SDCC08: News I Can Use, Day 1 (Cont) & Day 2
SDCC08: News I Can Use, Day 1 (Cont) & Day 2
Jul 25Just before the show, I added a few new blogs to the RSS reader, including the new geek-centric blogs from the LA Times and Hollywood Reporter. And I have to confess–I think they’re not doing such a good job.
I guess their beat really isn’t true geek coverage; it’s coverage of the limited mainstream-ish crap that they think non-geeks or casual geeks may like. And sure, the bloggers themselves may be geeks in good standing; I don’t know.
But I’ve read enough banal interviews with vapid celebrities who think Comic-Con is “so cool, man” to last me ten lifetimes.
Anyway. Here’s stuff I think is cool that happened at Comic-Con while I was stuck on the wrong coast.
* I don’t watch the videos that often, but I like that Comic Book Resources has a boat. It’s a kick-ass idea.
* Here’s a video I did watch: the trailer for the new Batman: The Brave and the Bold cartoon series. LOVE the music and the vibe–fast, light, big and fun. There was a panel, too.
* Agent_M is using this amazing new app, CoverItLive, to liveblog their panels. You get real-time news updates AND images. It’s like being there minus the stink.
* So much crap happens at SDCC and the bloggers are so busy transcribing Geoff Johns (JK! LOL! BFF!) that news continues to leak out from Thursday even as it’s Friday afternoon. For example, this exceptional Publishers Weekly report has plenty of juicy nuggets, including a bit more on Vertigo Crime, the new Vertigo imprint announced Thursday that at first made me shrug, but now has me intrigued thanks to these details:
And, speaking from the Con floor about Vertigo Crime, DC’s Karern Berger provided PW with a few more details about the new line. Editor Will Dennis, who worked on 100 Bullets, will be overseeing the line which will focus solely on standalone graphic novels. The titles will all be 6×9 and black and white. Berger, who said the idea behin Vertigo Crime was to allow the imprint to do more standalones in the genre, described the books as “really smart, edgy, sexy, fast-paced crime stories that have a modern noir sensibility.” DC will be revealing more details about future titles, beyond Ian Rankin’s announced Dark Entries and Brian Azzerrello’s Still Too Rich, at the thriller festival Bouchercon.
I may be oversimplifying here, but isn’t this just Minx with guns? Love it.
* The DCU MMO may get me to fall off the wagon and play all night again, like my brief love affair with WoW.
* More Thursday news: TR2N! The Tron sequel! With fucking JEFF BRIDGES!!! I’m not even a Tron fan, but shit: JEFF BRIDGES. Everything he does, in any capacity, from taking a piss to making a movie, deserves front-page news coverage. This is no exception.
* It’s been years since I read a Star Trek novel, but every once in a while, I get the itch. I usually scratch it by sticking the handle of a plastic fork into my ear until it bleeds. I’m still curious enough to maybe check out the Destiny series coming this fall, especially if it seems like a relatively easy jumping-on point. Then again, I don’t know if Trek has had a “relatively easy jumping-on point” since 1966.
