Erin Tapken
@bavarianerin.bsky.social
She / Her
Contributor at SDCCBlog.com. Email your SDCC plans to: sdcomiccon.blog@gmail.com
Owner of Alter Ego Comics in Iowa, established 1996.
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Contributor at SDCCBlog.com. Email your SDCC plans to: sdcomiccon.blog@gmail.com
Owner of Alter Ego Comics in Iowa, established 1996.
https://linktr.ee/BavarianErin
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Erin Tapken
@bavarianerin.bsky.social
· Apr 27
The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
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Just putting it out here...if you are an #artist or #creator vending or exhibiting at San Diego Comic-Con #SDCC, especially as a smaller creator, hit me up. I would love to share all your plans, debuts, exclusives, sales or specials on the Unofficial SDCC Blog (sdccblog.com) Let me help promote you!
August 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I'm a week removed from #SDCC and finally fully unpacked and settled. I wish I had seen more people, but I loved meeting all the @sdccblog.com readers. It always causes a spike in my endorphins when connecting with online friends and acquaintances. 💜 I'll try to ride this high a little bit longer!
August 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I'm a week removed from #SDCC and finally fully unpacked and settled. I wish I had seen more people, but I loved meeting all the @sdccblog.com readers. It always causes a spike in my endorphins when connecting with online friends and acquaintances. 💜 I'll try to ride this high a little bit longer!
This was a hard review to write because I saw the vision, but the execution needed streamlining and I could not ignore the fact that my experience as a "press" member was soooo different from other attendees.
REVIEW: The Abbott Elementary Block Party remained joyful and on point, even amidst speed bumps and bottlenecks:
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REVIEW: Abbott Elementary Block Party Hampered By Speed Bumps
Designed to be a celebration of the community-like atmosphere that pervades the show, the Abbott Elementary Block Party invited revelers to ride a ferris wheel, enjoy some refreshing Philly “water ice...
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August 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This was a hard review to write because I saw the vision, but the execution needed streamlining and I could not ignore the fact that my experience as a "press" member was soooo different from other attendees.
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We can't wait for #Pawmicon next week ahead of #SDCC (which our own @bavarianerin.bsky.social will be helping to judge!). Here's a look at some of the prizes you could win, plus 🐶😻 + human cosplay, what's not to love? sdccblog.com/2025/07/hero...
Heroic Endeavors: Pawmicon and the Helen Woodward Animal Center [Update July 18]
For more than 50 years the Helen Woodward Animal Center has fostered the belief that “people help animals, animals help people” by offering animal re-homing and adoptions, as well as a wide variety of...
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July 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We can't wait for #Pawmicon next week ahead of #SDCC (which our own @bavarianerin.bsky.social will be helping to judge!). Here's a look at some of the prizes you could win, plus 🐶😻 + human cosplay, what's not to love? sdccblog.com/2025/07/hero...
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Cartoonist and illustrator Sam Grinberg will debut a new book at #SDCC, and it's FULL of advertisements. ON PURPOSE!:
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Sam Grinberg's San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Exclusives, Debuts
Los Angeles based Sam Grinberg is an illustrator and self-publisher of comics, zines, prints and sticker. His current day-gig is working as a character designer on the long-running animated hit The Si...
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July 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Cartoonist and illustrator Sam Grinberg will debut a new book at #SDCC, and it's FULL of advertisements. ON PURPOSE!:
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Plus, we are so excited to announce our own @bavarianerin.bsky.social will be one of the judges for the Pet Cosplay Competition at #PAWmicon this year! 🐶
We ♥️ the Helen Woodward Animal Center and their PAWmicon event just before #SDCC. We recently spoke with their team about their mission, what makes PAWmicon so special, and more: sdccblog.com/2025/07/hero...
Heroic Endeavors: Pawmicon and the Helen Woodward Animal Center
For more than 50 years the Helen Woodward Animal Center has fostered the belief that “people help animals, animals help people” by offering animal re-homing and adoptions, as well as a wide variety of...
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July 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Plus, we are so excited to announce our own @bavarianerin.bsky.social will be one of the judges for the Pet Cosplay Competition at #PAWmicon this year! 🐶
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WWE wrestler Dragon Lee faces his next great opponent: San Diego Comic-Con! Join him for a book signing with @maskedrepublic.bsky.social and @headlockedcomic.bsky.social:
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Luchador Dragon Lee's Next Big Opponent is San Diego Comic-Con
Second generation luchador and WWE wrestler Dragon Lee is preparing for his greatest match yet. No, it’s not inside the squared circle, it’s meeting and greeting fans at San Diego Comic-Con. Masked Re...
