I took the trolley to AnimeFest 2026, taking place on Saturday, February 14 - Valentine's Day - at UCSD's Price Center in La Jolla. At the Old Town trolley station, there were two people in costume, so I asked …
February 17, 2026
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Cosplayers & cartoon fans spend Valentine's Day at AnimeFest
Picture Story: Anime 619 brings living 'toons to the Convention Center
Anime 619, a fan convention aimed at anime fans, happened November 22-23 at the San Diego Convention Center. It competed directly with San Diego Anime Con, which took place November 21-23 at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley. The …
November 30, 2025
Picture Story: Costume creators at San Diego Anime Con
Presented by Silk Road Productions, the creators and producers of Fangaea Con and AnimeLand, San Diego Anime Con took place November 21-23 at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley. Councilmember Stephen Whitburn of San Diego District …
November 29, 2025
Snatchers, scammers, and more at San Diego Comic-Con 2025
Another San Diego International Comic-Con has come and gone, bringing with it massive crowds, fantastic cosplayers, celebrated celebrities, and also, sex, theft, and scams. Just ask the three people who reported their phones snatched right …
August 12, 2025
Overheard at San Diego Comic-Con 1997-2024
July 21, 2025
Will vagabond vendors vamoose from Comic-Con 2025?
Comic-Con International is set to take over the San Diego Convention Center from July 24–27. Each year, the pop culture extravaganza draws cosplayers, collectors, celebrities, and families into the 2.6 million-square-foot convention center and surrounding …
June 5, 2025
In defense of San Diego Comic-Con co-founder Shel Dorf
The recent book See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture sets the record straight regarding how pop culture's geekiest get-together became the BFD it is …
July 21, 2022
Crying Lizard tears over Comic-Con
"In a world where science and sorcery have brought peace to the galaxy, a young warrior's belief system is shattered when an evil robot and an ancient witch attack his kingdom, forcing him into a …
July 21, 2022
2022 Comic-Con goings-on: visit Toro, House of Blues, American Junkie, and other nightclubs for theme parties
Four-day Comic-Con passes run over $200 and are harder to find than a Vulcan jokebook, but several more accessible Con-themed events are happening off-site. Wednesday, July 20 will feature the Superheroes and Villains theme party …
July 14, 2022
The internet writers gang up on San Diego
The Marina District is one of San Diego’s more prestigious addresses. Once consisting mostly of warehouses and vacant lots, the 343-acre area on the west side of Downtown is now a cluster of apartments, high-rise …
Longtime local comic book shop closes after pandemic halts distribution
"It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you I'll be closing San Diego Comics with the end of May," posted the current owner of longtime local comic book store San Diego Comics …
May 9, 2020
RIP Robert Scott, Comickaze Comics operator
Robert Scott, longtime operator of San Diego’s Comickaze Comics, has reportedly passed away. The former department store manager opened his Clairemont Comickaze store in the early '90s, an era when comic publishing, distribution, and retailing …
December 4, 2019
Balboa Park’s Comic-Con Museum features work by Jim Lee, Bill Sienkiewicz, Frank Miller, and others
Comic-Con International’s WonderCon will be throwing open its doors on March 29 up in Anaheim, but the pop-culture juggernaut has something else in the offing — much smaller, but also much closer to home. This …
March 13, 2019
Comic-Con sideshows: the $6 million yacht, the preacher, the cigarette bummer
Mark came to Comic-Con from Laguna aboard his friend’s 85-foot, $6 million yacht Motown, a sleek gray vessel tied up alongside the Embarcadero just south of the convention center. “I’ve been here every year for …
August 2, 2017
Comic-Con's black market
Mister-X has been selling bootleg videos at the Comic-Con International for 22 years now. “I made about $2000 in [the last] five days (July 19-23),” he said, “I used to make that in one day …
July 30, 2017