San Diego Comic-Con to go virtual for second year

In what seemed like an inevitable occurrence, San Diego Comic-Con has opted to remain a virtual event for 2021.

The convention announced the news on Monday and made it clear that there will be no in-personevent in 2021. It did state the event is scheduled to return to the San Diego Convention Center for 2022.

If you purchased tickets for San Diego Comic-Con 2020 - which were in turn rolled over to 2021 - you will have the option to transfer those to 2022 or request a refund. If you wish to receive a refund you will need to submit a request.

Comic-Con@Home will be the virtual event again this year and will take place July 23 to 25 and will be a free event open to all. There will also be an in-person event in November to be held at the San Diego Convention Center with more details to be announced at a later date.

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27 comments

Jobs248

March 1, 2021

*insert Perry White gif* In other news...Water! Wet!

Jobs248
March 1, 2021
I am surprised they're still keeping it free though. Good idea because it would all leak anyway, just surprised they didn't TRY to milk something out of it xD
Hunter Zolomon
March 1, 2021
Of course water isn't wet, water makes things wet but water itself isn't wet.
1. NinjaGamer13
  March 1, 2021
  I mean isn't it though? This feels like a philosophical quandary lol. If you have a bucket of water, is the water a single entity, necessarily? Because, if it isn't, then other parts of the water in that bucket would in fact be "Covered or saturated with [the other parts of] water" in that bucket...
2. BornAgainPCGamer
  March 2, 2021
  Doesnt the fact it makes things wet prove that it itself is wet by its very essence? Its hardly dry before touching something to make it wet? I not sure if your comment is serious or tongue in cheek! I always assumed water being wet is one of the undisputed facts of nature. Maybe I'm wrong though.
  1. Hunter Zolomon
    March 2, 2021
    Wetness is a reaction. Honestly its a debated topic with no real defined answer.

j.k.2023

March 1, 2021

https://twitter.com/TheDCTV...

Hunter Zolomon
March 1, 2021
I read its because they would off had to do pay her royalties if they included her, i can imagine CW have no interest in paying more money for an "actress" what bailed on them.
NinjaGamer13
March 1, 2021
That's weird...

NinjaGamer13

March 1, 2021

COVID sucks

Drake Grayson
March 1, 2021
Happy Birthday Zack! 2 weeks, 2 days and less than 4 more hours...
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  March 2, 2021
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Alfred
March 3, 2021
The government and people obeying is the biggest problem. COVID, just like all the other hoaxes are just means to establish more control and restrictions. People are dumb, they don’t do their own research and thus we end up with everything closed down.

Sassybat

March 1, 2021

RIP Comic Cons, I don't think they will come back until celebrities are hurting for money and need that comic1con cash flow

Flower & Monster & Golden Calf
March 2, 2021
Comicon is really a place for people to sell their products like comics, toys, movies. That’s pretty much on hold.
1. Sassybat
  March 2, 2021
  True, but the past couple years, celeb pics and autographs have become huge for cons to generate foot traffic
  1. Flower & Monster & Golden Calf
    March 2, 2021
    I don't think cons make that much money from autographs. They only get a minor cut in that. The majority is selling booth space and hall space, and ticket sales of course.
    1. Sassybat
      March 2, 2021
      Hence why I said “foot traffic”. Having a well known star at a con means you can charge more for booths because the con will have more foot traffic based on marketing off the celebs there.
    2. Flower & Monster & Golden Calf
      March 2, 2021
      The vast majority don't go there for autographs.

Kingkiller

March 2, 2021

I know this is irrelevant to the actual article, but since I doubt that Batman news would report on it, here is a new, more hopeful theme for Batman from ZSJL.

https://youtu.be/-mPWRmURVjI

It's not very clear, but what I hear I like.

And here Junkie talks about other themes and gives a new rendition of the ZSJL theme.

https://youtu.be/elBOKZImlms

Can't wait to hear Junkies score on March 18th.

NinjaGamer13
March 3, 2021
Finally finished the live stream and wow it was so good. Junkie seems like such an awesome dude. And the scores he previewed were gloriously exciting. Very surprised by the more traditional sound to the Batman theme; it sounds very classically Batman in the same way the Elfman theme was, almost, but different. Also the JL theme itself is sure to become the definitive sound associated with that team in pop culture, assuming WB is smart enough to make another movie and reuse the score from this one for it. It also reminds me slightly of the animated series theme, just a little, interestingly, and the slower version he played honestly gave me ATLA vibes. Definitely interested in hearing the whole thing and seeing how it sounds in the context of the relevant parts of the film, and I'm very excited by the fact that this is record-breaking soundtrack!
1. Kingkiller
  March 3, 2021
  The thing that I loved the most is the passion with which Tom talks about the score, and the deep understanding he shows of the characters and how their respective themes are connected to their journeys.
  The way he describes the 15 min long track for Cyborg flashback, that it drops and swells with his emotions, the way he talks about representing Batmans redemption and Wonder Womans timelessness.
  And the heroicness of the league coming together and the chaos of Darksied and Steppenwolf.
  Danny Elfman is a great composer. With iconic themes for Batman and Spiderman. But the way he reused Batman and Superman's old themes, and a very 80s sounding orchestral score, really made me feel like he was just trying to ride on nostalgia.
  He didn't try to understand these versions of the characters, their journey and their emotions.
  Junkie honestly sounds like he gets what this Justice League is supposed to be.
  1. NinjaGamer13
    March 3, 2021
    Ooh, yes, and I was super fascinated when he described his processes for figuring out the sounds for each song as befit the particular movie/character in question. Awesome interview overall.
    And couldn't agree more about what this is shaping up to be compared to Elfman's score - as well as the solid point Junkie himself made on that topic. Elfman's score was bland, generic, and at many times super ill-fitting (I still have PTSD flashbacks from that circus music that played while a terrorist literally shoots people dead in the beginning of the movie). He is a legendary composer in his own right, with his own style of music that he excels at, but to try to forcefully cram that into something designed with a completely different tone and aesthetic in mind just did not make for a good combo. Junkie's score is tailor-made for this world, and he has an intimate, longstanding relationship with its crafter so that he can most certainly realize it aurally in a way Elfman didn't even attempt to do.

Alan

March 2, 2021

So what are everyone’s top 5 comic book films?

Mine are:

1. Superman: The Movie (1978)
2. Superman II (1980)
3. Batman (1989)
4. Batman Returns (1992)
5. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Kingkiller
March 2, 2021
1. The Dark Knight
2. Captain America: Winter Soldier
3. X-Men: Days of the Future Past
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Man of Steel.
Drake Grayson
March 2, 2021
1) Road to Perdition
2) A History of Violence
3) Logan
4) V for Vendetta
5) Spider-Man 2

Alfred

March 3, 2021

All because of an effing hoax...!

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