Friends of Lulu to end in September

20 Comments POSTED ON Jul 28 2010 AT 5:02 pm BY The Beat
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Valerie D’Orazio, the president of Friends of Lulu for the last three years, has announced on her blog that due to financial problems, personnel problems, and her own lack of will to keep it going almost single-handedly, the organization for women comics readers and creators will be forced to shut down in four weeks: If [...]

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SD11: Preview Night 2011 already sold out

13 Comments POSTED ON Jul 28 2010 AT 4:21 pm BY The Beat
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The North County Times reports that 15,000 tickets for Preview Night 2011 sold out by 3 pm on the Sunday of this year’s con. Is this a convention or a U2 concert??? The sellout left some people sad and frustrated, just like they will be next year: Bill Harris of San Diego, who’s been going to [...]

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SD10: The Final frontier

19 Comments POSTED ON Jul 26 2010 AT 9:46 pm BY The Beat
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As images of SD10 filter out, the defining one has yet to manifest itself, but in this image of a woman helping her Iron Man-themed friend pee into a bottle, we have a fetish-palooza: water sports, mascots, bondage, superheroes. No wonder Comic-Con is all things to all people. But the one message that this image [...]

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There are many here among us

1 Comment POSTED ON Jul 25 2010 AT 2:10 pm BY Torsten Adair
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Once again, I’m on Watchtower duty here at Stately Beat Manor on Friday night.  A tremendous thunderstorm rages around me, and I wonder, “Is this turret grounded?” Heidi continues to report from the front lines, embedded with the various tribes attending Comic-Con International: San Diego. It’s Raining On Prom Night Entertainment Tonight reports that Jerry O’Connell, promoting Piranha [...]

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SD10: Big Two Saturday

6 Comments POSTED ON Jul 25 2010 AT 8:40 am BY Kate Fitzsimons
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Marvel At the Saturday Cup o' Joe panel, Marvel teased fans with the hint that they would be doing something to do with Crossgen in 2011. After Crossgen entered bankruptcy, Disney bought up its creative properties. Now that Disney owns and operates Marvel Comics, it is seems natural for them to take advantage of the fact.

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SD10: Stabbing in Hall H

25 Comments POSTED ON Jul 24 2010 AT 9:02 pm BY The Beat
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Twitter has been flooded with news of a stabbing prior to the Marvel Studios panel in Hall H. According to Andy Khouri: “Hearing conflicting details but it sounds like a dude was stabbed in the face with a pen before the Marvel Studios panel for seat squatting.” Some people on Twitter claim one of the participants [...]

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SD10: Friday — The Big Two

6 Comments POSTED ON Jul 23 2010 AT 11:49 pm BY Kate Fitzsimons
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Marvel For those who love GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (and who doesn't), Rocket Raccoon and Groot are getting their own four-issue miniseries this January entitled (wait for it)... ROCKET RACCOON & GROOT.

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Cosplayers make fun of Westboro Baptist Church bigots

7 Comments POSTED ON Jul 23 2010 AT 4:30 pm BY The Beat
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The biggest sociological story here at SDCC10 on Thursday was definitely the Cosplay counter protest against Westboro Baptist Church’s protest. The cosplayers outnumbered the con protesters — who had come for the health care conference goings-on at the Hyatt, and beat the bigots at their own game. Viva la fandom! Comics Alliance has all the [...]

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SD10: Thursday, a day crowded with incident

5 Comments POSTED ON Jul 23 2010 AT 12:28 am BY Kate Fitzsimons

And now, the news... Comics to Screen Joss Whedon has officially confirmed he will direct THE AVENGERS. There is now, officially, a chance in hell it will pass the Bechdel test.

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While all the women came and went

2 Comments POSTED ON Jul 22 2010 AT 10:53 pm BY Torsten Adair
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While the ever-fashionable, erudite, and hobnobbing Beatrix navigates the nerd herd of Comic-Con, I continue Watchtower duty her at stately Beat Manor, munching on Double Stuff Oreos and quaffing Diet Mountain Dew.  Once again, I have found the unusual and unseen, because that’s what Comic-Con is all about… discovering that which you never knew existed. There [...]

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Alan Moore says No to “Dopey Prequels and Sequels”, WATCHMEN, and possibly comics

41 Comments POSTED ON Jul 22 2010 AT 7:50 pm BY Kate Fitzsimons
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Comics mastermind Alan Moore, creator of creator of WATCHMEN, not to mention V FOR VENDETTA, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, and many, many more says he's told DC Comics to go jump in a lake. According to Moore in an interview with Wired's blog, Underwire, DC offered him the rights to WATCHMEN back in exchange for writing "some dopey sequels and prequels".

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Will the media ever find the comics in Comic-Con again?

18 Comments POSTED ON Jul 22 2010 AT 4:00 pm BY The Beat
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As we wander the halls of Valhalla here at Movie-Con, there’s lot of those upstart comic book people clogging the aisles. Can’t they get out of the way so we can get to the White Collar panel? In the run-up to the show, the media was full of self-referential “Can they hack it at Comic-Con?” [...]

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SD10: The Con-Torsten-ist: All Along the Watchtower

2 Comments POSTED ON Jul 22 2010 AT 1:00 am BY Torsten Adair
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By Torsten Adair While the Beatrix goes forth among the ravenous hordes of Comic-Con International, I remain at stately Beat Manor, stuck on monitor duty. So, while we wait for news from the Californian Cannes, let’s see what’s been happening online! Bored? As reported here, CCI:SD hopes to lock down hotel space to prevent others from holding [...]

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SD10: Art shows around town

0 Comments POSTED ON Jul 20 2010 AT 8:04 am BY The Beat
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§ As part of the process of de-crwdoing Comic-Con, organizers have been trying to move more events off site for a while now. Con is taking over the town — and it’s not just door hangers and room keys. For instance, The Art Directors Guild will have an art show at the Hilton Bayfront. Some [...]

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True Blood Recap: Teeth, Fighting and Sex

10 Comments POSTED ON Jul 20 2010 AT 2:03 am BY Shannon OLeary
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Season 3: Episode 5 – Trouble Trouble was a somewhat troubling episode. After a strong show last week, True Blood seems to be struggling, once again, under the weight of all the new characters it’s introducing.  There’s just far too many vamps, weres, and other enigmas to get to know, much less get invested in, for the [...]

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