New York Comic Con Day 1

As I sit here in my hotel room on the morning of day 2 I can only hope that the next two days are as fun as my first. Me and the triad ended up at the convention center around 3. At this point there was already a small line forming outside. We braved the cold air and made fun of a Spider-Man that wasn't going commando under his suit. Finally the doors opened for us little people and Comic Con began. The first thing you see is the DC booth. Once again a great showing by DC. Right away DC had of their artist waiting to meet the masses. Marvel also had a small both and I wont complain about it at all cause I'd rather see them with a small booth instead of no booth at all.
Right away there was a lot going on and you didn't know what you wanted to do first. After we took a lap around the main floor we headed to Artist Alley. Our first brush with greatness came when we met Steve McNiven. We had grabbed some Civil War sketch books from the Marvel booth so we had something for him to sign. We all got a chance to gush and tell him how great Civil War looked. When asked what his next project would be he replied by saying, "Not really sure yet. Me and the guys at Marvel are going sit down and discuss it face to face this weekend."
Next was the Marvel Civil War panel. All the real sites out there are covering it so I"m not going to recap everything. A lot of people were upset that Captain America was crying at the end of Civil War #7 and still didn't feel right about the ending. Joe Q, with the help of Dan Slott, really nailed the ending with their explanation. They pretty much said, "If you were in trouble and some guy in a mask just came up out of nowhere to save with you, wouldn't you feel better if you knew he was a trained professional?". They made a point of explaining that all the registered heroes are now part of the goverment's army. They also announced that The Champions would be getting a relaunch. When asked about Civil War: Fallen Son, Joe Q was very tight lipped and said you would have to read the book. Also when asked about the Joss Whedon ending to Civil War, Joe Q. was about to tell the story but then remembered he couldnt just yet, but would on newsarama.com once the time was right.
After Marvel Shane O Mac had to leave our group but would return for Day 2. The adventure for myself and Kyle continued as we checked out The Darkness demo for Xbow 360, Virtua Fighter 5 for PS3, and a few PC games. I attempted to meet Paul Dini but was denied, which is okay cause I will meet him today. Kyle got to meet Greg Horn, and I ran in to Greg Rucka. As usual Greg Rucka was the coolest guy in the world.
The last event of the day was the DC Nation panel. Once again I wont repeat all the news because newsarama.com will do a better job, but I do want to go over some great moments. The DC Nation panels are always a lot of fun. Nightwing was spared this year and not threaten with death so much. They talked a lot about Countdown and revealed all their teasers. Keith Giffen was the star of the show throwing out one-liners left and right and cracking up the whole place. When asked what the general reaction to the new diversity of culture and races of the new DC heroes, Keith was quick to say, "Well the white folk hate it." Paul Dini also had a great line when asked if he read All-Star Batman and Robin. His reply was, "Yeah I used to read that book when I was a kid." Overall DC was a lot of fun and I cant wait for their next one today.
As far as pictures, they will be coming but not right away. Day 2 should be even more fun with even more going on. As for right now though, the battery in this pc is getting to die and im too lazy to find the AC plug.

~ Diddy

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All Hail the King....



Stan "The Man" Lee....

Know Your History

Ten years ago the geek world was hit with a terrible tragedy. A film franchise that seemed immortal was killed at the hands of one man. The film franchise I speak of is Batman and the man who killed it is Joel Shumacher. Everyone like to throw the name George Clooney around when they talk about the "Death of Batman" but it was really Shumacher that loaded the gun and gleefully opened fire. Batman Forever was the start of it all. With the exception of Commissioner Gordon and Alfred, everyone from the previous Batman movies wouldn't be returning for the third. While the movie has many faults it wasn't the final nail in the coffin. That last nail came in the summer of 1997. Joel Shumacher was on record saying that his vision of a Batman movie resembled that television from the 70's. The movie was campy and silly. The cast was made up of every flavor of the month and Coolio. The movie was so bad that it set back comic books movies another 3 years. It wasn't until movies like X-Men and Spider-Man were able to restore the reputation of the Comic Book Movie. Now we're spoiled and get almost two or three comic book movies a year. Some are good, some are average, and some aren't that great. BUT none of them have been as bad as "Batman & Robin". Has the movie industry learned it's lesson? I wish I could sit here and say that we will never have another "Batman & Robin" but unless we teach those to never forget the sins of Shumacher, the dark ages of comic book movies could return. Think about it. Sam Rami along with the whole cast of Spider-Man is done after this third movie. X-Men 3 was already hit with the curse of a new director and DC actually fired David Goyer from "The Flash" & Joss Whedon from "Wonder Woman". Not to mention the biggest sign of the apocalypse, Nicholas Cage finally got to star in a comic book movie.....and it actually made money. There's a storm coming........

New York Comic Con Countdown

First we have some big news. This is news that hasn't broken on any sites yet. Just added to the New York Comic Con will be the one and only....Shane O Mac. That's right Shane will joining myself and trusty friend Kyle to form a very special Comic Con Triad. What you will find below will be a special News You Already Know: Comic Con Edition.

News You Already Know: NY Comic Con

* DC will be cancelling Green Arrow and re-launching the book as Green Arrow & Black Canary. This will kick off with their upcoming marriage.

* Speaking of DC. It seems that DC loves weekly books. Who can blame them? 52 has been a hit even though it lost steam a few weeks back. So now DC will be starting a new series entitled Countdown. It will start at issue 51 and go down to zero. What the hell are they counting down to? Expect an amazing panel at Comic Con to tease all sorts of plots.

* The Bendis/Mack, Daredevil project that has been teased will end up being announced as Daredevil: The End. This should be a really cool book. I couldn't think of any other team that should bring us Daredevil's last story.

Keep in mind that Cee Diddy Holla will be updating over the weekend, and hopfully with a crap load of pictures.

New York Comic Con Countdown

This Friday I will trek out to New York with my lovely girlfriend and Kyle for the New York Comic Con. Before that can happen though a few things come first. First and foremost I have to work ALL WEEK!!! Wednesday Civil War comes to an end!!! Who dies?? Who cares?? How many new books will be launched?? It's going to be tough but I'm going to try to get some new posts on here as we countdown the time to New York Comic Con. First and off let's check out one last batch of Civil War: Crazy Ass Rumors.....

Civil War Crazy Ass Rumors (Final Edition)

* The Punisher will be making the save before the sharpshooter can kill Aunt May and Mary Jane. The sharpshooter does get one shot off though that puts Mary Jane in a coma that drives Spidey to his black suit.

* Steve Rogers doesn't die in Civil War, but he does turn himself in at the end, but only after beating Iron Man from an inch to his life.

* The Winter Solider takes over for Captain America for a short time as Iron Fist did for Daredevil. He does so with the help of Sharon Carter after she's released by SHEILD.

* Nick Fury dies.

Could any of these true? Yes. Could all of these turn out untrue? Yes. They're called Crazy Ass Rumors for a resaon. Enjoy and post any that you've come across.

~Diddy