Why can’t we do something local?”Īny con worth its salt must provide an enjoyable mixture of celebrities (of the television and movie variety), panels, artists (and their wares), toy vendors (the rarer the toy the better) and cosplay (short for costume play, which can approach performance art). San Diego Comic Con has a huge San Antonio presence. “I asked myself, ‘Why can’t San Antonio have that?’ We are big collectors. “I worked at the San Diego Comic Con and I just loved the energy, how it was the pop culture” De La Fuente said. With it comes three glorious days of celebrating TV, movies, comics, games and the culture that surrounds them. But while Texas Comicon and LoneStar Comic Con are nice, quaint events held in small locales, they don’t announce to the world that San Antonio is ready for a higher form of nerd.īut now, as clear as a bat signal emblazoned across the night sky, it seems our metropolis has finally proved itself worthy, perhaps ready to one day join the likes of big-name con towns such as New York City, Atlanta and (dare I say it?) San Diego.Īlamo City Comic Con, brainchild of one Alfredo “Apple” De La Fuente, kicks off its inaugural convention on Friday, October 25, at the Henry B. If there is a type of event that brings nerds of all shapes and sizes together, it’s a comic con, an event San Antonio is no stranger to. Evil-worthy $1 billion in sales after only three days) are testaments to that. Top grossing movies such as The Avengers ($1.5 billion worldwide), ratings bait television shows like The Big Bang Theory (20 million-plus viewers an episode) and record-breaking digital entertainment such as Grand Theft Auto 5 (a Dr. But unless you’ve been living in the Phantom Zone the past 10 years, it’s clear that the nerds are not coming. Years ago, a lead such as “The nerds are coming! The nerds are coming!” might have been apropos for this kind of story. PHOTOS: Alamo City Comic Con Superhero Prom
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