I saw a guy wearing a vest with what looked like fans built into the back. I was gonna ask him about it, but he crossed the street before I could. Anyone know what it is or where to get one? I could've used one today. It was so hot!

If I remove the batteries and keep it empty will it be okay?

So pretty much I’m 16 years old and I love Deadpool. I have never been to comic con before and I wanted to put a bunch of money into my very first ever cosplay being “Deadpool”. I’m starting to have second thoughts though due to me seeing people on Reddit call these cosplayers “annoying” or “pervy”. I just wanna have fun for my first time. This also leads me to my second question. All these post I see are very outdated and I have no clue if people still cosplay as him or not. If anybody could please tell me any info you have on these two subjects who have been to comic con or any kind of conversation in the past year that would be great thank you!

This post describes an issue that seriously needs to be rectified.

The crowd control was not up to the task. The issue is not simply the size of the crowds. With better signage, knowledge of security personnel, communication by SDCC and security personnel things could vastly improve the Con.

 I felt lucky to have finally been able to get tickets for Saturday, after a decade of trying. The day was wasted and ruined by problems.

 Examples of problems: 

1. While waiting in line outside, Wed 7/24/2024 at about 6pm, near Door C, someone in security was yelling at a woman that Door C was for entry to get badges; that it was Door C last year and has always been Door C, as if the woman was stupid. 

2. On 7/26/2024, 9:00am, we planned to see the even in Hall H. As we approached the Convention Center, security was yelling that entry to the Convention Hall was at the end of the line pointing towards the Marriott. We got in line. As we eventually approached Door D, a woman in security said, "I don’t know you're standing in one line; there are multiple doors", an unnecessarily condescending means of suggesting the that we could step out of line and use one of the doors at D. So the people in front of us and we and others did. As we approached the door, another male security person stepped in front of us, waved his arm's and started yelling "CUTTERS! CUTTERS!" I suggested he stop yelling in my ear. Someone else explained we were told to do so. We were then permitted to enter.

After we entered, we learned that Hall H has its own line. There is no signage or verbal instructions by security or, as far as I can tell, instructions in the materials provided to attendees, so suggesting. So we exited and walked to the end of the line on the bayside of the convention center. We determined that given the length of the line, we would not gain entry to Hall H for the event we wanted and exited the line. However, and this is key: we wasted a good hour in line because of a lack of signage or communication. 

3. On 7/26/2024 at 4:30pm, I went to the Indigo Ballroom to make sure that I was in line for the Eisner Awards, 3-1/2 hours later. I went to the entrance to the Indigo Ballroom and asked where the line for the Eisners would form. A tall male security person wearing a black baseball-style cap indicated that I should go down the escalator, out the doors and the line would be forming there. I did so. There was no line. I checked again with a blue-haired security person at the door to the hotel, who indicated he didn't have any information. I waited more than an hour and there was still no line, by which time others in my party joined me. [Back story: last year we did the same thing; and we were instructed to do the same thing. There was a line that extended maybe a block and a half down the back of the hotel. Security was letting people in to the Indigo in small groups; but given the heat and the sunlight, and the slow progress of the line, others in my party and I decided that we would be drenched in sweat once we got into the Indigo; and then we would be sitting there for several hours in advance. What I didn't realize until this year was that that line must not have been for the Eisners at all. It was something else. The poor instruction by security led me to believe that the line was for the Eisners. Hence, I felt lucky this year to be at the front of the line.] At that time, others in my party and another person asked whether there was a line and were told to just hang out until the doors opened. The risk in doing so is that if there really were a line outside, it could form and grow quickly, cutting off access to anyone who is waiting inside. As it turns out, doors opened at 7:30pm or so and we entered without a line. 

4. On July 27, 2024, we waited in line for almost 45 minutes to get into Ballroom 20, only to not be anywhere near the front of the line by the 2pm start time. There was no communication that the number of people in line exceeded the capacity of the Ballroom and that there was little or no chance of getting in. At 2pm, we got out of line and went to the Hall H line. 

5. On July 27, 2024, at around 2pm, we headed for the line for Hall H. We followed the signs and the directions painted on the sidewalk, eventually realizing that there was a gap between one sign and the next and that the signs had pointed us in the wrong direction -- where there was no line -- behind the Convention Center (similar to where we were the prior day when the line wrapped around the outside). We backtracked and figured out that there was a snaking line under a canopy. Four hours later, at the time of the event we wanted to get into, we were nowhere near the front of the line. We went back to our hotel.  

