SDCC 2006: Meetup... [Archive] - Comic Book Resources Forums

Ta2grrl

06-13-2006, 01:39 PM

So I'm gonna assume this is ok with the Mods that be but if not then of course feel free to delete this thread...

Can folks post their info as to where they will be and when?? This way we can plan a get together for SDCC...!!

Please state when you are arriving/leaving and how you are arriving/leaving...whether or not you have a vehicle...where you are staying...and how many are in your party...

Also suggest which would be the best day for you to get together with other CBR Hellboy folk!!

Ta2grrl:

July 20th to the 24th...arriving Thursday night by car...leaving Monday morning by car...

Camp KOA San Diego...now referred to as Camp Chuthulu...

We have a car as we are driving down from Canada...

There are 4 total in the party including myself...

We will be attending the Con on Friday and one other day...most likely Saturday...

So Friday would be great for me to meet up wth folks at any time...I know Tad will be attending the Hellboy Animated panel Friday at 10:30 am...perhaps this would be a good meetup place??

Who else is in??

Erin

Ta2grrl

06-13-2006, 04:08 PM

Cheers for the sticky jnapper!!

Guys you don't have to post as much info as I did but it would be nice to confirm who is going...

Maybe just put what day you would like to meet-up if the idea of putting any other info on the net spooks you ;)

Cheers,

Erin
XXX

Jake Capps

06-13-2006, 04:14 PM

Bandit 37:

July 18th - July 23rd...arriving Tuesday morning by car...leaving Sunday afternoon

Marine Base (MCRD) San Diego

We are driving down from Lompoc CA

There are 5 total in the party including myself, and my new wife (who thinks its ok for me to talk on the forum as long as I don't give you my credit card number)

We will be going to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, and we will be attending SDCC on Wednsday (Preview Night) - Sunday

I know I will be attending the HB Animated panel, and I think it would be cool to meet some of the talented people on this forum.

Ta2grrl

06-13-2006, 04:23 PM

Heh...

I thknk our group is gonna hit the San Diego Zoo on the day we don't attend the Con...

I was out-voted by the non-comic book fans who are coming...

:D

XXX

Ta2grrl

06-13-2006, 11:48 PM

So 56 folks have had a look at the thread but none of them are coming to SDCC...?!?

Huh...

Hope its not me...!!

*smells under armpits*

XXX

Tad

06-14-2006, 12:07 AM

Friday my time is not my own. Doesn't mean I won't be able to make it to a meet up but I can't promise since I don't know the schedule. There may be video cameras around asking fans why they like Hellboy... try to be coherent.:D

I know that meet ups have been disappointing when there wasn't an activity (like food). There was the thought of meeting outside the con at a restaurant or Seaport Village where people can get a variety of foods. But I know leaving the con is not necessarily an option when you're only there for a day or when you have to zealously guard your mouse books or do a million sketches for fans.

Just ideas.

Hellmistress

06-14-2006, 01:40 AM

So 56 folks have had a look at the thread but none of them are coming to SDCC...?!?

Huh...

Hope its not me...!!

*smells under armpits*

XXX

I wanna be there, but can't ... *sob*. For all of us non-attendees, I hope there will be reports. And PICTURES.

HM (bottom lip a-quiver)

Neil Hill

06-14-2006, 08:13 AM

I know that meet ups have been disappointing when there wasn't an activity (like food). There was the thought of meeting outside the con at a restaurant or Seaport Village where people can get a variety of foods. But I know leaving the con is not necessarily an option when you're only there for a day or when you have to zealously guard your mouse books or do a million sketches for fans.

Just ideas.

I agree with you Tad that an offsite meeting would probably be best. Meeting during the convention itself is usually kind of rushed and uncomfortable, as we're all most likely just stopping on our way to somewhere else and usually in a hurry at that. Also, we run the risk of missing various panels and other planned activities (which happened last year). The evening after the show is probably going to be when I'll feel most relaxed and ready to chat it up with fellow fans.

Also, doing a meet up earlier in the week (like Thursday) will mean that most people won't be in exhaustion mode, totally wiped out from days of standing in lines and trying to get to and fro.

I don't know the area well enough to suggest an actual time and place yet, but I'd say any decent restaurant in the Gaslamp after the show on Thursday or Friday would be my best suggestion. That should be central enough for most fans to get to without interrupting other plans- hopefully that is.

Maija

06-14-2006, 08:30 AM

Why not do two meet-ups?

One off-site evening meet-up at a restaurant and then, once the schedule comes out, set up a time to meet at the DarkHorse booth as we did last year.

