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Saturday, July 10, 2004
Summer Plans
Ah, San Diego. Specifically the San Diego Comic-Con. I’ll be there, won’t you? I’m only going to be there for two days, Friday and Saturday, and I would like to share some of the panels I’m looking forward to:
Friday
10:30-12:00 VERTIGO: Breaking Boundaries: I likes me the Vertigo. The chance to see what they have coming up sounds nice. Andy Diggle and Jock will be there, they do a book called The Losers that’s so good more people should be buying it.
1:00-2:00 Marv Wolfman: From Idea to Script: Wolfman’s a writer I’ve always enjoyed, in fact I just picked up the second Essential Tomb of Dracula volume. I’ve always had ideas for stories, be they in comics or any other medium, and how can I say no to a workshop taught by this man?
2:30-4:00 The Jack Kirby Tribute Panel: On the tenth anniversary of The King’s passing a wonderful gathering of talent will be there for this panel. Besides host-master extraordinaire Mark Evanier there’s Dave Gibbons, Walt Simonson and Steve Rude. It should be good to hear those masters of the comics page talk about the master.
6:00-7:00 Spotlight on Aaron McGruder: I like Boondocks a lot, even if I think the quality has gone down in the past year or so. I like the sound of him doing an original graphic novel with Kyle Baker, so that should be good. There will also be talk about the animated adaptation of the strip. I’m a bit worried the political views of the strip will be neutered for home-viewing, but we’ll see.
Saturday
11:30-1:00 The Simpsons: As I was watching the 4th season DVDs I realized how big an influence this show was on my whole life. I’ve been watching it since I was a little kid. When I was going to a Catholic grade school the episode Homer the Heretic blew my mind. Matt Groening we’ll be there, along with Executive Producer Al Jean (who also did The Critic, which I loved) and Bill Odenkirk. I think Bill will have some pretty important opinions on this year’s presidential race. His brother, after all, is the Presidents of Beers.
3:00-4:30 DC Comics: Taking It to the Limit: I wish it didn’t have that stupid subtitle to it. This is mandatory for the DC-nut I am. It will be cool to see what Howard Chaykin, Brian Azzarello and Jimmy Palmiotti will have to say. Also, after seeing his interview in the Batman: The Animated Series DVD box set, Dan DiDio looks like a 1920’s strong man. That is so awesome.
5:30-7:00 Cartoon Network: Adult Swim: If I was ten years old now, Adult Swim’s shows would probably be more of a revelation than The Simpsons. MC Chris will be at the panel, maybe if we’re lucky we can get him to bust some rhymes for us. And if we’re really lucky we’ll find out what Evan Dorkin’s Adult Swim show will be (I wish Eltingville was picked up).
So, there ya go. That’s what I’ll be doing along with getting books signed and sketched from some of my favorite creators. Hope to see ya there, folks!
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