SOUTH PARK Will Have a Huge Presence at This Year's Comic-Con
Trey Parker and Matt Stone's outstanding Comedy Central series South Park has been going strong since 1997, and this year will mark the show's 20th season. That's a staggering amount of content, and it's especially impressive considering how topical the show is (if you're a fan of the show but haven't seen the documentary about how the team puts an episode together in less than a week, definitely check out 6 Days to Air).
To celebrate the big milestone, the show is coming to this year's San Diego Comic-Con in a big way. Chris Hardwick is hosting their Hall H panel on Friday, July 22 at 5pm, where they'll show an exclusive preview of the new video game, which is pun-tastically titled South Park: The Fractured But Whole. (I'm not a big fan of Hardwick, but even I have to admit he's a solid SDCC moderator.) Deadline has a detailed breakdown of the big presence South Park will have around the convention:
The exhibition kicks off Thursday July 21 and runs through Sunday July 24 at Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade Park across from the Convention Center. It will include the interactive South Park 20 Experience with 20 life-sized South Park scenes built out in 2D/3D format; The Coon & Friends Experience from Ubisoft which will feature real-world items from the new video game, South Park: The Fractured But Whole; a Hulu viewing lounge which will be screening episodes from the past 19 seasons, and an art gallery celebrating the 20th season featuring 20 pieces from 20 artists curated by pop culture artist Ron English. There also will be a retrospective gallery featuring original animation cells from South Park's pilot episode.
That sounds like a total blast for South Park fanatics, so hopefully some of you get the chance to experience all of that in person. Season 20 premieres on Comedy Central on September 14, 2016.