Registration Update 2
Share this link on Facebook!TweetRegistration was NOT the nightmare everyone had feared. It took us literally 15 seconds to get our badge with our bar coded press letter. Now, there were lines for ProReg, but the wait of 20-30 minutes seemed pretty reasonable. If you hadn’t pre-registered, there were definitely problems, however, and we also [...]
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO – DAY 0
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet [Photo by Christopher] Okay can we just say, we now officially hate the Hyatt? WE HATES IT WE HATES IT FOREVER. We have various reasons for this but catch us in person and we’ll go down our bitching and whining list. Anyway, an early flight and lack of REM sleep made yesterday kind [...]
Continue ReadingLA Times on Comic-Con
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIf you wonder why Comic-con has become a Hollywood go-to fest, articles like this are part of the reason. Profiling Tim Sale, Marc Silvestri, bookseller Stuart Ng and artist Sue Katowich, the subtext of the article suggests that be attending Comic-Con, you learn something about life, struggle and art. Since these [...]
Continue ReadingSan Diego Registration update
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSporadic and anecdotal reports thus far are that registration is moving smoothly. More as it develops.
Continue ReadingFlickr: The SDCC 2006: San Diego Comic Con International Pool
Share this link on Facebook!TweetKelly Sue started it. Flickr: The SDCC 2006: San Diego Comic Con International Pool. Post your own!
Continue ReadingFrank Miller to write, direct THE SPIRIT
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet While a big announcement on the identity of the director for the long-planned SPIRIT movie had been teased for San Diego, The Hollywood Reporter has let the cat out of the bag: It’s Frank Miller: More than four decades after Will Eisner created him, “The Spirit” — one of the most influential [...]
Continue ReadingSan Diego suspicious of nerd spending
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThis local San Diego site requires you to pay $100 to read their online content. Foo that, but from the looks of the free lede, the city is only grudgingingly beginning to accept the Comic-con’s economic impact: Comic-Con gives city ‘enormous economic shot in the arm’Event expected to bring in major tax [...]
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Share this link on Facebook!TweetVariety previews SDCC with a boffo headline: H’w'd courts nerd herdNets hope to capture fan fervor at confab However, the story goes on to point out for that this year’s show, studios are stressing their TV offerings: All the major networks have significant plans for the confab, along with cable stalwarts like Sci [...]
Continue ReadingSDCC: ASFA (#4800, 4701-03)
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAllen Spiegel Fine Arts is the booth where you find some of the most amazing artists at the comvention, this year including Thom Ang, August Hall, Dave McKean, Scott Morse, Jon J Muth, Bonnie To Yee de Muth, Greg Ruth and Kent Williams. They’ll have three new books, including the [...]
Continue ReadingSDCC: Random Stuff
Share this link on Facebook!TweetLooks, here’s all the stuff we just didn’t have time to write up in its own items. It’s a big sloppy mess: A woman is auctioning off ad space on her…forehead. How horrid. Atomic Comics is tooling around San Diego with a van full of cartoonists. Alex Ross! Scott Morse Jen Wang
Continue ReadingSDCC The Beguiling sells ART! (#1529)
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIf you’re hoping to nab that elusive Chester Brown page, check out the Beguiling’s booth, which is selling original art by many indie superstars: Looking for original art at Comic-Con in San Diego? The Beguiling Books & Art, Canada’s finest comics and graphic novel retailer will be attending the San Diego Comic [...]
Continue ReadingWhere is Gandalf? I much desire to speak to him.
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe’re in sic transit gloria mundi to Comic-con as you read this. Hopefully we’ll be back before the cock’s crow tomorrow with pictures and all that. Speaking of all that, if all goes well we will be video-blogging from the show, courtesy of DivX and their tech crews. The find folks at [...]
Continue ReadingSDCC: Bob Fingerman
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBob Fingerman makes a rare San Diego appearance to promote his new book RECESS PIECES. He’ll be appearing at the Dark Horse and Fantag booths. Good news, too: Dark Horse tells me *some copies of RECESS PIECES will be available at their exhibition area, so come on by and get your copy [...]
Continue ReadingSDCC: Kyle Baker (#1717)
Share this link on Facebook!TweetKyle Baker will be set up at San Diego selling cool books of edifying cartoons and bringing glee to to the populace. Schedule below.
Continue ReadingSDCC: I've got my letter of marque. Do you?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThere will be a few dribs and drabs of info here for the next 24 hours or so, but we’ve got all our last minute stuff to do from here on out. We took a quick look at our LJ friends page this morning, and every post, across the nation, from [...]
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