There will be people who can't stay in the evening because of commitments with travelling companions or having a budget or dietary needs/tastes that the chosen restaurant doesn't fit, etc. Also, it's a big social commitment to meet up with a bunch of people who might be still mostly strangers to you and be tied into spending the evening/splitting the cheque with them. I expect some folks would just like to put faces to names first.

The meet-up at the Dark Horse booth went well last time, I thought, in that quite a lot of people showed up. And then quite a few had to leave right away too, but at least we got to say "hi" and could recognize one another when we met again later on the floor or at a panel. Then you might find you're able to form a smaller group that goes out for lunch, or goes to one of the evening free movies, or whatever.

That would be easier than trying to organize one big meal-based get-together in the midst of the chaos that is SDCC.

Petersen

06-14-2006, 09:21 AM

I'm in for the week. I'd rather do something at the con durring the con. I'm not chained to my table, but don't want to stray too far...

If there is a food meet-up afterwards, I'll try to hit that as well.

name the time(s) and I'll try to be there

Sparky

06-14-2006, 10:00 AM

I'll be there all week, too. Maybe I should wear a mouse costume and cover Petersen's table while he's on breaks.

Jake Capps

06-14-2006, 10:42 AM

Make that 2 mouse costumes, and we can have a Light Saber fight to get more people to stop by his table.

Ta2grrl

06-14-2006, 11:34 AM

Ok...

So it sounds like 2 meetups is a go since...as Ruta said..some will be unavailable for one or the other...

Since most folks are going to the Animated HB panel (those that are not working of course) then I would suggest that as at least ONE of the meetups...perhaps 9:45ish around the lineup where the panel is taking place...I am assuming that folks will be there earlier then 10:30 so as to be first in line...?!

The other could definately be a place to eat...maybe that Friday night after the panel and all is completed...say 8ish somewhere near the convention center??

I have no idea what is close by...perhaps people could throw out some suggestions??

Also if there are other suggestions for days and times then lets hear them...!!

Erin

Maija

06-14-2006, 11:52 AM

Last year Petersen, J. Bastian and I went to Sammy's Woodfire Pizza (http://www.sammyspizza.com/locations.html) (links to address, map and menu, and a video of the place so you know what it looks like) in the Gaslamp area. It was pretty good (or so I recall, maybe Jeremy or David remember it differently), reasonably priced, with a varied and interesting menu featuring more than just pizza, and it was far enough away from the convention center that it wasn't too insanely busy, but for a large group you'll still want to make a reservation.

Their menu seems to suggest that they're able to accomodate special diets (see their "healthy dining menu" on the menu (http://www.sammyspizza.com/menu.html) page).

Then you can have leftover cold pizza for breakfast the next day. :)

p.s. I will be quiet now, since I'm not even going to be there! :(

Ta2grrl

06-14-2006, 11:58 AM

I wanna be there, but can't ... *sob*. For all of us non-attendees, I hope there will be reports. And PICTURES.

HM (bottom lip a-quiver)

I will be certain to take a nice shiny picture of Tad's shirt for you Lady H...!!

:D

Gonna miss ya!!

XXX

Petersen

06-14-2006, 11:59 AM

I remember it the same way you do, Ruta. The cold pizza for breakfast was a nice start to the next day too. Pizza seems to be a firly universal 'like' for people.

What was the name of the place we went with Fitz & Kat, Spyda, Tad, Morna & Gary, and my friend Mike came with me?? I wished that I had ordered the steak..Fitz's looked good, and my chicken/pasta dish was only 'ok' I also saw yummy desserts at the table.

Maija

06-14-2006, 12:08 PM

I was late getting there for some reason and I'd already had dinner somewhere else. And you had left a note saying you were going to be one place, but you were actually next door, but I figured it out and I found you and your plan to ditch me failed! :evilangry

Anyway, I think it was Henry's Pub (http://www.henryspub.com/)?

Jake Capps

06-14-2006, 12:16 PM

Also just a side note that Friday is the 21st of July. And if you didn't know its the opening of Clerks II!!!

Petersen

06-14-2006, 12:26 PM

.....your plan to ditch me failed! :evilangry

Anyway, I think it was Henry's Pub (http://www.henryspub.com/)?

That looks like the place. It was able to accomodate larger parties as well...bit pricier than pizza though..

and it wasn't a plan to ditch you...I wouldn't have left a note if it was! I was givin misinformation by none other than crazy Mike Davis TM!!!

Neil Hill

06-14-2006, 01:41 PM

Does anyone else find it ironic that one of the main organizers for this year is someone who isn't going to be there? (Ruta) :p (kidding)

OK, so two meet up's? I guess that makes it easier for everyone involved. Those who can't attend an evening "do" can make the daytime and vice versa. I just need to know where to be and when. :D

Petersen

06-14-2006, 01:57 PM

Does anyone else find it ironic that one of the main organizers for this year is someone who isn't going to be there? (Ruta)

Oh she's gonna be there...in disguise: a stormtrooper

"How long have you owned these droids?"

