The San Diego Comic Convention, which had to cancel both of its in-person events in 2020, will postpone Comic-Con 2021 as an in-person gathering until 2022, and once again hold this year's celebration as the free online Comic-Con@Home, set for July 23-25. The organization had recently announced that its spring 2021 show, WonderCon in Anaheim, would be replaced by WonderCon@Home, a free online event set for March 26 and 27.
In a statement regarding the decision, organizers said: "It is the policy of the organization to continue to closely monitor information from local and national healthcare officials as it pertains to the Covid-19 pandemic. Never could we have imagined what the world experienced in 2020 and continues to experience today. While we are buoyed by the rollout of the vaccine and the growing number of individuals being inoculated, it appears that July will still be too early to safely hold an in-person event of the magnitude of Comic-Con."
Noting that "a smaller in-person event at a later time may be a safe alternative," San Diego Comic Convention said it is planning to present a three-day in-person convention in San Diego in November. Organizers are still working on specific details regarding attendance capacity, badge cost and related information, which will be forthcoming.