Next week I'm heading to San Diego to cover the 2006 Comic-Con. I'm greatly looking forward to it. Where else can you see Stan Lee, Robert Smigel, and Snoop Dogg in the course of a few hours? Also, if any readers are going, say hi if you see me. I'll be the one in the IG-88 costume who never takes off his helmet because taking off the costume is strictly for the amateurs. (I kid, of course. I'll actually be dressed as Power Girl.)
As a member of the press, I've been deluged with press releases, many of which I'm quite excited about. Some of them, however, I'm not. For instance:
MAZDA AND SPACEDOG TO DEBUT FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL IN THE REVVED SERIES AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2006
LOS ANGELES – July 11, 2006 – Mazda and Spacedog will announce the world debut of the first book in the Revved series of graphic novels at this year's Comic-Con International – home of North America's largest comic book and multi-genre convention – in San Diego, CA. Revved, to be published by Top Cow Productions and developed into a television series by Fox Television Studios, is truly ground-breaking due to the level of integration and collaboration from concept to execution between Spacedog, Top Cow and Mazda.
The series of Revved graphic novels "stars" four special vehicles, all of which are made with a piece of the same magical metal found in the Holy Grail, Joan of Arc's armor and King Arthur's Excalibur, among other legendary icons. Imbued with the same powers as those great symbols, the cars' drivers embark on a series of dangerous missions.