One of the largest pop culture celebrations of all things comic book-related returns this week to San Diego. The 2022 Comic-Con is being held in the San Diego Convention Center. It officially started Thursday, July 21st as a 4-day event.
The pandemic gave fans two years of virtual-only and scaled-back versions of the event. This year will feature the return to an in-person convention. And event planners expect over 100,000 to attend. Many of them will show up in costume.
The annual event is focusing more than ever on offerings from television streaming platforms like Amazon, Apple, HBO, and Netflix in a search for subscribers. Panels from Amazon’s series version of “The Lord of the Rings,” and “House of the Dragon,” are being featured. And there will be a lot of hype for the prequel to “Game of Thrones” scheduled to premiere on HBO (and HBO Max) next month.
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Movie studios are also being represented at Comic-Con. Over 50 years ago the event was devoted exclusively to comic books. But through the years art has morphed from the pages of comics onto the big screens and vice versa.
