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Marvel May Skip San Diego Comic Con This Year

According to Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, Marvel may be skipping San Diego Comic Con this year. During a Facebook Q&A, Gunn said the following:

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When asked on Twitter if he was lying to cover for Marvel, Gunn doubled down:


At the current point in the film cycle, it actually makes sense that Marvel would skip the event this year (and maybe leave room for, say, fellow Disney product Star Wars) – but is it weird for anyone else that we’ve now reached the point where Marvel is skipping Comic Con because of their film schedule? I mean, it’s not bad… but it’s kind of funny.

Via io9

Trae Dorn

Trae Dorn has been staffing conventions for over twenty-five years. They also wrote and drew the now completed webcomic UnCONventional, and produce the podcasts BS-Free Witchcraft, On This Day With Trae, Stormwood & Associates, The Meatgrinder, and The Nerd & Tie Podcast. This leads many to ask how the heck they have the time to get it all done. Trae says they have the time because they “do it all quite poorly.”

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