The fine art of generating bombination at San Diego Comic - Con has become a cheap , wild , and sometimes beautiful dance between the convention - goers and the hordes of marketers . No longer impressed with panels and screening of gratis media , the bunch demands more .
What take off as a belittled fiddling comics convention between West Coast protagonist has now transform into a launching pad for monolithic fresh TV serial , picture , and books . Studios and celebrities dictate Comic - Con , and this year looks to be one of the most strikingly unlike rule experience yet . For better or bad , here are some softheaded ways the studio are reinventing Comic - Con 2012 .
The Art of Frankenweenie
First up , a bit of highbrow geekery . Tim Burton has “ curated ” yet another traveling fine art show — his last show did big business concern at the New York Museum of Modern Art — and this special exhibit will be pin directly to his next feature , Frankenweenie . The show includes the check - motility puppets and landscapes Burton used . But since the 1984 Frankenweenie live - action short was the ground Burton was dismiss from Disney , hopefully there will be lot of old sketches from his young years .
Nerd HQ
This Con within the Con is n’t particularly steered by studios but is still an innovational idea withal . This collection of panels , parties , and nerdery is host by Zachary Levi . The Nerd HQ takes the stress off of Con bid a collection of off - internet site events with a range of Comic - Con celebs — last class they hosted Kevin Smith , and Zachary Quinto , Seth Green , and Nathan Fillion attended . Yes , you have to pay to hang these panels , but all the money goes toOperation Smile . This will be the second year of the Nerd HQ , which will be hosted nearby at Block No . 16 Union and spirit . Here ’s their Comic - Con - centrical webseries they assemble starring Jason Biggs , Adam Baldwin , and a bunch of other family line you already know .
The Adventure Time : Keyper Seeker Experience
Adventure Time — a huge success atlast yr ’s Comic - Con — is claim over the entire New Children ’s Museum in San Diego . Hosted by the The Keyper , this “ fully immersive Adventure Time experience ” sounds like Willy Wonka for Adventure Time fan , which is almost everyone at the Con . The abstract :
The full-grown Winners and Losers of Comic - Con 2011
The Adventure fourth dimension : Keyper Seeker experience will welcome node into this plushy re - creation of the Land of Ooo ! The Keyper , a beloved Adventure Time character who just happens to wear out a key shaped hat , will present guests with a special key that opens one of the many doors within the clandestine lair of the Door Lords . Before a door will open , each guest must decipher a enigma that if successful will grant access to an extra - special prize locked in spite of appearance !
Warner Bros. Extra at Comic - Con Outdoor Festival
Warner Bros. is contribute in all six Batmobiles just to get you to arrive to their massive outdoor fete at San Diego ’s Bayfront Park . Plus they ’ll be throw off in a ingathering of actor from various television programs like The Big Bang Theory , Fringe , and The Vampire Diaries . Will it be a free seat to pose with some squash racquet - automobile and take heed to free music after the floor has closed down ? Or will it be like Woodstock ’ 99 for Big Bang Theory fan ? Either room , the Warners are banking that they can get indoor kid out of the air conditioning .
Dawn of the Con
Rob Zombie + VH1 = finally , a spot for masses over 30 ? On July 12 , VH1 has settle that they will be “ give ” Comic - Con with a political party hosted by Rob Zombie at Petco Park . The party is for badge - holders only and promises the car from Zombie ’s “ Dragula ” video . It ’s not rottenly different from the legion of movie - centric party we ’ve seen over the class , but this one is oddly and simply to celebrate the ex - lead Isaac M. Singer of White Zombie .
The Walking Dead Escape : Live the Apocalypse
mayhap the most whispered - about advertising adventure to launch this yr . If successful , we presage Walking Dead obstruction courses at almost every rule that is concerned in host or perhaps a lonely speculation into the cosmos ofcompetitive zombie flee . The 35 - instant trend snakes through the Petco Park stadium . It ’s not a race — however , thewebsite warnsthat “ the slow usually break for a reason . ” Participants will evade , dive and dodge through these obstacles while being chased by zombies . If you get contact by the zombie , you ’re idle . Sadly , tickets are all sold out , but you could still signalise up to spectate .
Zombie 5 K obstruction trend has you racing from the undead
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