July 24, 2009
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.” [Edit: here's a picture with the same people from earlier in line.]
3:10:21 PM: Huge applause for Geoff Johns
3:11:21 PM: Plush Dex-Starr red kitty of rage [Edit: Dex-Starr was brought by The Nerdy Bird]
3:13:05 PM: Full of rage because of crappy con food! [Edit: DD came out wearing about 10 layers of T-shirts, including all the Lantern Corps, and asked the audience to shout out why they should get the red lantern shirt, the orange lantern shirt ("I want that shirt!" was the winner there), etc.]
3:21:03 PM: Fan: like seeing characters reacting to other chars’ deaths.
3:23:53 PM: DD: What did you like abt LO3W5? Fan: it finally came out.
3:26:47 PM: JR: JLA Cry for Justice will have major implications for JLA & America
3:30:51 PM: Black Lantern Billy Mays asks about Damian, West kids, etc. as new gen of heroes. DD says they’re really trying to work in new chars
3:32:17 PM: Fan: Will there be white lanterns who show up and save the day? Other fan: why does it always have to be black vs white?
3:33:27 PM: Let Hourman ask his question, he’s running out of time!
3:38:21 PM: Dancing Sinestro?!?
3:40:24 PM: The bit about new chars earlier includes, ex. the rainbow lantern corps, the New Krypton chars, etc.
3:42:47 PM: Ambush Bug #6 – “We got so awesome that we ran out of things to make fun of” Ian Sattler. DD real answer: too busy, in the works
3:44:46 PM: Geoff Johns: it’s not a trinity, it’s a pentagram (Supes, Bats, WW, GL, Flash)
3:45:57 PM: DD: Kids’ books have to read as kids’ books, not what adults remember from 60s
3:47:26 PM: GJ: will explore time, nature of Speed Force, all speedsters & what’s beyond in Flash:Rebirth
3:48:48 PM: Ravager asks: w/o Trigon, what’s Raven’s role? DD: will be involved in TEEN Titans
3:49:46 PM: GJ: Blackest Night: Flash will explain Captain Boomerang Jr
3:51:02 PM: GJ: entire story of Flash: Rebirth is in the Flash Museum at the beginning
3:53:44 PM: #BlackestNight 3: who do you want to come back? Ted Kord, Pa Kent, Max Lord…Jesus…Michael Jackson…
3:55:03 PM: And that’s it!
July 23, 2009
2:21:11 PM: Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins are doing Blackest Night: Flash!
2:30:02 PM: “Black Lantern Billy Mays here.”
2:31:53 PM: Barry’s back for good. BN: Flash stars Barry, Wally & lots of dead Rogues. BN takes place after Rebirth
2:32:39 PM: Dex-star vs Krypto!
2:34:27 PM: How Geoff would write Batman: “I’d probably just give him a yellow ring”
2:36:21 PM: Geoff “not leaving Green Lantern anytime soon.”
2:38:53 PM: Fan: Kyle as artist good focus for GL power, so why Hal? GJ: Focus is on overcoming fear
2:39:54 PM: Cruddy twitter connection might inspire arrival of a red ring… grrr…
2:42:04 PM: Geoff on Blackest Night: of COURSE it’s violent! The dead are rising from their graves!
2:43:05 PM: Trade-waiter avoiding Blackest Night spoilers. Geoff: “Wrong panel”
2:48:18 PM: Re: movies, Geoff is concentrating on Flash right now
2:49:46 PM: Geoff on internships: most stress was lunch-got chewed out once by exec for not remembering mango salsa.
3:01:11 PM: Great story abt trashing Richard Donner’s car SPECTACULARLY as an intern! Geoff Johns
3:02:40 PM: Fan asked abt Kid Flash or expander Flash ongoings…Geoff almost answered but Eddie Berganza stopped him. “8-ball is in your favor”
3:07:42 PM: Make Flash appealing to wider audience: everyone’s caught up in speed these days. Build on that.
3:10:55 PM: What’s going on w/ Barry will become clear in Flash:Rebirth #4-5
3:20:18 PM: Fan won $40 on a bet b/c Geoff couldn’t answer a spoilery question
3:21:17 PM: Oh, NOW the phone has a good signal, after I walk out of the room
3:22:06 PM: Oh, yeah, origin of Dex-star has been planned.
July 22, 2009
At the Con
- Badge pick-up took 5 minutes from arival at con. And hey, I have ANOTHER copy of Blackest Night #0!
- Wed night: the only time you’ll see the Mrs Fields carts without a line.
Simple costume: walking bulletin board. 
Huge line at Graphitti T-shirt booth for Green Lantern figures.
- First person in Twilight line has a dome tent.
- Not many costumes at preview night, but a few. Sitting on shuttle behind Wonder Girl & (I think) Ravager.
- Uploading first batch of photos to Flickr account over slow hotel wifi
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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 first. Decisions, decisions…
July 21, 2009
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 redrawn versions of “Deal Me From the Bottom” and “City of Shifting Sand” from All-Flash #22 (yes, they did this twice!)
