Trekkies, Captain Kirk and Spock, Star Wars characters, superheroes, villians, long lines to get into Paramount’s Lodge activation, a ferris wheel, a beautiful blonde contortionist dressed up like a leopard, street performers from musicians to magicians and an incredible drone show above Petco Park.
These were among the things I saw at San Diego’s Comi-Con 2024.
I even got a free beer at Comic-Con.
It was from a pop-up “bar on Fifth Ave., from Focus features. Inside, along with a collecton of old-school TVs on a wall, a dummy with hi shead stuck inside the kind of juke box you still find in dive bars, a pool table and chairs stacked in what looked like a hurricane blew through the place was a long bar that handed out a can of beer. It was warm, for this bar was no allowed to serve drinks.
What I didn’t see was Jennifer Ganer get stuck in an elevator or nearly everything – nobody can, really – but San Diego’s #1 event once again provided days and nights of entertainment during a weekend in late July.
Some locals avoid going to the Gaslamp Quarter during Comic-Con like it’s going ot visit a despised relative. Not me. I love it. I enjoy seeing the people in costumes of their favorite superheroes or TV/movie characters, of the being in character and experiencing the music and shows of the street performers up and down Fifth Ave.
@pubclub.com Way cool drone show during Comic-Con in San Diego. #comicon #comiccon2024 #drone #dronevideo #pubclub #droneshow #droneshows #waycool #comicconsandiego ♬ original sound – PubClub
In 2024, it was much of the same as previous years, with activations from the studios creating huge interest – with lines like the kind you find at Disneyland to get inside – with the drone show taking things over the top as far as spectacles go for Comic-Con.
So why avoid it? Comic-Con is a city treasure that should be enjoyed by everyone, superheroes and locals alike.