Ta2grrl

06-14-2006, 03:22 PM

Also just a side note that Friday is the 21st of July. And if you didn't know its the opening of Clerks II!!!

Well you can go to the morning meeting then :)

As for dinner...

I'm keeping track...as I seem to be an organiser that will be there...but I remember someone mentioning sushi at some point...

I guess I'll google the area and see whats around that can take a larger group without reservations...!!

XXX

Jake Capps

06-14-2006, 03:25 PM

I think that pizza place would be cool to, but I am up for sushi. And I will just Fandango some tickets for late Friday night.

hellboyone

06-14-2006, 03:47 PM

I'm down for whatever, Friday or Saturday, since those are the days I'll be at the convention. I'll be there probably Sunday morning as well but I'll be out of town no later than noon (traffic back to LA is often horrendous Sunday evening). One more vote for sushi here!

Also...our big sketchbook session is still being discussed but I'm pushing for a Saturday night session since a bunch of Dr. Tran shorts will be screening at the con Friday night at Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation...probably about 4 or 5 of them, including the original ones. I'll have more on the session as it comes closer, but the day and time will probably not be nailed down until we're all there so, you know...check back with me.

Maija

06-14-2006, 04:20 PM

I ain't organizing nuthin'. Suggestions were requested, I am providing some, to be disregarded if desired. Somebody else gets to make all the decisions.

If I was organizing, you would know it. Just ask Gary & Morna. ;)

Petersen knows I'm just trying to keep my post count even with his. But why the hell did you have to go and blow my damn cover? I'll be cuffing you with the back of my armoured hand when I see you in July! :evilangry

morna

06-14-2006, 05:15 PM

If I was organizing, you would know it. Just ask Gary & Morna. ;)

It's true! !!

Jake Capps

06-14-2006, 07:25 PM

Also...our big sketchbook session is still being discussed but I'm pushing for a Saturday night session since a bunch of Dr. Tran shorts will be screening at the con Friday night at Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation...probably about 4 or 5 of them, including the original ones. I'll have more on the session as it comes closer, but the day and time will probably not be nailed down until we're all there so, you know...check back with me.

What's this all about?

Ta2grrl

06-14-2006, 07:49 PM

hellboyone

06-14-2006, 08:12 PM

Cyber_Ghost

06-14-2006, 09:59 PM

I will be there..

Land on Wednesday, July 19 at 5:55pm.

Staying at the hostel with a friend of mine.

Leaving on Sunday at 2:20pm

I've apparently a few people to meet up with, if what my traveling partner tells me is right. Got a few panels to attend already, people to see.. I expect to be busy. So, I'll be around, just don't know times when I will be free just yet.

morna

06-14-2006, 10:24 PM

people... don't miss the sketchbook session. Gary and I were tired and burnt out and couldn't imagine drawing with a bunch of people we hardly knew but it turned out to be one of the very highlights of the whole adventure. Really ! don't miss it if you can possibly avoid it

Neil Hill

06-15-2006, 08:07 AM

Sketchbook session: Yeah, basically, what Ta2grrl said. It's an extension of what we do weekly and monthly here in LA except we invite everyone who wants to get down attending the convention. We started this tradition a couple of years ago, taking over the nearby Marriot hotel bar and lobby for an evening, usually Friday or Saturday. Last year, the number of artists all drawing in the same room was pretty mind-boggling and lots of fun. Bring a sketchbook, sketch in your own book and draw in other artists' sketchbooks as well until the Marriot kicks us out!

I almost made it this last year, but felt kind of the same Morna did about not wanting to be in a room full of mostly strangers sketching away. Now I'm kind of sorry that I didn't make it. :)

This year I'll have a non-artist friend in tow, so I'm not sure how getting together for a sketchbook session will work. If it's in the cards though, I'll be there.

Jake Capps

06-15-2006, 12:35 PM

Yeah it sounds cool, I just don't want to be that guy who stands around and gos "umm...yeah...I like that drawing".

treden

06-16-2006, 09:31 AM

I am still not sure when I will arrive but will be in SD sometime on Friday and leaving sometime on Sunday. I would like to join in on the sketchbook event. Be sure to post the time and place when things look definitive.

I would be up for meeting for dinner if we decide upon a place.

Sparky's Hellboarder T-shirt pick up is another opportunity for us all to get together.

Treden

E. Spears

06-16-2006, 10:40 AM

the sketchbook session last year was so much fun! I should be bringing my best friend along for it this year, he says he's not an artist but he draws the funniest stuff when he wants to. plus we're going to be very intoxicated, so that'll be real sweet.

