San Diego Comic-Con: Join Us, It’s Bliss

Spent two hours in the Warner brothers indoctrination chamber this morning: Where the Wild Things Are, The Book of Eli, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Box, Jonah Hex, and (the reason I came, as they intuited, since they put it last) Sherlock Holmes. Comic-Con doesn’t make it easy for you to like things. There’s so [...]

Fear and Loathing at San Diego Comic-Con

I type this from the WIRED Cafe, where they have wifi and free food and also deafening house music. Spend any time at all at Comic-con and it’s hard not to go all Hunter Thompson. There’s just so many damn people. Nerd culture has gorged and gorged, and then bloated, then collapsed under the weight [...]

Comic-Con Is Dead, Long Live Comic-Con

Tonight I went over the top in the first wave at Comic-Con: doors opened 6:00 on the dot. First impression is of rampant confusion. The show floor is a ravening fleshpit. Who the eff are all these people elbowing me out of the way so they can take a picture of a 6 ft Buzz [...]

I’m Going to Comic Con. Are You?

New York Comic Con starts today. I’m not there, because I have a job. But I’ll be there tomorrow to sign galleys (that’s publishing-speak for early, cheapo, paperback versions) of my book and generally to enjoy the free access that my autographing gig gets me.