Monday, July 27, 2009

Comic Con thoughts

So I haven't been to the Con in years. The last time I went I had great time. I was able to get a nice hotel and buy a ticket on Saturday for that day. I sat in on one or two panels but mainly just checked out the people in costumes and what was on the floor.

I don't even try to bullshit my way down to SD, my second favorite city, for the Con because 1) it's a mad house and 2) it is NOT about comics anymore. When I hear reports that hardly anyone who wanted to see the Disney panel to check out Tron and Avatar footage was locked out because thousands of moms and daughters where sleeping overnight to check out the gay Twilight panel, I'm sick to my stomach.

Things like Twilight are not COMICS. I'd even say Tron or Avatar or even Transformers (which I love) are not comics. I'm all for a movie convention that shows us glimpes of what's to come but this is supposed to be about Comics and Comic related things.

I'm not really that pissed overall because I'm just as thrilled to know and see and hear about these movies and games that I'm interested in but I would love to know and hear more about fucking COMICS!!! Of the 10 hours of Comic Con stuff that I watched, about 15 minutes was about comics. I'd love to hear or see stuff about the writers and artists and have discussions or reports on what directions the comics are going into. Maybe someone could have asked someone at DC what the fuck was with Batman RIP and Final Crisis (both I was not happy with)?

It's only a thought to mention more about comics next time around, it is the COMIC CON for god's sake.