SDCC: The Stern PInball Lounge
The Stern Pinball Lounge at Comic-Con in San Diego was full of awesome geeky pinball games.
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Tag: San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con 2017 Artist Roundup
Here’s a handful of artists I’ve discovered at SDCC this year—and their respective online shops so you can get the full SDCC art hoarding experience.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Artist Roundup
Here is a list of wonderful artists I’ve discovered at SDCC this year.
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SDCC: 'Agent Carter' vs. 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' … In a Dubsmash War
Perhaps the greatest thing to come out of SDCC 2015 is… the Agent Carter vs. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. dubsmash war.
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Here's Why I Want the New 'Die Hard' Blu-ray Collection
The upcoming five-film collection will arrive in a package worthy of your annual Christmas display.
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Marvel Offers Unlimited Comics for 1 Cent
The service is offering a super-sized collection of digital comics for an irresistible price.
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Get Ready For Geek-Inspired Couture In The Her Universe Fashion Show at SDCC
If you love TARDIS gowns and gender-bending Loki cosplay, you’re going to love to see what Her Universe brings to San Diego Comic-Con. If you like to design those things, you’re going to want to participate. Her Universe will be presenting a “geek couture” fashion show and design competition, and the grand prize is your own fashion collection for Hot Topic.
Continue ReadingGiveaway: Hallmark Keepsake Ornament, Recordable Storybook and Text Bands!
Can’t make it to San Diego Comic-Con? All is not lost. Hallmark is offering a special Comic-Con Gift Pack to one lucky GeekMom reader who will get a pair of the new Hallmark Text Bands and their choice of one Keepsake Ornament and one Recordable Storybook from a select list.
Continue ReadingThe Streets of San Diego Comic-Con
One thing that struck my kids about San Diego Comic-Con was how much the convention spills out into the streets. The crowds engulf the entire Gaslamp District, packing its sidewalks, restaurants, and hotels. When my twelve-year-old, ten-year-old, and I left the convention center to meet GeekMom Kristen and my little goddaughter for lunch, my girls […]
Continue ReadingSan Diego Comic-Con: Thank You Cosplayers!
If there’s one thing that’s universally true about fan conventions, it’s that there will be cosplay. In the case of San Diego, many people who are packing away this year’s costume as I write are also planning next year’s costume in their heads. Serious cosplayers don’t just raid the local costume shop at Halloween. They painstakingly […]
Continue ReadingSan Diego Comic-Con: Mixo Kooky Kans
Even if you never see a single panel, you can still keep yourself completely entertained and likely empty your wallet looking through the vendor booths at San Diego Comic-Con. It’s been three full days and I still walk down the rows certain that I’ve seen everything, only to find that there are entire areas of the […]
Continue ReadingSan Diego Comic-Con: Things My Kids Can’t Wait to See
Friday was another day of fantastic costumes, stimulating panel discussions, and total sensory overload at San Diego Comic-Con. Today I’m taking two of my kids in for the fun–it’ll be the first comics convention for my ten- and twelve-year-old daughters. They’re especially excited to meet author/illustrator Raina Telgemeier, whose wonderful middle-grade graphic novel, Smile, won […]
Continue ReadingSan Diego Comic-Con: Sleestaks and Sea Monsters with Sid and Marty Krofft
I grew up in the seventies when Saturday mornings belonged to kids. I’d wake up at the crack of dawn and run downstairs to turn on the TV just loud enough to hear, but not loud enough to wake my still sleeping parents. There were some wonderfully cheesy programs on Saturday mornings, but my favorite show, the one I’d never miss, […]
Continue ReadingSan Diego Comic-Con Day One: Star Wars Legos, Ewok Attack!
Yesterday was my first full day at San Diego Comic-Con and it was fantastic! There were so many things to see that I found myself wandering from booth to booth, panel to panel, with absolutely no plan. I thought I’d try to at least walk the floor in some kind of order so that I’d […]
Continue ReadingSDCC Costume of the Day
I’m writing in the brief lull between Crazy Thursday at Comic-Con and Even Crazier Friday at Comic-Con. Yesterday was a perfect day at the con–the crowd-size was respectable but not overwhelming, the panels I attended were terrifically interesting (more about those in a future post), and there were plenty of costumes worth swooning over. This […]
Continue ReadingSan Diego Comic-Con or Bust
There are conventions, and then there’s San Diego Comic-Con. We’re talking 4 days (and a preview night) of celebrities, panels, advance screenings, cosplay, parties and everything the geek masses could possibly want all gathered together in one place, along with 130,000 people. I’m making my first trip to SDCC this year, and in between jumping up and down with […]
Continue ReadingThe 2011 Star Wars Fan Film Challenge: Cast Your Vote!
There’s still time left to vote for your favorite Star Wars Fan Film over at the 2011 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge ! You have until July 14th to cast your vote, and the winners will be announced at the San Diego Comic-Con later this month! Back in 2009, Olivia Munn asked me to write […]
Continue ReadingGearing Up for San Diego Comic-Con
I read something scary on Twitter the other day: words so alarming they actually made me gasp. Only six weeks until SDCC! Six weeks until San Diego Comic-Con?! It hardly seems possible! And yet it’s true. Actually, since that tweet was several days ago, there are less than six weeks until the biggest event of […]
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