More thoughts, more memories
You can't stop after just 300. Just some random linkage and so on; by reading a few of these, you begin to see the elephant:
§ Caleb Monroe attempts the greatest experiment of all with...
Seek the DVD set
Apparently there was some kind of viral game for AMC'S PRISONER remake going on at Comic-Con, and they were responsible for the skywriting:
AMC played their own little marketing game (Fox also did this...
Why we fight
When you see a picture like this, it is really impossible not to want to go to San Diego, despite the crowds and expense, isn't it?Via Dean Trippe.
Rorschach’s SDCC journal: Ha, bloody, ha
RECOMMENDED: Neil Kleid does Rorschach’s SDCC Journal:
Meeting with Warners left bad taste in mouth. Pampered and decadent, betraying even their own shallow, poor understanding of the comic book industry. Comics industry as bad. Flabby...
SD08 Pictures
Okay, we lied. We're going to put good photo sets we find in this one link, so keep checking. First up, Beaucoup Kevin's always excellent photos.
§ NEW! (I think) Hip Flask's photos.
§ Royal...
This is the con that was
If you are like us, you are very, very sick of San Diego. We'll have some thoughts, some photos and this link roundup, but unless something of bold and shocking content suddenly appears, that's...
“Comic Con: With Great Money comes Great Responsibility to fans”
Longtime Beat pal Steve Marmel gave us permission to repost his Facebook rant on Comic-Con. We found it of some interest because Steve is what we'd term a card-carrying nerd-lebrity -- he's got...
Scoop! The con is moving to Chula Vista!
...or at least that's what our cabbie told us. On the ride to the airport, this 25-year vet of San Diego confided that the mayor was going to build a brand new convention center...
Other cons, other voices
Just a few...
§ Ian Brill:
Before that the strangest thing to happen at the booth was having Stephen Baldwin and Mark Waid signing at the same time. Baldwin was on "stage left" and Waid to...
Oy gevalt…
We're mobilizing back to base. Everything is packed up at B.L.A.R.D. The mobile transmitters, the latrines, the Medivacs. Nothing left to do but write this journal as we listen to the lonely whistle of...
LIVE from B.L.A.R.D. 2
Wow, sorry for late updates but we've been busier than a boxing ring here at Beat Local Action Rapid Deployment HQ. Deadlines schmedlines.
This morning, we had to check out of our room and...
Con highlights
Meeting Al Jaffee; breakfast with Pia Guerra; getting a copy of Comic Book Tattoo; and nattering at this man at the EW/Sci-Fi party!!!
That's right, Dr. Lucien Sanchez, aka Matt Berry from GARTH MARENGHI'S...