Winners and Losers of Comic-Con 2023: From Barbie to Hall H, and More

We look back at an odd and unexpectedly historic SDCC

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Photo by Ross Lincoln for TheWrap

San Diego Comic-Con might have had one of its weirdest-ever years, thanks to the Hollywood strike and subsequent lack of studios or stars at the event.

But weird isn’t the same thing as bad. Even amid the reduction of formerly front-and-center spaces to afterthoughts, some long-overlooked pillars of SDCC had an incredible week — as did the fans.

Yep, it’s time to rank the winners and losers of San Diego Comic-Con 2023 y’all. Who made the list? And more importantly, how? Read on to find out.

Note: You’ll notice this list has more winners than losers. Despite how odd it was, SDCC 2023 was a real good time.

Winner: SAG-AFTRA and the WGA

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Duncan Crabtree-Ireland joins SAG-AFTRA members on the picket line outside of Netflix and Warner Bros on July 20, 2023 in New York City.

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