If you dare, read TV Tropes on Super Speed. (Beware, this is TV Tropes, so you run the risk of a tab explosion if you read it!)
San Diego Thoughts
Twitter has been full of people talking about flying to San Diego today, or starting long drives. Living 2-3 hours away, it’s easy for me to forget that a lot of people need a full day of travel before and after the con. I mean, I’m planning to drive down after lunch. I could do the entire con taking only 2½ days off work, but for many people, it’s a full week.
I find it highly amusing that @WizardWorld has been heavily pushing Chicago Comic-Con on Twitter today…the day before Comic-Con International. Certainly it makes perfect sense to capitalize on people thinking about cons who might not be going to this one, but might go to yours. And heck, I started getting excited about the build-up to CCI during the week before Wizard World Philadelphia and HeroesCon. It just seems funny for some reason.
Expanded from some of my Twitter posts today.
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Yes, it’s finally here! Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds concludes this week! Also: Rogues’ Revenge is collected in hardcover along with some past Johns/Kolins Rogue Profiles, a guest spot in Green Lantern, and Tiny Titans.
Wednesday Comics #3
This week features the third issue of the 12-part weekly Wednesday Comics, including a new Flash/Iris West segment by Karl Kerschl and Brenden Fletcher
7” x 10”, 16 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Team books and crossovers after the cut!
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #5
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by George Pérez & Scott Koblish
Covers by George Pérez
This is it! The time-stopping finale to this Final Crisis tie-in arrives as Superman, Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl battle Time Trapper while Prime and the Legion of Super-Villains engage in an all-out war with the Legions! Leading into the all-new Adventure Comics #1!
5 of 5 · 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge HC
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Scott Kolins
In the face of Final Crisis, superstar writer Geoff Johns (JSA, Action Comics) and artist Scott Kolins (Solomon Grundy) revive the most ruthless Rogues Gallery of them all! At times, they’ve been laughed at, ridiculed and hunted — but The Flash Rogues Gallery has had enough. The team of villains decides to remind the world why they’re not to be messed with in this hardcover collecting their return in Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge #1-3 as well as a couple of their greatest hits from The Flash #182 and #197.
144 pg, FC, $19.99 US. pre-order from Amazon
Green Lantern #44
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy
Variant cover by Rodolfo Migliari
“Blackest Night” continues! As Hal Jordan and Barry Allen investigate a bizarre crime in Gotham City, they come face to face with one of their oldest allies — J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter! But their old friend is not there for reunions; he’s come for much more. Meanwhile, Sinestro seeks to rebuild his army and take his revenge on the being who would usurp it — Mongul! preview at IGN.
This issue will ship with two covers. For every 25 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Rodolfo Migliari).
On sale July 22 – 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Tiny Titans #18
Written by Art Baltazar and Franco
Art and cover by Art Baltazar
School’s over, but the Tiny Titans can’t leave yet — they’re stuck in detention! How did that happen? Meanwhile, elsewhere in the school, Principal Slade’s got some dirty jobs…and Darkseid’s gotta do them!
32 pg, FC, $2.50 US
July 20, 2009
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.
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Well, there’s no Flash book for October (or is there?), but the crimson comet does co-star in this month’s The Brave and the Bold…plus there’s Blackest Night, a Halloween special, and the usual assortment of team books. Here are the Flash’s upcoming appearances according to Newsarama.
The Brave and the Bold #28
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art and cover by Jesus Saiz
J. Michael Straczynski (Amazing Spider-Man) and Jesus Saiz (OMAC PROJECT) continue their series of unlikely pairings with a match that spans the decades! When an experiment meant to alter the speed of light goes awry, Barry Allen finds himself face-to-face with some surprising allies – World War II’s legendary Blackhawks! But Barry isn’t the Flash they know, and he’s not even the kind of hero they need to help fight history’s most grueling war! What must Barry sacrifice to serve his country – and his world?
On sale October 21 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
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DC’s full solicitations for October are up at Newsarama and elsewhere, and there’s no sign of a Flash book the month after Flash: Rebirth is scheduled to wrap. And the Flash: Blackest Night miniseries won’t start until November, after the first round of tie-in miniseries are finished. Will readers see a month without a Flash book?
I suspect not, and here’s why:
- With Comic-Con International just two days away, DC may be keeping the news of the Flash relaunch in reserve for a big announcement at the convention.
- With Flash: Rebirth #4 running 3 weeks behind, and #6 scheduled for the last week of September, it’s likely that issues #5 and #6 will be pushed back, with the miniseries wrapping in October instead.
Of course, the Flash won’t be completely missing in any case: the Scarlet Speedster is co-starring in Brave and the Bold, and there are the various team books and Blackest Night. I’ll post a full run-down later tonight.
Also worth checking out: DC has announced the contents of the upcoming November trade paperback collection, The Flash vs. the Rogues: they’re all stories from the early Silver Age, many of them first appearances: Showcase #8, The Flash #105, 106, 110, 113, 117, 122, 140 & 155. Oddly, the cover they’re using with the solicitations is from a 2007 issue of the short-lived Flash: The Fastest Man Alive.
Anyone need a new front door?
