The preliminary programming schedule is up at the Comic-Con page. The PDF version is 52 pages. Yikes.
Category: comics
New Comic Con in New York
There will be a new comic convention held in New York next year. It’s being run by a company that’s apparently quite big. The con will be at the Javits Center. This could be interesting.
Frank Thorne
More on Frank Thorne from www.lambiek.net, an “antiquarian comic shop” in Amsterdam.
Illustrated History of Union County
I noticed something interesting in the Westfield catalog this month: An Illustrated History of Union County, by Frank Thorne. There are some sample pages here. Based on this message, it appears that this strip was originally published in the Daily Journal back in 1951. As a former Union County resident, and Frank Thorne fan, I think I’ll need to pick this up. Actually, I may need to pick up a few copies and send them off to other former Union County residents, too.
Wizard World Philly
I went to Wizard World Philly today. I spent a few bucks on comics, went to a JMS Q&A, and the “Cup ‘o Joe” panel with Joe Quesada. Very entertaining. The con was crowded, but not annoyingly so. Plenty of room to move around, and no problem getting into the panels.
Tapestry Comics
Tapestry — A list of RSS feeds for various comic strips. Useful.
Comics
Just for yuks, I’ve been looking at the major online comic strip services. As far as I can tell, there are basically three big ones. All include daily comics by email.
WonderCon
Well, I missed the Christian Bale appearance at WonderCon, but I did make it to the Joss Whedon panel, among others. Lots of good stuff, even if it was raining most of the time. And I did catch some of the Chinese New Year parade.
Comic Book Guy
Comic Book Guy’s real name was revealed during last night’s post-football Simpson’s episode: Jeff Albertson. Not terribly exciting, but it sounds about right. Also, there was a brief shot of CBG’s web site, www.dorks-gone-wild.com, which is, of course, now a real web site, presumably created by the Simpson’s folks.
WonderCon
Only about three weeks left until WonderCon!