San Diego Comic-Con has announced plans for a virtual Comic-Con@Home that will be free for all attendees.
Following in the footsteps of previously successful virtual experience conventions such as HomeCon and Wizard World Virtual, San Diego Comic-Con will move to a virtual interface for this year’s convention.
The event will be held during the originally planned dates for the in-person convention, that being July 22-26, 2020. As reported by Collider, the online panels, which are still to be announced, are slated to be free for all attendees.
SDCC spokesperson David Glanzer released the following statement:
"“For the first time in our fifty-year history, we are happy to welcome virtually anyone from around the globe. Though stay-at-home conditions make this a very difficult time, we see this as an opportunity spread some joy and strengthen our sense of community.”"
Attendees can expect some of the same events that would have happen edin real life, such as a cosplay Masquerade, gaming, and access to the exclusives and limited merchandise usually available at the convention.
Fans are encouraged to visit Toucan, the official SDCC blog, as well as SDCC’s website and social media for upcoming panel announcements. Virtual attendees can use the official #ComicConAtHome hashtag to be included in the online activities.
I think this a win-win, assuming that the panels are of the same caliber we’re used to seeing from SDCC. Marvel, DC, Netflix, Hulu, etc. will all have a prime opportunity to debut new footage of their upcoming projects to a captive audience that will probably be the largest in the convention’s history.
If you’ve ever been to any comic convention, you know that it can sometimes be a challenge to find good, if any, seating for the panels, especially the more popular ones. This virtual convention is a great way to get rid of that headache, and will surely help to grow SDCC’s audience.
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