Just so you big fans out there can mark your calendar early, San Diego Comic Con is on July 20 - 23, 2006 in sunny San Diego, CA

http://www.comic-con.org/index.php

It is not in conflict with either Toronto Trek 20 in Toronto, Canada or Shore Leave 28 in Baltimore, MD which are on July 7-9, 2006.

San Diego Comic Con is the grand daddy of cons for you Comic Book, Sci-Fi, and autograph hounds out there!

WHERE
San Diego
Convention Center
111 Harbor Drive

Ticket Prices are now posted for SDCC 2006 in US finds as follows:

4-DAY
MEMBERSHIPS
Adults: $65.00
JR/SR: $30.00*

SINGLE DAY
Memberships

Thu OR Fri
Adults: $25
JR/SR: $12*

Saturday
Adults: $30
JR/SR: $15*

Sunday
Adults: $15
JR/SR: $7*

*Children under 12 free with PAID adult membership. Juniors (JR) are those 7-16 years old and Seniors (SR) those who are 60 or more years old. Active military will pay the Junior/Senior price. This offer does not extend to dependents.

just another bump

Here are some Comic Guests and writers/authors who are already committing to appear at San Diego's huge show!!

Peter S. Beagle
Brian Bolland
Daniel Clowes
Basil Gogos
Carmine Infantino
Everett Raymond Kinstler
Robert Kirkman
James Kochalka
Roger Langridge
Billy Martinez
Sheldon Moldoff
Jim Mooney
George Pérez
Howard Porter
Andy Runton
Yoshihiro Tatsumi
John Wagner
Scott Williams

Here are three additional guests added to this comic line-up!!

Brian Fies
Freelance writer, journalist, and cartoonist Brian Fies lives in Northern California with his wife and twin daughters. His online series, Mom’s Cancer, based on his mother’s diagnosis and treatment for lung cancer, won the 2005 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic. The Mom’s Cancer graphic novel is being published by Abrams Books this Spring.

Christopher Paulini
Christopher Paolini penned his first novel, Eragon, while living in Paradise Valley, Montana, with his parents and younger sister. After reading his work, his family self-published the book, promoting Eragon across the U.S. until it came to the attention of publisher Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Knopf subsequently released Eragon in August 2003, and it became a best-seller. Eldest, book two in the Inheritance Trilogy, was published by Knopf in August 2005

Shag
Josh Agle (better known as Shag, a contraction of the last 2 letters of his first name and the first 2 of his last) started his professional career as an illustrator/designer, but found his original paintings started to garner considerable attention from galleries and collectors. Shag’s colorful and playful style has charmed his fans, but what he’s really doing with his jet-setter people in fabulous settings is telling stories. “Most of my paintings are set in the middle of a story or situation,” he reveals. A major new book on his work, Shag: The Art of Josh Agle, debuted in 2005. This is his first appearance at Comic-Con.

A couple of great additions to this convention!!

Ray Bradbury

J. Michael Straczynski

Here are some more additions to the guest line-up!!

Yoshitaka Amano
Mark Buckingham
Kurt Busiek
Amanda Conner
Luis Dominguez
Kazuo Koike
Tommy Kovac
George R.R. Martin
Jonathan Matthews
Linda Medley
Jimmy Palmiotti
Jerry Robinson
Gail Simone
Brian Walker
Greg Weisman

One day I'll make it.

Ever since Angelina Jolie showed up to promote "Tomb Raider" I've been dying to go!

There are 3 conventions I would love to attend 1 day:

1) Dragon*Con

2) San Diego Comic Con

3) Creation Star Trek one in Las Vegas

Now I just need tons of money to afford these!! Gotta pay flights, accomodations, tickets, autographs and food money!!

A couple more guest additions to this HUGE convention!

Art Clokey
First appearing on NBC, Gumby and his pal Pokey, went on to many years of adventures. Clokey is also the creator and producer of Davey and Goliath

Walter Koenig
Chekov
Star Trek: TOS

How's this for an addition to this Comic Con!!

One of the hottest movies of the summer is New Line’s Snakes On A Plane and it’s coming to Comic-Con! Join star Samuel L. Jackson and director David R. Ellis for a Comic-Con exclusive panel discussion starting at 5:45PM on Friday, July 21 in Hall H.