San Diego Comic Con 2009

Had a blast at Comic Con this year. Went with the roommates Matt and Cindy and took my 16 year old cousin Matt for his first comic con ever. We had a ton of fun. Took a lot of pictures. Our day started at Perry's Cafe in Old Town for breakfast. We then hopped on the trolley and felt like tourists in our own city. Very novel. Toured the show floor for about two hours and then headed upstairs for hours and hours of panels. Great way to save money, kill time, sit, enjoy A/C, and see a lot of cool stuff. We walked in on the Spartacus panel which is a new show on Starz starting in January. Lucy Lawless was there. Very cool. Stayed for the Marvel Cup O Joe Panel. Very cool to see Marvel's EIC and some of the writers and operators and have them answer questions about why comic book prices have risen. No real announcements from that panel. Only negative thing is that 3 times I saw Joe Q and yelled out praise or hello or encouragement from like 3 feet away and not once did he acknowledge my presence. Ouch. Thanks Joe.

We left that hall but came back in for the Eureka panel, which had some really great actors having a good time hamming it up at comic con. And we saw the announcement that they are being picked up for 22 more episodes and a 4th season and the genuine reaction of the actors. That was cool. Stayed for the Marvel Animation Panel and saw the new animation for The Black Panther, Wolverine Anime, Iron Man Anime, Planet Hulk, Iron Man Adventures, Wolverine and the X-Men, Thor Tales of Asgard and more. That panel was just jam packed with announcements and great writers and people. Even Warren Ellis and Madhouse animation studios made an appearance. Last was the DC Animation Panel, and while I was geeked out for Green Lantern First Flight, Superman/Batman, Bruce Timm, Andrea Romano, Clancy Brown, Kevin Conroy, and Juliet Landau, I was underwhelmed by the announcements compared to the Marvel panel. Just one of those years I guess. Then we went home. Long, fun day.

You can see photos at the bottom of the page. Enjoy.

Top 5 Comic Book Covers 2-25-09

There’s no real rhyme or reason to this Top 5 other then I wanted to have one. Found the weekly comic book covers out there and thought I would create a Top 5. Lots of great books coming out this week, and this is just a sample of the cool art work out there.

#5 Green Lantern #38 – More because it’s colorful then for the art work itself. And because of all the stuff going on in this book. Going to see Red Lanterns, Green Lanterns, Orange, Yellow, and Blue at the very least. Awesome.
#4 Justice Society #24 – Great cover as usual from the gang over at JSA, but also because we are going to see Atom Smasher and Black Adam throw down in this book, and the cover is so old school.
#3 Star Wars Legacy #33 – I love this book and it’s got some of the best Star Wars action outside of the Clone Wars cartoon. The cover teases more of the underwater fights we saw last issue, and I am looking forward to more space opera!

#2 Captain America #47 – Is it really only on 47, and how quick have we made it to 47? Yeesh. Bucky continues his growing pains as Cap and this cover looks very much like “Remember, Remember the 5th of November….” Know what I mean?

#1 Nova #22 – I don’t even care what goes on in this issue. That cover is just recruitment posted fun at it’s finest.