TomOpus and Jackskeleton,

Thanks for the info! I also noticed that "Searching for Stve Ditko" is playing Sat night, I might have to stay and see that.

Hope you have a great Con!

DH San Diego Comic-Con International Signing Schedule 7/16/08
Join us in San Diego, July 24-27 for Comic-Con International, the largest comics and pop culture event in North America! You'll find Dark Horse at booth #2615. Make sure to come on by and say hello, plus check out some of our great artist signings! See you there.

Dark Horse Comics - Booth #2615

2008 Signing Schedule!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 (Preview Night)

Domo raffle! Come to our booth to win one of our San Diego Exclusive Domo Figures!

6:00 - 7:00 Robert E. Howard: Scott Allie (Solomon Kane), Dave Stewart (Conan, Solomon Kane), Jose Villarrubia (Conan, Kull),Will Conrad (Kull)

THURSDAY, JULY 24:

11:00 - 12:00 Rick Geary: The Adventures of Blanche

12:00 - 1:00 Joshua Dysart: B.P.R.D., Conan and the Midnight God

12:00 - 1:00 Bernie Wrightson: Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein

1:00 - 2:00 Gabriel Ba & Fabio Moon: Umbrella Academy, Myspace Dark Horse Presents

2:00 - 3:00 Nathan Fox: Pigeons From Hell

2:00 - 3:00 Dean Motter: Mister X

3:00 - 4:00 Greg "Stainboy" Reinel: Vicious Intent

3:00 - 4:00 Gilbert Hernandez: Speak of the Devil

4:00 - 5:00 Jim Hardison: The Helm

5:00 - 6:00 Eric Powell: The Goon

FRIDAY, JULY 25:

11:00 - 12:00 Matt Wagner: Grendel

11:00 - 12:00 Mike Kennedy: Aliens Vs. Predator

12:00 - 1:00 Jim Hardison: The Helm

12:00 - 1:30 Yoshitaka Amano: Vampire Hunter D; Shinjuku (*ticketed event: See Dark Horse employee for details)

1:00 - 2:00 Scrambled Ink: Dreamworks Animators - Ken Morrissey, JJ Villard, Ennio Torresan, David Pimental, Keith Baxter, Jenny Lerew

2:00 - 3:00 Mike Mignola: Hellboy
(*ticketed event: See Dark Horse employee for details)

3:00 - 4:30 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: Joss Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day
(*ticketed event: See Dark Horse employee for details)

5:00 - 6:00 Yasuhiro Nightow: Trigun (*ticketed event: See Dark Horse employee for details)

6:00 - 7:00 David Lloyd: Kickback

ALSO, FRIDAY, JULY 25TH IS STAR WARS DAY! STAR WARS CREATOR SIGNINGS ALL AFTERNOON:

1:00 - 2:00 Travis Charest: Star Wars cover artist

2:00 - 3:00 Matt & Shawn Fillbach: Star Wars - The Clone Wars

3:00 - 4:00 Jeremy Barlow & Dan Parsons: Star Wars: Rebellion, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

4:00 - 5:00 Dustin Weaver: Star Wars: Rebellion, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

5:00 - 6:00 Adam Hughes: Star Wars cover artist

6:00 - 7:00 Dave Filoni & Henry Gilroy: Star Wars: Clone Wars

SATURDAY, JULY 26:

10:00 - 11:00 Stan Sakai: Usagi Yojimbo

11:00 - 12:00 Larry Marder: Beanworld

11:00 - 12:00 David Malki: Wondermark

12:00 - 1:00 Nicholas Gurewitch: Perry Bible Fellowship

1:30 - 3:00 Bruce Campbell: My Name Is Bruce
(*ticketed event, see Dark Horse employee for details.)

3:00 - 4:00 John Landis: Groundbreaking filmmaker

4:00 - 5:30 Gerard Way, Gabriel Ba, and Dave Stewart: Umbrella Academy(*ticketed event, see Dark Horse employee for details.)

6:00 - 7:00 Bryan Talbot: Celebrating 30 years of Luther Arkwright!

