Your 2008 Eisner Award Winners
Launched 11:34 PM - Congrats to Mr. Wonderful, Justice League of America, Y: The Last Man, The Umbrella Academy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mouse Guard (twice), Laika, Perry Bible Fellowship, the 5 Anthology, Satchel Paige, Exit Wounds, the Complete Terry and the Pirates, I Shall Destroy All Civilized Planets, I Killed Adolf Hitler, Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White, Ed Brubaker, Chris Ware, Eric Powell (twice), Pia Guerra, James Jean, Dave Stewart, Todd Klein, Chuck BB, Newsarama, Douglas Wolk, Process Recess 2 and all the Hall of Fame entrants.
Comics Reporter: Your 2008 Eisner Award Winners
Hugh Jackman Hanging At The Con
Launched 6:49 PM - X-Men's own Wolverine made a surprise appearance Thursday during Fox's presentation at Comic-Con International and he's still making news. For yesterday's links click here and today's updates follow.
EW: Hugh Jackman reveals his 'Judge Judy' obsession 
Ain't It Cool News: Mr. Beaks Gets Skewered by Wolverine at Comic Con!
Incredible Hulk, Ed Norton and the Avengers
Launched 6:37 PM - We all know that Ed Norton refused to do press to support the Incredible Hulk film. Curious to learn more about what happened? Follow the EW link which also contains an Avengers update.
EW: 'Incredible Hulk' screenwriter Zak Penn discusses strife with Edward Norton
DC Vertigo Panel
Launched 6:32 PM - Panelists on the Vertigo panel included Amy Hadley, Matt Wagner, Cameron Stewart, Jason Aaron, G. Willow Wilson, Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, David Tischman, Brian Azzarello, Matt Sturges, Will Dennis, Fabio Moon, Gabrielle Ba, Brian Wood and Joshua Dysart.
Comics Continuum: Comic-Con: Vertigo 
Punisher: War Zone
Launched 6:27 PM - Early looks at the new Punisher film are proving just a bit, well... less than jaw dropping. Only time will tell with this film based on the story work of Garth Ennis.
Ain't It Cool News: The Unfortunate Reality Behind Punisher War Zone
Ain't It Cool News: Punisher War Zone Comic Con Clip Is Online
EW: 'Punisher: War Zone' looks a little lackluster
Launched 6:17 PM - Dan Didio hosted the panel featuring Eddie Berganza, Peter Tomasi, Greg Rucka, Brad Meltzer, Philip Tan, Grant Morrison (is he on every panel?), Alex Sinclair and Geoff Johns. Didio handed out b/w copies of #3 and invited fans to read it on stage during the panel.
Wizard Blog: Final Crisis Panel
The Spirit Panel
Launched 6:03 PM - The Lionsgate Spirit Panel featured Frank Miller, producer Deborah Del Prete, Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie King. Miller spoke about his relationship with Will Eisner. The trailer was featured during the presentation.
Comics Continuum: Comic-Con: The Spirit
EW: Conventioneers get their first glimpse of 'The Spirit'
Wizard Blog: The Spirit Panel
The Image Comics Show
Launched 5:54 PM - Robert Kirkman, Whilce Portacio, Jim Valentino, Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen and Marc Silvestri made up this panel. Announcement-wise Darwyn Cooke is doing a story for Madman, Firebreather and Mice Templar will see animated series, the Nocturnals will soon return AND a new six-issue miniseries is coming featuring art by Whilce Portacio, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri, Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen and Todd McFarlane. Best yet, it will be written by Robert Kirkman.
Wizard Blog: The Image Comics Show
The Joss Whedon Panel
Launched 5:39 PM - Friends, there are few things that will make me (it's Chuck doing the reporting here) stop everything I'm doing and take note. All you have to do is say the words "Joss Whedon" and you have my instant and undivided attention. Fanby tendencies aside, here's the links...
Wizard: The Joss Whedon Panel
Newsarama: Joss Whedon on Dr. Horrible
Wizard Blog: Joss Whedon Panel
No Rest For The Dark Knight Panel
Launched 5:32 PM - Batman comics Editor Mike Marts introducing Grant Morrison, Jerry Robinson, Dustin Nguyen, Brian Azzarello and Paul Dini for this panel. RIP, the Batman titles, Gotham Knight and more was discussed during this gathering of all thing Bat-ty.
Comics Continuum: Comic-Con: Batman
The Pulse: Batman No Rest For the Dark Knight
Wizard Blog: Batman: No Rest For The Dark Knight
Devil's Due: Hack/Slash and Beyond! Panel
Launched 3:15 PM - Devil's Due Marketing Manager Brian Warmoth stepped up and knocked one out of the park as he welcome Kevin Spacey to the stage. Discussing new ways to publish comics, the partnership with TriggerStreet was announced.
Comic Related: Devil's Due and TriggerStreet Partner to Find New Comics Online
CBR: Devil's Due & Trigger Street Partnership Announced
Marvel Studios Panel
Launched 2:20 PM - Marvel Studios hosted its first panel at Comic-Con International. There will certainly be coverage, but Comics Continuum share audio from the presentation. Why hear others explain it when you can hear it for yourself?
Comics Continuum: Audio from the Marvel Studios Panel
Dark Horse Horror Panel
Launched: 1:34 PM - Bernie Wrightson... Need we say more. Add to him Criminal Macabre news, Goon news, Creepy Archives and much more.