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July 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
WWE wrestler Dragon Lee faces his next great opponent: San Diego Comic-Con! Join him for a book signing with @maskedrepublic.bsky.social and @headlockedcomic.bsky.social:
sdccblog.com/2025/07/luch...
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Have you been lucky enough to get your hands on a Labubu?
I haven't, so I decided to make my own.
Maybe you will be lucky enough to find this LaCrochetchet at SDCC.
Follow me to know when I drop this little guy. You find him, you keep him.
#minicritterdrop
I haven't, so I decided to make my own.
Maybe you will be lucky enough to find this LaCrochetchet at SDCC.
Follow me to know when I drop this little guy. You find him, you keep him.
#minicritterdrop
July 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Have you been lucky enough to get your hands on a Labubu?
I haven't, so I decided to make my own.
Maybe you will be lucky enough to find this LaCrochetchet at SDCC.
Follow me to know when I drop this little guy. You find him, you keep him.
#minicritterdrop
I haven't, so I decided to make my own.
Maybe you will be lucky enough to find this LaCrochetchet at SDCC.
Follow me to know when I drop this little guy. You find him, you keep him.
#minicritterdrop
Tonight we played a game from Deadbolt Mystery Society & it was a very special one we were able to personalize the detective's name on, so of course we picked our sweet pug. ☺️ She has been gone for four years now, & it still hurts, but it's also nice to remember her with silly things like this!💜
July 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Tonight we played a game from Deadbolt Mystery Society & it was a very special one we were able to personalize the detective's name on, so of course we picked our sweet pug. ☺️ She has been gone for four years now, & it still hurts, but it's also nice to remember her with silly things like this!💜
Reposted by Erin Tapken
Is it a Hall H kind of day, or a Hall D? Pick up these glow-in-the dark #SDCC exclusive pins from @valorandvellum.bsky.social celebrating our favorite con, with spinning signs on the pins and the chance to win a sketch: sdccblog.com/2025/07/pris...
Priscilla Wilson San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Exclusives [UPDATE July 5]
Artist Priscilla Wilson — known to fans as Valor & Vellum — has quickly become one of the most exciting destinations on the San Diego Comic-Con exhibit floor. With a unique style that blends gentle wh...
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July 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Is it a Hall H kind of day, or a Hall D? Pick up these glow-in-the dark #SDCC exclusive pins from @valorandvellum.bsky.social celebrating our favorite con, with spinning signs on the pins and the chance to win a sketch: sdccblog.com/2025/07/pris...
Reposted by Erin Tapken
We ♥️ the Helen Woodward Animal Center and their PAWmicon event just before #SDCC. We recently spoke with their team about their mission, what makes PAWmicon so special, and more: sdccblog.com/2025/07/hero...
Heroic Endeavors: Pawmicon and the Helen Woodward Animal Center
For more than 50 years the Helen Woodward Animal Center has fostered the belief that “people help animals, animals help people” by offering animal re-homing and adoptions, as well as a wide variety of...
sdccblog.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We ♥️ the Helen Woodward Animal Center and their PAWmicon event just before #SDCC. We recently spoke with their team about their mission, what makes PAWmicon so special, and more: sdccblog.com/2025/07/hero...
The highest recommendation for Jacob's commissions! 💜🫶🏼 Here's the Lockjaw he did for me last year. I'm still deciding on a character for this year!
July 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The highest recommendation for Jacob's commissions! 💜🫶🏼 Here's the Lockjaw he did for me last year. I'm still deciding on a character for this year!
Reposted by Erin Tapken
FRIENDS OF SHAWN KERRI will be hosting a special panel in Room 4 @ SDCC this July with Greg Hetson of Circle Jerks talking about Shawn's amazing art!
First 50 attendees will receive totally FREE this Darby Crash Skeleton/Skanking Kid t-shirt I've designed especially for the event.
First 50 attendees will receive totally FREE this Darby Crash Skeleton/Skanking Kid t-shirt I've designed especially for the event.
June 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
FRIENDS OF SHAWN KERRI will be hosting a special panel in Room 4 @ SDCC this July with Greg Hetson of Circle Jerks talking about Shawn's amazing art!
First 50 attendees will receive totally FREE this Darby Crash Skeleton/Skanking Kid t-shirt I've designed especially for the event.
First 50 attendees will receive totally FREE this Darby Crash Skeleton/Skanking Kid t-shirt I've designed especially for the event.
