I went to Wizard World Philly yesterday. It was a pretty good con, but I’ve gotten so used to San Diego that nothing really compares. I bought some neat things, including a few of the Marvel Essentials volumes — Avengers 1 and 2, and Marvel Team-Up 1. I’ve been in a Silver Age mood lately. I also got a chance to see the first couple of episodes of Captain Herlock. This may be another anime series that I need to add to my want list, although I should really stop buying anime until I’ve watched all the stuff I’ve got already.
Category: comics
Peanuts
I picked up the first volume of The Complete Peanuts a few days ago. The early stuff is great. I scanned in my favorite strip so far. (Hopefully, the Schultz estate won’t mind.) It’s a beautifully designed book, and the strips are wonderful. I doubt I’ll be buying the whole run — it’ll take 25 volumes over 12 years — but I’m probably in for the next few, at least.
Sinfest
Another great Sinfest today. I always like comic strips that make fun of other strips.
Hellboy
Barbelith
Barbelith — interesting little discussion site. I found it while looking for some info on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen volume 2, which I am now reading, but only “getting” about 10% of, maybe.
Sinfest
I like today’s Sinfest a lot.
X-Men
Lots of interesting X-Men news at Newsarama. Joss Whedon? Bryan Singer? Interesting.
Boondocks
The Boondocks has been running strips over the last few days comparing the presidential candidates to various superheroes and villains. Today’s strip is particularly good — George Bush as the Joker!
X-Men
Claremont, Davis reunite on Uncanny X-Men — Wow, I haven’t read an X-Men comic in years, but I love Alan Davis and I’ve got a lot of respect for Claremont. Could be good.
San Diego
I just noticed that Mile High Comics has a bunch of pictures from San Diego up on their web site, including a nice picture of the mile-long line to get in on Saturday. (Always buy advance tickets, unless you like waiting in line for many hours!) I’ve been looking around for a reliable total attendance figure for Comic-Con this year, but I haven’t found one. I heard 65,000 from one guy, but that was probably just a guess. CBR says maybe 70 to 80,000. (More here.)
For comparison, SIGGRAPH 2003, also in San Diego, had about 27,000, according to SignOnSanDiego. And the big Phish shindig in Maine last week, at Loring Air Force Base, hit around 60,000, according to the NY Times.
Oh, and hey, you wanna buy about 10 hours of Phish for $30? Click here. Downloading it all would be a hassle, of course.