Comic-Con 2024: The return of Hollywood
Editor's note: Comic-Con International 20024 ended July 28, 2024. Scroll down to read our coverage of the pop culture event.
The big Hollywood studios didn't make their annual appearances at last year’s Comic-Con International because of dual writers and actors' strikes.
"People who haven't been to the show really thought that the impact would be monumental," Comic-Con spokesperson David Glanzer said. "And I think what that tells me there's a lot of people that don't realize there are so many different elements to Comic-Con."
Glanzer was right — there was still plenty to see.
Studios and celebrities are due to return in 2024 — but so is the fandom we all know and love.
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Harbor Drive is closed to all cars, bikes, scooters and skateboards as 200,000 people are expected to descend upon San Diego for Comic-Con. -
Meet David Glanzer, who is not only Comic-Con's chief communications and strategy officer but also a fan of pop culture. -
KPBS Midday EditionComic Book Legal Defense Fund To Hold Panels At Comic-Con -
Over 130,000 pop culture devotees are descending on San Diego's Gaslamp District on Wednesday for the annual four-day comic book convention Comic-Con, the big, bright and very heavily branded confab of costumed superfans and the corporate sponsors vying for their attention — and dollars. -
Comic-Con International, again expected to draw a wide array of fans of the popular arts, will conduct its annual preview night at the San Diego Convention Center Wednesday night. -
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KPBS Midday EditionComic-Con seems like the perfect place for Nathan Donovan. So perfect that he decided to move to San Diego to be closer to the pop-culture convention. -
Comic-Con, the annual gathering of over 130,000 fans, artists, collectors and geek culture savants, has already been changed by the #MeToo and Time's Up era. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe comics-inspired exhibit “Oddities: Hidden Heroes of the Scripps Collections” features marine animals that have developed special adaptations to survive. The exhibit opens June 29. -
Three-day pop culture convention highlights comics, movies, TV and gaming
Into the Whoniverse Panel Series: Bigger on the Inside: Doctor Who Gadgets and the Future of Technology
Saturday, June 7, 2025 from 2 PM to 3 PM
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'Into the Whoniverse' panel series: Shaping Worlds of Wonder through Music and Sound
Saturday, May 24, 2025 from 1 PM to 2 PM
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Comic-Con is offering a free shuttle service with stops in downtown, Mission Valley and hotels on Shelter Island and Harbor Island. Show your pass to take the shuttles to and from the convention center.
Wednesday, July 24
3:00 PM–7:00 PM: Every 20 minutes
7:00 PM–12:00 AM*: Every 15 minutes
Thursday, July 25 - Saturday, July 27
5:00 AM–8:00 AM: Every 30 minutes
8:00 AM–9:00 PM: Every 15 minutes
9:00 PM–1:00 AM*: Every 30 minutes
Sunday, July 28
5:00 AM–8:00 AM: Every 30 minutes
8:00 AM–7:00 PM*: Every 15 minutes
*The ending time indicated is the last departure from the convention center area to official hotels. The last bus departing the hotels going to the convention center area is approximately 30 minutes prior to the end time listed.
ACE Parking runs a lottery process for parking spaces. Entries were accepted until June 9.
If you'd like to attend Comic-Con via public transportation, the MTS Trolley Service, Amtrak and COASTER train will transport passengers toward the convention center sans the traffic headache.
Need more transportation information? Some KPBS readers offered their tips on getting to the con.
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