Comic-Con Weekend 2010

"Do or Do Not..." mug,
new Star Wars Hallmark line.

While it's a little out of scope, it was only a short road trip to find our way to Comic-Con in San Diego this past weekend.  Here's the low-down on my adventure to the land of "popular arts" (if it makes any of the nerds feel better about my attendance, I did buy comic books and a graphic novel at the Darkhorse Comics booth).


Saturday: 

The Klingons took over the
transit signs!

My friend Melissa and I headed out on Saturday morning and arrived to the convention before mid-day (taking advantage of the San Diego MTS which was taken over by Klingons when we got there!).  We tried to get into the Community panel, but there was a line out the door...and *out* the door (Tip:  If you want to get into anything you should just plan on getting there two hours ahead.).  But we did get into the Mythbusters panel later that day and that was a blast.  The preview clips of next season featured lots of explosions (naturally), creepy crawlers (they were testing whether or not fear gave you "cold feet") and a clip of them using a "batman" suit to go against the wind created by a jet engine.  I'm sure Mythbusters will be at more Comic-Con events in the future, they also announced they were going to be renewed for another seven years.

Felicia Day,
Dollhouse Epitaphs signing

I was also lucky enough to meet Joss Whedon at the Darkhorse Comics signing of Dollhouse Epitaphs (which will be released with the Season 2 DVD release of Dollhouse).  I wish I can tell you that I said something enlightening or was able to gather some great inside scoop for you, but I really couldn't say anything coherent.  The account is on my personal blog for anyone interested.

The Exhibition Hall was a mad house as per usual, but it had fun sights.  As we walked around we were able to catch LL Cool J signing autographs at the CBS booth, the actors of Thor, the cast of Chuck, and Felicia Day of The Guild. 

Sunday:
We tried to get into the Castle panel, but our hotel was too far and it was far too early (at 10:30am!) to get to the panel in time to get in line and get in.  But it was perfect timing for a long winding line to get into the GLEE panel (they were prepared for this!).  Long lines aren't bad at Comic-Con really because it's the best time to sit and chat with friends, read the comic books/graphic novels you bought at the Exhibition Hall, and make new friends with people in line.  That's exactly how we waited out our line to get in - and we even managed to get into the American Dad panel beforehand.

Glee Panel

The American Dad panel featured the cast including Seth McFarlane and a preview of next season's holiday episode.  Let's just say that it wasn't quite family friendly, but very amusing for its target audience.

Following the panel was Glee and a room full of Gleeks (who might be interested in our current Madame Tussauds giveaway with Jane Lynch/Sue Sylvester figure).  Cast attending the event included Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, and executive producer Ryan Murphy.  After a fun recap of Season 1, the spoilers came out for Season 2: Artie and Tina break up and she falls for Mike (say it isn't so!); the upcoming Britney Spears episode will be fun and "hallucinogenic"; secondary characters' stories will be featured; we'll be visiting Mercedes and her family at church.

While I was excited to hear all the interesting things for next season (I'm a Gleek after all), my favorite quote of the panel was Ryan Murphy who summed up the show with: "[Glee is a] show about why the arts matter."

Check out all my photos from the weekend:



Until next year!

-Charity Tran