Profiles in History, which has a track record of bringing impressive (usually themed) exhibits to Comic Con (Stan Winston Studios, LOST, etc.), this year has a Back to the Future display, which is centered around an original DeLorean from the third film in the franchise, which will be offered for sale in one of their future auctions. The auction house is taking $20 donations for photo opportunities with the famous movie car, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Team Fox, Michael J. Fox’s Foundation supporting Parkinson’s research. [Read more…]
San Diego Comic Con 2011: Preview Night, Photos of Original TV & Movie Props and Costumes on Exhibit
Wednesday night was the special “preview night” for Comic Con 2011 in San Diego. To kick off annual coverage of original television and movie prop and costume related material from the biggest pop culture event of the year, as is tradition, the Original Prop Blog is publishing photos from the main exhibit hall of Comic Con of some of the related items on exhibit and display. This year includes pieces from Dark Knight, Watchmen, Superman Returns, Inception, The Hangover Part II, 300, The Three Musketeers, and Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance, and Men in Black 3. In particular, Legendary Pictures has an extensive display of original movie props and costumes. [Read more…]
San Diego Comic Con International 2011 Membership Passes/Tickets/Badges Redux – To Go On Sale Tomorrow
Membership passes for San Diego Comic Con International 2011 will go on sale at 9:00 am Pacific Time tomorrow, February 5th. This follows earlier attempts to sell tickets to the popular event months ago. , which resulted in the official website crashing on November 1st and again with a second attempt on November 22nd. [Read more…]
San Diego Comic Con International 2011 Membership Passes/Tickets Go On Sale November 1st
Membership passes for San Diego Comic Con International 2011 will go on sale at 9:00 am Pacific Time on November first. Next year’s show will be held July 21-24. For the past several years, tickets have sold out online far in advance of the show. There is no on-site registration, and the passes including the special Wednesday “Preview Night” were sold out at this past year’s event, so none will be made available online this year. [Read more…]