A collection of what some of the mainstream media are reporting from Comic-Con:
• The San Diego Union-Tribune has several articles, including this one, which looks at the diversity of the attendees. “It’s the United Nations of nerds!” Reginald Hudlin tells the newspaper. Also of note: “It’s now official – you cannot escape comic book culture.”
• At CNN.com’s The Marquee blog, producer Matt West was overwhelmed by Day One: “From the moment the convention center opened at 10:30 a.m. PT, it was sheer madness. From hard-core nerds, to average geeks, to the mildly amused people numbering in the tens of thousands had descended upon the San Diego Convention Center to … stand in line and fight the crowds to get a look at the same thing the rest of the world was getting to see online on the Internet.”
• Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch blog says that Paramount Pictures stole Day One — and possibly the entire convention — with the Iron Man trailer, Star Trek casting announcement, and the taped message from the set of Indiana Jones.
• At The Los Angeles Times’ Comic-Con Watch blog, Geoff Boucher has a video interview with DC Comics President and Publisher Paul Levitz about the company’s TV and movie properties.
Also, the Times’ Sheigh Crabtree covers last night’s Friends of Lulu awards.
• ABC News has a Comic-Con photo gallery on its website.
