Comic-Con International wrap-up.
July 29th, 2009 by Jim Clark
I just got back from the San Diego trip last night. I made a slight detour to Disneyland on the way home, too. I brought my family with me to Comic-Con and we had a great time.
I thought the show this year was a lot of fun, but there seemed to be way more focus on movies and television than on comics. I realize Comic-Con has been like that for the last several years, but this year it was more evident than most. A lot of the foot traffic was heading past book sellers on their way to the movie studio booths. A few vendors I spoke with said their sales were dismal, and a few people went so far as to say “Twilight ruined Comic-Con” because so many of the attendees were there just for Twilight panels and merchandise. I’m not sure I follow the logic of that complaint, but whatever, I still had fun.
We bought our 3-year-old kids a couple of toy cameras so they could take pictures at the show. After the page break is what Comic-Con looked like to my daughter…
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- Barry Miller, creator of “Billy Banes, Sidekick for Hire”
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- I like the sign in this
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- Batcycle
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- Bumblebee!
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- View of the convention center from our hotel
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- Zebra Batman?
And I want to give a special shout-out to Pat Loika, Chris Maze, and all the gang who hung out at the Dial R Studios booth. It was great seeing you all.
See you next year!
- J.
