Conventions

Some random linkage via Google News. Bronies, professors, movie critics, Grant Morrison, CCI:SD, and otaku and jocks coexisting peacefully in Los Angeles!

So what happens when a room full of librarians decide to hold a comic con? Quite a bit!

Every year someone starts a not-at-Comic-Con party or promotion of some sort. This time it's writer Neil Kleid (The Big Kahn) who's taking off on DC's ad campaign.

While inside Comic-Con is a white hot cauldron of nerd-fun, outside on the city streets of San Diego, it's a rolling circus, from those late night cosplay trips to Ralphs to the parades winding down Fifth Street town, to the many parties and themed restaurants. Here's a list we've been provided of local establishments that will be having con-themed events or decor or menu items, from Hulk pizza to Batman sushi.

We're not going to post every little piece of PR about Comic-Con that's flooding our inbox, but...well...a lot is happening! Here's some of the most unlikely and exceptional events looming. Let's just say does a My Little Pony trolley ring your bell?

Last year we did snarky annotations. This year we're too tired.

We've been to a few parties over at the Children's Museum in SD, located right across the tracks from the Hyatt—notably a concert by Cheap Trick a few years back—and often wondered why it wasn't used more by party-givers. Well, what with the original Tr!ckster venue going to the studios, and now this, it seems "right across the tracks" is the new DUMBO, as Cartoon Network is taking over the Children's Museum for an Adventure Time exhibit and a "fully immersive" Adventure Time experience! That won't be popular, oh no. The exhibit opens on Wednesday of the con.

Whoosh! HeroesCon just raced on by! We arrived late on Thursday, hit BarCon and the rest was just WHOOSH! So much fun, we barely had time to type about it at all. That isn't to say there weren't some snafus—all on our own part—but they came and went so quickly.

The local SD news confirms that there will be a crackdown on badge counterfeiting and trading at this year's San Diego con with the institution of random ID checks when entering the show—as well as the usual cosplay weapon checks.

Continuing their teasers for the CCI Amazing Spider-Man panel, here's the new one. Captain America, eh?

In the run-up to San Diego 2012, Marvel have released two teasers for an upcoming story called 'War'

Not much to report -- bar con was packed and buzzing last night. We got to hang out and talk about storytelling with old Beat pal Jaime Hernandez -- surely a convention year highlight. It's pretty incredible that this show has been running for 30 years! We're hoping to sit down with owner Shelton Drum at some point and get his thoughts on that. This year's convention booklet has a picture from the very first show -- with a bunch of bearded guys including Wolfman and Miek Zeck -- who are both back.