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Today is the 4th anniversary of when we said goodbye to our 16 year old pug, Paxton Rhubarb. I still miss her every single day, but her memory brings more smiles than tears now. She was a good sport and put up with my antics (anything for a treat!)
Please hug your fur babies for me today. 💜
Please hug your fur babies for me today. 💜
June 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Today is the 4th anniversary of when we said goodbye to our 16 year old pug, Paxton Rhubarb. I still miss her every single day, but her memory brings more smiles than tears now. She was a good sport and put up with my antics (anything for a treat!)
Please hug your fur babies for me today. 💜
Please hug your fur babies for me today. 💜
I try not to keep too many of the comics that come through my store (selling, not keeping them, is my livelihood after all) but this @jmdematteis.bsky.social creation is sending me. She fires razor tipped 🥕 from her 🌂!
June 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I try not to keep too many of the comics that come through my store (selling, not keeping them, is my livelihood after all) but this @jmdematteis.bsky.social creation is sending me. She fires razor tipped 🥕 from her 🌂!
Had some nerdy giveaways made for fellow #wrestling fans that I see at San Diego Comic-Con! 🫶🏼💜 #SDCC
June 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Had some nerdy giveaways made for fellow #wrestling fans that I see at San Diego Comic-Con! 🫶🏼💜 #SDCC
I am JAZZED about this news! Lotta my favorite creators and industry folks, very excited as a fan and as a retailer.
EXCLUSIVE: @ignitionpress.bsky.social is blazing into #SDCC with a pop-up experience for fans and press, including creator signings, photo-ops, merch, afterhours events, a press lounge, and more: sdccblog.com/2025/06/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Ignition Press Blazing Into San Diego Comic-Con with Pop-Up Experience for Fans & Press
Making their debut at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Ignition Press is ready to light a spark with the launch of the Ignition Press Room — a boutique pop-up experience designed to introduce fans, press, an...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I am JAZZED about this news! Lotta my favorite creators and industry folks, very excited as a fan and as a retailer.
Another chance to dig into the logistics and minutiae that we love. 💜 See you Tuesday!
If (they) build it, we will come. We're excited to speak to Honey Badger Fabrications about crafting some of our favorite #SDCC offsites, including Streets Of Immortality #IWTV / #MayfairWitches + #ThoseAboutToDie. Join us Tuesday 6/10 at 6:30pm PT for a LIVE #SDConCast: sdccblog.com/2025/06/sdco...
SDConCast 6/10/2025 - If You Build It, They Will Come
Welcome to SDConCast, the official podcast of the San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog. This week we’re joined by Peter Lugo, CEO and Founder of Honey Badger Fabrications — the fabricators for some of ...
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June 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Another chance to dig into the logistics and minutiae that we love. 💜 See you Tuesday!
Time for a little reminder! Let the @sdccblog.com help you promote what you're bringing to/doing at #SDCC! Tag us on your socials, or email at: sdcomiccon.blog@gmail.com
Just putting it out here...if you are an #artist or #creator vending or exhibiting at San Diego Comic-Con #SDCC, especially as a smaller creator, hit me up. I would love to share all your plans, debuts, exclusives, sales or specials on the Unofficial SDCC Blog (sdccblog.com) Let me help promote you!
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Previous slide Next slide Guides A Guide to Volunteering at SDCC [UPDATE for SDCC 2024] Volunteering at SDCC can be confusing. We’re here to help. Guides A Guide to Volunteering at SDCC [UPDATE for SD...
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June 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Time for a little reminder! Let the @sdccblog.com help you promote what you're bringing to/doing at #SDCC! Tag us on your socials, or email at: sdcomiccon.blog@gmail.com
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And yes, I am going to be cheering for Stephanie Vaquer the whole time and I’m gonna be super annoying about it😈 #WWERaw
a man in a suit is saying i apologize for nothing
ALT: a man in a suit is saying i apologize for nothing
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June 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
And yes, I am going to be cheering for Stephanie Vaquer the whole time and I’m gonna be super annoying about it😈 #WWERaw
Sami Zayn waving at the crowd is me waving at every dog I see. #Wrestling #Wrasslin
a man in a blue shirt with the word prime on it is standing in front of a crowd
ALT: a man in a blue shirt with the word prime on it is standing in front of a crowd
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June 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Sami Zayn waving at the crowd is me waving at every dog I see. #Wrestling #Wrasslin
How to protect the ones you love:
June 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
How to protect the ones you love:
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My super awesome boss @bavarianerin.bsky.social let me do a Pride Month display again this year!!
May 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My super awesome boss @bavarianerin.bsky.social let me do a Pride Month display again this year!!