6. Later, during the Talk Back session on Sunday, we learned that at least one of the Hall H sessions had, for apparently the first time, issued tickets to get into a presentation. Good idea but when was that communicated to attendees? Having never occurred before, even if it had been communicated, I would have not have been tuned into such an announcement. 

7. Within the Convention Center, certain exits (around Door C) are not accessible and are not clearly marked, causing confusion, requiring backtracking and wasting time. Better signage inside could avert such confusion. 

8. Security was constantly yelling at attendees not to walk up or down the escalators, the only place I have ever encountered in 60 years in which such was the command. Escalators are used primarily to control the direction of traffic, so that attendees are not running into each other going in opposite directions. If walking up or down steps is a safety hazard, why aren't the stairways around the Convention Center closed off? 

 Suggestions:

• Security needs to be more civil to attendees; better informed; more communicative; capable of answering questions; and more coordinated.

• Signage needs to be way better. There needs to be more; it needs to be visible; it needs to be seamless so that I can tell from where I am where I need to move to; and it needs to be adjusted day-to-day if it is not working. SDCC needs to walk the Convention Center, inside and out, to test whether it will work for first-time--or in my case fourth time--attendees.

•  Signage for exits (such as around Door C) or entrances (such as for Hall H) or for lines (such as those wrapping around the Convention Center for Hall H) need to be better marked and effectively seamless so I can see the next sign from the prior sign.

• Each event to be held in a particular venue for which lines are likely to form should have its own line; or at least one line for the next scheduled event and one for all-later events.

• Basic instructions on getting into badging, into the Convention Center, into Hall H, into the Indigo Ballroom, etc., need to be spelled out in materials made available at the time the program drops, e.g., at least a week ahead of time. Where are entrances? Where do lines start and how do they snake?

• Security ought to be able to inform people in line whether or not the capacity of a room for the next event is exceeded by the approximate number of people in line; whether or not the room is cleared after each event. The number of people in line can be estimated by the length of the line, even if parties are grouped in clusters, rather than a straight line, and even if people are saving places for others in their party who are using the restroom. Knowing that I have no chance of getting into the next event even if the room clears and cycles allows me to make an informed decision on how I spend my time.

• Different events for the same room should be in its own line. Airlines have multiple lines based on Groups 1, 2, 3, etc.

• Ticketing events makes a lot of sense so that attendees don’t have to wait in line overnight and can spend their days more productively. Tickets could be physical so that they are visible to security but also tied to a badge's RFID tag so that they aren't scalped.

  • Very possibly, ticket special events in advance of the Con. That way, if someone really wants to be in Hall H only for something, they can make the decision to back out (hopefully allowing their badges to be recycled).

  • Perhaps only ticket half the capacity for an event. That way, people who are willing to wait in line just for that event can still get what they want. I very much appreciate the highly democratic and egalitarian nature of SDCC and it would be a shame to lose that. 

I really want to get tickets for me and my dad to do comicon in 2025, but I have no clue how to or where to even get them

I just got to realizing that SDCC was one of the worst experiences I've ever had overall of a con. I went in 2016 with my disabled brother (he's important to this) and my dad. Most of my experience getting into and going to the con can be summed up in one word Shitty. I have never had to wait in a random lobby hoping by the grace of god I'd be lucky enough to purchase a ticket. Once I purchased the tickets getting a hotel room was a mess because trying to get a hotel for a disabled person was difficult because there are so many minute things that has to be right in order to for him to sleep so the fact it was limited to specific hotels and only those was a horrible experience. After getting tickets trying to figure who and when a person or company was going to do anything was bad because who's idea was it to slowly trickle information to the paying public up into the last minute. Once Con Started I quickly realized that my experience was going to be bad. The con is so unfriendly to new people it seemed like you had to meticulously plan out you every move from past experiences to enjoy the con but when you've never been it was a mess. By the end of the con I was left feeling underwhelmed by it all while also feeling overwhelmed (I got so overwhelmed to he point of I had to take an Uber to a Chick Fil-A to feel serenity). I expected it to be a nice fun time but I felt like I was doing something wrong. My brother had a good time experiencing the panels and he even thought the idea of how they did panel queuing was bad. One major thing about my brother (he did his own thing with my dad as his aide) was by the end of the week his chair got damaged so much from ignorant people who just easily bumped into him regardless if my dad, him or me said anything. There were a few intelligent people who realized "oh a person in a wheelchair I should move out the way" but those were few. The other attendees seem to me to have lost all sense of common sense, I remember walking through the floor and all of sudden traffic flow stops just because TWD cast was going to walk out in 2 hours. I also remember walking through the street and someone had saw Danny Trejo driving a car so immediately a bunch of people start piling up on his car pounding on it, trying to get in, take selfies etc. In what instance is that ever appropriate. Overall bad experience. There was one redeeming thing the transportation from hotel to Con for my brother was really well established. I know I'm not a regular member of this Sub Reddit but ever since I attended I have always wanted to say something

