Heidi MacDonald covers the impossibility that is hotel booking for the San Diego Comic Con International. Congratulations for being one of the few to score your room of choice, Heidi! Although that doesn’t really make sense, does it, if they’re all sold out (here today, gone two hours later!). Erm, how about, congratulations on being one of the many who got lucky!
The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Jeff Bridges has joined the cast of the upcoming Iron Man movie, playing "a confidant and close business associate of Stark, a longtime employee at defense contractor Stark Industries who plays a major role in shaping Stark’s life." Sounds a bit like Happy Hogan to me. Or so one could hope.
The TV series Heroes is bound and determined to rope in not only the mainstream audience garnered by its intricate serial plotline(s), but the comics cognoscenti and related fan hobbyists whence its genre fiction originates. First Christopher Eccleston ("Dr. Who"), then George Takei ("Star Trek"), and now Stan Lee ("The Man") will make a cameo on the show, in a scene with character Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka, easily the best reason to watch the show for those of us who don’t particularly care for it).
It’s making the rounds – I first saw it on Budgie’s blog – but it’s "Weird" Al Yankovic so it’s bound to. With all due respect to fellow Long Islander (after all, Spidey’s home base of Queens is just western Long Island) Billy Joel…
Not a bad way to watch movie snippets.
To nobody’s surprise, DC will be out in force at the upcoming New York Comic Con. Under the direction of DC President & Publisher Paul Levitz, nearly every member of the New York DC Universe and Vertigo editorial groups will be at the show, along with personnel from WildStorm, Editorial Administration, Creative Services, Sales & Marketing and other departments. DC also will sponsor several panels at the convention. A partial list of DC freelancers (writers and pencillers) attending the convention follows after the fold, as does their panel schedule.
Via Mike Netzer, it’s 30 seconds of the love aria from the Too Much Coffee Man opera:
Shannon Wheeler is soliciting commentary on his forum.
Del Rey Manga, an imprint of Random House Inc. and one of the leading publishers of manga in the U.S., announced today the acquisition of MAKE 5 WISHES, created in collaboration with platinum-selling and Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Avril Lavigne.
Del Rey Manga will publish the first volume of MAKE 5 WISHES on April 10, 2007. Avril Lavigne’s new album The Best Damn Thing will release shortly after on April 17, 2007 from RCA Records. In volume one of MAKE 5 WISHES, introverted teenager Hana stumbles upon a website that will change her life forever. After a demon grants her a series of wishes that go bad, Hana meets her hero Avril Lavigne, who helps her find the courage to conquer her own personal demons once and for all. The concluding volume will be released in July 2007. Both volumes will appear in full-color.
More than simply lending her talents to the creative process, multiple award-winning singer, songwriter, model, and actress Avril Lavigne also appears as a character in the manga. When asked what inspired her to be a part of this project, Avril Lavigne said, "I know that many of my fans read manga, and I’m really excited to be involved in creating stories that I know they will enjoy."
It’s indicative of how the Comics Convention™ (Now with 50% More Media Tie-Ins!) has developed into some sort of über-monster when the promotions for the convention feature supposedly familiar faces and the average years-long con-goer can only recognize one:
Let’s hope bigger does mean better in this instance. Some of us would settle for simply being able to get past registration and into the exhibition hall.
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