Okay… We can do this… It’s the last day of Comic-Con 2018! Following all of the hoopla via Google News and Chrome, it’s been… low-key. AP Images hasn’t been covering the celebrity parties as in years past, so there are fewer photos on their site. The stuff from Hall H… yes, there were a few […]
SDCC ’18: Watchtower Friday: It’s All Business (and We Like to Meddle in It)
Halfway done! Friday is the second full day of programming, pop culture, and who knows what else?! [Edit: WHO BOY! Do your diligence, or else it will come due.] I’m here, ensconced in an airconditioned apartment in Brooklyn, watching the occasional Netflix documentary (Funko, Toys That Made Us), keeping an adorable miniature dachshund preoccupied, and […]
SDCC ’18: Watchtower Thursday: The Mayor Welcomes, Mark Hamill Tricks, Star Trek Tipples
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer welcomes and celebrates Comic-Con! It seems that Barnes & Noble is cancelling their “Get Pop Cultured” instore events… Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced exciting offers on exclusive Comic Convention Collectibles, DC ™ Graphic Novels, Viz Manga and Funko Pop! Collectibles to celebrate the […]
SDCC ’17: Watchtower Saturday:
Day Four… of Five. DC and Marvel are competing in Hall H today. (Marvel is last, so you’ll have to wait for tomorrow to get the low-down.) Quite a lot of stuff! DC and Marvel hold their big panels today, most people have the day off, so let’s get going! Ready Player One – […]
SDCC ’17: Watchtower Friday
Day Three of scanning Google News for the latest and craziest of Comic-Con! What’s the Zeitgeist today? Who knows… I think Comic-Con has settled into a stable pattern of media promotions. Unless someone figures out how to fill PetCo Stadium, or Fathom Events streams panels nationwide, I feel that however Comic-Con runs, this is the […]
SDCC ’17: Watchtower Thursday: Coffee, Beer, and Lots of Stuff Aimed at Women and Girls
For those keeping score, this marks my EIGHTH year as the “Designated Survivor” of Team Beat. [Yeah, I just pictured myself on a Tiger Beat cover. It was not flattering.] This year, I’m going with a simple format. I’ll copy the headlines from various websites, with the link in the headline (the green words below), […]
SDCC ’17: Watchtower Wednesday: The Tidal Bore Before the Tsunami
[Starting the long walk with some Japanese artwork! Check out his manga!] Well, another year has gone by. I’m back at Stately Beat Manor on the Hudson, watching the news feed, feeding the capuchin monkeys [ancestors of New York’s organ grinders], cleaning out the freezer, and holding fort until the Beatrix returns from her sojourn out […]
SDCC’16: Watchtower Roundup: Slouching Towards Gomorrah, We Stop and Pick Up Swag
Okay… we’re straightening up here at the Undisclosed Location in Brooklyn (where I spent the weekend dog/house sitting… mmmm…. air conditioning…), and here are the remnants of reports from Comic-Con. It’s been a crazy five days, with lots of Zeitgeists in the air, but we’ll leave that to our crack ground crew who surfed the panel […]
Watchtower Someday: The Times They Are A-Changing
We’re slowly transitioning back to reality, like those sandhogs that depressurize to avoid the bends. I’ll have a last look later today or tomorrow… meanwhile, it’s been an interesting Con, as many noted that Hollywood agents weren’t sniffing around this year, but lots of diversity was on display. A new normal? Wait and see… Torsten […]
SDCC’16: Watchtower Friday: Eisners, Celebrities, and the Usual Suspects
Is this Saturday? Friday? Do I account for the time zone shift? Do I only look at stuff from Friday, or from Noon, when I started this column? Are you even reading this? Whatever… here are the highlights, discovered via Google News: Comic Con gives a big boost to San Diego each year, data shows […]