Conventions

Before things get rolling too much, we would like to state that the Beat endorses the Odysea bar at the Hilton Bayfront as...

Okay, we're on the ground and ready to get Preview Night and there are some press events already going on, notably this: We had flight delays and other unpleasant stuff like a server meltdown that near about gave us a heart attack yesterday but it's all over now and the real suffering can begin. Oh, we kid. There was a South Park marathon on Comedy Central that made the flight very bearable, including the classic World of Warcraft episode, the Logan's Run episode and one about sex education where Kyle...oh we can't say but we know you remember. We haven't had time to take the temperature of the town, but let's just say San Diego couldn't be more eager to welcome Comic-Con! There were e-signs up at BAGGAGE CLAIM for crying out loud. The signs at the trolley stop have been made over in Klingon. Signs, banners, parties, breakfast specials...the red carpet hasn't been rolled out, it's been shot out of a t-shirt cannon over the whole city.

Although they are out of business, Alvin Buenaventura is using his previously reserved booth to run a "going out of business" sale, sad as...

Last Gasp, Pantheon, Bill Plympton, Nickelodeon, Mike Golden, Mark Texiera 0-- all the little bits of news we couldn't put anywhere else! Lots of greta stuff in the jump.

A lot of new Captain America and especially Thor movie art floating around today. From Yahoo Movies, two posters that Marvel will be distributing...

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BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid invites all Comic-Con attendees to the BOOM! Studios 5 Year Anniversary Drink Up* taking place at the Hilton San...

-- you don't need a booth numbers, it's its own zip code. DC has a ton of stuff going on; here's their panel schedule:

Chew! Turf! Choker! Viking! Haunt! Books with more than one syllable titles like The Walking Dead. And Ziggy Marley. It's all below: CREATORS   You'll find a surplus of Image creators on hand at booth #2729. The stupendous talents joining Image include GLEN BRUNSWICK, KODY CHAMBERLAIN, KIERON GILLEN, BRYAN JL GLASS, ROB GUILLORY, PHIL HESTER, GREG HORN, JASON HOWARD, ANDY KUHN, ERIK LARSEN, JOHN LAYMAN, ROB LIEFELD, DAVID MACK, DEREK MCCULLOCH, JAMIE MCKELVIE, MINK, RYAN OTTLEY, PAOLO PARENTE, CLIFF RATHBURN, JIMMIE ROBINSON, STEPHEN SCOTT, KRIS SIMON, BEN TEMPLESMITH, JIM VALENTINO and CORY WALKER. WE'LL ALSO HAVE SIGNINGS WITH JANE WIEDLIN, BILL MORRISON, JONATHAN ROSS, TOMMY LEE EDWARDS, TIM SEELEY, JOE KELLY, KEN NIIMURA, NICK SPENCER and more!

Jaime Hernandez and Jason Shiga are highlights of Abrams book offerings. including their new books on Archie, Jerry Robinson and a new grahipc novel by best selling author Audrey Niffenegger.

Another small press perennial -- Batton Lash and Wollf and Byrd are as much a part of Comic-Con as Klingons and Mark Evanier panels! He'll be at the show with a brand new book:

This is the big year for Oni. Like we had to tell you. With Scott Pilgrim the book and movie of the show, they have a virtual extravaganza of wonders planned for you, like The Sixth Gun, Super Pro K.O.!, Mondo Urbano and more more more. Read on!