Comic Con

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Comic-Con is typically associated with fun cosplays, crowds of enthusiastic fanatics and a buzzing downtown scene, but this year’s event was nothing like that due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, fans still found a way to go beyond 2020’s virtual fun to show their adoration for the beloved event.

A shrine to San Diego’s renowned Comic-Con convention is growing in the heart of what would, in a typical year, be a bustling hub for cosplayers, enthusiasts and convention-goers during the annual pop culture event.

They’re still “lining up,” wandering the convention floor and shopping the merch but they’re not actually at the San Diego Convention Center. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford shares how three SDCC-goers are making the most of this year’s Comic-Con@Home.

Connor and Bauer Lee from Woodland Hills created the non-profit Cardboard Superheroes, which will be featured at Comic-Con @ Home. 

It all started with a cardboard box. Woodland Hills brothers Connor and Bauer Lee, 15 and 13, combined their love for superheroes and passion for art to create Cardboard Superheroes, a non-profit to promote youth arts. The duo teamed up with Comic-Con Museum@Home to teach people how to make miniature models through YouTube tutorials. Cardboard Superheroes will also be featured…

The San Diego Convention Center is missing you, Comic-Con fans.

For the first time in 50 years, San Diego Comic-Con will not hold a physical event in downtown San Diego. But organizers hope to recapture the magic in some small way, by holding panels, workshops and events online.

NBC LA Entertainment reporter Heather Brooker talked to San Diego Comic-Con spokesperson David Glanzer about what fans can expect when attending the virtual Comic-Con@Home July 22-26.

San Diego Comic-Con International 2020 is officially canceled due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

SDCC spokesperson David Glanzer tells NBC LA entertainment reporter Heather Brooker they made the difficult decision to cancel Comic-Con over health concerns because of COVID-19. But he says they are looking at online options to still engage with the community. 

San Diego Comic-Con International organizers have announced that the annual pop culture expo will be canceled this year.

With only three months left until San Diego Comic-Con International and ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions, many are wondering if the large-scale pop culture expo in the heart of downtown San Diego will be canceled.

Sen. Cory Booker talks about his beef with Fred Savage and attending Comic-Con in San Diego, and reveals what his debate advisers told him after a screenshot of Booker giving the side-eye to Beto O’Rourke went viral.