From Spaceballs to Avengers – Comic-Con delivers a knockout punch
In real terms, Comic-Con is a four-day marketing machine, intended to join the dots between the multibillion-dollar movie and TV business, and then connect it to the fans. The social media noise needed to successfully launch new movie and TV projects.In a sense, the proof is in the comic book pudding, so to speak. San Diego Comic-Con was the first, and by far has the most gravity,” Cena said.
- ▪In real terms, Comic-Con is a four-day marketing machine, intended to join the dots between the multibillion-dollar movie and TV business, and then connect it to the fans.
- ▪The social media noise needed to successfully launch new movie and TV projects.In a sense, the proof is in the comic book pudding, so to speak.
- ▪San Diego Comic-Con was the first, and by far has the most gravity,” Cena said.
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