6:00 - 7:00 Matt & Shawn Fillbach: Roadkill

SUNDAY, JULY 27:

11:00 - 12:00 Emily The Strange: Creative team Rob Reger, Buzz Parker, Nix Turner, Jessica Gruener

12:00 - 1:00 Yasuhiro Nightow: Trigun (*ticketed event: See Dark Horse employee for details)

1:00 - 2:00 Steve Niles: Criminal Macabre

1:00 - 2:00 Tara McPherson: Lonely Heart

1:00 - 2:00 Frank Kozik: Plasticland

2:00 - 3:00 Eric Powell: The Goon

2:00 - 3:00 Greg "Stainboy" Reinel: Vicious Intent

2:00 - 3:00 Rich Black: Futura

3:00 - 4:00 Keith Knight: K Chronicles

ALSO, Weta WILL HAVE SIGNINGS ALL WEEKEND!

Martin Baynton - Jane & the Dragon, Richard Taylor/Paul Tobin - Crafting of Narnia, Greg Broadmore - Dr. Grordbort's Dingus Directory
*See a Weta employee for details!

And Check out these Dark Horse Related Panels and Events!

THURSDAY JULY 24

Robert E. Howard Panel
1:30 - 2:30 Room 3

Dark Horse Horror Panel
4:00 - 5:00 Room 2

FRIDAY JULY 25

Joss Whedon Panel
1:30 - 2:30 Ballroom 20

Larry Marder's Beanworld Panel
6:00 - 7:00 Room 2

Eric Powell's Goon Panel
6:30 - 7:30 Room 30AB

Free Premiere!
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: Join Joss Whedon and the cast for the big screen premiere!
10:45 PM - Rooom 6B

SATURDAY JULY 26

Mike Mignola's Hellboy Panel
11:00 - 12:00 Room 8

The Dark Horse Publishing Panel (Featuring a surprise guest!)
12:00 - 1:00 Room 2

Gerard Way with Grant Morrison
2:15 - 3:15 Room 6B

SUNDAY JULY 27

Emily the Strange Panel
12:30 - 1:30 Room 2 If you work for a news organization and would like to be added to our press list,
please send an e-mail to [email protected].

Image
The Image Comics Booth (#2729) can be found at Comic Con International, July 23rd to the 27th at the San Diego Convention Center.

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED & NUMBERED PRINTS

THE WALKING DEAD - Signed & numbered by Robert Kirkman - Strictly limited to 250!
SCUD THE DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN - Signed & numbered by Rob Schrab - Strictly limited to 250!

THURSDAY, JULY 24th

10:00 - 11:00 AM: Glen Brunswick (Killing Girl, Gray Area) Table 2
10:00 - 11:00 AM: Moritat (Elephantmen) Table 4
10:30 - 11:00 AM: Joe Kelly (Four Eyes, I Kill Giants) Table 1
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Hector Casanova & Harold Sipe (Screamland) Table 3
12:00 - 12:30 PM: Dan Brereton (Nocturnals) Table 1
12:00 - 3:00 PM: Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible) Table 2
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Mark Haven Britt (Full Color) Table 3
3:00 - 4:00 PM: CB Cebulski (Drain, Wonderlost) Table 3
3:00 - 4:00 PM: Claudio Sanchez (Amory Wars, Coheed & Cambria) Table 4
3:30 - 4:00 PM: Alex Grecian & Riley Rossmo (Proof) Table 1
5:00 - 7:00 PM: Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon) Table 1
5:00 - 6:00 PM: Kyle Baker (Special Forces) Table 2


FRIDAY, JULY 25th

SPECIAL EVENTS


THE BIG NEWS

4:00 - 5:00 PM THE IMAGE COMICS SHOW - ROOM 7AB: Featuring the biggest announcement Image Comics has made since the original seven founders formed the company! Be there as as Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible), Marc Silvestri (Witchblade), Whilce Portacio (Spawn), Rob Liefeld (Youngblood), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Jim Valentino (Shadowline), Brian Posehn (The Comedians of Comedy, The Last Christmas) and Gerry Duggan (Infinite Horizon) discussing the evolution of Image Comics from its inception to its current place in the comics industry and mass media.

