Every week from now until San Diego Comic-Con, we’re celebrating you: our readers! So let’s meet this week’s Attendee of the Week: Deon Sinquefield @dlsinque Where are you traveling from for San Diego Comic-Con?  Houston, TX How many years have you been attending?  Been attending SDCC for 7 years. What was your favorite panel and […] The post Attendee of the Week: Deon Sinquefield appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

Welcome to week two of the 2024 season of SDConCast, the official podcast of the San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog. This week we’re joined by returning guest Gary Sassaman, former Director of multiple departments at Comic-Con International, including Director of Programming (2000-2007), Director of Print and Publications (2007-2012), and Director of Print and Digital Media […] The post SDConCast 5/14/2024 – The Spice Of The Spinner Rack appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

Comic-Con International has begun unveiling this year’s list of Special Guests, the invited guests who appear at San Diego Comic-Con and are featured in a special “Spotlight” panel during the convention, so attendees have a chance to hear their favorite authors and artists speak live. From their site, here’s the list of the Special Guests […] The post San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Special Guests appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

With studios still ramping up their output following the onset of COVID-19 back in 2022 and an actor’s strike in 2023, it’s been several years since we’ve had what we would consider a “normal” Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con. Will 2024 be the year that changes? Hall H has typically been home to some […] The post The Movies of San Diego Comic-Con 2024 appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

Funko Fundays – the celebration for fans of all things Funko – is returning to San Diego Comic-Con this year, and it looks like it’s going to be bigger than ever. At C2E2 today, the company unveiled the first look at Freddy’s Funtastic Voyage, this year’s iteration of the event, which will take place over […] The post Funko San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Details Unveiled, Including Fundays & Funkoville appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

We want YOU… to be our Attendee of the Week! Each week between now and San Diego Comic-Con, we’re going to highlight an “Attendee of the Week” on our site, someone who has some cool Comic-Con memories to share (and don’t we all have cool Comic-Con memories?). So, how do you get featured as our Attendee of the […] The post Be Our ‘Attendee of the Week’ – 2024 Edition appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

If you’re expecting new SDCC news, you found it, but it’s old new news. New old news? Anyway, everything old is new again this year at San Diego Comic-Con. This edition of Under the Tents is full of retro news that includes Rainbow Brite as well as every other Saturday morning cartoon your parents and/or […] The post Under the Tents 2024: Rainbow Brite, Don Nguyen, Martin Hsu, MeTV appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

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 […] The post List of Open Artist Commissions for San Diego Comic-Con 2024 [UPDATE May 4] appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

For those who weren’t lucky enough to score a badge in either of the two registration events last year for San Diego Comic-Con, if you’ve been holding out hope for another shot… we have some news for you. For several years now, Comic-Con has launched official ebay auctions for badges, which serve as a fundraiser […] The post Attend San Diego Comic-Con 2024 with “Legend” Membership appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more

Despite what Comic-Con International claimed in last year’s Talk Back (and I should know, because I’m the one who asked), I’m convinced that the amount of hotel rooms available for attendees has been lowered in the last two years. Prior to 2023, while the downtown hotels always went fast, the Mission Valley hotels tended to […] The post Hotel Live Inventory Sale Recap: Somehow Worse Than Ever? appeared first on San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog ..read more