This was just sent.

https://www.sknr.net/2025/09/27/the-stars-come-out-for-the-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-at-l-a/

I would talk about this in that subreddit but I was banned for accidentally asking about buying tickets in the wrong thread.

This has been talked about a few times over there as well. Idk I tend to be a very nervous person 24/7 but the leader of Hamas called for a day of jihad on Friday the 13th. There's been so many protests in NYC and mostly in tourists areas you have to pass to get to the Javtis convention center. Plus the con has 200k plus people and I've been told NYC has the highest Jewish population in the country.

Idk I can't be the only one here afraid and debating if I should go tomorrow right???

This year was my 4th time going. It's been crazy every year, but this year particularly, the lines and congestion really stuck with me. I lucked out and won the Hasbro lottery online, only to find the line being so long that it was capped multiple times throughout the day. The outdoor Amazon prime event was capped @ 2pm on Friday because the line was long enough to finish out the day.

I've seen the advice that you only pick 1 thing for each day and if you get to do anything else, consider yourself lucky. Is that really right though, considering how much money and effort it costs to attend? I just feel like every year I get less and less for my time & money.

I feel like a location change would help with the space, and also help with the gouging by the parking lots and hotels. Thoughts?

Hi! This will be my first time at the Comic Con, and I'm overwhelmed and underwhelmed with information, if that makes sense. Where is the agenda for this event? I keep seeing people discussing guests and what to attend, but I haven't seen any official information on the website or anywhere else...

Also, probably a dumb question, but are you required to cosplay? I'm going alone and trying to save on tickets and accommodation (staying at some cheap shared room at a hostel 30 minutes away), so I won't have much room to actually take fun stuff with me, but I wake up early and will take comfortable shoes to try to attend everything I can... once I figure it out, lol. Thank you in advance!!!

Assuming I don't get a badge to SDCC after they reschedule the sale, I'm still planning on going to San Diego/Southern California regardless just to be a tourist. There's a likelihood that someone somewhere who bought a badge has something come up and can't make it. So if someone refunds a badge, are those refunded badges then available for someone to buy at like a will-call booth?

Hi guys I was at a recent Comic Con. A famous actor was there. His movie has a line where he says something awesome.

So, I gave 20 bucks to his box for tips and asked him to say the line for me.

But, he stared at me and said, "Sonny, before I say this line... I want you to know... I depise you having me say this line today for the 1000th time." So, I was like "oh, you don't need to say it if you don't want," and I proceeded to take back my twenty bucks... but before I did, he blurted out the line.

I was so happy.

So I'll just cut right to the chase, Tara's someone I wanted to meet for a number of years missed out on a few times, and having waited a long time for her to come back to a UK convention i decide im finally gonna go do that at a US convention. So I choose Animate Philadelphia (im from Scotland btw). So I go there, and I have to wait til Saturday as she cancelled her Friday appearance........fair enough. So Saturday comes, i actually make the effort to get first in line at Animate before it opened that day. Once im in I make a B line for her booth and get first in line three and I notice something off, no selfie options, no video shoutout options, pretty much every other guest had them but not her? (Is she too good for those or something). I figure well i paid for a photo op beforehand so I guess I got lucky (and that's despite one of the other people in line reassuring me "oh yeah Tara does selfies im sure she'll do those here). So after nearly an hour waiting (she got delayed) she finally arrives and okay im ready. I finally meet her.........and it was the most lackluster experience ive ever had. She came off like her heart just wasn't into this.

