William Katt eases his lanky frame into his chair at the Catastrophic Comics booth near the center of the massive San Diego Convention Center. It’s Day 1 of Comic-Con and he’s already addressed an enthusiastic panel of fans to announce the launch of the latest Catastrophic title and met with journalists from TV and print media, but still graciously took a few minutes to talk to Whedonopolis.
Read MoreOn a bright and sunny Wednesday afternoon before the full onslaught of Comic-Con, this reporter braved the early crowds and burgeoning traffic to a nice San Diego harborside location. We had the opportunity to speak to Steven Moffat from Doctor Who and Julie Gardner and Naoko Mori from Torchwood in roundtables and find out what the future holds for the shows as well as the three people behind them.
Read MoreIt is now the Edge of Tedium to mention the early-bird crowds already clogging the streets of the Convention Center sidewide and Gas Lamp District on Wednesday Night at Comic Con in San Diego, but it has to be said in an admittedly vain attempt to prevent more attendees from doing the sardine boogie in the aisles. Early shopping was the order of the day, and for the newbies, and there were a few, a first real taste of the happy insanity that is the largest con in the Western Hemisphere. Today, the first official day of the con, will be a test of the increased registration personnel enthusiastically waving their arms to get attendees registered and on their merry way to panels, meetings and shopping. The exhibit hall this year is dominated by a giant Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade size balloon of Pokemon and more (and various) giant bags given out by Warner Brothers. And the giant purple Big Frakkin’ Bags given out by SciFi Channel. Honest, it says Big Frakkin’ Bag in big white letters.
Fresh off the John Barrowman booksigning, there will be Dr. Who and Torchwood panels, BSG panels, The Day The Earth Stood Still and Dexter. So, armed with a brand new camera, this iguana is off to forage in the well-illustrated jungle of the 2008 SDCC.
Read MoreA growing clutch of press folk gathered outside the press room behind Ballroom 20 at the appointed time, and waited, with various degrees of impatience, to enter the Stargate Press Conference. A combination of the two Stargate casts – Chris Judge, Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Gary Jones, Jewel Staite and David Hewlett – and the producers – Robert Cooper, Joe Mallozi and Martin Wood – lined up along the Comic Con backdrop and answered questions ranging from the future of Atlantis to shooting in the Arctic to the perils of replacing popular characters and homesickness for Firefly.
Read MoreComic-Con was just crazy. Here is a montage of what the California Browncoat booth looked like during Comic-Con.
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