Another San Diego Comic-Con come and gone. But… did you even notice?
SDCC was instead the virtual Comic-Con @ Home for a second year in a rowdue to the ongoing global pandemic of course. We were fairly critical about how it all played out last year but gave the con team lot of credit considering how fast the annual entertainment convention needed to adapt. But after a whole year and several other more engaging virtual consNew York Comic Con, DC Fandome, and even a Walt Disney investors callSDCC was a bust once more.
We spoke to the organizers prior to the show and we didnt get the impression they were planning for that much more than last year. We thought (and hoped) the non-profit would at least take advantage of YouTubes premiere option to make things feel more lively. It did not. SDCCs communications and strategy officer, David Glanzer, told us the con didnt have the resources to do true livestreamed panels but, again, this meant that everything was pre-recorded way in advance… which also meant having a breaking news aspect was basically out of the question. Even today you could see some news dropping that absolutely would have been part of an in-person cona new Exorcist trilogy, a live-action Pokémon show on Netflixhad it existed.
Besides the lackluster (and often late) drop of panels, fans seemed overall disengaged with the weekend event. Regardless of whether or not you watched, there really was a great deal of footage and news, and seeing as how its become harder to find what you want on our site as of late, weve gone ahead and collected all of our SDCC 2021 articles in this (brief) slideshow for you.read more
SDCC 2021 Was Another Letdown, But Here’s What You Missed
