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Share this link on Facebook!TweetDiespite her hanging with the stars, Whitney has the right perspective: It’s a shame Hollywood dominates the post-Comic-Con headlines, because there are so many more things going on than blockbusters and new TV shows. For one thing, this annual event is a gathering of some of the world’s greatest storytellers, and, if [...]
Continue ReadingSD Mayor about as tactful as a turd in a punchbowl
Share this link on Facebook!TweetPink Raygun has an anecdotal but interesting report on SD Mayor Jerry Sanders doing a local radio interview: As we drove east on Interstate 8 yesterday morning, we heard Mayor Jerry Sanders of San Diego say something nasty about Comicon attendees on Cantore in the Morning on 91X. While talking about the [...]
Continue ReadingLA Times on Friends of Lulu Awards
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSheigh Crabtree is there: Despite a grim convention room backdrop, Friends of Lulu organizers did what they could to personalize the scene. A cold lemonade dispenser and a bowl of cubed ice with tongs sat next to a covered table chock-a-block with frosted brownies, trays decorated with tiny purple flowers. The sweet [...]
Continue ReadingMedia moaning
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe’ll be getting into this more when we write our big wrap-up, but the ironic lack of media access to panels at San Diego has gotten in just about everyone’s craw: Blog@Newsarama’s JK Parkin: 1) There should be a designated number of seats for media who are there to cover the con, so [...]
Continue ReadingSD07: Other thoughts, other voices
Share this link on Facebook!TweetHere’s some of what the best pundits and favored Beat pals were saying about the Very Big show. Interestingly, while creator blogs contain many of the juiciest bits, it’s the mainstream coverage — obvious comics moles who are blogging for newspapers and maagzines — that provides the most balanced coverage. § Chris [...]
Continue ReadingThe Image Reunion panel on YouTube
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhy wake up early when you know it will be on YouTube later! All seven Image Founders reunite for the first time EVER. [Link via Colleen.]
Continue ReadingWriter attacked in San Diego
Share this link on Facebook!TweetLA Times writer Geoff Boucher was assaulted on the streets of San Diego: I was walking alone to my hotel after late Saturday night interviews with Neal Adams and Darwyn Cook. I was also talking on my cell to Spencer Weiner, the photographer for The Times shooting Comic-Con. Spencer heard everything that [...]
Continue ReadingPW con coverage
Share this link on Facebook!TweetPW Comics Week con wrap ups: Douglas Wolk looks at thebig picture: If one word could describe this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, held July 25-29, it would be “enormous”: big books, big buzz, big business. This was, by all estimations, the biggest Con ever; Friday, Saturday and Sunday were all completely sold [...]
Continue ReadingSD07: Video Blog #7 (or so) Steve Lieber
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Continue ReadingOh, so THAT'S what happened
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe’re about halfway through our first slam of SD07 reactions, and they are ALL OVER THE BOARD. Many of the things we’ve written here are being flatly contradicted here by people whose opinions you trust. Some people say sales were great; some say Saturday was a bust. Some say the [...]
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Continue ReadingSD07 Video Blog #6: Rosario Dawson
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Continue ReadingICv2 wraps up biggest con ever.
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIt was big! San Diego Comic-Con wrapped up on Sunday, after a blow-out success of a show that dwarfed all previous years in attendance, exhibitor expenditures, special events, and media coverage. Three days of the show, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, sold out, the first time the show has sold out any [...]
Continue ReadingSDCC: Link Round-Up
Share this link on Facebook!TweetA handy dandy one-stop shopping place for your SD linkage. CBR Index of Stories Newsarama Index of Stories IGN Index of Stories Heidi’s Mortal Enemy
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