I'm so pumped about this years' con, I've been looking forward to it since last year!

-e

Neil Hill

06-16-2006, 12:53 PM

plus we're going to be very intoxicated.

Hey, no fair getting intoxicated and not bringing enough for everyone! :D

Jake Capps

06-21-2006, 01:04 AM

I'm not sure why this thread died? I know there has to be more members out there going to SDCC!

gdeo

06-21-2006, 02:58 PM

I'll be in on Weds. with 3 buddies of mine.Going to the Animated panel to support Tad and soak up all the Hellboy goodness on Fri.I usually take in a Padres game and attend a concert at the House of Blues.I'm bailing on Sat.it just gets too crazy with the sea of humanity that attends that day...I'm up for the meetup,it'd be cool to see everyone.

chiaroscuros

06-23-2006, 02:33 PM

i am the non-artist friend of stygian but if you don't mind architectural drawings or some (gosh i haven't done a life drawing in a decade) regular drawings, i am definately in for the sketch book swap!

or if you need a house addition sketch with a hellboy flair, no problem!

speaking of architecture and mignola, i asked him last year if he would consider designing a couple stainglass windows for a church i was working on. he thought about it a little and said maybe. now i don't know about you, but i would love to see his art translated into stainglass!! lots of similiarities (no shading of color, lineweights vs. lead thicknesses, etc) and changing light would be a cool third dimension to his work...

anyway, if i ever get him to bite, i will definately post pictures and let it be a mecca for wandering hellboy fans.... nothing soon on the horizon but someday. if he had said yes, i think i actually had a pastor that might have gone for it too. but there are always more church jobs...

p.s. getting together away from the con sounds great. it lets everyone relax and be more themselves and there isn't nagging fear that you are missing something at the show. and i love all varieties of food, so any restaurant is great with me. mmm... fish tacos....

hellboyone

06-23-2006, 04:43 PM

I almost made it this last year, but felt kind of the same Morna did about not wanting to be in a room full of mostly strangers sketching away.

This is part of the fun! The first one I ever attended 5 or 6 years ago took place at some guy's house I didn't even know in a room full of people who didn't know each other. By the end of the night, half the people there were my best friends. :)

Just show up and start talking to people. Ask them to draw in your book. Draw in their book. You'll be salivating for next year and you'll want to start your own sessions when you get home.

Neil Hill

06-23-2006, 05:43 PM

This is part of the fun! The first one I ever attended 5 or 6 years ago took place at some guy's house I didn't even know in a room full of people who didn't know each other. By the end of the night, half the people there were my best friends. :)

Just show up and start talking to people. Ask them to draw in your book. Draw in their book. You'll be salivating for next year and you'll want to start your own sessions when you get home.

Well, if you're there Rick, I'll know at least one person. :D

Andrew Hein

06-24-2006, 02:03 PM

This is the first San Diego show in years that I haven't been able to make it too (hostel was all books by the time I got around to booking a bed). This year looks like it'll have a lot of Hellboy related fun. Nice too see familiar faces getting together again this year.

I hope everyone has a great time, and I want to see pictures!!Hehe

Jake Capps

06-27-2006, 10:40 AM

I'm not sure whats been done in the past with regards to "Reporting from SDCC" on the forum. Is it all over the board?

Ta2grrl

06-27-2006, 04:49 PM

Found a good restaurant guide...perhaps everyone could suggest a place and the number one pick will be our dinner meeting place...??

I was thinking Sat or Sun evening for dinner...

Thoughts...??

http://www.gaslamp.org/dine.php

XXX

hellboyone

06-27-2006, 08:38 PM

SAN DIEGO SKETCHBOOK SESSION INFO

Keep an eye on this thread on the Drawing Board for information on the upcoming session.

http://www.drawingboard.org/viewtopic.php?t=44468&start=105

This links to page 8 of the thread. It should pop up during the discussion here or after...

Neil Hill

06-28-2006, 09:39 AM

E. Spears

06-28-2006, 12:00 PM

I missed a lot of pages that I'm much too intoxicated (or is it under the influence? I don't know if there's any correct-like way to say 'stont') to read right at this moment, but didn't we meet one year at the dark horse booth and then play it by ear from there? that made figuring out what we're up to doing rather easy to do, and easy for me to find (i don't know anything about san diego, it's effectively a foriegn country to me still).

just throwin' that out, we did it either last year or the year before, my memory is currently shot.

-e

Ta2grrl

06-28-2006, 12:24 PM

The meeting at the Animated Hellboy panel is pretty much set for Friday morning...its just dinner we are fussing over...

Perhaps meeting at the Darkhorse booth Friday night would serve to get us sorted out that evening...??

