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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.

Claudia Dolph is a self-described movie geek and pop culture entertainment fan who also works in the entertainment industry. She says the coronavirus pandemic has threatened to derail her fandom. “I have a trip coming up to New York and those plans are in limbo right now because shows might be shutting down.They’re talking about live streaming some of...

NBCLA Entertainment Reporter Heather Brooker talks with industry insiders and fans to find out more about this pandemics’ far reaching devastation in show business.