5:30-7:00 PM - TOP SECRET IMAGE COMICS SPECIAL EVENT - SIGNING AREA: In the wake of The Image Comics Show's earth-shattering news, this event will take place at the Image signing area to commemorate the big announcement with a special gathering of creators. Features an extremely limited edition, San Diego Comic Con-only print signed by all present!

PANEL

STUDIOSPACE PANEL, ROOM 3: Join Howard Chaykin (American Flagg!), Tommy Lee Edwards (1985) and Bryan Talbot (The Tale of One Bad Rat) as they discuss Image's hit STUDIO SPACE book, moderated by the book's editor and co-writer Joel Meadows.

SIGNINGS

10:00 - 11:00 AM: Joe Kelly (I Kill Giants, Four Eyes) Table 1
10:00 - 11:00 AM: Alex Grecian & Riley Rossmo (Proof) Table 2
10:00 - 12:00 AM: Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible) Table 3
10:00 - 11:00 AM: Moritat (Elephantmen) Table 4
12:00 - 1:00 PM: Dan Brereton (Nocturnals) Table 1
12:00 - 2:00 PM: Brian Posehn (Comedians of Comedy) & Gerard Duggan (Infinite Horizon) Table 2
12:00 - 2:00 PM: Joseph Michael Linsner & Eva Hopkins (Dawn, Dark Ivory) Table 4
12:30 - 1:30 PM: Kyle Baker (Special Forces) & Glen Brunswick (Killing Girl, Gray Area) Table 3
1:00 - 2:00 PM: CB Cebluski (Drain, Wonderlost) Table 1
2:00 - 3:00 PM: B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick), Scott Chantler (Hawaiian Dick) and Seth Peck ('76) Table 2
2:00 - 5:00 PM: The Luna Brothers (Sword, Girls, Ultra) Table 1
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Hector Casanova & Harold Sipe (Screamland) Table 3
3:00 - 4:00 PM: Mark Haven Britt (Full Color) Table 4
3:00 - 5:00 PM: Jerry Frissen, Robert Silva & Bill (Lucha Libre) Table 2
4:00 - 5:00 PM: Rick Spears (Repo), Ivan Brandon (24Seven) Table 3
4:00 - 5:00 PM: Andy MacDonald (Comic Book Tattoo, 24Seven) Table 4

SATURDAY, JULY 26th

SPECIAL EVENTS

THE BIG NEWS - ENCORE

11:30 - 1:30PM - TOP SECRET IMAGE COMICS SPECIAL EVENT ENCORE - SIGNING AREA This special encore event is final chance to meet the players behind the biggest announcement Image has made since its inception and purchase the extremely limited, San Diego-only print with the first image behind this massive news!

TORI AMOS

11:30 - 12:30 PM - LIVE FROM COMICON, TORI AMOS & COMIC BOOK TATTOO 17 years ago, history was made at Comicon, when a kid gave Neil Gaiman a tape of her music. Now, Indie music icon and multiplatinum recording artist Tori Amos comes to comicon to talk about COMIC BOOK TATTOO, the new 480 page coffee table format anthology from Image comics with over 50 stories based on songs and music from her entire discography. Tori is joined by project editor Rantz Hoseley, as well as some of the contributing creators including: David Mack, Elizabeth Genco, Ted McKeever and Kelly Sue DeConnick. Seating is limited, so be there early to hear Tori, the panel and moderator Douglas Wolk talk about the long journey that resulted in one of the most exciting comic projects of the decade!

2:00 - 4:00 PM - THE TORI AMOS SIGNING - LIMITED SIGNING - AA2: Tori Amos will be signing the first 200 copies of COMIC BOOK TATTOO purchased at the Image Comics Comic Book Tattoo Booth (#2729) for this very limited signing session!

