "The fanboys were never like this." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/12/27781/ Twilight stars …
We Got the Con Part 2: More Comic-Related Music Events This Week
The first issue of a six-part comic series, loosely about the making of Coldplay's latest album Mylo Xyloto, will debut at this week's San Diego Comic-Con International. The comic will then be released monthly from February 2013. The story of …