San Diego Comic Con is Coming Fast - by Mark Schulze

When you are at the San Diego Comic Con, try not to blink because then you will miss something.

Photographs by Patty Mooney

San Diego Comic Con One Month Away - by Mark Schulze

A view inside the San Diego Convention Center with San Diego Comic Con signage and a few furry characters.

Photographs by Patty Mooney

San Diego Comic Con Is Getting Closer - by Mark Schulze

You run into a lot of wild costumed characters at the San Diego Comic Con. These photographs were shot by Patty Mooney, our esteemed Audio Technician and Producer. We are all gearing up for this year's Comic Con, we have our passes, and we are ready to roll. By the way, for anybody who was not early enough to grab the worm, this show has been sold out for a few weeks now. Amazing, isn't it?

Kim Kardashian and Carmen Elektra at San Diego Comic Con 2008 - by Mark Schulze

One highlight for Patty Mooney (my wife and partner who plays Sound Technician and/or Producer on our video shoots) was an interview with Kim Kardashian and Carmen Elektra. Kim and I learned that we have one thing in common; she's Armenian and I am half Armenian. They spoke about their movie, "Scary Movie 4."

San Diego Comic Con is Getting Closer - by Mark Schulze

Here are a few shots taken by my partner, who plays Sound Technician at times, and at other times plays Producer - Patty Mooney. These are glimpses outside the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego Comic Con 2008. We dig the traffic dude's Elvis do.

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

Hugh Jackman Rocks San Diego Comic Con - by Mark Schulze

One of the moments that stands out for me at last year's San Diego Comic Con occurred right after a panel featuring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis from "Max Payne." Who sauntered into the hall but Wolverine himself, in his civilian clothes. The audience, and particularly the women, screamed and cheered, until he settled them down enough to announce that he had just gotten off a plane from Australia and that nothing could have kept him from coming to Comic Con to thank his fans. He said, "Without you, I wouldn't have a career. Without you, there would be no Wolverine." Again the hall broke out into screams and cheers. He strode across the stage a couple of times, and then he was gone, just like that.