Conventions

Top Cow sent out this image in reference to some mysterious new project. Will more be revealed at Comic-Con? I wonder...

"Sci-fi visionaries and Hollywood elite will enjoy music, food, and cocktails while entertainment luminaries enjoy views of downtown San Diego." -- from PR the this year's Syfy EW party, which we can't get into and neither can you. Because, presumably, entertainment luminaries just don't eat or drink, which is how they stay so photogenic. But they don't like music either. They just like staring out at the view.

The Hero Initiative charity which provides assistance to creators in need of financial aid has announced their Comic-Con schedule and promotions, including an auction to have cocktails with comics luminaries such as Joe Quesada, and a variant edition of the Overstreet Price Guide. Details below:

The expected tsunami of San Diego news is well under way, and we'll start our annual mega posting tomorrow. In the meantime apologies for the erratic Beat posting schedule of late due to conflicting deadlines on a variety of fronts; juggling all this stuff seems to take as much time as getting it accomplished. Despite all the problems, I hope you can stick with me. Of course, I'll be in San Diego to report on as much of it as one human possibly can -- we'll have a few stringers and correspondents on the scene as well and hopefully we can dig a little into the behind the scenes of the hype and hoopla.

Looking at the Sunday Programming for each year's San Diego always makes us wistful, as we imagine the brain-blasted exhaustion we'll be experiencing as...

It's here! Some highlights below: 10:00-11:00 Spotlight on Carla Speed McNeil— Comic-Con special guest Carla Speed McNeil is best known for her creator-owned title Finder....

As the SD10 schedule drifts out, the big movie panels are shaping up, and one of the biggest comic book movies at this year's...

It's up! Quick highlights:  10:00-11:00 Publishing Comics— Four publishers—Matt Gagnon (BOOM!), Gary Groth (Fantagraphics), Dallas Middaugh (Del Rey Manga), and Mark Siegel (First Second Books) --...

Panels on imprint, their Henson and Lucid projects and All Ages comics highlight the Archaia panels, and guests include Brian Froud and David Petersen.

Read it and get exhausted all over again. Sob, sob, why did they have to put The Expendables opposite Look Around You? Some quick...

San Diego Preview Night kicks off in exactly two weeks. A fortnight. And as of today we have exactly ONE PRESS RELEASE FROM A COMIC BOOK...

In our San Diego news round-up yesterday we neglected to mention that a contest to win a pass to The Big Show is underway -- and one of its hosts is right here at the Beat! Just click on the Comic-Con banner ad at the top of the pae (if it isn't visible hit refresh and it should be) and the ink will take you to a page where you can enter the contest. Via PR, a few lucky folks have already won four-day passes: