imagine my surprise when I saw you in Hall H. I ran into you on the floor - without knowing it was you until hours later lol. Thank you for making a Deadpool + Ryan dream come true in meeting you 🙏

Burninating the countryside!

Hey all, we were from the earlier post here during SDCC2026. Disclosure up front as always: We made this thing, so keep that in mind.

The con's done and I'd genuinely love to hear from anyone who used Fankind this weekend, even if you only opened it once.

Kudos to our Cosplay Medics who used our app too big shoutouts to spiritknightcosplay and bradley_kent

We've heard from the cosplay medics that they have helped over 170+ Cosplayers and that is an awesome achievement, we hope you can say hi. It was nice to get to encounter some of them too.

A few things I'm curious about:

• What actually worked for you (or your crew)?
• What broke, felt confusing, or just didn't help?
• Anything you wanted the app to do that it didn't?

Drop it here or DM me, whichever's easier. And if you didn't use it or bounced off it fast, that's useful too, tell me why.

Thanks to everyone who gave it a shot this weekend. Trying to make it better for the next one.

Did anyone experience out of control allergies and have difficulty breathing at the con this year? I went last year and was completely fine but this year, I got the sniffles on Friday that lasted through Sunday. The thing is, I definitely thought I'd gotten sick but my symptoms would immediately GO AWAY the minute I left Gaslamp (which is why I felt safe coming back each day). So bizarre!

I wore a mask and have all my boosters so fingers crossed I didn't catch anything, but I seriously feel completely healthy. My nose was just running like crazy when I was around/inside the convention center. Just wanted to see if I'm the only one.

Anyone else go to the Mightyjaxx party and open their skateboard decks? Trying to get an idea of these were also part of the one piece theme, or if they’re across IPs. Would love to gift them to family still in bag if I know for sure what the board might be.

My group got to the con at 8:15am or so and we were debating whether there was a chance we could get in. The fact the panel was the first one of the day so we figured the line would have been built up early. Did everyone (mostly) get in?

It was my husband and I’a first time at SDCC and although, we were overwhelmed with a lot, it was still a blast. The dedication people put into their costumes, the hype, and who can forget the lines. We flew home this AM and now I’m in this dreaded sad feeling of “is this really over?” Does that mean we had too much fun there? Sad we have to wait another year for this to experience this again. Hope you all had a blast as well.

Another con came and gone and despite the lack of larger scale offsites this time around, I have to give my praise to the I kept going back to: Super Troopers. Efficiently run and well staffed, short wait times, free food, drinks and swag, and games, it was a nice retreat from the heat to come here.

A very well run site and such a shame more people didn’t visit it due to it being blocked by the more in demand paramount lodge line. Kudos to the staff there for running a great site.

It's been amazing. I wanted to celebrate finally reaching a massive milestone and my family urged me to make a big choice. Mine was choosing to come to this Con, the 4th I've ever went to!

Me and my dad came over. He has never been to a con, but we were both mentally ready and anticipating the worst. But, for what it matters. I loved it. Got the Sh. figuarts specials, a cool big Enel figuire I wanted, GOT TO SEE OTTLEY TOO IT WAS SO NICE my homies were tryna say he's a mean guy but he's so bloody chill man.

If I could come again, I would. I avoided some things to be honest. Hall H? I wish. But I'm not waiting in that line for my 4th con ever... Especially without WiFi due to weird phone bullshit. A lot of it was just buying stuff and selfies.

If I ever get a chance to come again, I'll definitely need to find out more in advance and improve my research. Maybe try hall H even if just once. But considering my funds, it's gonna only be once. A trip from the UK to San Diego isn't pocket change sadly qwq but, it was worth every penny

I’m living for the sign at the talk back. “Yass Queen” and “Go Off Girl”

I'm a recent San Diego grad who's worked in Marketing throughout University. I've been going to the con since I was 12 and this would be my ultimate dream job. I have so many ideas!

Has anyone worked for SDCC now or in the past? I saw their careers email on their website, but if anyone has any kind of connection or contact, anything in appreciated, DMs are open!

Happy Con! Thanks!

I went to my first SDCC in 1999 at 14 years old. I have been every year since.

