The Long-Awaited (well, almost a week, anyway) ComicCon report!

By the time I got inside Thursday, it was too late to make any of the panels I'd wanted to hit. Oops. Better plannig next year. I did, however, catch up on Supernatural Law, Strangers in Paradise, and pick up the new-since-last-year books from Jim Ottaviani, as well as browse most of the floor, acquiring freebies of various sorts. I joined the throng at the Paramount booth, got my pass for Stardust, and headed over to Horton PLaza an hour or so later. I got in line 2.5-3 hours before the screening. I was about halfway back, maybe a little more.

Stardust was excellent, other than the cheesy song over the first part of the credits.

All panel summaries are paraphrased based on my notes; I don't think I've gotten the gist of anything wrong, but unless noted, no wording is an exact quote. Ive also turned a lot of 1st and 2nd person wording into 3rd.

( post-Stardust Q&A with Neil and Jane, may contain very minor spoilers -- nothing you won't see in the IMDB listing, basically )

And that was Thursday. I'll continue in another post, so those who don't want even minor character-name-level spoilers can avoid them.

ComicCon, part 2

Friday was all about panels. I did pick up a few things in the dealers room, I think; maybe the ones I'm thinking of were Saturday. Anyway Actionopolis was selling their books for $5, and I"d been curious about them, so I gradded Zombie Monkey Monster Jamboree and What I Did on My Hypergalactic Interstellar Summer Vacation.

( What's next for Terry Moore )

( Spotlight on Neil Gaiman )

I went to the Penguin books panel, which was mostly announcements about forthcoming books. They gave away a number of ARCs, but I didn't get any. Might type up the full list later, but here's the ones that most interested me, that I didn't already know about (so I'm not listing the upcaming Charlaine Harris books, for instance):
Jan. 2008, Joe Haldeman, The Accidental Time Machine
Sept. 2007, Robin McKinley, Dragonhaven

And that's Friday. More to come for Staurday.

ComicCon, part 3

On to Saturday!
I didn't take notes on the Bionic Woman panel. The pilot looks ok, except I can't swallow the premise: You're engaged to a man who you think may be marrying only because you're pregnant. The two of you are in a car wreck. He loves you so much he saves your life the only way he can. As a side effect, you're no super-strong and fast. Are you a) happy or b) angry? Jamie is angry. This makes no sense.

{my observations are set off like this}

Now, on to the panels I was there for.
( TV Guide Hot List )

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Between panels, we got the trailer for Chuck, which looks a bit like an update of "The COmputer Wore Tennis Shoes", though improved.
Trailers for Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica.
Trailer for Tin Man -- a dark Wizard of Oz. {What is it with the dark Oz lately? There was one in graphic novel form on the dealers floor, too.)

( And now, the Heroes panel )

And the last panel I went to:
( Two Rays: Bradbury and Harryhausen )