XXX

E. Spears

06-28-2006, 12:38 PM

ah ha! thanks for clearing that up, Ta2grrl!

i'm so pumped, and also pumped for the sketchbook session HellboyOne and his buddies organize! that'll be sweet-extreme.

-e

treden

06-30-2006, 08:11 AM

Hello all,

I have just learned my itinerary and it looks like I will be getting into SD just before 10. I am not sure if it is going to be physically possible to get to the convention, get my pass, and get to the animation panel.

What time are folks gathering in the evening at the Dark Horse booth?

Did the date and time of the sketching session get set? I visited the other thread and didn't see anything specific. I guess we have time to schedule things but as this is my first Comic-con I am trying to put together an agenda for all of the things I want to include in the experience.

Treden

Jake Capps

06-30-2006, 08:34 AM

Wow your first Comic-Con. They will release a the list of events and times on the web site in a few weeks. Then I just start highlighting anything that looks cool to me then I put it on my out look calendar. Thats the Fanboy way I do it!:D

Maija

06-30-2006, 09:09 AM

I have just learned my itinerary and it looks like I will be getting into SD just before 10. I am not sure if it is going to be physically possible to get to the convention, get my pass, and get to the animation panel.Weeelllll... the airport is just a few minutes from the convention center and there is a bag check service at the convention center. If you get a tail wind and you arrive early you could try. According to last year's guide, there is bag check at "Lobby, Hall A and Hall D". I don't know if that comma splice means "in the lobby at Hall A and at Hall D" or "in the lobby, as well as in Hall A and Hall D". Note that no wheeled luggage, dollies, anything that people will trip over is allowed on the dealer floor. I assume they would not be allowed in the meeting rooms either.

Did the date and time of the sketching session get set? I visited the other thread and didn't see anything specific. I guess we have time to schedule things but as this is my first Comic-con I am trying to put together an agenda for all of the things I want to include in the experience.
The schedule comes out, at most, two weeks before the con, I seem to recall. It always seems like it's really late.

When it finally appears online, I usually note the panels I really want to go to. Then once I get the guide at the con, I read the descriptions, pick out other panels that sound interesting and highlight them on the timetable grid printed on the last pages of the guide. Then I rip out the page for the current day for quick reference.

I also take out the map of the convention center and use that to make notes on as I'm walking around the floor and spot stuff I'd like to come back to later. I highly recommend this as you will not be able to find something if you see it and don't make note of where it is. The dealer floor is vast. VAST! Or just buy the thing that interests you when you see it, if you can afford to do that or you think it won't still be there later. Note that dealers may discount stuff on Sunday.

Darkhorse will also be releasing their booth schedule which will not be in the SDCC program guide. It will get linked to from here as soon as it is made available.

Sparky

06-30-2006, 10:48 AM

Just lettin' everybody know -- I am still making the Hellboard shirts! Did some (http://www.phobe.com/crap/finished_black.jpg) tests (http://www.phobe.com/crap/finished_gray.jpg) earlier this weekend then realized ain't that always the way one of the letters was crooked. As Charlie Brown would say, AAaaaRGH. So we're remaking the screens and hopefully will be doing some test shirts today. I'll post pictures and all the requisite info on its own thread.

AAaaaRGH. Back to the press!

Jake Capps

06-30-2006, 11:01 AM

Ok Sparky those look badass!!!! Great job! I really dig the grey; the colors really pop! :D

treden

06-30-2006, 01:19 PM

I am going to do everything in my power to make it to the Animated Hellboy Panel. It will be close but it sounds like it would be worth trying.

If I miss it perhpas one of you will fill me in on what I missed over a beverage later that day?

treden

06-30-2006, 01:21 PM

Sparky,

The shirts look very good. It is hard to see your crooked letter in the pictures you sent. This is going to be a good way to recognize each other at the con.

Have you decided where t-shirt pick up will be?
Treden

E. Spears

06-30-2006, 02:59 PM

Sparky --

I don't know if you already said, but how much are these bitchin' shirts gonna be for us hellboarders? Cuz I want one! in medium!

thanks, yo!

-e

Neil Hill

06-30-2006, 06:18 PM

I also take out the map of the convention center and use that to make notes on as I'm walking around the floor and spot stuff I'd like to come back to later. I highly recommend this as you will not be able to find something if you see it and don't make note of where it is.

That's a really good idea Ruta! I usually avoid taking out any maps while I'm trotting around though, but instead take note of the aisle number (which are located near the ceiling of just about anywhere your standing while on the convention center floor- pretty standard for conventions these days). I'm usually carrying around enough crap to make a Sherpa balk, but I suppose I can take on one more task if it means making it easier to remember where things are later. :D Thanks!