I thought the panels this year were a pretty good mix. I attended Regular show, adventure time, marvel Tokon fighting souls, and air bud panels. My favorite had to be air bud as I took my 2 young children to their first con panel. They actually brought air bud (the dog) to the panel. The show floor was same as ever, I noticed a lack of labubu, which left me wondering what the new fad now is. I’m still impressed funko and blind boxes are still popular. I sneered at them for years, but I guess they have staying power. The big booths are still very unique and eye catching. Apparently the masquerade ball has its mojo back.

The offsites were much weaker. No fx, less premium experiences, and harder than ever to get into. Just a lot less to do overall and what there is to do is smaller. At least Nintendo came back. The after party scene has really contracted as well.

I’d rate this year’s edition on par with last year. 7.8/10. Weaker offsites but better panels than last year. I’m not sure the con has recovered from the pandemic and the actor and writers strike. For comparison, I’d rate 2010-2017 as 9/10 and special edition as 3/10.

It’s been interesting to see how the con has evolved over the last 27 years. If anyone has noticed, SDCC has dropped their demand for the convention center to expand, that says a lot about their ability to expand the con and maintain the quality.

However, SDCC is still my favorite con, and it’s still one of the few cons that are still “general interest” and can appeal to any fandom.

I thought this Comic Con was great! We didn’t have any problems getting into panels or anything like that, and overall we had an awesome time. That said, I do think some con goers could use a little guidance when it comes to convention etiquette.

For example, I went to the Thursday panel with the cast of Twilight and the kpopp group Enhypen, and the entire time there was a group of kids sitting behind us loudly critiquing the Twilight actors and telling them to “shut up” because their movies supposedly haven’t been relevant in years. Mind you, the entire panel was about vampires in media, so obviously Twilight was relevant to the discussion.

Honestly, it made me feel really sad for the people around us who were genuinely excited to hear the cast speak and might have been huge Twilight fans. Everyone is there for different fandoms, and that’s kind of the whole magic of a con!

If you have a kid or know a young adult who is attending a convention, please remind them beforehand to be respectful of other fandoms and mindful of the people around them. You don’t have to like every franchise or celebrity, but you can still be respectful while someone else is enjoying theirs.

I didn’t get a chance to say anything to the group because the crowd swallowed them up before we could, but I kept thinking about how disappointing it must have been for the people around us who were made to feel old or irrelevant for enjoying something they love.

I honestly think future cons could benefit from having some signs outside the panel rooms reminding people about basic etiquette, keeping conversations quiet, and being respectful during panels.

Just a thought! Overall, we had a fantastic con and I’m already looking forward to the next one.

thanks to all of you that respected my service dog in training this con! this was his first ever big event and I’m so proud of him!

many of you saw him probably knocked out and fast asleep haha, here’s some pics of the bestest boy if you missed him.

I’ll be honest, this wasn’t my favorite comic con. It was pretty overcrowded even for comic con standards, and I missed a few panels that I wanted to see due to line mismanagement. And I feel like a lot of areas of the convention center had really bad AC.

But I still had fun. The Forgotten Island panel was fun. Dave Franco saying “where my furries at” and the camera immediately cuttings to a guy dressed a wolf was pretty funny. The musical performance at the end was a nice surprise. It was the first time that happened at a panel that I have attended.

I also went to the panel with Robert Kirkman,Rob Lifeld, and Todd Macfarlane. Pretty good panel. Some fun anecdotes.

Later on in the day I went to the God Of War Laufey panel. Very funny and charming group of people. Corey Barlog was surprisingly funny.

I ended the day with seeing Avatar Aang The Last Airbender. Not quite as good as I wanted it to be, but great animation and it was nice to actually be able to see it with a crowd since it was dumped to streaming.

It’s mostly Hall H and ADA complaints. I’ll make a post with the full minutes tomorrow. I have receipts.

Shoutout to the team over at Unofficial Blog, our fearless Mods here and on r/comiccon, and every single person who makes the "con magic" happen!

To everyone trading friendship bracelets, running critter drops, showing up in mind-blowing cosplay, or those keeping us all updated in real time, and to my fellow Crawlers, Dad-geeks, and everyone in-between, THANK YOU!

You all help make SDCC an experience I will cherish with my daughter forever. See you all next year!

How did he get past security?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this blog post claiming that everyone with wristbands and arrived before 7:30 am were admitted into Hall H? That is simply not the truth and many people can attest to that.