FACES & PLACES: Comic-Con Thursday 2025 Photos

Cosplay is back in downtown San Diego on the opening day of our biggest, most entertaining annual convention

Light. Cameras. Comic-Con International.

Comic-Con veterans have seen the spectacle summer after summer. More than 130,000 attendees of the world-famous, comic-book-turned-superhero homage make the trek into downtown San Diego for four days of make-believe reality.

From July 24-27, Fifth Avenue in front of the San Diego Convention Center will be transformed into the people-watching center of the galaxy. Cosplay is the name of the game. There’s a codependence between those who dress up as fantasy folk from all the platforms and the onlookers who want to capture cell phone memories.

San Diego Sun super snapper Sal Giametta was in the heart of The Con to record what imagination brings to town every year. His photos are below (and come back each day for more):

Cosplayfulness rules. SDSun

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