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Comic-Con audiences got a sneak peek at the new “Lord of the Rings” series “The Rings of Power” Friday in San Diego. Amazon Studios unveiled a new trailer for the show, set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

It’s likely no one has missed the in-person convention more than the captains, queens and connoisseurs of cosplay. Comic-Con is their Met Gala, and no getup is too elaborate.

Talk to the cosplayers walking the streets of the Gaslamp Quarter, the people lining up days in advance to get into the San Diego Convention Center and you’ll hear a similar sentiment for why they love Comic-Con.

Comic Con is back after going online the last two years, and the force is strong with those who’ve been waiting for its return.

Fancy a scenic way to get to Comic-Con 2022 in San Diego without spending your retirement savings on gas? Amtrak just opened up extra seats on its Pacific Surfliner, which boasts picturesque views traveling “along a 351-mile coastal rail route through San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, serving 27 stations.”

The comic characters were back at the San Diego Convention Center Friday for day one of Comic-Con’s Special Edition, a pandemic-delayed and pandemic-shortened version of the summer classic that usually attracts more than 100,000 people to San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter.

While 130,000 fans won’t be packing the San Diego Convention Center this summer, a local cosplay community is filling the street with artwork, flowers and photos.

San Diego’s world-famous Comic-Con announced Monday that it will be held virtually again this year and plans to host an in-person fall event that will be held on a smaller scale.

San Diego’s world-famous Comic-Con announced Monday that it will be held virtually again this year and plans to host an in-person fall event that will be held on a smaller scale.

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.

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.

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.

Over the next five days, the schedules will drop for SDCC’s lineup of virtual events from July 22-26. All will be viewable by all on YouTube

While San Diego Comic-Con International is canceled this summer, a virtual version of the beloved pop culture expo is in the works.

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 2020 is officially canceled due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.