SIGNINGS

10:00 - 11:00 AM: STUDIOSPACE with Tim Bradstreet, Tommy Lee Edwards and Bryan Talbot Tables 1 & 2
10:00 - 11:00 AM: Kyle Baker (Special Forces) & Andy MacDonald (Comic Book Tattoo, 24Seven)
10:00 - 11:00 AM: Alex Grecian & Riley Rossmo (Proof) Table 3
2:00 - 6:00 PM: Luna Brothers (The Sword) Table 1
2:00 - 3:00 PM: B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick), Scott Chantler (Hawaiian Dick), Seth Peck ('76) Table 2
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Rick Spears (Repo) Table 3
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Claudio Sanchez (Coheed & Cambria, Amory Wars) Table 4
3:30 - 5:30 PM: Brian Posehn (Comedians of Comedy) & Gerard Duggan (Infinite Horizon) Table 2
3:30 - 5:30 PM: Robert Kirkman (Invincible, Walking Dead) Table 3
3:30 - 4:30 PM: Moritat (Elephantmen) & Ivan Brandon (24Seven) Table 4
5:00 - 6:00 PM: Claudio Sanchez (Coheed & Cambria, Amory Wars) Table 4
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon) Table 1
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Joe Kelly (Four Eyes, I Kill Giants) & Ivan Brandon (24Seven) Table 2
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Glen Brunswick (Killing Girl, Gray Area) Table 3
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Hector Casanova & Harold Sipe (Screamland) Table 4

SUNDAY, JULY 27th

10:00 - 11:00 AM: Joe Kelly (Four Eyes, I Kill Giants) Table 1
10:00 - 11:00 AM: CB Cebulski (Compass) Table 2
12:00 - 1:00 PM: Dan Brereton (Nocturnals) Table 1
12:00 - 2:00 PM: Brian Posehn (Comedians of Comedy) & Gerard Duggan (Infinite Horizon) Table 2
12:00 - 1:00 PM: Claudio Sanchez (Amory Wars, Coheed & Cambria) Table 3
12:00 - 1:00 PM: Andy MacDonald (Comic Book Tattoo) Table 4
1:30 - 4:30 PM: Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible) Table 4
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Alex Grecian & Riley Rossmo (Proof) Table 1
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Rick Spears (Repo) & Ivan Brandon (24Seven) Table 3

I see some cool figures on the SDCC website that I might want to pick up. They are listed as limited but no time/day is listed next to the release.. so how do they work? do they go on sale thursday morning and when they sell out, they sell out or do they sell a certain amount each day... or will they post a day/time later?

Some may be only thru the company's website (like Sideshow however you can try to get on the wait list for their figures.) Other ones are allotted by raffle ticket (Like Mattel, Gentle Giant) Where you go to the booth early to get a ticket. Most are good for one item, no duplicates. Others will make you stand in line and only have so many allotted to sell each day. Some will stamp or punch your badge to make sure you can't get duplicates.

so you just kind of wander around and check with each booth?

When you pickup your badge, you'll get a bag with a few goodies along with your Comic-Con Events Guide. This item will contain everything you need (programming grids, maps, etc). There is a section called "Around the booths" that can have helpful information. Also some vendors will have an ad in the guide that will have information. Take your time and check it all out. You never know what nugget of information might be buried in there.

But, yes, as you walk around the booths you can ask. Oh, some exclusives are available on Preview Night.

No, beforehand, you go thru the list, look at the program to find out exactly where the booth is, get there early in the morning and once the convention doors open, make a bee-line to what you want and stand in line. This will be especially true for Gentle Giant. You're going to miss panels doing this. You may miss out getting any exclusives doing this. Your life will be forever in a line.

In some cases you can wander around, but not suggested. You have to beat out the dealers that want to horde exclusives to sell.

I have pre-orders from Sideshow and Gentle Giant so I'll pick those up on Preview Night. This is my first time pre-ordering so, hopefully, if all goes smooth I'll definitely do it next year.

thanks guys... i'm actually not planning to do any of the panels.. just 3 days of signings.... its going to be a lot of lines.

Which signings are you interested in?

i collect vinyl toys like kidrobot stuff... so i've created a list of all the signings and plan to buy stuff and get sketches.

Good to see you have a plan of attack.


Woohoo... just a few days away!

yeah.. i'm pretty excited. i think i have everything planned pretty well..,and i'm sure as soon as i enter the convention center, my plan will turn to crap.

Thanks for reminding me. I need to take all the extra kid robot adult swim pieces I had to unload on some dealer.

For those visiting from out of town, looks like the weather is going to be nice. Low to mid 70's and the humidity shouldn't be very high. Hopefully the marine layer will stick around during the morning like it has been this week. That keeps the direct sunlight off us peeps outside waiting in line.

