Comic-Con International 2009 - San Diego, CA

[Cassini90125]

Someone has to start this thread; may as well be me.

This thread is the same as the Con thread we had last year; those of us attending will be posting about what we see and do, the people we meet, and all that other good stuff, and everyone else is invited to comment on whatever we report. As I said, same as last year, so expect a few restaurant reviews along with everything else. I plan on being thirty pounds heavier when I get home.

At present I'm finishing up my packing and will soon be calling a cab to the airport. There hasn't been much on my end to tell you about, really; I made arrangements, I packed, and I lugged a gallon jar filled with a year's worth of spare change to the bank. By the stars that thing was heavy. The bank's coin return machine was broken so I ended up having to travel several miles in search of another branch with a machine that worked. That was the extent of my day.

For those interested, I'm bringing my copy of Destination Imagination, in case anyone wants to watch the next Emmy winner again, and of course my Frankie plushie is coming along, too. Can't go to the Con without her. My flight leaves in three hours so I'll be logging off shortly; I should be back in around ten hours or so. See you then.

[Lynnie]

I was thinking about starting it, but felt kind of weird doing so since I've never actually been there before.

I'm not going to be there for the whole week, just for the weekend. I arrive Saturday around 1, and leave early Monday afternoon.

For those interested, the TV station G4 will be airing five hours of live coverage of the Con on Saturday starting at 2pm. Included in this will be the entire Star Wars Spectacular panel. I'm sure some will be grateful to see that.

CN isn't even having a booth this year, which is a real bummer. But there are a few panels and signings.

Panels-

• Thursday- CARTOON NETWORK COMEDY – ORIGINAL ANIMATION
  Including some of the voice actors from Chowder (including Tara) and Flapjack
• Friday- WB PANEL: BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD
• Friday- LUCASFILM PANEL: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Building the Universe
• Friday- LUCASFILM PANEL: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Behind the mic
• Friday- LUCASFILM PANEL: The Star Wars Spectacular (to be aired on G4 on Sat)
• Saturday- CARTOON NETWORK ACTION ADVENTURE ANIMATION: BEN 10
• Sunday- MATTEL PANEL: Hot Wheels Battle Force 5
• Sunday- WB PANEL: Zoinks! Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

And signings-

• Thursday, July 24
  5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Chowder & The Misadventures of Flapjack Signing - Autograph Alley
  Chowder: C.H. Greenblatt, Tara Strong, Dana Snyder
  The Misadventures of Flapjack: Thurop Van Orman, Steve Little
• Saturday, July 25
  2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Ben 10 Alien Force Signing – Autograph Alley
  Glen Murakami, Yuri Lowenthal, Dwight McDuffie
• Saturday, July 25
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Ben 10: Alien Swarm Cast Signing – Autograph Alley
  Ryan Kelley (Ben), Galadriel Stineman (Gwen), Nathan Keyes (Kevin)
  Alyssa Diaz (Elena)
• Sunday, July 26
  10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins Signing – WB Booth
  Robbie Amell (Fred), Kate Melton (Daphne), Hayley Kiyoko (Velma), Nick Palatas (Shaggy)

And as we know, Lauren and Craig will be there at the Galaxy Girl's booth, and on Saturday (time yet to be determined) they will also be giving autographs and doing sketches of the GGs, Foster's, PPGs and Wander over Yonder for their fans.

And this is only the CN related stuff, there's a LOT more going on that's not related to CN, so just to give you guys an idea of what kind of stuff goes down there, here's a bit of a taste, if you will.

For those leaving now or soon, have a safe trip down there. I'll see you guys in five days.

[taranchula]

Have a great trip everyone, take plenty of snapshots people. (Like I need to remind you, Cass )

Oh and take care if anyone makes to the Futurama panel especially if this rumor turns out to be true...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...f140dbc42e7419

(Short version to anyone who doesn't have time to read it, 20'th Century Fox might be replacing the entire voice cast when the show returns to TV. )

If it is, there might be a full scale riot on their hands.

And nothing ruins a good time like "Nerd Rage", unless it happens to be on a youtube video then it's funny.

[Imaginary Light]

Safe travels, everyone! And have fun! I'll be checking this thread like crazy.

[Cassini90125]

I arrived about a half-hour ago. There were a few delays due to weather conditions but otherwise the journey went remarkably well. I even got a bonus in the seating, that being that whoever was supposed to have the seat next to me never showed up. Elbow room is a precious commodity on a plane. It's 12:15 PM Pacific time here but my stomach thinks it's 3:00 PM so I'll be seeking lunch pretty soon.

[One Radical Dude]

I arrived in San Diego just a little more than an hour ago. I'm in my hotel room right now, and I'm staying at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. The only problem I had was accessing the wrong elevator. They're a bit tricky here. One set of elevators take you to specific floors, and another will have the other floors. I chose the one that didn't have the 28th floor. Go, me! Anyway, things are good. I'm going to be stepping out and do a bit of shopping and maybe bowling, and I look forward to seeing the others soon.

[PeterFoster111]

Enjoy your trip to the con! Just one question, is there something about fosters at the con? If there is, make sure you have a video camera and take a video of that something about fosters if there is. Good Luck

[Lynnie]

Thank you, but the Con's over now. It was last week. People are on their way back home now. If you read the latest few posts, it should have been pretty obvious that it's over now.

And no, there wasn't anything related to Foster's there this year, other than the show's creator Craig McCracken and his wife Lauren, who also did a lot of work on the show. It's always nice to hear from them whether or not there's anything going on with Foster's.

[PeterFoster111]

I diden't know Lauren was Craig's wife!

[Cassini90125]

I'm back home, running the air conditioner on high. The final part of the return trip was without incident; I even got a primo seat, just behind the first class section. The unplanned stay at the Super 8 in Irving was pleasant enough, albeit not under the best of circumstances. The storms that delayed everything fired up again shortly after I checked in and continued for another hour; heavy downpours, thunder and lightning, you know the type. After I checked in here I sent out for a large pizza, ate the whole thing (first food I'd had in about 18 hours), and went to bed. Not a bad hotel, not bad at all.