San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog

Color us surprised when we didn’t see a Cartoon Network booth or events during the Comic-Con 2011 announcement season. Adult Swim seems to be taking on a life of its own at the con, but for great family fare it looked like it was going to be orphaned to its parent, Warner Bros.

Well, worry no more, because there will be a Cartoon Network booth. Sort of.

Between the time the convention center doors close on Saturday and reopen on Sunday, the Warner Bros. booth will be transformed, or rather “tooned up” into the official Cartoon Network booth for Family Day. The day’s events will feature signings from your favorite CN shows, the Tweety Bird car give-a-way, costumed characters for the kids,and more fun for kids of all ages. And you betcha you’ll catch us at the Scooby-Doo signing – man, we love that show.

Hope they use something a little more snazzy than that black and white from last year. Click past the jump to read the press release.

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The “Countdown to Comic-Con” continues, with a mere four days until Preview Night! We can hardly believe it ourselves, and we can’t wait to be on that jumbo jet, San Diego bound.

The folks at Comic-Con International, organizers for the big show, can’t wait to see all of us either, and they’ve been unveiling news and schedules on a daily basis leading up to the con which have been making the wait to opening night just that much more unbearable. Thanks, CCI. We appreciate the tease!

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Okay, let us get all sentimental for a second. Comic-Con isn’t just big Hollywood events. it’s about comics, too – let’s not forget that. And Comic-Con has lots of comic publishers and creators, from the mega-popular to the ultra-obscure. Somewhere in the middle is one of my favorite comic book companies, BOOM! Studios. Being a father, BOOM!’s kids line of books, now under the KABOOM! label, has the perfect lineup to start my children reading comics at an early age. And their classic Disney licenses, like Darkwing Duck, Ducktales, and Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, to the recently acquired Peanuts comics, speak to the kid in me as I’m able to share my childhood delights with my children.

So last year, the first booth I visited was BOOM!’s, and had Travis Hill sketch me a custom Toy Story cover. I have this framed in my son’s bedroom. And everytime I see it, I get such joy out of being able to share something I love with my kids.

BOOM! Studios announced their booth schedule for Comic-Con 2011, and I couldn’t be more excited. Again, they have a signing and panel schedule that speaks to both the adult and kid in me. Personally, I couldn’t be more excited to see that Warren Spector, the famed video game designer who brought us such games as Deus Ex and Epic Mickey, at the booth supporting his Ducktales comics for the publisher. They also have a great lineup of Comic-Con exclusive variants, such as the aforementioned Ducktales, Planet of the Apes, and a Definitive Irredeemable Vol. 1 exclusive, signed and numbered by Mark Waid.

Thank you, BOOM! Click past the jump to see the entire line-up.

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Let us throw some names at you: Bruce Campbell, Morgan Spurlock, the Falling Skies cast, Mike Mignola, Joss Whedon.

Those are just a few celebrities among the popular comic publisher’s packed signing schedule which was announced today. Four days overflowing with the “who’s who” of the comic and geek-culture world, as only Dark Horse does year in and year out.

Click past the jump for entire schedule.

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Warner Bros. has announced their autograph schedule for this year’s Comic-Con, and as in years past it’s pretty massive. We applaud them for embracing the fans and giving them a chance to shake hands with their favorite stars of film and television.

Last year, the autograph schedule brought massive chaos in and around the WB booth on the show floor, causing entire walkways to be shut down and basically rendered an entire corner of the floor inaccessible. WB also used their Twitter account to announce when folks could start to line up at their booth, just for a chance to get an autograph at a particular session. In other words, it wasn’t a very good system.

Thankfully, we won’t have to worry about that again this year, because they have revamped the ticketing system. Gone are the impromptu announcements via Twitter, each session will now have a set time when people can start to line up for a chance. Also gone are the long lines at the booth for said tickets, because they’ve moved it to the much more accessible Sails Pavilion.

Click the jump to read more on when and where you need to be to meet your favorite stars.

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SDCC Blog reader Zach Marcus sent in these reviews of the Scott Pilgrim Experience, Xbox Room at the Hard Rock Hotel, and Flynn’s Arcade. I thought I’d pass them along as I don’t think I’ll be able to visit all of these.

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Marvel just sent out a Press Release announcing signings for the upcoming Thor and Captain America films. Unfortunately they require attendees to go to the Marvel booth Saturday morning a receive a ticket for whatever signing they want to attend. You must then return to the booth with your tickets at the time of the actual signing. This means that many attendees (including myself) will be unable to because of the WB panel in the morning. Still, for those wanting these autographs Marvel definitely delivered the talent. Take a look:

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Having been away for the last week, I was unable to post a majority of Comic-Con news to the site. Now I’m back though, and ready to catch you guys up on everything that happened this week. I’m providing a brief wrap-up for each bit of news and if you want more, all you have to do is click on the description. First I’ll go through everything I haven’t been able to talk about at all, then I’ll re-post all of my news tweets for those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter. Read on and enjoy!

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Universal is going all out for Scott Pilgrim’s con appearance this year and they just announced some awesome new stuff they have planned!

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Briefly: Toy company Bif Bang Pow! just posted the details on their con exclusives. All of these exclusives have been revealed before and can be found on the Official Exclusives Page, but it does include an interesting note about a Venture Brothers signing. The show’s creators/writers/directors Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer will be at the Bif Bang Pow booth (#2343) from 4:30-6:00 PM on Saturday to sign the SDCC exclusive VB figures and meet with fans.