San Diego Comic-Con takes place in the Gas Lamp downtown district. In the blocks between the San Diego Convention Center and Horton Plaza, San Diego becomes a costume party (for families by day and by adults by night) this weekend, and, for the lucky, "this weekend" begins on Wednesday night.
I've already packed my props. I'm now packing my shoes (comfy but fun) and pulling out my costumes. Since I'm working while slipping through the costumed crowd crush at the San Diego Convention Center, I'm dressed as the dragon lady. This year I have dragon shoes as well as Storm Trooper shoes (although I'm leaving my light saber at home).
If you didn't get passes to this year's SDCC, you can still have Comic-Con fun. There are a lot of participatory experiences meant to advertise old and new TV series or already open, opening soon or celebrating some anniversary movies at the Petco Park Interactive Zone. Love taking selfies? This is selfie opportunity time in a major way. This is a celebration of self-involvement.
Paramount Pictures brings the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" experience. You can take a photo to share, watch a trailer and go on a Pizza Hut pizza hunt.
FOX will be providing a "Sleepy Hollow" experience where you can take photos with a 7-foot tall headless horseman, take photos in front of a green screen and use Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headsets to travel to Sleepy Hollow.
Sanrio isn't celebrating a movie, but rather, consumerism which is a large part of any Comic-con. Hello Kitty is coming to San Diego Comic-Con and there will be an inordinate amount of cuteness.
There are others experiences at Petco Park as well as mobile experiences. Bayfront Park will have a "The Simpsons" experience. If you walk around across the street from the Convention Center you can usually score some freebies, and if you walk near the two movie theaters, you might be able to get an offer to attend a free movie or TV episode screening.