We are now 58 days from the start of this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. Scary, huh? We're still a few weeks from announcing all the peachy panels and events I'll be hosting there but you can figure on a return of Quick Draw!, a couple of Cartoon Voice panels, spotlights on some of the Golden Age comic guests, the annual Jack Kirby Tribute Panel, a Groo panel, the Golden/Silver Age Panel…and since I'm for some reason a Guest of Honor, there may even be a spotlight panel on me. I hope they don't expect me to interview myself.
If you've never attended one of these gatherings before — or even if you have — I recommend taking the time to read Tom Spurgeon's excellent list of tips and suggestions for the con. I did a small one up which is posted here but Tom's is much better, even if it is for 2006. You should also read his recently-posted update.
I would echo and update one thing Tom mentions: He suggests that if you're stuck for a room, you take a gander at Travelaxe. I concur…and I'd mention that Travelaxe has been redesigned. It used to be a piece of free software that you could download to your PC (no Mac version, sorry) and then it would search various travel sites for the best deal. You can still do it that way but they now have an online version that involves no downloading of software. It may not find you a reasonably-priced room within fifty miles of the Comic-Con but it's handy for all sorts of hotel needs elsewhere, all year.