CBR: Dark Horse Horror
The Pulse : Dark Horse Horror: Ongoing Creepy Series
Red Sonja Panel
Launched: 1:23 PM - Rose McGowan and an utterly sexy poster helm this first look at the newest thing to come out of the Western Hyrkanian steppes since... well... okay, she's the best to come out of those steppes... Now there's going to be a film.
Comics Continuum: Audio from the Red Sonja Panel
Comic Related: Check out the poster
CBR: Red Sonja One-On-One
Cup O' Joe Panel
Launched: 1:06 PM - The trailer for the upcoming BET Black Panther animated series was unveiled and announcements flowed at this convention tradition panel.
CBR: Cup O' Joe
Wizard Blog: Cup O’ Joe
CBR: CBR Boat Show: Joe Quesada
Comics Continuum: Cup O' Joe
Still Watching For Watchmen News
Launched once again today: 1:32 PM - We're back with more Watchmen news. We'll be talking with Glenn from WatchmenComicMovie.com this evening for our first podcast. While we await his report, here are the latest Watchmen related stories (and Thursday's stories are linked here).
Ain't It Cool News: Quint watches the new Watchmen footage at Comic-Con
Beat: Watchmen Wows
Wizard Blog: Watchmen Panel
ICv2: DC Orders 200,000 Watchmen
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Panel
Launched: 1:06 PM - DC newest animated series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold took center stage. Up on the panel were Sam Register (Producer and Executive Vice President of Warner Brothers), James Tucker (Supervising Producer), Michael Jelenic (Head Editor), Brandon Vietti (Director), Ben Jones (Director), Michael Chang (Director), Diedrich Bader (Batman), and Andrea Romano (Voice Director).
CBR: "Batman: The Brave and The Bold" Trailer
Newsarama: DiDio on Brave & Bold
Comics Continuum: See the Clip from the Series Shown at the Convention
Comics Continuum: Comic-Con: The Brave and the Bold
Wizard Blog: Batman: The Brave and the Bold Panel
Superman: Man of Tomorrow
Launched: 11:56 AM - Geoff Johns and James Robinson serve up all the latest on the Man of Steel, or in this case, Man of Tomorrow.
CBR: Superman The Man Of Tomorrow
Comic-Con Jumping the Shark?
Launched 11:30 AM - Comic Con has evolved into a very different show than it was in its early days. As the Hollywood infestation of this show grows and the properties covered go well beyond the standard comic, it's left many asking if Comic Con has officially jumped the shark?
Blog@Newsarama: Selling out in San Diego
Beat: Comic-Con jumps the shark
DC Nation Panel
Launched 10:56 AM - Dan Didio started the panel hosting Judd Winick, Keith Giffen, Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver, Mike Carlin, Bob Wayne, Jann Jones, James Robinson, Greg Rucka, Ian Sattler, Peter Tomasi and Bill Willingham.
Newsarama: DC Nation Panel, Kevin Smith is Back
The Pulse : Kevin Smith on Batman For Three
CBR: DC Nation
Wizard Blog: DC Nation Panel
Launched 10:44 AM - As sites begin photo blogging from San Diego, we'll sort out all the pages and share the links from Friday right here. All the sights to go with all the action (and you can jump back to photos from Thursday by clicking here).
Comics212: If you're not watching this photo stream, you should!
Beat: Hall H a Carnage of Twisted Metal
Mondo Marvel Panel
Launched at 10:32 AM - Marvel Marketing's Jim McCann hosted Ed Brubaker, editor Mark Paniccia, C.B. Cebulski, Jason Aaron, Warren Simons, Jeff Parker, Matt Fraction, Kevin Grevioux, Mat Broome and Greg Pak.
CBR: Mondo Marvel
Wizard Blog: Mondo Marvel Panel
X-Files at Comic Con
Launched at 10:10 AM - X-Files: I Want To Believe hits theaters today. Is the film represented at Comic Con? We'll cobble together any stories we find here in this new thread.
Newsarama: Review - X-Files: I Want To Believe
G4: X-Files At Comic-Con: We Want To Believe!
EW: X-Files: Truth and Rumors From the Set
Launched at 9:46 AM - Why do you work in comics? and Who inspires you? In this panel, a star laden lineup answer that question. The panel included Jim Lee, John Cassaday, Matt Fraction, Mike Mignola, Robert Kirkman, Colleen Doran, and Grant Morrison
The Pulse: EW The Visionaries: Jim Lee, Matt Fraction, Mike Mignola & More
Wizard Blog: Entertainment Weekly’s The Visionaries: Filmmakers
Wizard Blog: Entertainment Weekly's Comic Book Creators
EW: Mignola, Morrison, Fraction and other comics creators convene at EW's Visionaries panel
Show Floor Cams
Launched at 9:10 AM - The good folks at Sideshow Collectibles have set up three cams that are running live when the show floor is open. The link below will take you to their booth map which has three camera links on the right side. Give them a try in a couple hours and join in the fun.
Sideshow Collectibles: Show Floor Map and Cam Links
Coverage Begins
Friday, July 25th, 8:00 AM - We're back with day two of our San Diego Comic Con International coverage. We encourage you to reload/refresh the page regularly to see updates as we flow them onto the site. It all happens here and the newest updates will be added to the top of each page.
This is a different kind of convention coverage for Comic Related. Our plan is to roll out the updates on a regular basis throughout each day on individual pages. Think of it as a blow-by-blow rolling blog. This is the page for Friday's show coverage.
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Page last updated on July 27, 2008