Battle for SD07 Photos
Just a few more...we've made it all the way to Saturday and we're still alive! Here are two of the many Blade Runner characters running around the show. Apparently they were hired by WB...
Revenge of the SD photos
Yet more very late photos. This was .... Friday? Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray sign THE HILLS HAVE EYES: THE BEGINNING at the Fox Atomic booth.
More self-reflexive photography of my being live webcast. Why...
SD07: Where dreams come true
From the moment I walked into the convention center I knew I was outmoded, outmatched, outclassed. Although I had always mocked the idea of a Blackberry (working on the web, the idea of being...
Some more San Diego piccies
Pathetically late, we know, but we earned that vacation. Above, Charles Vess and one of his gorgeous sculptures. More in the jump.
A close-up.
Very popular giant nipple toy. We tried to catch people touching...
Hear the Beat wrap-up San Diego
Who needs spending hours and hours writing deep thought when you can just blab? Cinematical's James Rocchi interviews the Beat about movies, comics and comic-book movies.
SD07: Videoblog #8 — Farewell
Our final haggard and dazed video is up. . You can see all of Stage6's excellent Comic-Con coverage here. including some very funny stuff from Mike Nelson of MST3K fame.
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Even snooty NYT film Critic Manohla Dargis liked Comic-Con:
I thought a lot about that high school girl while I wandered around Comic-Con, which, despite the crushing crowds (more than 120,000 attendees) and the hard-sell...
Stan Sakai on how the pros survive San Diego
At his 29th San Diego, Stan shows how the pros do it:
It took just a few minutes to walk to the Convention Center, and we set up our booth. We lunched at The Tin...
Our most favorite blog of all
Diespite her hanging with the stars, Whitney has the right perspective:
It's a shame Hollywood dominates the post-Comic-Con headlines, because there are so many more things going on than blockbusters and new TV shows. For...
SD Mayor about as tactful as a turd in a punchbowl
Pink Raygun has an anecdotal but interesting report on SD Mayor Jerry Sanders doing a local radio interview:
As we drove east on Interstate 8 yesterday morning, we heard Mayor Jerry Sanders of San Diego...
LA Times on Friends of Lulu Awards
Sheigh Crabtree is there:
Despite a grim convention room backdrop, Friends of Lulu organizers did what they could to personalize the scene. A cold lemonade dispenser and a bowl of cubed ice with tongs sat...