Overheard at San Diego, part 3
The most quotable things that have been said in public and overheard in private. Onward!
Overheard on the trolley, while looking at the guy to the right: "Is he getting off at the Imperial Transfer station to go to the Con or does he work at the Imperial Transfer Station?"
At the IDW panel, commenting on John Byrne’s art on the upcoming Star Trek: Romulans: "Everybody looks like Namor…"
DC’s new House of Mystery turns the old barn into a bar and restaurant where patrons sit around telling strange stories. Funny, but it seems like we’ve seen that in comics before… Something called Munden’s…
Mike Grell and Mark Ryan (Bumblebee in Transformers) announced a new project called The Pilgrim. Grell starts working on it after he finishes his latest Jon Sable Freelance graphic novel.
Len Wein: "When I first met Hugh Jackman, he said ‘I apologize for being so tall.’ [Jackman is 6’3"; Wolverine, which Len created, is 5’1".] And I said, ‘It’s okay — you play short.’ "
And finally, a special hat tip to Mark Evanier, who mentioned the most heard phrase from Wednesday night.
Contributing writer: Mike Gold

IDW announced at their SDCC panel this morning that they’ll be doing a Doctor Who comic series, featuring the tenth doctor and Martha Jones. It’ll be written by Gary Russell (Doctor Who story editor for the BBC) with art by Nick Roche. Russell T. Davies will be keeping his eye on the series as well. The series will make its bow in December 2007, starting as a 6-issue limited series, with more to follow.
Yep, you read that headline right. Johnny Depp will be playing the Barnabas Collins role in the upcoming Dark Shadows movie. Turns out, he’s fulfilling a life long dream. (Editor’s note: originally Mike typed "live long dream", which may or may not be a typo.)
With The Simpsons Movie opening today, you just might be wondering which superstars are going to appear on the show next season. Well, if you weren’t, you shouldn’t take them for granted.
Waiting for a trolley: "I’m so glad, I just found out that Lucy Lawless is going to be here on Sunday. I hope I get to show her my tattoo!" And in case she doesn’t get a chance, everybody else can see it here.
Jenna Jameson. Virgin Comics. We’ll wait while you go through all the punchlines.
