San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog

Comic-Con 2011 has come to a close, and our sleep-depraved minds are still reeling from the whirlwind four days of lines, panels and offsite events. And because there was much more to see and do at the con than one person could ever dream of, we went to Twitter and asked our awesome readers what their favorite moments of 2011 were.

Click past the jump to see the top five.

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If you followed us at all during Comic-Con this year, you would know that my thumbs were getting quite a workout keeping all of you up to date on pre-registration news, line queues and swag giveaways. On top of all that, we did manage to take a few pictures during the con, although not as many as I would have liked. Perhaps next year I’ll be able to finally figure out the cloning process and do equal parts of each. Because it’s Comic-Con, after all.

Check out my picture set of SDCC 2011. We’d love to show off your pictures too – if you’d like to share, just let us know and we’ll pass the word along!

Thanks to all of our readers for following the site and our Twitter account during the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend. The coverage doesn’t end here. We’ll continue to update the site over the next couple of weeks with our annual wrap-up posts, as well as first-hand accounts of the Cowboys and Aliens premiere, video of the Castle panel with Nathan Fillion, an Attack The Block screening, an interview with the Aquabats, and more!

Is there anything specific from this year’s con you would like to hear more about? Drop us a line and let us know!

A quick update to all of our readers on our Comic-Con coverage. We’ve been feverishly updating our Twitter account with real-time happenings on the show floor. But, as you may have noticed, we have been kinda quiet on the blog front.

But have no fear! We’ll catch up on our recaps of Thursday and Friday this afternoon, and hopefully squeeze some panel coverage from today before the big premiere of Cowboys and Aliens tonight.

And if you aren’t following us on Twitter, why not? Our thumbs are getting quite a workout from all the tweets on and around the con. Follow us whether you’re at the con, or just want to feel like you’re at the con!

Check back later today for more of the great news and coverage you expect from us.

I’m sure you remember all the webseries called Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog written by Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed, Zack and Joss Whedon which was released before San Diego Comic Con in 2008.

It starred Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser M.D., How I met your mother), Nathan Fillion (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Castle) and last but not least Felicia Day as Penny (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Guild, Dragon Age Redemption, Eurika).

Andy Lowe thought 2 years ago that it might be a nice idea to adapt the webseries into a professional, but still fan based live stage play here in San Diego during this years Comic Con. And so he did with musical arrangements by Brian Hammond.

The lead role for Penny was cast with local Singer-Songwriter Jane Lui. It’s her first acting role, but she says she really feels comfortable on stage, because It’s a natural place for her to be.

There are several shows to come at the Tenth Avenue Theatre in San Diego till July 30th 2011. It’s located within walking distance from the Gaslamp district and the Convention Centre and tickets are still available either through Brown Paper Tickets or at the door.

Location:

Tenth Avenue Theatre
930 10th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101

More information:

Dr. Horrible LIVE San Diego
I Want To Sing Along

Tickets:

Brown Paper Tickets

Since I didn’t have access to preview night, I thought I would check out the Gaslamp District and see where the big offsite events are going to be set up. Some of them are already open for attendees, so if you’re like me and have to wait until tomorrow to get into the convention, there’s still a lot for you to do.

Click past the jump for a photo tour of what you’ll find in the Gaslamp District this year.

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If you’ve been to Comic-Con before, or any comic convention around the world, you’ve probably seen those odd looking orange/yellow/red knit caps with the pompom on top. If you didn’t know that it’s from Joss Whedon’s Firefly, you might need to check your geek cred at the door.
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Comic Con is almost here! I know many of you are frantically doing some last minute packing and planning. Here are my top 10 items I don’t leave home without. See you in San Diego!

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We wanted to let all of you in on our coverage plans for this year’s Comic-Con.

First, we’re planning on updating the blog from Wednesday through Sunday, day and night. We’ll be experimenting with live photos and videos from the show floor, for as long and as often as we have a signal to upload the goods to the site. So be on the lookout for tons of sights and sounds directly from the big show.

Second, we’re going to live blog during panels to pass along the news as we hear it. Big panels, small panels, we want to bring you as much as we we think you’ll want to read. We also know many of you will be at the con, too; so we want to be your eyes and ears for the panels you won’t be able to attend.

Third, we fully accept that we even we won’t be able to attend every panel and event, so we’re going to look for you for help. In years past, we’ve had some readers provide us with reports of offsite events that we’ve posted to the site for everyone to read. We’d like to extend that to this year’s con as well. Every night we’ll be compiling readers’ comments and photos from panels and events to bring you best and the most complete coverage of each day at Comic-Con. If you would like your comments on the site, send us an email or tweet us at our Twitter account.

And speaking of Twitter, yes, we’ll be tweeting everything we post to the blog, as well as retweeting anything we see that we want to pass along to all of you. Suffice to say, we’ve been giving our thumbs a lot of practice the past few weeks so you’ve been forewarned!

Okay, we’re ready – let’s get this show on the road!