SDCC '12

Andrei Molitiu, he of Abstract Comics fame, is moderating afascinating sounding panel, along with Mark Badger. that looks at Jack Kirby and the abstract art.

Three weddings and a free-for-all.

Seriously, the PR is getting so weird it's getting hard to believe. Here's another offsite, this one at 1st street and J, which promotes COMA, a TV mini-series by Ridley and Tony Scott, by helping them go through the torment that people in Michael Crichton's original novel went thought via being "evaluated" for the tour and getting a surgery scar. Make sure you wear your brain-wave activated cat ears when you go through the surgery! We're sure this will not be as fun as it sounds. Why couldn't there be a BLACK JACK carnival at Comic-Con instead?

Actually just got an email with this offer. Just to give you an idea of how prices are jacked up during con. The Hyatt regularly goesf for $500+ during the con...when you can even book a room.

The NY Times business section profiles the Valiant relaunch and explains that it's trying to become a mini-Marvel as far as movies go. It also follows the money and names the investors—led by former Marvel exec Peter Cuneo— who have powered the company to hire a killer elite of editorial and marketing from top editor Warren Simons to marketing's Atom! Freeman:

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Peter Jackson unveiled this poster for The Hobbit over at his Facebook page. It's one of two posters—Pacific Rim is the other—that WB will be giving away at some point, so add this to your con logjam list.

By Matthew Petz -- For most of my adult geek life I’ve know about the San Diego Comic Convention. It' s essentially the Superbowl for comic fans. So whether it was money or just being an east coaster all my life, I’ve always done this from a far...but not this year...Oh no...this year, I’m actually going. God help me.

Okay here's one of the more interesting booths if you're into art and South Park...and they sent along a fun graphic as well.

For the past week or so we've been getting emails about Neocomimi, a product which offers electronic cat ears which purport to be activated by our brain waves to show emotions. Like, when you want more Fancy Feast they go down, and when you hear the Fancy Feast can being opened they perk right up. That kind of thing.

As the urgent tide of con-related PR flows into the small hours, it seems like we already know everything about the upcoming show, which kicks off in a here 2 and a half days. Gleeps. Anyway here's our picks for what people will be taking pictures of and tweeting the most on Preview Night:

Well so much for our J.D. Salinger moment.This being the internet and all, not 30 minutes after I'd posted my mystery of the great 2011 Comic-Con Food Truck Burrito, someone on twitter had identified the truck and posted a picture of a half eaten lunch.