The San Diego Comic-Con might be over, but no doubt all the attendees who didn’t have their laptops with them (and some who did) will continue to talk about the con for awhile … or at least until Wizard World Chicago, coming up in a couple of weeks. Until then, we shall blog on about Comic-Con …
The Washington Times/UPI report that 100,000 people attended this past weekend’s show, mentioning the standing room only crowds for several panels:
Comic-Con, the convention that began as a comic book bazaar in 1970, brought 100,000 fans to the San Diego Convention Center over four days.
The major movie studios dominated the 6,500-seat exhibition hall through Sunday, but TV series featured in smaller rooms left thousands of fans unable to view presentations on “Lost” and other popular shows, Daily Variety said.
Security staff estimated that for every fan entering the 4,200-seat room for Sci Fi’s “Battlestar Galactica,” two were shut out, Daily Variety reported.
One news item from this weekend that did slip by us was Paul Dini’s announcement that he’d be doing a title for Top Cow next year called Madame Mirage. On his blog, Dini promises to have more details soon.
The local San Diego Union Tribune is at it again, this time running a feature story on Marisol Gomez and her quest to become a comic book artist:
Marisol Gomez paced. She pulled out a portable DVD player from her backpack, then put it away. She took out a sketchbook and drew.
Time crawled by as she waited for editors from Dark Horse Comics, which owns the rights to Star Wars comics, to review her artwork.
Comic-Con is a cattle call for aspiring comic-book artists. With jobs hard to come by, artists rush to have their portfolios reviewed by comic-book editors, who post sign-up sheets on a row of cubicles at the convention center.
“Ninety percent of the people we see will never work in comics,” said Chris Warner, Dark Horse senior editor. “But the person you talk to here might be the person you hire three years from now.”
No doubt Gomez will keep at it and return for the 2007 con, either for another shot or, quite possibly, to promote a book of her own. The 2007 San Diego Comic-Con is set for July 26-29, with preview night on July 25; we hope to see her, and you, there.
More news & links:
CHUD.com’s San Diego Post Mortem
Comics Reporter final con update
Mark Evanier’s Monday morning blogging
Legion Omnicom’s Legion coverage
Graeme McMillan, Comic-Con virgin
San Diego Union Tribune’s report on the masquerade
Marv Wolfman talks about the animated “Judas Contract” (The con was pretty good to Terra)
Brian Wood talks about the Vertigo panel
