This Week, Comic-Con!

Yes true believers, it's time once again for Comic-Con!

I am practically counting down the hours until Wednesday night when I leave work, and the unwielding Astaire/Rogers project at Sparkhill behind, to enjoy 4 uninterupted days (Thursday thru Sunday) of movies, sc-fi, and comics. Top on my list is a special preview of "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut" DVD. . The blurb in Friday's schedule reads, "Q&A with Marc McClure, Jack O'Halloran, Tom Mankiewicz (creative consultant), Michael Thau (editor in charge of the SII reconstruction), and more. Also in attendance super-secret special guests from the Adventures of Superman, Lois and Clark, Smallville, Superman The Animated Series, and Superman Returns!". Also on Friday, Bryan Singer will be answering "Superman Returns" follow up questions and talk about what some of the possibilities are for the second film, already given the 'go' by the studio. That's a 'must attend' as well. Kevin Smith will also be giving the fans an hour and a half to yack about "Clerks II" and his movies in general.

The Arclight in Hollywood is having a Q&A with Kevin following a special screening of Clerks II". The only problem is the screening is July 21st, opening day for the movie. Arrrggghhhhh! I really want to go but can't because I'll be down in San Diego! Then they added two more shows that same night because of the overwhelming response. All three quickly sold out. I started wishing they would schedule another after Comic-Con for the fans that couldn't make those. Kevin of course goes to Comic-Con every year and would certainly be in tune with the crossed schedules and plight of the people who couldn't make the trip. Finally a second night of Q&A screenings was added for Sunday night, July 23rd. The good news, Comic-Con will be over by then. The bad news, I have a periodontist appointment just a half hour north of San Diego I specifically scheduled for the Monday after the event.

But the all around goods news is this; during this time I was finally able to confirm that Kevin was indeed attending Comic-Con despite his promotional obligations for "Clerks II". Halle-fucking-lujah! Even better; when they have a Q&A screening at The Arclight, audience menbers are given questionaire forms to fill out after which a production person decides the best of them to ask the celebrity guest. At Comic-Con, you get to walk right up to a microphone and ask the guest your question directly. Then when I get back to LA after the event I'll head to The Arclight to catch the film. Unless of course there's a bunch of fans heading to a local theater across the street during the event. That would probably be even more satisfying. Either way I win. I like winning!