As you may know, Comic-Con attendees have, for several years now, been issued giant bags (2-1/2’x2′, or approximately the size of a small child) for carrying loot, along with their badges and souvenir books. Though visually striking, they are somewhat unwieldy; nevertheless, they are another badge of attendance of sorts, and often sport cool artwork from movies and TV series. Take a look at this year’s:
But now take a look at what’s attached to the other side of each:
Oh, if the Winchester boys saw what’s been done to the Supernatural bag… There are times when things that are supposed to be a salute to geeks actually turn out to be making fun of geeks. Like some (most? all?) episodes of The Big Bang Theory. This may one of those times.
To those attendees who love this look, more power to you, sport your cape proudly, I salute you. For the rest of us, well at least they’re detachable.
PREPARE TO TAKE FLIGHT AT COMIC-CON® 2013
WARNER BROS. AND COMIC-CON TURN FANS INTO SUPER HEROES WITH
OFFICIAL BAG OF SDCC 2013 — COMPLETE WITH CAPE!Collectible Backpacks & Detachable Capes Highlight TV’s Arrow, The Big Bang Theory,
The Following, Revolution, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and Teen Titans Go!;Feature Films Godzilla, The LEGO® Movie and 300: Rise of an Empire;
DC Universe Original Animated Movie Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox;
And the Classic Batman TV Series
BURBANK, Calif. (July 11, 2013) — It’s a backpack. It’s a cape. It’s a backpack with a cape! Warner Bros. Entertainment will once again sponsor the official bag at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2013, to be distributed to fans when checking in at the Con, the Studio announced today. This marks the fourth year that Warner Bros. and Comic-Con have joined forces to produce and distribute what Entertainment Weekly once called the convention’s “ubiquitous accessory,” ensuring that attendees have a unique keepsake from the world’s leading pop culture convention. Plus, for fans in San Diego who forgot their costumes, the “must-have” bag (according to Deadline Hollywood) not only lets attendees tote copious amounts of swag, but they can also flaunt their super hero side with the backpack’s detachable cape!
More than 130,000 of the bags have been produced and will be provided to Comic-Con attendees throughout the convention.
The all-new 2013 edition is fashioned as a backpack and features a built-in cape — to assist the super hero in all of us race to panels, of course. The detachable cape can be worn separately, as can the backpack.
Each of the bags, designed by Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing, feature double-sided artwork, with the all-new Comic-Con 2013 official design on one side and the other side highlighting titles from the Studio’s TV series, theatrical motion pictures and original animated movies.
The television show titles are Arrow, The Big Bang Theory, The Following, Revolution, Supernatural, Teen Titans Go! (with Beware the Batman cape!) and The Vampire Diaries.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s DC Universe Original Animated Movie Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox will be featured, as will the classic Batman TV series.
Attendees can also tote their swag in bags featuring artwork from the forthcoming motion pictures Godzilla, The LEGO® Movie and 300: Rise of an Empire.
For continuing info on the Studio’s plans at Comic-Con, please visit www.thewb.com/comiccon and follow us on Twitter at @TheWBdotcom (hashtag #WBSDCC). For official information about Comic-Con 2013, visit www.comic-con.org and follow Comic-Con on Twitter at @Comic_Con.
