A sign photographed from outside the annual San Diego Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center on Sunday July 15th, 2012 in San Diego, California.
San Diego's Comic-Con returns to its full glory in July; with it are masks, and we're not talking about cosplay.
Comic-Con has updated its COVID-19 protocols for the event. Those who wish to attend the con this year will be required to wear an "approved face-covering," regardless of vaccination status, and will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination status or proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours, according to its website.
"At all San Diego Comic Convention events, the health and safety of our stakeholders is our main priority, and because of this, we will continue to implement policies and protocols based on state/local health guidelines and public health recommendations as we prepare for Comic-Con on July 21-24, 2022," the organization stated on its website.
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Last year, at Comic-Con's smaller-scale event in November, masks and proof of vaccination were also required.
Comic-Con San Diego
The beloved event that attracts thousands of people from all over the world to America’s Finest City was canceled in 2020 for the first time in 50 years due to the pandemic. Instead, it held a free virtual event called Comic-Con@Home and last November it hosted a "Comic-Con Special Edition" which was a three-day event over Thanksgiving weekend.
Comic-Con fully returns to the Convention Center on July 21-24. The show is "technically sold out" as many attendees opted to roll their badges from the canceled 2020 event to 2022, the organization said on its website.
To continue to see updated information, visit the Comic-Con website.
