So – today is the first official day of the 2008 San Diego Comic Con International Clam Bake and Fish Fry Harvest Moon Festival. Or, as I like to call it, Spam Diego. Where different unspecified cuts of meat are jammed together into one can until it becomes a single mass wrapped in a gelatinous…
Every day at Comic-Con International, Mike Raub and his skilled crew will broadcast live from the ComicMix booth (#2308). Stop by and watch the master! Maybe you’ll be interviewed! Maybe he’ll make you a star! Here’s the plan: Wednesday, July 23, at 7:00 PM Thursday, July 24 at 3:00 PM Friday, July…
As the opening day of San Diego Comic-Con International looms ever closer, it seems only right to turn the spotlight on a webcomic that draws from the world of comic books and toy collecting — the often-overlapping fan cultures that have long provided the backbone of the comic convention scene. With that in mind, this…
Like so many other people who write about and work in comics, I’m in a tizzy getting ready to go to San Diego for Comic-Con International. Not only do I have to worry about all the normal travel stuff – Can I fit a week’s worth of clothes in a carry-on bag? How much knitting…
While keeping a running tally of all the events of note at this year’s Comic-Con International is a job best left to the professionals, I can’t help but draw attention to one event that caught my eye — mainly because of its outstanding promotional art. Check out the poster for Saturday evening’s PopCandy Meetup, painted…
Comic-Con International has posted the full schedule for the upcoming extravaganza in San Diego, and it’s overwhelming as expected. Here’s Friday. And here’s Saturday. Featured guests and exhibits are way too long to list, but Heidi MacDonald over at The Beat does a good job of breaking down the highlights. Those two days, by the…
Hidden within his massive, mind-numbingly comprehensive roundup of information about the looming San Diego Comic-Con International convention (which I intend to spotlight in at least one other post here on ComicMix), Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter included a link to something semi-related to CCI but very interesting to me — and possibly quite a…
Mattel announced a new line of "Justice League Unlimited" figures today and provided images of several figures from the line. The first wave of the new "Collector’s Line" will be unveiled at New York Comic-Con in April, while the second wave will be announced at San Diego’s Comic-Con International in July. According to Mattel: 16…
The news feeds are buzzing today with countless horror stories about creators, media and exhibitors trying to find lodging for this year’s Comic-Con International. Apparently, the only way you’re going to get a room near the convention center this year is to shack up with a lonely furry. Seriously. Over at The Beat, Heidi…
Saying this place is slowing down is like saying you’re better off landing from a plane with an umbrella in hand rather than nothing, but we’re game to hold out to the last… Right outside the Slave Labor booth: "This is madness!" "THIS! IS! SAN DIEGO!" Mark Evanier to Peter David at the Quick Draw…
Day Three at San Diego Comic-Con 2007 was a record breaker even before the sun went up … and The Big ComicMix Broadcast is on the case, talking to new friends, seeking our a famous face or two and taking our place in the fan packed premiere of Superman: Doomsday. We talk to producer Bruce…
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…
