Ten Things To Do At WonderCon 2008



The 2008 North American comics convention season kicks off today in San Francisco with the long-running WonderCon show. If I were there, I'd be spending at least some time doing the following things.

1. Attending the Sergio and Mark Show Panel (Friday, 3:00) -- Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragones are old hands at convention panels, and this year they have a lot of new work to talk about.

2. Attending the Darwyn Cooke Panel (Friday, 4:00) -- Cooke's San Diego panel was the only panel I stood in line to see (okay, it was the only panel I went to with a line, but still). Best question and answer: "What character do you want to re-do next?" "I sort of like that Reggie guy from the Archie comics."

3. Not Comics: heading to The Mary Blair Exhibit at CAM. It looks like it could be really cool, you can check out anything else at the space, and it gets you out of the convention hall for an hour or so. Only a two-block walk.

4. Attending the Kirby King of Comics Panel (Saturday, Noon) -- Mark Evanier's new book is out which means you get a panel of a lot of comics folk talking about the great Jack Kirby. This is like the Weekend Update of classic convention programming.

5. Attending the Creig Flessel Panel (Sunday, 3:00) -- Flessel drew covers for Detective Comics before Batman appeared in it. His father was a blacksmith. If I had to choose one panel to go to, this would be it.

6. Going to the Screening of Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird (Friday, 8:00)

7. Going to see Herb Trimpe in Artist's Alley -- I love his early, cruder-looking comics in an almost irrational way. Check that: thoroughly irrational way.

8. Going to see Alex Nino in Artist's Alley -- Never met him before. And you know, maybe he has some art on hand. He's a great one.

9. Going to the Hero Initiative Booth and Donate Some Money on Behalf of the Late Steve Gerber.

10. Buying some limited edition postcards from Brian Wood.

I hope everyone has fun. A Collective Memory for WonderCon 2008 will appear on Monday.
 
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