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Comic-Con 2008
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL JULY 24 - 27 • SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER
And Counting
The future is now. The San Diego Comic-Con goes into its 39th event as the country’s largest comics and popular arts convention with a brand new slate of special guests, themes and anniversaries, and programming. And this is your first sneak peek at what’s planned for the upcoming event, July 24-27—with Preview Night on July 23—at the San Diego Convention Center. Over the next dozen pages, you’ll find advance word on Comic-Con 2008: The special themes and anniversaries we’re considering for both our Souvenir Book and programming; the 29 special guests who have signed on for the event so far, and our show-spanning feature, “ComicCon A to Z,” including everything from the Art Show to Volunteers. (We admit having a hard time coming up with something for “Z”, but we’re working on it.) In 2007, 125,000 attendees, professionals, and exhibitors came to San Diego for Comic-Con. For the first time ever, Comic-Con sold out of four-day memberships, and single day memberships on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We expect the same thing to happen this year, and we strongly urge you to register online now. Four-day memberships are available now at www.comic-con. org/cci/cci_reg.shtml. One-day memberships will go on sale March 1, 2008 online only at the same address. See the “Comic-Con A to Z” article starting on page 38 for prices. As we learned last year, the San Diego Comic-Con is more popular than ever, so register now to make sure you’re a part of the event in 2008. Registering online is the only way to attend the big show this summer as memberships will NOT be available at the door.
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Photo by Tom DeLeon.