Pages Tagged “Comic Con 2008”
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- Mastercard Chase: SDCC Security Snafu
A very long story about the adventures of a credit card at Comic-Con. May be funny someday.
- Dawn from BTVS: Irrational Character Hate
Some fans hate Dawn even when she does things that they like, or that are necessary to set up elements they like. It’s hate for its own sake.
- Thoughts for Next Year’s Comic-Con
Next time I go to Comc-Con, I want to take an extra day off to recover, or maybe take the whole week and make it a vacation where we actually see San Diego.
- Being a Nexus – Comic-Con Bursting at the Seams
Comic-Con is spilling out into the city of San Diego with a massive media blitz, but what about us is so appealing to the Hollywood marketing crowd?
- Quake and Con
Here’s a scary thought: Imagine Comic Con, with the San Diego Convention Center jammed with people from out of town, jolted by an earthquake.
- Comic-Con 2008 Photos are Up!
Here they are: Comic-Con 2008 Photos. I’ve only got the first page or so labeled for now, but the photos should finish uploading by the time I post this. I’ll fill in the captions and titles over the next few days. More SDCC 2008 posts.
- Back from Comic-Con (2008)
Voice acting, sketches, waffles, a historic museum, creepy-edition Gaslamp, the Buffy musical, DC Nation, a security mishap, and more on the last day of Comic-Con.
- Comic-Con 2008 Autograph/Sketch Tally
This year I collected a lot of sketches and autographs at SDCC, from regulars like Sergio Aragonés and the Foglios to rare guests like Tori Amos.
- Tori Amos Panel and Signing – Saturday at Comic-Con
Tori Amos appeared at SDCC to promote Comic Book Tattoo, a collection of comics based on her songs. I was lucky enough to make it to her signing.
- Saturday Morning in Line at the Con (SDCC 2008)
Crowds, coffee and crazy lines: Waiting for Heroes in Hall H and navigating the floor from Artists Alley on up.
- Friday at Comic-Con
Pancake House, Read or Die cosplay, Sci-fi writers Connie Willis and Robert J Sawyer, Humor in Sci-Fi, the Field, and running into people we know.
- The Paper!
Hall costume for the day: Yomiko Readman, Paper Master — from the anime series Read or Die.
- Thursday Afternoon at Comic-Con
Crowd traffic improvements, Batwoman, Sergio & Mark, Girl Genius, the Flash Companion, and liveblogging DC Nation.
- OMG WTF FWY BBQ!
A truck carrying 60,000 pounds of meat flipped over and burst into flames, shutting down the main highway to San Diego on the first day of Comic-Con.
- Thursday Morning: Twos & Tori (SDCC 2008)
First full day at Comic-Con: breakfast at Cafe 222, tickets for the Tori Amos signing, artist/writer collisions, Dark Night cosplayers.
- Wednesday Night in San Diego
Forget Preview Night – it’s just as crowded and crazy as the rest of the con, complete with lines, swag, and sombrero-wearing donuts walking the streets.
- WiFi for the Con
I experimented a bit with posting from my phone, but it really isn’t sufficient for what I want to do. Fortunately SDCC is offering free Wi-Fi this year.
- Bits and Pieces: Botox Shirt, SDCC Sellout, Spam Karma
Some random observations from today: A sparkly Botox T-Shirt spotted at lunch; Comic-Con has sold out; Spam Karma is being turned over to the community.
- Tori at Comic-Con!
Tori Amos will be signing copies of Comic Book Tattoo at Comic-Con 2008! Good thing I didn’t pre-order it, because I’ll need to buy it onsite to get in.
- Comic Con = Cheapskates?
Why doesn’t San Diego like all the business that Comic-Con brings them? Apparently we don’t spend as much as other conventioneers.
- The Flash Companion Arrives in July
The Flash Companion details the publication histories of each version of DC Comics’ Fastest Man Alive: Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West, and Bart Allen.
- Comic-Con – Get Your Tickets Now!
7 weeks to go, and Comic-Con is out of 4-day memberships. Single-day tickets are still available, but it looks like it might sell out this year.
- Skiffy Links
Comic-Con 2008 hotel post-mortem at The Beat, the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Starship Captains at IO9, and Computer Love Day from Mandriva.
- Getting a Hotel for Comic Con (2008)
Tomorrow morning at 9:00 PST, rooms in the convention block go on sale for this year’s Comic-Con International. I was going to write up a bunch of tips last week, but CCI beat me to it by launching their own blog, Staying In San Diego. Visit it today, because it’ll probably be swamped tomorrow. (Though […]
- Comic-Con: Hotel Anxiety
Spent a good chunk of last night looking at travel websites. Accomplished 2 things: Arranged for a hotel to stay in San Francisco next month. Arranged for a back-up hotel for San Diego Comic Con, just in case we can’t get a room through the convention desk. Hotel rooms during Comic-Con have become a scarce […]