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Fans Celebrate 50 Years of the San Diego Comic-Con

It is time once again for one of the biggest gatherings1 worldwide of people who love superheroes and other characters from comic books, films and television.

San Diego Comic-Con is back for a 50th straight year.

Established in 1970, the four-and-a-half day event in San Diego, California, started with the show room opening Wednesday. Thousands of fans arrived looking to buy items linked to their favorite stories and characters that they cannot get elsewhere, including clothing and art.

Many moviemakers come to San Diego Comic-Con to present the films they are working on. The production company Warner Bros. held an event called ScareDiego in which it showed a small part of its frightening new film, It: Chapter Two.

British fan Cheryl Dolbel told the Associated Press, “This is my favorite. I’m a huge Stephen King fan.” Stephen King wrote the book on which the films are based.

A common activity among visitors to comic-cons is to copy a favorite character in clothing and makeup2. This is called cosplaying. Many people arrived in San Diego in full costume, including a man dressed as a police officer character on the Netflix web series Stranger Things. A couple from Australia dressed as Marty McFly and Doc Brown, from Back to the Future, a beloved series of films about time travel.

Many in full cosplay were thankful for the cooler-than-usual temperatures.

“I would be melting,” said Ana Niebla of San Diego. She was dressed as a female version of Pennywise, the evil clown from It. A popular form of cosplay is called gender-bending. This means to dress as a character of the opposite sex, or to present the character as opposite sex.

Niebla likes to get to the convention early to buy comic books and meet artists and others who make them. “This is the one time a year I get to see them in person,” she said.

On Thursday, movie fans got a look at Paramount’s latest in the killer-robot action series Terminator: Dark Fate. And there is still more to come.

Saturday, fans will enjoy a presentation by Kevin Feige, president of Marvel3 Studios. Marvel has produced such widely popular superhero movies such as the Avengers series. Details for the Marvel show at Comic-Con are a secret. But many expect Feige and his “special guests” will tell of plans for the next group of film releases from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This could include announcements about Guardians4 of the Galaxy5 Vol. 3, Black Widow, and more.

However, fewer movies than usual are being advertised at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Some production companies chose not to attend including Sony. It is already making lots of money on its current release Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Universal Pictures does not have any superheroes films to release in the near future. And Warner Bros. is presenting only It: Chapter Two. The company did not plan any Comic-Con activities around its superhero series. There is not an official presence representing the Star Wars series either.

Perri Nemiroff is a producer for the entertainment news website Collider.com and leads a YouTube series called Movie Talk. She says that a smaller movie industry presence at Comic-Con has made more room for television programs.

“TV is just the best of the best right now,” said Nemiroff.

Television fans have a lot to choose from. This includes discussions with actors from the fantasy series Game of Thrones. It completed its final season earlier this year. On Tuesday, it received a record 32 nominations6 for America’s leading television awards, the Emmys.

Comic-Con also features some new creative properties, like Netflix’s fantasy series The Witcher, which is based on a video game.

And there are people new to the Comic-Con. The production company HBO has brought musical theater star Lin-Manuel Miranda to his first comic culture convention. He will take part in a group discussion of the media company’s fantasy series, His Dark Materials, in which Miranda performs. The series is based on books by Philip Pullman. The HBO version is expected to begin broadcast later this year.

Last month, Miranda wrote a request for fans on the social media website Twitter: “Be gentle, it’s my first Comic-Con.”

I’m Pete Musto.

And I’m Caty Weaver7.

Words in This Story

character(s) – n. a person who appears in a story, book, play, movie, or television show

comic book(s) – n. a magazine that is made up of a series of comic strips

makeup – n. materials such as wigs8, lipstick9 or powder that are used to change the appearance of a person

costume – n. the clothes that are worn by someone who is trying to look like a different person or thing

version – n. a form of something, such as a product, that is different in some way from other forms

clown – n. someone who performs in a circus, who wears funny clothes and makeup, and who tries to make people laugh

fantasy – n. a book or movie that tells a story about things that happen in an imaginary world

video game – n. an electronic game in which players control images on a television or computer screen


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1 gatherings 400b026348cc2270e0046708acff2352     
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集
参考例句:
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次,其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
2 makeup 4AXxO     
n.组织;性格;化装品
参考例句:
  • Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
  • Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗?
3 marvel b2xyG     
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事
参考例句:
  • The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.机器人是现代工程技术的奇迹。
  • The operation was a marvel of medical skill.这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹。
4 guardians 648b3519bd4469e1a48dff4dc4827315     
监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者
参考例句:
  • Farmers should be guardians of the countryside. 农民应是乡村的保卫者。
  • The police are guardians of law and order. 警察是法律和秩序的护卫者。
5 galaxy OhoxB     
n.星系;银河系;一群(杰出或著名的人物)
参考例句:
  • The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
  • The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。
6 nominations b4802078efbd3da66d5889789cd2e9ca     
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
7 weaver LgWwd     
n.织布工;编织者
参考例句:
  • She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快,而且布的质量很好。
  • The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。
8 wigs 53e7a1f0d49258e236f1a412f2313400     
n.假发,法官帽( wig的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。 来自辞典例句
  • Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克,因为我们需要更多的假发,而且我们还要做点广告。 来自电影对白
9 lipstick o0zxg     
n.口红,唇膏
参考例句:
  • Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红,开始往嘴唇上抹。
  • Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

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