Comic Con 2009 – July 23rd-26th San Diego Convention Center

The Marvel Encyclopedia

Comic-Con International: San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre fan convention founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by Shel Dorf and a group of San Diegans. It is traditionally a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday—though a four-hour preview night on Wednesday is open to guests pre-registered for all four days) held during the summer in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Convention Center. Comic-Con is both the name of the annual event and the common name of the organization.

Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon and the Alternative Press Expo (APE), both held in San Francisco, California. Since 1974, Comic-Con has bestowed its annual Inkpot Award to guests and persons of interest in the industries of popular arts as well as to members of Comic-Con’s Board of Directors and convention committee. It is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards.

Originally showcasing comic books, science fiction/fantasy and film/television (as was evident by the three circled figures appearing in Comic-Con’s original logo), and related popular arts, the convention has expanded over the years to include a larger range of pop culture elements, such as horror, anime, manga, animation, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels. The convention is the largest of its kind in the world, filling to capacity the San Diego Convention Center with over 125,000 attendees in 2007. Although Comiket in Tokyo, Japan is four times larger in terms of attendance than Comic-Con, its focus is solely as a gather for the buying, selling, and trading of dōjinshi (self-published comic books and fanzines), somewhat akin to a huge swap meet, and is not a convention in the American sense.

All 4-day and single day passes once again sold out months ahead of time, however passes previously returned and refunded are being sold in the final weeks before the event through Comic-Con’s official eBay channel. Passes cannot be transferred or re-sold due to attendees in past years who resold their tickets for more than their purchase price on eBay and Craigslist after tickets were sold out.

Some of the attendies are:

Mike Allred, Kevin J. Anderson, Sergio Aragonés, John Barrowman, Ramón Valdiosera Berman, Gerald Brom, Tim Burton, Gerard Butler, James Cameron, Park Chan-Wook, Gene Colan, Nicola Cuti, Russell T Davies, Felica Day, Omar Dogan, Kevin Eastman, Steve Epting, Mark Evanier, June Foray, Ramona Fradon, Hunter Freberg, Stan Freberg, Julie Gardner, Gary Gianni, Jimmy Gownley, Seth Green, Kevin Greutert, Michael C. Hall, Russ Heath, Brian Herbert, James Jean, Geoff Johns, Eric Jones, Kazu Kibuishi, Dennis Kitchen, Hope Larson, Nick Langley, John Lasseter, Taylor Lautner, Jim Lee, Steven Lisberger, Francis Manapul, Dwayne McDuffie, Hayao Miyazaki, Doug Moench, Sheldon Moldoff, Fabio Moon, Olivia Munn, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Patrick Oliphant, Jim Parsons, Stephen Pastis,Robert Pattinson, Kevin Pereira, David Petersen, Jerry Robinson, Mike Royer, Stan Sakai, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Seth, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gail Simone, Leonard Starr, Kristen Stewart, Jessica Mae Stover, J. Michael Straczynski, David Tennant, Richard Thompson, [[[1]], Lewis Trondheim, Michael Uslan, Jerry Vanderstelt, Charles Vess, Landry Walker, Adam West, Wil Wheaton, Bill Willingham, Gene Yang, Leinil Yu, Robert Zemeckis and more to be announced.

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Pixar’s animated short film from 2005, released on the DVD of The Incredibles the same year. It stars two of the supporting characters from The Incredibles film, Jack-Jack Parr (the youngest member of the Parr family, a.k.a. The Incedibles) and his babysitter Kari McKeen. You can play free Incredibles games, plus many other free Pixar and Disney games, at this lovely family-friendly site: http://www.dan-dare.org/disney/ You can get free Incredibles desktop wallpaper pictures here: http://www.dan-dare.org/FreeFun/Games/CartoonsMoviesTV/IncrediblesWallpaper1024.htm

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Disney / Pixar Ultimate Collection: includes: 8 Pixar movies

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If you’re scouting for deals on entry-level digital cameras and accessories, you just might find what you’re looking for at Wal-Mart on Black Friday. According to a leaked ad for in-store specials, the retailer will offer digital cameras as low as $69, a handheld digital photo frame for $39, and a digital printer for $49. You can also get your mitts on the Kodak Easyshare C613 Digital Camera , a game-changer in the camcorder market, for a bargain $79.

The retailer’s Black Friday ad was published by Black Friday @ GottalDeal.com, a site dedicated to promoting Friday-after-Thanksgiving ads before they hit newspapers. Below are some specials on digital cameras and accessories coming to a Wal-Mart near you. See anything you like? Rest up, because Wal-Mart stores open at 5 a.m. on Black Friday.

Samsung L200

Samsung L200 10.2-megapixel digital camera with 3x zoom for $69
Kodak EasyShare CD1013 10-megapixel digital camera with 3x zoom for $79
Kodak EasyShare ZD8612 8-megapixel digital camera with 12x zoom for $149
Pure Digital Flip F230 30-minute digital camcorder for $79
JVC 30GB hard drive camcorder with 28x zoom for $249
Samsung SC-DX103 mini DVD camcorder for $179
enVue digital photo album with 3.5-inch LCD for $40
Digital picture frame with 8-inch LCD, clock, and calendar for $39
HP Photosmart A526 photo printer with 2.4-inch LCD for $49
Philips 7-inch digital photo frame alarm clock for $89
Kodak 2GB Secure Digital memory card for $7

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Kodak Easyshare C613 Digital Camera