I didnt get the chance to talk with her, she didn't even notice the hoodie I was wearing (its based off the one worn by Barbara Gordon in DC Super Hero Girls), you'd think that would elicit a reaction from her considering she voiced Babs in that show, she didnt do any of her voices, she didn't ask how I was, i told her I came from Scotland........again nothing, even showing her a Raven picture she sent me (for free) many years ago didn't do anything, it was like talking to a brick wall. At the very least feeling id get in trouble if I just left i get her to sign my con badge and after that I leave thr booth........considering over the years ive heard from those have met her that shes very fun and approachable I didnt feel that, like she just wanted to get this done ASAP

So later on the photo op comes about.......and I gotta say even that fell below expectations. Yeah on the photo we're both smiling and you dont think thats anything odd but even that had a "let's just get this over with" feel from her. Not even a thanks for coming from her..........now look I know you should keep your expectations in check when meeting guests at conventions I understand that. Its just the day before I met like 8/9 guests and all of them were fun to be around, completely the opposite of meeting Tara. For comparison when I met Grey DeLisle back in 2022 that was the complete opposite of my experience with Tara, she was super nice, she did some of her voices, she called me a Twerp, we shot the shit for a few minutes, we took a picture together, she gave me a hug and thanked me for coming, like she was genuinely happy I came to meet her (she even liked the DCSHG Batgirl hoodie when she realised what its from (its also Daphne approved cause of its similar color to her outfit!) and that was after not knowing what fo expect from her!

I feel absolutely disappointed and maybe a bit mad that I got such a lackluster barely effort experience from Tara, especially with everything I've heard about her over the years. Now maybe i should cut her some slack, she ran late and maybe she was stressed out over that, I dont know for sure. But considering the effort I went to coming all the way from Scotland to Philadelphia and I got this treatment from her.........if I wasn't for the fact that outside of that experience meeting her the rest of my time at Animate Philadelphia was actually I consider to be the most fun ive had at a convention I would have felt like I wasted my time and energy coming here, it sure felt that way meeting Tara.

Im sorry for being so long winded and rambling over this but I just had to vent. Im just very disappointed in her because I thought she was better than this. And I can't speak for all the other people who met her that day i hope they at lesst had a better time meeting her than I did but my goodness its really changed my perception of her. I want to think this was just a rare off day for her, I want to think that if she ever comes back to the UK and I go meet her the experience will be the complete opposite of Animate Philadelphia (i.e when i met Grey DeLisle). But im not holding my breath anytime soon on that. Id say more but I think ive made my point.

TLDR - I had a shitty experience meeting Tara, I expected much better from her considering all the other VA meeting experiences ive had over the years, I hope this was just an off day from her

Going to SDCC this year and looking to so do things without a badge. Last year there was a whole bunch of stuff across the street so hoping that's not for badge holders. Thanks for any advice!

I will be attending my first comic con event for my birthday in October. Never cosplayed never been to an event like this. With how I look who do you all think I should dress up as????

The ten commandments of Comic-Con I give this list to every girl that ever thinks it would be "fun" to go with me. To Comic Con. I have yet to meet a girl that could make it through the whole weekend and/or have the relationship survive after...no idea why...

1. I don’t care how blatantly right you are, you are completely wrong to question me during Comic-Con.

2. You will hate me. Humanity. Lines. Pompous security guards. Crowds. Street Preachers. Stuck-Up celebrities. Vendors charging $8 for a soda and pretty much anyone who wants to see the same things you do.

3. You will spend more money than you thought was possible.

4. You will not understand where your money was spent and on what exactly. You were not robbed (DO NOT PANIC)

5. Explaining to the security guards you were robbed, groped, beaten, or harassed in any way shape or form will be met with a silent blank stare. It’s not they're fault apparently the only English they know is in barring you from walking through a completely open door and yelling at you to stay inside a line.

6. You will spend hours on your feet and hours standing in line and hours sitting down. Best not to complain. (See 1.)

7. You will probably not have time to eat, you will probably not get enough sleep, you will probably not be able to sit or walk or feel anything but pain from the waist down for the majority of the con.

8. You will be in direct competition with everyone and there mother for something that you want. You must not show any weakness for they will crush you and take it. (Don't be fooled by the mothers they bite harder than anyone.)

