Yeah, I know it’s been two weeks, but coverage is still trickling out.
High Five Comics has posted their con report.
I write about the Gaslamp Crush — the bottleneck in Downtown San Diego just outside the convention center which has become a sort of geeky version of the Las Vegas Strip.
The Source posts highlights of DC Comics’ photos from Comic-Con
Gamer Live has a video interview with Marv Wolfman talking about DCU Online.
Mark Evanier considers the role of other media at Comic-Con.
More weekend linkblogging!
Grumpy Old Fan asks (and answers) the question: why reprint “bad” comics?
Wikipedia has a good breakdown of comic book super-powers.
Collected Editions takes a look at DC’s Spring 2011 trade paperbacks.
Fantastic image: Firefly crew as the Enterprise crew. Classic Star Trek, of course.
Sillof, the custom action figure builder who made the Steampunk Justice League and Legion of Doom, collaborated with Glorbes on a Star Wars in World War II series.
Empire Online has a set of Lucas Lee Movie Posters featuring one of Ramona’s Evil Ex-Boyfriends from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Humor! The Onion reports: Supervillain Lady Gaga Kidnaps Commissioner Gordon.
Science! Darryl Cunningham debunks the Moon Hoax in comic-book form.
Some Flashy linkblogging for the weekend…
Fanboy Scouts has launched a series of Merit Badges for Geeks including a Speedster badge, awarded for “the display of any of the following speed-related attributes: Super Speed, Speed Control, Kinetic Energy Manipulation, Infinite Mass Punch, Time Travel or Hyper-Vibration.”
Check out Mark Grambau’s super-hero/super-villain posters.
The Hooded Utilitarian continues reading the Silver Age Flash, this time moving on to the few solo issues.
Sideshow Collectibles has the Flash “As you’ve never seen him before” — as a plush toy! (OK, I have seen Flash plush toys before, but not quite like this one.)
The 1992 Elongated Man miniseries makes CSBG’s Year of Cool Comics.
In other speedster news, First Comics News is making August Sonic the Hedgehog Month.
Some recent interviews at Newsarama:
Francis Manapul talks to Newsarama about Beast Legends.
UPDATE: Francis Manapul also talks to CBR about drawing the Flash.
Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani talk about the upcoming Young Justice comic that will tie into the animated series.
Artist Nicola Scott talks about Teen Titans.
Some links related to the Flash and Comic-Con International.
Francis Manapul writes about SDCC, Beast Legends, and Flash #4.
Titans Tower Monitor Room has been posting convention sketches from Comic-Con International, including Kid Flash by Sean Philips [Update] and another Kid Flash by Francis Manapul.
DC Comics has teamed up with Converse for super-hero shoes, starting with Batman, Superman and Green Lantern. Somehow they managed to skip the hero who’s famous for running.
I’m still working on my overall convention report. Here are Thursday and Friday. Half-done, half to go!
Some recent sightings of Flash history around the web.
4thletter!’s 4×4 Elements series looks at what made “Blitz” work.
Two more Flash moments appear in Comics Should Be Good’s list of 75 Memorable Moments in DC History: Barry Allen’s sacrifice in Crisis on Infinite Earths and the first Superman/Flash race.
Bleeding Cool noticed a similarity between the universe-changing conclusion of Spider-Man’s “One More Day” and a story point in Flash’s “Hell to Pay,” and asked, “Where was the outrage when Wally West did the same thing?” Hmm, on one hand you have someone who makes a deal with the devil to retcon away 15 20 years of stories and create a new status quo that has lasted three years so far. On the other hand, you have someone who makes a deal with the devil for the sake of a story, and he finds a way to beat the Devil at his own game the next issue. Yeah, they’re totally the same.
Random Happenstance’s series on 1999’s JLApe event continues with a summary of the Flash installment, featuring Max Monkey and Chimpulse.
The Hooded Utilitarian, after reading Flash: Rebirth, decides to go back and read some Silver-Age Flash starting with Showcase #4.