CC2010: Jason Palmer a Must-See Artist!

Today at the San Diego Comic-Con I had the opportunity to interview extremely-talented artist Jason Palmer at the Jason Palmer Studios booth (booth 4407).  My full interview will be posted later this week, but I had to get the highlights out there to all you Con attendees while you still have a chance to go by and meet Jason at his booth, and see some of his amazing work! 
 

CC2010: Burn Notice Panel

The first day of Comic-Con has officially come and gone. The highlights of my day would definitely be the Burn Notice panel. Bruce Campbell, always hilarious, was the only star to make it to the panel, but hands-down, it was worth it. Along with writer/creator Matt Nix, writer/director and guest actor on Burn Notice Tim Matheson and writer Alfredo Barrios Jr., the panel was full of entertaining conversations, show secrets and funny joke cracking, mostly by Bruce.

CC2010: Thursday Photos – Burn Notice, Bruce Campbell, White Collar, and more.

ComicsOnline interviewed Bruce Campbell and Tim Matheson following the Burn Notice Panel.

CC2010: Adventures in Pancake Fiction Wonderland

I woke up today at the butt-crack of dawn in the Quest to Find Parking.  No one else was up at the butt-crack of dawn, except maybe the parking attendants, so I found an optimal spot closest to the very edge of the parking lot.  Parked next to me was a white van, and a seagull looking very much like I caught it in the act.  I started reacting the way I usually do when I see a seagull (Saying in an annoyingly nasal voice, “Mine?  Mine?  Mine?”), then realized I had absolutely nothing better to do.  I had to register, but registration didn’t open until 8:30. 

I checked the time on my phone.  10 minutes past the butt-crack. 

Guinness Book World Records Honors Saw And Others At SDCC 2010

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS TO HONOR LIONSGATE'S SAW SERIES AT COMIC-CON 2010

Lionsgate’s Saw franchise will be honored by Craig Glenday, of the Guinness Book Worlds Records as the most successful horror movie series. During the course of the next four days Glenday will be on hand to judge record attempts and present official awards. Other awardees’ are Stone Cold Steve Austin, Sylvester Stallone, Todd Klein, and the San Diego Comic Convention. Read on to see where and why.

Thursday, July 22nd
2:00 PM – 'Most Chocolate Bars Eaten in One Minute'
THQ and Major League Eating sponsor world record attempt to celebrate the release of Red Faction: Armageddon.
Location: Fish Tin Restaurant – 170 6th Avenue (located directly across from the Comic Con convention)
 
4:45 PM – 'Most Successful Sports Movie Franchise' (Rocky)

CC2010: Preview Night Exclusive

While the outside of the convention center was lined with anxious people who never knew which line to get into, indoors was a little bit more relaxed. Because the Exhibit Hall didn’t open until 6, upstairs seemed like the place to be.  Under The Sails was crowded with people getting their badges, getting limited Comic-Con bags (those were even bigger than some people, including me), and walking around the freebee tables, looking for anything and everything happening at Con.
 

CC2010: My Preview Night

ComicCon has offically started! Preview Night started out crazy and hectic as usual with people running around trying to register and avoid very long lines and security guards yelling in different directions telling everyone where to go. People were everywhere at once trying to get their badges, and until the Dealer Floor opened at six, it looked like Under the Sails was going to be the most crowded place. Once you got registered you got a big ComicCon bag with a tv show on it. We looked and fought for a Chuck bag and didn’t stop until we got one.

CC2010: The Insanity Begins!

Commence insanity in 5, 4, 3, 2… and this was just Preview Night!
 
Picking up our Press badges went a lot smoother than I expected, leaving us three hours to “rest” before the dealer floor opened up.  Actually, it seemed to me that badge pickup of any type seemed to be going smoother than I’ve seen it go in years.  I didn’t see any lines wrapped around the block, some were barely out the door, so either everyone is waiting until tomorrow to pick up their badges, or the Con has streamlined the badge process considerably.
 
The masses were finally let into the main hall at 6:00, and by masses I mean the smallest crowd we’re likely to see on the dealer floor from here on out.  If I had to guess I’d say 40-50 thousand or so people.  Believe me, that’s still a lot, but nothing compared to what the floor will be like by noon Friday!
 

CC2010: My first impressions.

In quite a few ways, Comic-Con is getting too big for its venue.  But in others, it’s exactly the same—the stink of sweat as the dude with the man-boobs in front of you waits for his turn to by the same exclusive you want, the way your senses overload as that  overbearing perfume wafts from the twentieth slave Leia that passes by.

But with preview night as exclusive as ever (not everyone who had a four day pass could get in), if not more, the chaos was much the same.  No clear lines of demarcation between anything other than what kind of pass you needed to register for, the anarchy in the vendor room.  The parking was horrific, as always. 

CC2010: Preview night photos

Welcome to Comic Con 2010!

Click read more for photos from Preview night.

CC2010: The calm before the storm

The streets and areas around the convention center were peaceful this morning. In a only a few hours, the streets will be buzzing with activity as attendees begin queuing in line to pick up their passes and prepare for Preview night.

CC2010: How to Fly to San Diego Comic-Con

The below advice was written for Elliott, but if this might help you, here you go…

Manga Review: Flame of Recca 33

 

The long-running shonen series Flame of Recca by manga-ka Nobuyuki Anzai focuses around sixteen-year-old Recca, who dreams of becoming a ninja. He vows to always protect Yanagi, his classmate and girlfriend who has the ability to heal any injury, with the powers he has inherited from the Hokage bloodline. Recca is able to use items called madogu, which allow him to manipulate the elements, especially the element of fire. With his friends — all weapon-wielding warriors like himself — Recca is out to stop the villian Mori from acquiring the madogu Tendō Jigoku, which will grant him eternal life!

Highlights:

CC09: The Spectacular Spider-Man Panel (Parts 1-5)