To celebrate its long-running series, the BBC launched an immersive pop-up where fans can gain access to UNIT’s top-secret Black Archive, a classified facility featuring some of the most dangerous alien artifacts and secret knowledge, to check out props and artifacts from the last 60 years of the show.
Meanwhile, an extension of the experience will be available for fans globally, as well as a new merch collection from the relaunched BBC Shop.
Pirate Purrrty on the Green (Adult Swim)
GDX StudiosIt wouldn’t be Comic-Con without Adult Swim’s Pirate Purrrty on the Green!, created in partnership with GDX Studios, which the network has brought to San Diego for several years now.
Some of the shows Adult Swim is highlighting this year include Robot Chicken with a 20-year celebration party on Thursday, Rick and Morty and Smiling Friends on Friday, and screenings for some of its new and upcoming series on Saturday, along with a laser dance party every night. The first 750 attendees that arrive at the party will receive exclusive merch.
Peanuts Pop-Up Shop (Peanuts Worldwide)
Peanuts WorldwidePeanuts Worldwide is celebrating the brand’s 75th anniversary at a pop-up shop at 200 W. Harbor Drive. Visitors will be able to enjoy a Peanuts time-travel experience as they check out some of the earliest comic strips and vintage-style merchandise. Guests can also enjoy photo ops with an oversized rotary Snoopy phone and sno-cone machine, surprise visits from Snoopy throughout the day, a sweepstakes run by Radio Flyer to win a new 75th anniversary wagon, and various displays featuring vintage products across home categories.
There will also be a Peanuts booth in the convention center designed as an old-style newspaper stand, leaning into the nostalgia of the brand with vintage artwork and items, as well as a panel moderated by TV Guide’s columnist Damian Holbrook featuring actor and Peanuts superfan Alec Baldwin, and many others that have been involved in the Peanuts universe through the years.
