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We get together to discuss our first day here at San Diego Comic-Con 2009. Amy and Dom wandered over to a couple of panels as well as the show floor. Soung covered pretty much just the show floor. And Kevin vegetated in Hall H to bask in film industry panels. Just a quick update for you guys.
Intro/Outro Music: Fun Day at Home (Powerpuff Girls Movie) by James L. Venable
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Thanks for the really quick turn around times on the comic-con podcasts. I've been enjoying listening to the recaps and the Foglio interview. Its definitely makes me want to attend next year, though the size of it does seem a little daunting.
Keep the updates coming and don't forget, you can catch up on sleep later.=)
Har har. I didn't make it very far without needing to wait till I got home. Parts 3 and 4 are coming up this week after I get the latest Stuff done (plus, three more interviews).
Remember, we can wait on the interviews!
Kevin, how could you not like Tim Burton?
Or did I mishear you?
I know a lot of people that dislike Tim Burton. I am not one of them, but they are far more numerous than you think.
I like early Tim Burton like Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and Ed Wood. The later one that has done nothing but adaptations (Planet of the Apes, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd) is not as impressive. I did enjoy Sleepy Hollow a lot though.
Awesome stuff. These episodes makes me want to go to comic con, though that probably won't happen anytime soon. The Foglio episode also really makes me want to do a webcomic. Anyway, keep up the good work! I look forward to your next episode!
Comic-Con sounds very much like any other big con: lots of sitting around (or walking around) and waiting for something exciting to happen, then the periodic flash of something exciting. Then back to waiting.
It's even worse being a vendor/exhibitor because you don't even get the "something exciting" for the most part.
And yet it's still one of the best cons because:
(1) Less kids. Especially of the 13-16 age range.
(2) Lots more to do for all fandoms (comics, movies, television, video games, toy collecting, tabletop)
(3) Lots of opportunities to meet and talk to comic book artists and writers at their own individual tables.
(4) Security and the event coordinators are organized to professional level.
(5) Bars and good restaurants to go to after (or during) the con.
Wait, cons can be organized? No one told me that! I thought that was against the rules!
Oh well, I couldn't go this year because of my parents' anniversary party, and it's pretty much the same for next year (except a bigger, rounder number for their anniversary).
When you're the second largest "geeky" con, behind CES, then you have to know what you're doing.