{"id":8894,"date":"2013-06-18T04:50:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T11:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=8894"},"modified":"2013-06-18T05:09:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T12:09:09","slug":"comic-con-2013-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/06\/18\/comic-con-2013-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic-Con 2013 Is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Last year\u2019s Comic-Con International exceeded many expectations<\/h1>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>July 18, 19, 20 &#038; 21<\/h2>\n<p>This year\u2019s Con is shaping up to be another record-breaker for nerds and anime fans of all types. Comic-Con 2013 is July 18-21 at the San Diego Convention Center. If you didn\u2019t get tickets, fear not, the real party is on the streets throughout the Gaslamp District downtown and in bars all over San Diego that weekend. Since its beginning in 1970 Comic-Con has become an annual transformative event, drawing animation and fantasy devotees as well as gamers from all over the world. <\/p>\n<p><strong>From their official website: <\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cComic-Con International: San Diego began in 1970 when a group of comics, movie, and science fiction fans &#8212; including the late Shel Dorf, Ken Krueger, and Richard Alf &#8212; banded together to put on the first comic book convention in southern California. Comic-Con started as a one-day \u201cminicon,\u201d called San Diego\u2019s Golden State Comic-Minicon, on March 21, 1970 at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. The purpose of this single-day event\u2014which included two special guests, Forrest J Ackerman and Mike Royer, and drew about 100 attendees\u2014was to raise funds and generate interest for a larger convention. The success of the minicon led to the first full-fledged, three-day San Diego Comic-Con (called San Diego\u2019s Golden State Comic-Con), held August 1\u20133, 1970, at the U.S. Grant Hotel, with guests Ray Bradbury, Jack Kirby, and A. E. van Vogt. Over 300 attendees packed into the hotel\u2019s basement for that groundbreaking event, which featured a dealers\u2019 room, programs and panels, film screenings, and more: essentially, the model for every comic book convention to follow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit comic-con.org\/cci for more information. Photo by Rob Rowsey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8897\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/comic-con-day3-2012-japanese-anime-DSC_0041.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/comic-con-day3-2012-japanese-anime-DSC_0041.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"Comic-Con International. Photo by Rob Rowsey.\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-8897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/comic-con-day3-2012-japanese-anime-DSC_0041.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/comic-con-day3-2012-japanese-anime-DSC_0041.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic-Con International. Photo by Rob Rowsey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year\u2019s Comic-Con International exceeded many expectations Tweet July 18, 19, 20 &#038; 21 This year\u2019s Con is shaping up to be another record-breaker for nerds and anime fans of all types. Comic-Con 2013 is July 18-21 at the San Diego Convention Center. If you didn\u2019t get tickets, fear not, the real party is on the streets throughout the Gaslamp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[828,1,574,742,733,731],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure-central","category-archive","category-art","category-art-photography","category-event-coverage","category-first-person-account"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18498,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2021\/12\/10\/reviewer-tv-is-live-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":8894,"position":0},"title":"Open Mike at Queen Bee&#8217;s","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"December 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"REVIEWERTV, REVIEWER.TV, REVIEWERTV.COM","rel":"","context":"In &quot;live music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"live music","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/live-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center, 3925 Ohio St, San Diego, CA 92104, places.singleplatform.com, Phone: (619) 255-5147","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/queen-bees-front-door-signage-12-9-21-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/queen-bees-front-door-signage-12-9-21-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/queen-bees-front-door-signage-12-9-21-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/queen-bees-front-door-signage-12-9-21-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/queen-bees-front-door-signage-12-9-21-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6871,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2012\/07\/17\/comic-con-international-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":8894,"position":1},"title":"Comic-Con International 2012","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"July 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Comic-Con 2012 PhotosTweetThe full new 100 Picture Photo Gallery is posted right HERE.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;event coverage&quot;","block_context":{"text":"event coverage","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/event-coverage\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/con1-girlinwhiteDSCN0272-2000px-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8035,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/01\/19\/press-release-san-diego-independent-filmmakers-consortium-feb-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":8894,"position":2},"title":"Press Release: SAN DIEGO INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER\u2019S CONSORTIUM, FEB 1","author":"katherine","date":"January 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"San Diego Film Economy Tweet SAN DIEGO: FILM COMMUNITY MOBILIZES IN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT February 1 Pitchfest to Draw Over 600 Local Filmmakers, Cast, and Crew Following two wildly popular networking events in late 2012 with nearly 500 of the San Diego film community\u2019s best and brightest writers, directors, actors, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Picture 1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-11.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9130,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2013\/07\/23\/spike-mikes-sick-twisted-festival-of-animation\/","url_meta":{"origin":8894,"position":3},"title":"Get Ready For Spike &#038; Mike&#8217;s Sick &#038; Twisted Festival Of Animation 20th Anniversary","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"July 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Craig \u2018Spike\u2019 Decker Speaks About The Upcoming 20th Anniversary Gala Tweet Sick & Twisted Festival Of Animation, August 24th, La Jolla Museum Of Contemporary Arts \"the best flavors of the bunch\" barf bags and all... 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