We’ve been expecting this news for a while—to the point that the longer it took to come, the more reckless one of the biggest comic book conventions in the world looked. But now it’s official: San Diego Comic-Con is not happening in 2020.
Confirmed in a press release today—in light of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and lockdown orders in California—for the first time in its half-century history, San Diego Comic-Con has been canceled outright. Instead, the show will return July 22-25, 2021. The same move has been made for this year’s WonderCon, which was meant to take place in Anaheim April 10-12; it’s been dated to return March 26-28, 2021.
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Denver's version was moved from July 4th to November. I am still skeptical. Do celebrities want to shake hands and get their picture taken with possible infected? Then again, for D list stars, with productions shut down, will they have to risk their health doing meet and greets just to pay the bills?
I have been seeing more and more celebrities selling scheduling phone to fan meet ups to earn income since movies and concerts have been cancelled.
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