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Quick Link: Comic-Con 2009 Index
Over at K-Squared Ramblings, I’ve put together an index to all 2009 Comic-Con International posts made at that blog and this one. Panel write-ups, photos, the costume how-tos, tips, general convention experiences, etc. Comic-Con International...
Golden-Age Flash Costume: Boots and Shirt Construction
Katie again, as promised, with details on the making of the boots and shirt for Kelson’s Comic-Con Golden Age Flash costume. This shouldn’t be nearly as long as the helmet post, I promise. My aim here is to show the entire process from ...
Golden-Age Flash Costume: Helmet Construction
Hi! This is Katie, the wife Kelson’s mentioned a few times. I’m not nearly as involved with comics as he is, but I appreciate a good convention costume and have made a point of wearing at least one a year for a while now. My interests ...
New Heroes Speedster Trained in the Jedi Arts
It took the TV series Heroes three seasons to introduce a speedster. Daphne Millbrook was a major character during the “Villains” arc (Volume 3), playing against both Hiro Nakamura and Matt Parkman, and had a smaller role in “Fugiti...
Flash Costume Sightings at Comic-Con
If the number of Flash costumes at Comic-Con International last week is any indication, the fan base is energized. Most years I only see one or two Flashes, if any. This year there were at least three Jay Garricks including myself, two women who ma...
Speed Reading
A whole bunch of linkblogging for the week! Reviews and Commentary The Comic Treadmill is doing summer reruns with a look back at Flash v.2 #206-219 from 2005. Blog@Newsarama looks at a panel from Blackest Night #1 and concludes that Barry died somet...
Flash News from San Diego
DC made only a few Flash announcements at Comic-Con, but they were big ones! Blackest Night: Flash miniseries by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins — 3 issues starting in November. (announced at the Geoff Johns Spotlight on Thursday) The book will ...
Sunday at Comic-Con (in Tweets)
Retweeting @GreatWhiteSnark: RT @slashfilm: A real life light cycle in Flynn’s Arcade. # RT @SpeedsterSite: OH NO! The Flash: Rebirth #4 pushed back again! Set to release August 26th. # Retweeting @SpeedsterSite: RT: @CBR CCI: Geoff Johns on &#...
Saturday at Comic-Con (in Tweets)
All right! Friday’s photos actually uploaded overnight! # Just walked up to Mark Waid for autograph at Boom booth, no line. How times change. # Had no idea Leonard Nimoy & Brent Spiner were going to be here. # Took a trip thru Artists alle...
Friday at Comic-Con (in Tweets)
Around the Con Apparently the secret to uploading photos in this hotel is to wait until 6am when there’s no competition. http://flickr.com/photos/kelsonv # The fastest man alive…stuck in traffic. # Saw Michael Jackson. # Lots of *ahem* F...
Yomiko and the Flash
Yomiko and the Flash, originally uploaded by Kelson. Here’s me with my wife at Comic-Con International today, dressed as Yomiko Readman (a.k.a. The Paper) from the anime Read or Die and Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash! The hat is a paper mach...
DC Nation at Comic-Con
3:06:09 PM: Posing for photo w/ Liberty Belle&Stargirl. Dan Didio walks up: “I hate to do this to the Flash, but I need the ladies.” 3:10:21 PM: Huge applause for Geoff Johns 3:11:21 PM: Plush Dex-star red kitty of rage 3:13:05 PM: Fu...
Comic-Con Thursday Tweets
Harvey Dent would love Cafe 222 on 2nd. # Anyone need a new front door? # In line for Bryan Lee O’Malley. #sdcc not horrendously crowded…yet. # Scary costume #843: bearded guy in diaper, leather vest & fur hat. Hazards of SDCC # Took ...
Tweets from Preview Night
RT @Robot6: SDCC ‘09 | Mark Waid takes a turn as radio DJ on KCRW # In San Diego, checked into hotel. Free wifi = yay! # Hotel room has great view of…the roof. Whee. # Serious fans! RT @Robot6: SDCC ‘09 | Behold the power ...
San Diego: We Have Arrived
This is the scene about an hour ago. Traffic was surprisingly light — I guess we managed to just avoid rush hour. Getting all settled in at the hotel, then need to head out to the convention center for badges and preview night. Or maybe dinner...
Quick Thoughts: Reprints, Tropes and Cons
Some links and observations for the day. Links Comics Should Be Good looks at DC Super-Stars reprints from the 1970s — including a Flash book which re-drew a Golden Age story. Hmm, I have a new blog post idea: comparing the original and redraw...
Quick Thoughts Daily: 2009-07-20 – Reprints, Comic-Con, Artists and More
I decided to switch the Twitter digests from weekly to daily for the week of Comic-Con International. This is a bit cleaned up and reorganized. Observations This is going to be one of those many-blog-posts-a-day weeks, isn’t it? I may push som...
Covering San Diego
In a few days I’ll be off to Comic-Con International in San Diego. It’ll be my 20th year attending the con. Now I feel old. Anyway, I’ll be posting about my experiences at the con in several places: Frequent updates on Twitter: @S...
Quick Thoughts: Weekly Twitter for 2009-07-19
Crazy: even though I’m disappointed w/ Flash:Rebirth at this point, I’m tempted to preorder the hardcover if $13.59 holds. # RT @breagrant: RT @wendilynnmakeup: SSSSPPPPEEEEDDDDSSSTTTEEERRRRR! # Last issue of Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Wor...
Geoff Johns: Flash News Coming Soon
With that single sentence on Comic Bloc, Flash: Rebirth writer Geoff Johns touched off a flood of speculation. DC has been very quiet about the post-Rebirth plans for the scarlet speedster, though it seems obvious they plan at least one new ongoing ...
Comic-Con Trolley Tips
The trolley is a good way to get around Downtown San Diego. Here are some tips for making the most of it during Comic-Con International: Trolley maps and schedules are on sdcommute.com and sdmts.com. Here’s a direct link to the trolley map. Y...
Quick Thoughts: Weekly Twitter for 2009-07-12 (including CCI Schedule)
RT @karlkerschl: Win a piece of original art! There’s a ‘Wednesday Comics’ contest on the ‘Abominable’ site. # Retweeting @weeklycrisis: Road to Blackest Night post is up. # I almost couldn’t get past the “Ho...
Downtown San Diego Shows During Comic-Con
As a follow-up to my last Comic-Con Tip — catch a play or concert at a downtown theater — I’ve compiled a list of events going on in or near Downtown San Diego during the convention. I’m sure there’s more going on —...
Flash Panels at Comic-Con 2009
DC has posted their panel schedule for Comic-Con International. Some panels where the Flash is likely to come up include: Thursday, July 23rd 2:15-3:15 Spotlight on Geoff Johns He is the mastermind behind the smash-hit, critically acclaimed Flash: R...
Need a Last-Minute Comic-Con Ticket?
San Diego: Comic-Con International sold out weeks ago, but now that the con has processed cancellations (the deadline was last Friday), they’re selling the freed-up memberships that on eBay. The auctions are going up a few at a time on the sdco...
