Wednesday, July 23 -- Preview Night
SAN DIEGO -- Sorry to hear about the storms and tornadoes back home, because it's glorious here in San Diego. Sunny, 70s and an ocean breeze.
Heading over to the convention center soon for what they call "Preview Night," a chance to view the Exhibit Hall without missing panels and with fewer people to jostle, or so we think. We didn't make it last year.
After writing my first story, I heard from an artist and former Pittsburgher, Christopher Moeller, who does beautiful, realistic work in the comic book/fantasy genre and has been a Sterling Award winner. My son and I plan to stop by his booth tonight.
As I feared, we're further away than I thought, so the game plan is, cabs today, then try the trolley line that runs in front of the convention center tomorrow.
A lot of the buzz about this Comic-Con is, where is Marvel? After Marvel Studios came last year with it's own movie versions of Iron Man and Hulk, it's got nothing to show for a while. Meanwhile, DC is riding high with "The Dark Knight" shattering records, leaving its Marvel rivals -- despite their own box-office success -- in the dust. All eyes may be on "Terminator: Salvation," which stars Christian Bale -- the latest, greatest on-screen "Dark Knight" -- who was recently caught up in an odd dispute with is mother and sister in London, resulting in his being brought to a police station and released. The upcoming "Watchmen" and "Twilight," a teen vampire romance, also are high on everyone's list, along with the animated "Stars: The Clone Wars."
But you don't need to have a particular favorite. On the plane from Phoenix to Pittsburgh, I sat across the aisle from a fanboy who was talking about the new J.J. Abrams version of "Star Trek" to a couple of casual TV watchers, and the conversation devolved to Kirk, Picard and -- Janeway! I'm sure I'll be hearing more talk like that the next few days.
Posted
Jul 23 2008, 11:31 AM
by
Sharon Eberson