Just lettin' everybody know -- I am still making the Hellboard shirts!

Those shirts look great Sparky!!

Jake Capps

07-01-2006, 11:44 PM

That's a really good idea Ruta! I usually avoid taking out any maps while I'm trotting around though, but instead take note of the aisle number (which are located near the ceiling of just about anywhere your standing while on the convention center floor- pretty standard for conventions these days). I'm usually carrying around enough crap to make a Sherpa balk, but I suppose I can take on one more task if it means making it easier to remember where things are later. :D Thanks!

Those shirts look great Sparky!!

Sherpa balk, good word usesage!

Andrew Hein

07-05-2006, 12:46 PM

I got some great news today. As it ends up I will be able to make it out ot San Diego for the show this year. I found someone with some extra room to share.

So I'll see you guys there!!!

Neil Hill

07-05-2006, 12:52 PM

I got some great news today. As it ends up I will be able to make it out ot San Diego for the show this year. I found someone with some extra room to share.

So I'll see you guys there!!!

That's great news Andy! Of course, as in years past, you'll probably make it onto the showroom floor hours before any of us do. :D Enjoy the sites before everyone else hits the floor for me! :D

Brisco

07-06-2006, 01:50 AM

It's been a while since I've checked in on this thread, and I'm still not really sure where things stand, but meeting up Friday night for dinner sounds good to me. Awesome shirts, Sparky! Please let us know how to order 'em!
Brisco

Jake Capps

07-08-2006, 06:34 PM

So have we set a time to meet up at the Darkhorse both?:confused:

Ta2grrl

07-09-2006, 12:52 AM

Well the animated panel is currently set for 10:30...how's 9:00 sound so we can all get to know each other in line...or at least head over there together??

Then we can also decide about dinner that same night...

Thoughts...??

9:00 AM Friday July 21st at the DarkHorse booth...??? Dinner time and place to be set then...??

XXX

Sparky

07-09-2006, 01:28 AM

Well the animated panel is currently set for 10:30...how's 9:00 sound
9 am? AM??? morning...the light, it hurtsss usss...we're not morning people...

Could we do it after the panel? I know Tad will be monopolized by reporters (all wearing PRESS cards in their hatbands, flashguns popping madly, yelling "Mr. Stones! OVER HERE! Mr. Stones!" like in the movies) but it would give the people who will be rushing just to make it to the panel a chance (I think Treden is one of the folks who isn't going to be getting in until the last minute).

Tad

07-09-2006, 08:45 AM

The con doesn't open until 10. Trying to meet outside is futile due to riots breaking out if people attempt cutting in line. Don't worry about including me since I may need to do more than the press stuff.

A 10:30 panel is bad enough - I'm afraid of a low turn out because of the schedule so if you can make it, drag any passers by there too.

Ta2grrl

07-09-2006, 10:37 AM

Ahh...

Fair enough...why don't we get together after the panel...

The panels ends at...11:30...so we'll say 11:45 at the Darkhorse Booth...??

XXX

Sparky

07-09-2006, 05:23 PM

A 10:30 panel is bad enough - I'm afraid of a low turn out because of the schedule so if you can make it, drag any passers by there too.
Everybody should bring their Inflatable Helboy Fans TM! I have one right here – I keep it in the passenger seat of my car so I can drive in the HOV lanes. As it says on the label: Scatter liberally throughout audience for a fuller, more popular appearance. Serving suggestion only. When not in use please to keep in polybag.

Note: make sure you blow them up before the panel, as all that puffing and squeaking will be very distracting.

Jake Capps

07-09-2006, 06:33 PM

I'm bringing 5 freinds, they all think they idea of a Hellyboy cartoon kicks ass!:D

Ta2grrl

07-09-2006, 10:29 PM

I'm bringing 5 freinds, they all think they idea of a Hellyboy cartoon kicks ass!:D

Awesome...they can hang with the three that I'm bringing and laugh at us super-hellboy fans...!!

:D

XXX

Hellmistress

07-10-2006, 12:49 AM

Ahh...

Fair enough...why don't we get together after the panel...

The panels ends at...11:30...so we'll say 11:45 at the Darkhorse Booth...??

XXX

Remember Doug and Guillermo will be at the PAN booth with swag and doing sign-y goodness from 11:30 to 1:30. Said swag (which apparently includes a limited edition Mignola PAN poster) will go VERY QUICKY.

HM

Sparky

07-10-2006, 12:56 AM

Remember Doug and Guillermo will be at the PAN booth with swag and doing sign-y goodness from 11:30 to 1:30. Said swag (which apparently includes a limited edition Mignola PAN poster) will go VERY QUICKLY.

