After two years of virtual events, San Diego Comic-Con made its grand in-person return this weekend.
The fan convention was chock full of surprises — Marvel! Stephen Colbert! — but it’s clear that Sdcc and many of its exhibitors have not yet adapted to a new normal.The pandemic’s pall hovered over Comic-Con.
Entering the convention center required Covid verification wristbands and masks, but those precautions came late and caused confusion.
Some panels were always virtual, like the one I hosted for “Abbott Elementary,” but one for fellow ABC shows “The Rookie” and “The Rookie: Feds” went virtual at the last minute.
A disappointed heckler yelled, “We’ve been virtual for three years, c’mon!”However, that wasn’t the biggest disappointment: Too many of the in-person panels lacked substance.
Warner Bros.
has always been one of the biggest draws for the prestigious Hall H, a massive conference room that
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