Twitter brings the San Diego Comic Con to the masses

We love Twitter at events. We’ve covered how Twitter was used at SXSW and created a simple guide on how to use Twitter at your next event.  The past weekend saw the Super Bowl of pop culture and entertainment at the San Diego Comic Con. The 4-day event saw over 126,000 people and once again, Twitter was in the forefront leading communications. For those attending and those playing at home, the constant stream of information not only let people know what the latest scoops were but also where to meet your favorite celebrities, where to get the best swag and which parties to attend. 

For those that haven’t attended or seen photos from the San Diego Comic Con, it’s a blend of movie, TV and comic book stars (yes there are comic book stars) converging on one place for four days. It’s not uncommon to see a celebrity stopping to talk to a Klingon or a gaggle of slave girl Princess Leias. Hollywood trots out their big budget films in an effort to gage fan reactions and stoke the fires of Internet hype. Twitter provides instant feed back to the studios and hopefully they are paying attention to what's being said.

Cosplay women and men broke Twitter from time to time when photos of people in their hottest superhero outfits swarmed the site. As news of Green Latern, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers and The Walking Dead leaked out from the event, rumor spread like wild fire across Twitter with fans clamoring to be the first to report the news. And when a reported stabbing occurred, of course it was blown out of proportion in the way that only Twitter knows how to do. (It turned out to be a minor squabble over a seat. Hell hath no furry as a nerd scorned.) 

Check out what you missed this year with tweets from celebrates as well as us common folk.

 @NathanFillion Goodbye Comicon. You are the summer girl I met at the lake. We made out, then I had to go home. I hear Boys of Summer and see a montage.

-Nathan Fillion, Actor ("Serenity," "Firefly")

@BRIANMBENDIS best convention present was from a film projectionist who cut out a piece of film from Ironman 2 that had my credit on it and gave it to me

-Brian Michael Bendis, Writer ("New Avengers," "Ultimate Spider-Man")

@ronmarz No, I don't know anything about the Marvel-CrossGen stuff. It was news to me. But I'm glad to see the material make a comeback.

-Ron Marz, Writer ("Green Lantern," "Witchblade")

@jpalmiotti This San Diego did not feel like a comic book convention...this year more than most. The census of most everyone I spoke to

-Jimmy Palmiotti, Writer ("Jonah Hex," "Painkiller Jane")

@TheRealStanLee Oops! My bad! It seems NEXT week I'm guesting on "Entourage." I just had a 1 1-sec shot in the trailer at the end.tonite\

-Stan Lee, Writer ("The Amazing Spider-Man," "The Fantastic Four")

djlarew Of course there are strollers everywhere at Comic Con! How else would an 8-month-old infant find those rare Dr. Who action figures? #sdcc

facepunchlife I was blinded at ComicCon and all I got was this stupid eyepatch #SDCC #NerdOnNerdCrime

MrDonaldGlover Someone getting stabbed in the eye at SDCC. Not funny. The guy dressed as wolverine screaming like a girl next to him…a little funny.

PipsBadIdeas If the World Cup broke twitter then Comic-Con broke tumblr. Curse you sexy cosplay women, curse you! #sdcc

therealcliffyb Just saw someone run up to a Princess Peach cosplayer saying “OMG Fat Princess is my favorite game!” #facepalm #cosplayfail #sdcc

FaustestSobeck These enormous free bags offer ample room to store self respect and virginity. #sdcchttp://twitpic.com/2802cr

pattonoswalt Having a window seat at a restaurant during #SDCC is like dinner with a puppet show directed by Diane Arbus.

 -Patton Oswalt, Actor/comedian ("Weeds," "The King of Queens")

NathanFillion Slave Leia debauchery at G4 party #sdcc http://tweetphoto.com/34327714 /via @cyborgturkey— Geekgasm. Just now.

MichaelAusiello In advance of our chat in AM, SPARTACUS’ Lucy Lawless is texting me pics of herself modeling merkins. This interview could get hairy. #SDCC

gizmogladstone cute trekkie girls talking to gaming nerds? I’m calling it — #SDCC is a dorky Brigadoon.

hawaii United announcer at the airport: “For baggage claim three, note oversized items, surfboards, car seats, lightsabers…” Yep, it’s #SDCC.

wilw OH: “What’s a Cylon?” (someone is in the wrong place) #sdcc

ophanim People dressed like Ghostbusters DO smell like they’ve been hosing down the dead. #sdcc

jesusreyes The problem with all the #SDCC webcams is you can’t experience the Exclusive Comic-con scent of BO and funions.

Justin_Stangel San Diego Comic-Con: How many Stormtroopers helemts do you think are in the lost and found right now? #SDCC

DeathStarPR If you’re attending #SDCC & happen to see @darthvader go up to him and yell “Go, go Gadget legs!” He loves that joke. & force choking nerds.

a1topnotch Hall H #sdcc is like riding coach class for 8 hours but with movie stars and previews..

mattfraction I smell cigarettes and pepper spray… @warrenellis must be here #SDCC

clearasmud Will Ferrell is dressed as Megamind! Lol “I thought we were all going to dress up. I kinda feel like a turd up here.” #sdcc

pattonoswalt Just spotted a Superman who’s not donut-proof. #SDCC

benschubert Okay, #sdcc has been going on for a day now. Where are the hot chicks in cosplay galleries?!? You fail me internets.

Melilli Chef Vader serves up Jar Jar, John the Baptist style: http://twitpic.com/27lxiq #SDCC

augiedb #SDCC is a world of promises and announcements, followed up with a year of bitter disappointments and failures.

Stefan Halley is the Digital Project Leader for The Duffy Agency. He loves to talk about social media.