Hmm -- we could all meet at the Pan booth after the panel (we could all just walk over together and get in line) instead of the Dark Horse booth.

Ta2grrl

07-10-2006, 01:42 PM

Remember Doug and Guillermo will be at the PAN booth with swag and doing sign-y goodness from 11:30 to 1:30. Said swag (which apparently includes a limited edition Mignola PAN poster) will go VERY QUICKY.

HM

Isn't this on Thursday tho...?? Where as we will be meeting on the Friday after the Hellboy panel...??

XXX

Hellmistress

07-10-2006, 03:58 PM

Isn't this on Thursday tho...?? Where as we will be meeting on the Friday after the Hellboy panel...??

XXX

G and Doug will be doing the PAN panel on the Thursday, but will be at the Picturehouse PAN'S LABYRINTH booth on Friday from 11:30am to 1:30pm to sign stuff, do the picture-taking thang etc. So I'm guessing Guillermo will be dashing like a mad thing from the HB: ANIMATED thing to the PAN booth.

HM

Ta2grrl

07-10-2006, 04:09 PM

G and Doug will be doing the PAN panel on the Thursday, but will be at the Picturehouse PAN'S LABYRINTH booth on Friday from 11:30am to 1:30pm to sign stuff, do the picture-taking thang etc. So I'm guessing Guillermo will be dashing like a mad thing from the HB: ANIMATED thing to the PAN booth.

HM

Fair enough...!!

Then meeting in the Pan lineup sounds good to me...we can sort stuff out while waiting for goodies...!!

:D

XXX

Neil Hill

07-11-2006, 08:04 AM

G and Doug will be doing the PAN panel on the Thursday, but will be at the Picturehouse PAN'S LABYRINTH booth on Friday from 11:30am to 1:30pm to sign stuff, do the picture-taking thang etc. So I'm guessing Guillermo will be dashing like a mad thing from the HB: ANIMATED thing to the PAN booth.

HM

Do you know Hellmistress if this Mignola Pan's Labrynth poster will only be available during the signing, or will they have them available at the Picturhouse booth throughout the day? Also, do you know the booth number for Picturehouse?

Thanks in advance!

Hellmistress

07-11-2006, 08:15 AM

Do you know Hellmistress if this Mignola Pan's Labrynth poster will only be available during the signing, or will they have them available at the Picturhouse booth throughout the day? Also, do you know the booth number for Picturehouse?

Thanks in advance!

There are only 480 available, and it's first come first served, I believe. Whether this will only be during the signing I don't know yet (but I would expect this to be the case), but I'll have a word with Picturehouse and get a booth number ASAP. We were just told about the poster over on DTF by Guillermo himself, so I'll try and get more info. Mayhap Typh will have info on this one?

HM

Neil Hill

07-11-2006, 08:18 AM

There are only 480 available, and it's first come first served, I believe. Whether this will only be during the signing I don't know yet (but I would expect this to be the case), but I'll have a word with Picturehouse and get a booth number ASAP. We were just told about the poster over on DTF by Guillermo himself, so I'll try and get more info. Mayhap Typh will have info on this one?

HM

Thanks for running this information down for us Hellmistress! Yeah, if you could let us know booth #, that will make it easier to track them down on Thursday. :D

Thanks!

Tad

07-11-2006, 09:11 AM

There are only 480 available, and it's first come first served, I believe. Whether this will only be during the signing I don't know yet (but I would expect this to be the case), but I'll have a word with Picturehouse and get a booth number ASAP. We were just told about the poster over on DTF by Guillermo himself, so I'll try and get more info. Mayhap Typh will have info on this one?

HM

Well I hope they're given out before the signing because otherwise, means that people will be leaving our panel early to get a place in line. Crap.

Hellmistress

07-11-2006, 09:35 AM

Well I hope they're given out before the signing because otherwise, means that people will be leaving our panel early to get a place in line. Crap.

Ah, but ... you still have Guillermo - the signing won't start until he gets there, and you have tons of neat stuff and swag and a panel to die for, so stop worrying - all will be well. Plus I'm doin' me best to plug the crap out of HB Animated to anyone who'll listen, and I know Pat and m'self have it up on the websites. We can but try. But seriously, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Positive waves, man ... gotta keep with the positive waves ... :D

HM

Jake Capps

07-11-2006, 09:58 AM

480 posters! I can smell the sweet limited editions from here!:rolleyes:

Neil Hill

07-12-2006, 08:17 AM

I'll have a word with Picturehouse and get a booth number ASAP.

Any word on that Picture House booth number HM?

Thank you in advance! :D

Hellmistress

07-12-2006, 09:23 AM

Any word on that Picture House booth number HM?

