Yes, we are all getting ready
to get our Comic Con on.
We are here. The moment is here.
The stars are even in town.
Thousands of people getting
those costumes on as we speak.
We got celebrities all over the
place that are about to take
over downtown and all the fans.
Of course Comic Con is back,
full scales for the first time now in
three years people have been holding on
to these tickets for three years now.
CBS It's Anna Laurel live in the San
Diego Convention Center with access to
the place that everybody wants to be.
Good morning and.
That's right,
it is so much fun in here already.
Did you just hear it announcement?
Come on over head because more
and more activity is happening,
people are starting to come into the booths.
Get them ready for everybody today,
135,000 tickets sold for this event.
This weekend it's going
to be packed down here.
Of course, Comic Con celebrates all things
pop culture fandoms from TV shows to movies,
to comic strips and online gaming.
Now, here's what you need to
know if you're coming down here,
we've got some video for
you from previous years.
Just to remind you how
wild and crazy it can get,
public transit or rideshare drop off.
Probably your best bet to come down here
Harbor Drive between 1st Ave and Park Blvd.
That's closed except for foot traffic.
Now. If you do come down here,
you'll see officers in uniform and others you
may not see in plain clothes harbor police,
private security, transit system
enforcement and Convention Center security.
They'll all be here and enforcement
officers are zip tagging any fake
weapons that are part of a costume.
For anyone board's public transit so
they are trying to make sure they've got
everything buttoned up and safe down here.
Now back out here on the Convention floor.
I'm with Keith Davidson.
He's the director of IWD Publishing.
We had to come over here because
you guys look behind me.
I said,
Oh my goodness,
is this like Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles on steroids and look it
is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Keith tell us what is this about
so the original creators of
the Ninja Turtles Peter.
Entered into Kevin Eastman came
back after 30 years to tell the
story of what would be the last
remaining turtle after all of his
brothers have been killed in action
and he's on a mission of vengeance.
He looks angry. Yes, he is very angry.
This is
a little different than the Ninja
Turtles I watched when I was a kid.
Yes, very much. A mature,
a mature buck for for for Allister,
enjoy, and it's really been popular.
Oh yeah, we we have over 850,000
copies of the comic in in prints,
which is a monster hit for comics.
And also we've sold through 10s
of thousands of copies of the.
Book in just the past couple weeks,
that's right, cause the comic just came
out like maybe a year and a half ago.
So million copies already sold. Almost
yes, that is a again monster hit for comics.
OK, So what are people gonna see
when they come to your booth today?
Well, we've designed our
booth to look like a city,
so if you wander around to the whole booth,
you get to experience Godzilla
smashing the the environment you
can pose with the last Ronin,
you can see actual live art of of
people drawing Sonic the Hedgehog.
We have lots of exclusives.
Yeah, there's a big event for for
people to come to our booth and enjoy,
and they'll get to buy some
stuff, take some things home.
Sure, buy stuff that gets creator
signatures. And plenty of photo OPS
for Instagram and Snapchat. Yeah
alright, that's cool and you're
gonna be here through Sunday.
Yes? OK guys, remember
Andred 35,000 tickets sold.
People bought these tickets in 2019,
so this is the first full scale
event for them since 2019.
So woo exciting down
huge TMNT fan as a kid coming
out the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles Raphael.
Worlds, I'm curious what his favorite
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle was.
Since he's such a pro with that,
does he have a favorite?
Is he still there?
Yeah Rafael. I think Rafael
my brothers watch it now,
but let me show you this is I
was actually more interested.
OK, let's see look you guys.
Yeah, they're like that. See,
I wanna see some costumes like that.
Yeah, there you go not so
angry you know, right? And
I think my speed
here you go thanks
Anna. Let's get a closer look
at the closures due to Comic
Con Evan keeping an eye on that
something we all need to be wary
of. Yeah, no big surprise here.
We're gonna be seeing plenty of
closures right along Harbor Drive
in downtown San Diego along the San
Diego Convention Center from First
Ave through that pedestrian bridge
that connects us with Petco Park.
There is also the stipulation that
if you're walking around the area
for the stairs leading up to and the
sidewalks around the Convention Center,
only badged members, meaning attendees,
exhibitors of Comic Con,
will be able to walk around that area.
The only exception to all of this
is the parking structure that is
underneath the San Diego Convention
Center that is managed by ACE.
Those are the only people with a
pass that allows them to park under
the Convention Center that will be
allowed to pass through Harbor Drive,
so keep that in mind for any
travel plans you've got.
First Ave all the way through
that pedestrian bridge.
Gonna be closed from 7:00
AM to 10:00 PM today.
All the way through Sunday.
Back to you.
Evan, thank you for that heads up.
Yeah, that's a good good piece of
advice right there where to avoid.
Let's check in with our
other CBS 8 characters.
Meanwhile, outside Lou and Mickeys,
the battle for justice continues the
Flash and Catwoman join us live with all
the fun to be had outside. Is that what?
Is that what you're asking for?
That voice come from narrator?
Must be somewhere around here.
Yeah, in my ear. Definitely
perfect Eric. I love that perfect.
Perfect we are having way
too much fun down here.
The energy is already building.
We're seeing people make
their way into the convention.
Sarah and line.
At least it doesn't open just yet,
but if you're not going to Comic Con,
there are still so many things
to do in the downtown area as
well as the Comic Con Museum,
which is open all year long.
Chris
all year long and we actually have
a really, really great exhibit
that is going on right now.
The Spiderman exhibit.
It's something we were able
to show you first hand,
but want to give you a little bit of
a deeper look at the web Slinger.
And maybe some of the things that you
might be able to do while you're there
exactly. And this is. This means,
bring your phone and get ready to Instagram,
Twitter, Tik T.O.K, whatever.
Because the photo OPS are awesome.
The world met Spiderman in 1962
and he remains a legend today,
so this is your chance to immerse yourself in
his world through this incredible exhibit.
Now my first thought is one of the
best photo OPS, so I'm going to walk
you through all the best life-size,
photo characters to get that
perfect pose and tell me out.
Are these two guys here
show me how it's done?
That's pretty nice.
Look at that Spiderman.
Now if you're feeling like moving over to
the dark side channel your inner Doc Ock.
This is the place to be.
Now look at the detail.
And just the amazing artwork that
comes to life within this exhibit.
And this is your chance to jump
into the spider verse.
Take a look at all the different renditions
over the years and as you leave the exhibit,
don't forget to take your
photo with Spider Ham,
also known as Peter Porker.
Get your phone out,
take that Instagram photo tag.
The Comic Con Museum because you
are not going to want to miss
all these awesome photo OPS.
We're just sorry. Just forget our selfies
just with all the
costumes that are going on right now.
You can't help but take just a
couple dozen selfies if you will.
In fact, we've already posted a couple
on our Instagram account having a
lot of fun here at Lou and Mickeys.
And kind of got. I'll be honest,
you know Dana Marie there was that
that video you had of me drinking my
coffee kind of got me by surprise there.
I'll be honest,
check out very sneaky Catwoman sneaky.
On social media you can see our view
and eyes here, but there are so many
opportunities to post on social media,
no, absolutely well.
You're not social media fans out here.
There's someone else with a
interesting mask on out there baby.
Oh, Black Panther,
that's what's happening.
We're taking selfies all around, OK?
OK, thank you have fun out there.
We'll check back with you soon.
Love the get up perfect guy yeah.