The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Nate C. Day 2
So as you’re reading this, I’m either on Delta flight 547 eating a Clif Bar, or I’ve already landed in beeyootiful San Diego, California. Figured I should get there a few days before SDCC, see some sights, see if San Diego PBR tastes different from New York PBR.
The convention experience has evolved for me throughout the years. I’ve had four cycles:
SDCC11: Exhibit A Press
Exhibit A Press is publishing its first-ever full-color book: The Life-Partner of Frankenstein: A Supernatural Law Book by Batton Lash (60 pages, $10.95).
SDCC11: the Beguiling Art Sale
Looking to buy some amazing original art at San Diego? Stop by the D&Q booth for the Beguiling art sale. Details below. Art above by Farel Dalrymple, from Meathaus: SOS; below, Paul Pope for Saks Fifth Avenue.
The Beguiling: Original Comics Art at San Diego Comic Con!
SDCC11: Ponent Mon
Can there ever be enough Jiro Taniguchi? Not really -- and a new book is on its way for Comic-Con:
SDCC11: The vastly overblown spectacle has already begun
Apparently people are ALREADY LINED UP for the Twilight Panel on Thursday. I hope they found a place to pee!
Also, the Hilton wrap, as expected, is COWBOYS & ALIENS. So much for Universal getting spooked by SCOTT PILGRIM. With the big red carpet premiere and this it shows that huge displays at Comic-Con are like Pringles --you can't have just one.
SDCC11: What if you have to pee?
Meanwhile, over at the Unofficial Comic-Con live journal, Twi-Hards are worried they will have to hold it for days while camping out.
Where do you go to the bathroom if you're camping out?
SDCC11: What if you have to eat?
One of the greatest joys of Comic-Con is the quest for food, as regular Beat readers know. From a filling lunch consisting of a handful of carrots to a hearty dinner of clawing at the last crumbs of chips at the Wired Cafe happy hour, Comic-Con is a food orgy for the hardworking folks at Stately Beat Manor.
Luckily some people have a clearer idea of where to go to grab a bite. The folks at CCI haveput up an exhaustive list of restaurants, including many con specials where you need to just show your badge to get extra goodies or a discount. The locals love Comic-Con --it's official!
SDCC11: Video Games take it to the streets
Do you even NEED to go inside the convention hall any more? Besides Tr!ckster, the comic book pavilion, Cirque Du Soleil, a South Park carnival and all the other hoohah, video games are setting up camp on the streets of San Diego big time, Forbes reports:
SDCC11: The Beat to quiz Frank Miller on Legendary Comics Panel
Frank Miller and editor Bob Schreck will be revealing details of HOLY TERROR and the rest of the Legendary Comics slate at Comic-Con.
And The Beat will be moderating. I have been told there will be special guests and I'm psyched.
2:00-3:00 Legendary Comics— For its inaugural year at Comic-Con, join iconic writer/artist Frank Miller (300), Legendary Comics editor-in-chief Bob Schreck (All-Star Superman), and other artists from the Legendary stable to find out about upcoming releases, including Miller's Holy Terror. Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront Tags: ComicsThis is one of the few comics-oriented panels being held in one of the big off-site rooms, so I've got my work cut out for me. I've also seen about 1/3 of HOLY TERROR and it looks amazing.
The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Lauren A. Day 1
Hi, I’m Lauren, and I’m a Comic-Con virgin.
I’m also a graduate student in Fine Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where I’m currently preparing for advancement to MFA candidacy in the form of my first solo exhibition.
I’m attending Comic-Con this year mostly to do research for said solo exhibition. Most of my work in the past year has been concerned with the idea of romantic love— Is it real? If so, how’s it work? How are our perceptions of love influenced by pop culture, or are they even, perhaps, entirely resulting from it?
The Comic-Con Virgin Diaries: Nate C. Day 1
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