Of course, this being SoCal, it's tough to predict weather more than a day in advance. But looks good so far.

I did a pre-order from Sideshow Collectibles. Wasn't interested in the Gentle Giant products. I'm hoping to get the Batman/Joker exclusive figures, hopefully those will be available on preview night.

Other than that, the only purchases I'm looking to make are cool Dark Knight and Wall-E products, although I'm sure I'm going to see a ton of stuff I want to get. Should be fun convincing myself not to buy things. Oh, and this girl I'm seeing wants some kind of Sailor Moon art book or something.

There's a good deal of anime stuff, so I'm sure it should be easy finding Sailor Moon stuff.

Pre-ordering is usually very smooth. however, I don't believe you can pick up SSC on preview night as I could not in the past.

Oops, well I was half right. I just checked and Sideshow says you can pick-up exclusives starting on Wednesday but Gentle Giant isn't until Friday. Maybe SSC changed their policy to make things less hectic during Con. Thanks for the heads-up, though.

can you guys help with a specific recommendation for parking? i'm going to be landing at SD airport at 10:00 am on thurs, rent a car and want to get straight to the convention center as an artist I like is signing until about noon... so time is of the essence... and i don't mind paying a little more for parking..

1) do you think i can make it through the badge line and be in the hall by 11:45ish?
2) where should i park? does the convention center itself have parking?


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just found out the artist i want to meet is signing til 12:30.. so that buys me an extra 30 mins.. yeah!!!!

The Comic-Con website has a link to parking lots. The convention center has parking under it but I'm willing to bet it'll be full. One thing to keep in mind is that it's a work day, so the regulars will already be parked by the time you get there. Also you're getting after the doors open at 9:30, so most of the close parking will be taken already by attendees. Wished I could be more help but I'm usually there around 5am and there's only a handful of cars under the convention center.

One thing that might be in your favor is that since you're arriving late, the line for badges shouldn't be too bad. Don't quote me on this since this is the first year they've not done onsite registration, so I'm assuming this will cut down on the crowds.

As for your timeline.... a lot will depend on if you arrive on time and have a quick trip to get your car. The airport if fairly close (around 4 miles away) but you'll have to contend with downtown traffic... and the pesky one-way streets.

Oh, wait.... you said the artist is signing until noon? If he's pretty popular, I'm sure they would've established the end of the line by 11ish. Last person will carry a "end of the line" sign when they estimate there are enough people. There's always a chance he could just keep signing, so check it out first.

Good luck!

Don't get your hopes up. That's not nearly enough time, IMO. On Saturday, it could take you 30 minutes just to cross the street if you're arriving at the wrong time. All four days are sold out, so expect a ton of people. A Thursday this year is like a Saturday 10 years ago (keep in mind the Convention Center has expanded and even w/ the expansion, more and more people come each year) Thank God there's no Padres home games this year during the Con.

To answer your questions:

1) no freakin' way.

2) good luck on that. Could take you an hour just to find parking around there. The Convention Center parking will be LONG filled up by then. Out of the 13+ years I've been going to the Con, I've only been able to park there once.

Your best bet? Take a cab from the airport. It's really a short ride. Worry about a rental and everything else later. If it's a favorite artist, you don't want to miss out. If you're going to the Con all 4 days, you won't need a rental car if your hotel is near the Con. If not, it still may be worth it to take cabs. No time for sightseeing around San Diego. You'll probably be too worn out by the end of the day to do anything but sit in a jacuzzi.

There's a "coat check" or whatever at the Convention Center. You can leave your bags there.

If this artist means that much to you, I'd try to pay extra and get an earlier flight. Maybe he'll be doing more than one signing? Also, check to see (ask around or use deductive reasoning; if he/she has a new comic out on Dark Horse, go to the Dark Horse booth and ask if they're doing any signings) if he'll be doing any other signings at any of the booths (always a possiblility). Check the paper postings on the boards for new autograph signings. Those things can change every hour and they are good at keeping them up to date. Also make sure to check the information booth at "autograph alley" for more updates and extra signings he/she may be doing.

Good luck! (don't get your hopes up though)

Weather update: They're saying it'll warm up and be a little muggy on Friday/Saturday.