San Diego Comic Con Back in 2001 - by Mark Schulze

A view of the convention floor at San Diego Convention Center from above. At the time we were amazed at the crowds, but this appears empty compared to today's standards. The show has been sold out for weeks. There will be many people trying to sneak in and there will be many disappointed people who cannot get in.

Electronic Playground's Julie Stoffer interviews Director, Bryan Singer, on the fly.

The crew poses for a group photo after a two-day shoot together. Seen are myself (Mark Schulze), Patty Mooney, Tommy Tallarico, Victor Lucas and Julie Stoffer

Top two photographs by Patty Mooney who was a Sound Technician on this gig.

San Diego Comic Con Blast From the Past - by Mark Schulze

Photographs of some interesting conventioneers on the floor of the San Diego Comic Con back in 2001.

Photographs by Patty Mooney.

San Diego Comic Con is Coming - by Mark Schulze

By now I think you know that I am a Director of Photography and Videographer, and that I have covered the San Diego Comic Con for my broadcast clients for over a decade. Right now I am presenting this modest pictorial of photographs taken in and around the San Diego Comic Con by my partner, Patty Mooney, who is a sound technician and producer. As I mentioned before, not everything "Comic Con" is confined to the convention floor. There is a festival of happenings outside on the street. Anyone with a camera can have a total field day with the eye candy displayed during this convention, even if they never make it inside the big glass doors. And most people you encounter ABSOLUTELY LOVE having their photo taken.

Photographs by Patty Mooney

San Diego Comic Con is Coming - by Mark Schulze

When it comes to San Diego Comic Con, which has been going strong for the last 39 years - this year will be its 40th anniversary - there is as much happening outside the San Diego Convention Center as inside. Everybody and everything are all dressed up in fantastical costumery. Many Comic Con devotees spend the entire year gearing up for this wondrous weekend. Some embellish their get-ups for years. It's truly an honor and a privilege to be onsite during this convention; there's nothing else like it anywhere.

Photos by Patty Mooney