Authored by Moira Curran

Chuck Rocks San Diego COMIC-CON, Unveils Fan-Centric Social Media Hub

Every July, a convention takes place in San Diego that defines and celebrates what it means to be a fan.  In its earliest stages, the event focused solely on comics and animation.  But, as the years passed and its popularity grew, so did its scope.  In the last five years, COMIC-CON has emerged as a mainstream platform for movie studios/television networks to launch new projects and to recognize the fans that have made their existing properties a success.

 

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An Inauguration Story - Tales from the Tunnel

January 20, 2009 was a morning unlike any I’ve ever experienced – and not simply because our country was about to inaugurate our first African-American president.  Or because his policies imply that significant change is afoot.  Or because the idea of “hope” that mobilized an entire generation of young voters was finally being realized.

All those are true, of course.  But I’ll remember that morning as the one I spent freezing with thousands of others in the claustrophobic Third Street Tunnel on I-395.

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