Some of the best work you'll find
Comic Con San Diego is something that we traditionally go to every single year in July. In fact, that has been the case for the last 14 years or so.
Sadly, it was cancelled this year because of the virus. Who knows if it will be back next year!
I was digging through some old photos and found a few cool images I'd like to share. These are from SDCC 2016 to be precise. If I didn't have all of these photos organized by year, I'd probably have no idea what time period I were looking at.
Well, I guess you can sometimes tell by context. There tends to be certain things around in the image that are currently in the popular realm, but with a lot of this sci-fi fantasy stuff there isn't really a time limit to its popularity (such as Star Trek/Wars etc)
I tell you, we were really feeling the loss not getting to go this year. To be fair though, we probably could not have gone anyway being that little Ricky was born right around the time the con was about to start. If I had been 15 years younger, I may have actually been convinced to take a newborn though. Haha!
Right now, as it is, I can barely make it through the day without falling asleep. But I suppose I got what I asked for! We've been trying to have a baby for pretty much that long - 15 years. We actually had given up and it finally happened. Such is life.
Most of these were created by the company Sideshow. In my opinion, they are pretty much the top of the line when it comes to making high quality collectible figures. There are a few really great niche companies that do a fantastic job, but no one else does it on the scale of Sideshow.
Of course, I may be biased toward my friend Steve Varner who does a fantastic job with superheroes and really anything that he does. Be sure to check out his work by following the link.
So hopefully by July of next year we'll have this virus a bit more under control and we'll be able to congregate in giant, mass groups again. haha! We shall see. Until then, enjoy looking at these photos from the golden years of the con.