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San Diego Comic-Con 2017: Marvel Studios

Posted on by Jeanine Yamanaka
To continue with some of the goings-on at San Diego Comic-Con this year, Marvel had it’s usual boisterous booth that was constantly jammed full of people trying to purchase limited edition merchandise, get autographs, take photos with the costume/prop displays from their upcoming movies such as “Black Panther” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” or just fill their … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2017: Marvel Studios"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2017: “Once Upon A Time”

Posted on by Jeanine Yamanaka
So this year, San Diego Comic-Con ran a scant few days after the big D23 Expo. While this did have the result of Expo draining off some of the Disney content that would usually be present at SDCC, there was still the usual enormous amount of things happening throughout the weekend. Out on the exhibitor’s … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2017: “Once Upon A Time”"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Star Wars Publishing, D23, and the rest.

Posted on by Jeanine Yamanaka
Although Star Wars didn’t have any big presentations as they did last year, for “Force Awakens,” they still had some presence as Star Wars Publishing held their yearly panel on upcoming publications. For introducing younglings to the Star Wars characters and canon, Katie Cook has illustrated a couple of alphabet/poem/picture books. For the slightly older … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Star Wars Publishing, D23, and the rest."
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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Marvel TV and “Once Upon A Time”

Posted on by Jeanine Yamanaka
One branch of Disney that was pretty heavily represented at SDCC this year was its television divisions–both Marvel and ABC. [Unattributed photos and videos courtesy of Disney, Marvel, and ABC.] For fans of the Netflix series “Daredevil” and “Jessica Jones,” the new spin-off “Marvel’s Luke Cage” had its own panel, complete with the main cast … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Marvel TV and “Once Upon A Time”"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: WDAS and Disney Kingdom Panels

Posted on by Jeanine Yamanaka
If it’s summer, you can be sure of a few things: Crowded theme parks, Olaf finding out what frozen things do, and San Diego Comic-Con. This year’s SDCC, along with almost every other con I’ve attended recently, was lighter on Disney material than in the past–no doubt due to their need to keep fresh material … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2016: WDAS and Disney Kingdom Panels"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Photos From the Floor

Posted on by Jeanine Yamanaka
So to finish up SDCC for this year, here are some photos from in and around the Exhibitor’s Floor–generally the heart of any convention. Over at the Disney booth, they had a display of a variety of new upcoming Tsum Tsum products, along with a contest to guess how many Tsums were in a given … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Photos From the Floor"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2015: A Smattering of Panels

Posted on by Jeanine Yamanaka
At Comic-Con, there are panels for just about every topic and every source of fandom imaginable, most of which are scheduled directly opposite the panels you want to see. Consequently, although there were a myriad of presentations concerning Disney products and Disney personalities, one was forced to pick and choose which ones to attend and … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2015: A Smattering of Panels"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Star Wars

Posted on by Jeanine Yamanaka
While SDCC is a grand paean to just about every facet of pop culture, its love affair with Star Wars has been long and legion. 2015, arguably one of the most exciting years in Star Wars fandom, was no exception. While there were a wide range of different presentations on virtually every aspect of the … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Star Wars"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Disney Infinity

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Comic-Con everybody! One of the largest pop culture convocations in the world was recently held yet again–San Diego Comic-Con. As they have done the last couple of years, Disney Infinity made their usual impressive showing with a pop-up location outside of the Convention Center, close to Petco Park. By hosting at an exterior location, people … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Disney Infinity"
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San Diego Comic-Con 2014: Something Good, Something Bad – A Bit of Both. [Part 5]

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So the largest amount of representation Disney brought to SDCC this year was, unsurprisingly, their Marvel properties. Marvel’s “Agents of SHIELD” had a panel in Ballroom 20, which is probably the second-hardest room to get into at SDCC. To go through the line for Ballroom 20, you habitually have to go outside, walk a good … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con 2014: Something Good, Something Bad – A Bit of Both. [Part 5]"
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