We are 33 days from the opening of this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. Yes, I know you can't believe it because you just got back from last year's Comic-Con International in San Diego and haven't even unpacked yet but it's true. I have a calendar that proves it.
I will be hosting or appearing on 13 panels this year. None of them will have my partner Sergio Aragonés because he is not attending the convention this time around. He's in fine health. He just isn't attending the convention.
I cannot help you if you're searching desperately for lodging during the convention but perhaps this page can be of assistance.
I cannot help you if you're searching desperately for badges for the convention but if you're willing to shell out Big Bucks, there are these auctions on eBay. They are legit but they will be over soon so don't dawdle.
The San Diego Convention Center is located on Harbor Drive in that town. This year, as they have done with the last few cons, the city will be closing Harbor Drive between First Avenue and Park Boulevard during convention hours and for a few hours before and after each day. If you have purchased parking at the convention center — or I guess if you're driving an ambulance with the siren blaring and someone bleeding in the back — you can get in but otherwise, no cars, bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc.
I suppose this is a wise idea but last year, it made it very tough for my lady friend and myself to get from our hotel to the Bayfront Hilton where I was a presenter for the Eisner Awards. We took an Uber and even with the driver's GPS and me consulting Waze on my phone, we could not figure out a route from Point A to Point B. I even suggested he drive us to the airport on the assumption that once you were there, a GPS had to be able to find a path between the airport and a Hilton.
We didn't try that but we should have. As it was, the best our driver could do was drop us off almost (it felt) as far from the Bayfront Hilton as I am now, sitting in my home in Los Angeles. Ubering back was easy later since they reopened Harbor Drive after 10 PM. But getting there was such a long walk that I was considering turning back to our hotel and presenting the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing to one of the parking valets there. Don't laugh. It would have been cheaper than tipping.