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- Comic-Con 2010 Sunday: Storming the Castle
A final day to explore the exhibit hall, stand in line for events, meet artists and pick up a sketch. Plus a parking snafu.
- Comic-Con 2010: Saturday. Into the Con and Out Again
Saturday was the big day for big presentations: Harry Potter, Green Lantern, Sucker Punch, Leverage, No Ordinary Family. Throngs of people, and islands of stillness.
- Comic-Con Coffee Quest
Lion Coffee near Ralphs really knows how to take advantage of the Comic-Con crowds. Last year they weren’t even open and still managed to sell me coffee!
- Comic-Con 2010: The Main Floor
The exhibit hall is starting to feel like a city, with an illusion of permanence from year to year. You can’t see it all in one visit, but you can try something different each year.
- Comic-Con 2010: The Gaslamp Crush
Comic-Con turns 5th and L into a geeky parody of the Las Vegas Strip, only the cards have pictures of spaceships instead of strippers.
- Comic-Con Tally: Sketches, Signings & Swag (2010)
Stuff we brought home from Comic-Con this year: signed comics and books, sketches, shirts, posters, and even a water bottle.
- Friday at Comic-Con 2010: Art and Downtown San Diego
Comic-Con takes some getting used to, but it does happen. Friday I did a lot of walking at the convention itself and through the spillover into Downtown.
- Comic-Con: Missing Badge Scare
What when through my head when I lost my badge at Comic-Con with two days to go: Would I be able to get back in? And if not, what would I do in San Diego?
- Comic-Con 2010: Thursday – Crowds and Costumes
A busy day of crowds, lines, costumes, DC Comics, Scott Pilgrim, bad science, twisted genres, Naomi Novik, Geoff Johns and more.
- Internet Access at Comic-Con
This year they had two wifi networks in the lobbies & event rooms, one free & crowded, the other paid & nice. Phone reception varied widely.
- Comic-Con Quotes: Twisting Genres
Authors China Mieville, Naomi Novik, Scott Westerfeld, Daryl Gregory and more discuss mixing things up with books that defy classification.
- Comic-Con Quotes: Epic Fantasy
Fun quotes from fantasy authors Brandon Sanderson, Christopher Paolini, Patrick Rothfuss, Megan Whalen Turner, and Brent Weeks.
- Comic-Con Crowd Weaving
Sometimes, weaving through the crowds at Comic-Con is easy. Other times it’s like being herded, or swimming upstream. But maybe a video game metaphor is best.
- Leverage at Comic-Con 2010
Write-up, funny quotes, and photos from the Leverage panel at Comic-Con 2010 in San Diego.
- Four Days at Comic-Con 2010 (Index)
Comic-Con International (San Diego) was fun and exhausting as usual. Here’s an index to all of our panel writeups, quotes, stories and photos.
- SDCC, Universal, and Not-Produced-Here Syndrome
It’s funny how some companies will go out of their way to avoid acknowledging the competition. Does anyone really think that the Comic-Con audience will best remember Sigourney Weaver for a supporting role in Baby Mama?
- Comic-Con Hotel Deadline & Second Chances
Today’s the last day to cancel a hotel reservation with no penalty, so rooms should free up soon. If you’re waitlisted, you may have a second chance at a hotel.
- How to Get a Hotel for Comic-Con
Planning to go to San Diego, but couldn’t get a hotel room through the convention? Here are some things you can try to find a place to stay during the con.
- Comic-Con Hotel Experience: 2010
After 8 hours I finally got my hotel confirmation. It wasn’t one of the 12 I’d requested, but it’s downtown. Here’s what happened, from what I could see.
- Comic-Con Hotels 2010: Reviewing the Reservation Form
Travel Planners finally streamlined the process to minimize the impact of the massive traffic spike that always accompanies Comic-Con reservations.
- Pre-Game Thoughts on the New Comic-Con Hotel Procedure
SDCC used to let you pick your hotel from the rooms still available, then crash. Now you’ll submit a list of choices and wait to hear back from them.
- Comic-Con 2010 Hotel Block Opens March 18
SDCC and Travel Planners are making some interesting changes to the hotel registration system to fix some of last year’s problems. But will they work?
- Comic-Con Sellout
Crazy: 9 months ahead, full-event Comic-Con 2010 tickets are already sold out. 1-day tickets haven’t gone on sale yet.