San Diego isn’t about movies! It’s about TV!
Variety previews SDCC with a boffo headline:
H'w'd courts nerd herdNets hope to capture fan fervor at confab
However, the story goes on to point out for that this year's show, studios are stressing their...
SDCC: ASFA (#4800, 4701-03)
Allen Spiegel Fine Arts is the booth where you find some of the most amazing artists at the comvention, this year including Thom Ang, August Hall, Dave McKean, Scott Morse, Jon J Muth, Bonnie...
A few other things
TEZUKA! Irresponsible Pictures tips us off to a documentary about Tezuka available on on YouTube -- go!
Matt over at Highway 62: San Diego posts a handy list of convention tips and gives us the...
Kevin Smith on girl nerds
And speaking of Smithhere's what he had to say about Rosario Dawson:
Q: Rosario is kind of a sci-fi nerd, right?
KS: It’s cool because a lot of people don’t know that. People said she’s so...
Must reading: Kevin Smith
If nerd-as-underdog culture has an icon, it's probably director Kevin Smith, a common man made good at the pinnacle of Hollywood, aka sleeing over at Skywalker Ranch, even while remaining approachable and utterly knowable....
SDCC: DC’s Second Annual Sculptor Search
Do you have a way with sculpey? You may be just the person DC is looking for:
Following the incredible success at last year's COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL - SAN DIEGO, DC Direct will be holding its...
SDCC: Vanguard (#1706)
Appearances by the legendary Steranko, Basil Gogos John Romita Sr. and more highlight the Vanguard schedule, along with the premiere of 3 new calendars. More in the cut.
Vanguard Productions, the World's leading producer...
Good GOD, Derek Kirk Kim
WEHT Derek Kirk Kim, anyway? He was hailed far and wide as a comics genius back in 2004 for his wonderful collection SAME DIFFERENCE AND OTHER STORIES, and scored a rare triple, winning the...
Variety on Painkiller Jane
Variety has a few new details on the 22 episode PAINKILLER JANE TV show just annonced by the SciFi Channel:
As for "Painkiller Jane," a superhero actioner about a young Marine officer with self-healing powers,...
SDCC: Avatar talent hunt and booth signings
Avatar Press will have a booth presence at SD for the first time in a few years, and Brian Pulida, George RR Martin, Antony Johnson, Stuart Moore and Sharon Scott will be signing. in...
Moore, Lee, Braque, Picasso
Marcela Valdes has a good piece in WaPo's Book Notes section nicely tying together LOST GIRLS and the Gordon Lee case:
Alan Moore better be careful. The long-haired comix genius from England -- whose V...
24 Minutes of A Scanner Darkly
You can watch the first 24 minutes of A Scanner Darkly over at IGN. Our old laptop is a little too jerky for us to watch, but it should be interesting.