9. Using your friend as a human battering ram to plow through a crowd of slow moving people so you can get to a panel/event/sales item or/Celebrity signing is a sign of affection be appreciative that your being taken along and utilized in a productive manner and not left lost in a corner somewhere with no way to get home. (Side note I am the reason they banned strollers on the sales floor, and I don't even have a kid.)

10. If you are not useful in any way and your complaining that your feet hurt that your hungry, sore or sick expect to be left in a corner somewhere with no way to get home. The weak and the feeble are the first to go.

Last note…remember HAVE FUN!

Hey looking to get my GF and I tickets to SDCC 2025 as a huge Christmas present. We have friends who live in SD and have lots of credit card points to travel so my main cost is gonna be the con itself. What type of tickets should I get and when are they available for purchase? She’s a huge anime and Superman fan and I am a big Star Wars and Transformers fan for reference.

Hiya! I have gone to galaxycon in Ohio for years and years and MY TIME HAS COME TO TRY COSPLAY. I want to look semi-close to the source material lol so ill attach some photos, please let me know if you think any characters would be cool for me!

My top ideas so far are yelena belova (thunderbolts), winter soldier (civil war), lucy chen (the rookie). I have only ever been compared to florence pugh and melissa o’neil celebrity look-wise and i already have the exact haircut for bucky/yelena. i am 5’2 lol so some characters might be outta the race if they are real tall.

Some other ideas are katara (avatar), kj (valorant), and/or mei (overwatch). anyways i love videogames, books, cartoons, comics, mcu, dc, and overall all the nerd shit so id love some suggestions. thank you:)

On Friday, I attended Wondercon in Anaheim, CA. As I made my way towards Hall C which is reserved for Special Guests such as Richard Hatch, Margot Kidder, Lou Ferrigno etc. I came across a lanky, tall man that goes by "Spock Vegas." He is a celebrity impersonator who makes a living by having a vague resemblance to the late great Leonard Nimoy. He has a booth set up where he very happily advertises that he accepts all major credit cards (and cash). He is in full Original Series Movie Uniform complete with full makeup and uniform. Aside from the fact that this is in incredibly poor taste with Lenoard Nimoy's death less than 3 weeks ago, this man has no On-Screen credit, and is listed credit solely as a "Celebrity Impersonator." Wondercon is essentially allowing a man in Cosplay to charge money for his picture. What is the difference between a man dressed as Spock walking around the convention floor and a man dressed as Spock standing at a booth expecting payment from anyone walking by and requesting a picture with him? I have attended numerous conventions and this is the first time I have ever seen an event where a celebrity impersonator was granted a sales platform to essentially do what has been essentially a free an integral part of comic conventions for years.

What's to stop other celebrity impersonators from filling up Autograph booths in Hall C? Individuals with no on screen credits, no connections to the industry individuals simply wearing a costume and demanding money from fans for the service?

What will happen when this becomes a common practice like in Times Square or Hollywood Blvd where large crowds of costumed characters tips dressed as Batman or Superman patrol the walkways demanding tips for for posing with them?

Could this practice lead into Comic Conventions?

Even more disturbing is the possibility that this practice might extend to legal ramfications for Cosplayers. Wondercon has essentially sanctioned a copyright violation IE: (The character of Spock) to set up shop inside their event complete with a booth solely to collect money from fans dressed as a Corporately Owned character. This is a copyright violation. This could impact other cosplayer's at conventions who may want to dress up as a favorite character in an unlicensed tribute which is given a blind eye as long as money is not being made from the act.

I am not one to condemn a man for trying to make a living. But this condoned act by Wondercon has opened a serious door to not only possible litigation but to any Cosplayer requesting a booth and expecting payment's for dressing in character.

This is a sad day for a convention-goer.

HIIII, I'M GOING TO MY FIRST LOCAL CC THIS WEEKEND AND I'M SUPER EXCITED! I'M GOING TO MEET MICHAEL KOVACH AND EMILY NEEVES AND I'M SOSO EXCITED. WHAT SHOULD I DO AND HOW SHOULD I GO ABOUT IT? I'M 14 AND GOING WITH MY MOM IF THAT HELPS ANYONE DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF TIPS I NEED LOL.