The Saturday programming schedule for Comic-Con is now up. Some real good stuff on there. I'll be hosting the annual Quick Draw! at 12:30 and then in the same room (6CBF), my comrade Earl Kress and I will be co-hosting the first of two big Cartoon Voice panels that weekend at 1:45. A lot of folks like to get seats for the first and stay over, treating these back-to-back events as a double feature. We have some big surprises planned for both presentations.
Later in the day, I'm hosting a panel with Neal Adams, Denny O'Neil and Paul Levitz discussing the seventies' revamp of Batman. It's called "Taking Back the Knight" and it's at 4 PM in Room 8. Then at 7:30 in Room 4, I'm moderating a tribute to the late and very great Dick Giordano and at 8:30, I hustle back to 6CBF for the world premiere of a new documentary about Stan "the Man" Lee with a panel discussion to follow after.
This year, the convention is spilling out more to nearby hotels. I never thought this would work. There's so much to see and do in that main building that I doubted people would want to leave it and shlep to somewhere else. But they have such tempting program items at some of the off-site locales that it just might get attendees to do that. Anyway, when you check the schedule, you might want to consult a map and see how close some of those venues are. They may be closer than you think.
And I'll mention one more that always amuses me: The Ralphs Market at 101 G Street, which is a 5-10 minute walk from the convention center. (Because of the way the streets are laid out, it's faster to walk there than to drive. Or if you feel your life is meaningless and won't mind it ending, you can take one of those pedal-cabs and have a reckless teenager haul you there.) The market is open 24 hours and in the evening, you can find an awful lot of conventioneers roaming its aisles, stocking up on food and supplies. One year, I actually ran into an editor there and picked up a new assignment along with a bag of Baked Ruffles and some luncheon meat.
Hey, I'll be answering questions here about the con for the next ten or eleven days. Send in anything you'd like to see discussed. We're here to help.