Thank you in advance! :D

Doin' m'best - I'm awaiting info. As soon as I know I'll pass it on. :D

HM

Neil Hill

07-12-2006, 12:56 PM

Doin' m'best - I'm awaiting info. As soon as I know I'll pass it on. :D

HM

Fair enough, HM. Thank you for checking!

Hellmistress

07-13-2006, 01:34 PM

The Picturehouse booth at SDCC for PAN'S LABYRINTH is #3629.

HM

Neil Hill

07-13-2006, 02:57 PM

The Picturehouse booth at SDCC for PAN'S LABYRINTH is #3629.

HM

Thank you immensely HM! :D

gdeo

07-14-2006, 12:10 PM

Thanks for the info ,Helen...wish you were attending!!!!

Hellmistress

07-14-2006, 12:56 PM

Thanks for the info ,Helen...wish you were attending!!!!

Sigh. Me too. Oh boy, I wish I was going. Maybe next year ... cuz there will be something biiiiiiiig going on for next year I think ;)

Anyway, you guys think of the Ol' Hellmistress and have a soda for me, huh?

And I shall expect ... PICTURES!!! (Tad? Wear a purty shirt, will ya? Please? Purty please???)

HM

hellboyone

07-14-2006, 01:55 PM

Ugh...I probably won't be able to get that Pan's poster. :(

gdeo

07-14-2006, 02:40 PM

Rick-if I can, you know I'll hook you up.I don't know how they'll be passing them out.I'll be there Weds. so I'll see what I can do buddy.

hellboyone

07-14-2006, 05:02 PM

Rick-if I can, you know I'll hook you up.I don't know how they'll be passing them out.I'll be there Weds. so I'll see what I can do buddy.

Thanks, Gary! We missed ya last week at lunch, pal.

E. Spears

07-17-2006, 09:40 PM

so...i'm way too lazy to read through this to find out when we're meeting up...are we just gonna meet at the 10:30am Friday panel for HB Animated? Or is it something different?

Thanks, woo!!

-ers

Ming

07-18-2006, 09:22 AM

so...i'm way too lazy to read through this to find out when we're meeting up...are we just gonna meet at the 10:30am Friday panel for HB Animated? Or is it something different?

Thanks, woo!!

-ers

yeah im with the cure on this can some one recap the meet up in 10 words or less:D

btw i get there wed and i'll be staying there till sat-first time out to the west coast so im pretty excited about that!

gdeo

07-18-2006, 12:10 PM

Thanks, Gary! We missed ya last week at lunch, pal.
sorry I missed lunch...long story.Hope to dish at the con.See you there.

Ta2grrl

07-18-2006, 12:22 PM

We will be meeting Friday at the Pan Booth after the Hellboy Animated Panel which runs from 10:30 to 11:30...

The Manga/IDT booth, home of HELLBOY ANIMATED is #3347

We will be lining up to get our Guillermo goodies and to meet the Abe-meister...a line-up which begins at 11:30 and runs til 1:30...

The Picturehouse booth at SDCC for PAN'S LABYRINTH is #3629.

So...

Any questions...??

We will decide dinner in line...

Erin
XXX

E. Spears

07-18-2006, 12:25 PM

okay, so after the panel we's going to booth #3629?

sweetness! thanks, Erin!

-ers

Ta2grrl

07-18-2006, 12:36 PM

How do we determine on the map where each booth is anyways??

XXX

gdeo

07-18-2006, 12:37 PM

See y'all there...Thanks Erin!! Anyone going to the Guillermo PAN Panel on Thurs.?!!! Everyone have a safe trip ,we'll see you Fri.

gdeo

07-18-2006, 12:41 PM

How do we determine on the map where each booth is anyways??

XXX
Up above the convention are banners that have the aisle #... I think that the booths the IDT and Pan are both towards back of the hall.I hope that helps.

Maija

07-18-2006, 12:48 PM

How do we determine on the map where each booth is anyways??

XXXEach booth is numbered on the map. Some of the larger booths/pavilions like Dark Horse or Lucasfilm have their logos as well. There are also banners hanging above the aisles indicating the aisle numbers [gdeo beat me to this!] which start at 100 in Hall A and go to 5300 in Hall G. Booth numbers start at XX01 at the front and go to around the 60s at the back.

Hey, the map is now online (the following is a PDF)!

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/forms/cci06exhib_floor.pdf

Further info, exhibitor list and links here:

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_exhib.shtml

Note that if an artist is sharing a booth with someone, or appearing as a guest of a publisher/exhibitor/retailer, they might not be listed in the guide.

Aaaaaand since I'm procrastinating from other things anyway, I grabbed the relevant section of the map for you. :) I assume I got the booths right. I assume no responsibility for people getting lost! ;)