San Diego

  • BEA Day 2 pictorial

    I’m getting way too old for this.  Nonetheless, had I the energy to walk around and the time to have planned ahead (a must!), I would have loved Book Expo America even more.  It’s been at least 15 years since I’ve been to this trade show (the last time I attended it wasn’t even called…

  • Scribe nominees announced

    The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has announced the nominees for the first annual Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing for books published in 2006. The 2007 Scribe awards will be given out at a ceremony at Comic-Con in San Diego. Their first annual Grandmaster Award, honoring career achievement in the field,…

  • Conventional Wisdom

    As we all gear up for the 2007 convention season, what with Len Wein’s Phoenix Cactus Comicon report and Heidi MacDonald’s heads-up regarding a rumor of limited NYCC publisher passes for pros and the news that the San Diego Comic Con International’s Artist’s Alley is already at capacity, the one post I found most buoying…

  • SDCC Hotels Sold Out

    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…