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2006 NY COMICON
One of the highlights of the year is the NY comicon. A geek like me was in heaven. I spent more than I should have on graphic novels, but also got to see some killer panels. Here’s a quick recap of the panels I went to.
World War Hulk – Presided over by Marvel Editor In Chief Joe Quesdada and featuring writers Greg Pak and Dan Slott, Marvel gave us the 411 on its company wide crossover event for this summer.
Stephen King – The Gunslinger Born – Stephen King made an appearance on the panel discussing the recently launched Gunslinger Born comic based on his best selling Gunslinger series. King takes an approach to his work that it writes itself. The result is that he can across as arrogant when answering questions about his work. But he also has a sense of humor that always shines through.
Stan Lee – Always a ham for an audience, Stan The Man told tales of the early days of Marvel comics including little ways he would have marvel fuck with DC . For example – Once Marvel started out selling DC, DC wondered why.. “oh look Marvel outsells us because they have more word balloons on the cover”.. the next month Marvel wouldn’t use any words on the cover. Especially touching was his tales of his time working with past legends like Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.Kevin Smith – Back for a second year, Kevin continued his potty mouth assault on Reese Witherspoon (did she leave Ryan because he is gay? Kevin thinks so) and Hollywood in general (didn’t like Superman Returns but liked Ben Affleck’s straight to DVD movie, Man About Town). And he thinks MLK could take The Swedish Chef in a fight.Hostel 2- Eli Roth and Heather Mattarazzo (Weiner Dog in Welcome To The Doghouse) were among the panelist. Eli was a natural answering questions with honesty and from the perspective of a true fan of the horror genre. Hard to believe this is the guy who directed Cabin Fever and Hostel. Be patient folks, his adaptation of Stephen King’s Cell is coming soon!
- Brad Filicky
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