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[yendi]

My Dragoncon schedule, posted mainly because shadesong asked for it:


Today
1:00 -- Forensic Pathology 101. Maybe I can get my book kick-started again with some ideas.

2:30: -- Either A) An Hour With Ted Raimi or B) Myths and Legends

4:00 -- Jhonen Vasquez (though if it gets cancelled, I'll head for Forensic Pathology 201)

5:30 -- Writing in comics.

Tomorrow

10:00 Iron Artist 2 (electric Boogaloo)!

11:00 -- An Hour with Peter David. One of my favorite writers, and one of the most entertaining writers in person, as well.

1:00 -- Andromeda Season 2. Yeah, it's a guilty pleasure, but I like the show, dammit.

Or

1:00 -- David Mack. Unlike shadesong, I merely like his writing, not his appearance, so I'm a bit more torn here.


2:30 -- The Mighty Marvel Today Panel


7:00 -- Atlanta Radio Theatre Company.



Monday

10:00 Bab5 Cast reunion

2:30 -- Breaking into Comics

4:00 Firefly

As always, I may add or delete other events, but that's my current set of plans.

Comments

[ex-ilk.livejournal.com]

You guys get to see!!?? firefly?

Please do spill when you return.

[skylion.livejournal.com]

Ah, Dave Mack. I am glad to see he made it.
I remember watching him put together issues of Kabuki at the Florence, Ky, Kinko's. And the 1996 calandar. Great guy, wonderful talent. Hope he rocks the socks.
Hope he doesn't break any hearts.

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Jhonen. Man, I'm jealous. Hope you'll share the latest on "Invader Zim" with us. I've heard so many rumors and counter-rumors that I don't know what to believe any more.

[yendi]

In a nutshell: Viacom execs suck donkey balls, they suck them hard, they suck them often.

The show is dead. There's one episode left, the Christmas one, but that's it. Nickelodeon owns all rights, which means they could revive it, but not with him (or Roman, who, it turns out, didn't write all those good episodes (not surprising, since he's not a very good writer), but came up with the good jumping-off points that Jhonen and the other writers would use). Basically, they killed it because most of the execs were morons. For the most part, the only really false rumor I've seen is the one that Butt-Ugly Martians was owned by Viacom, and therefore would make them more money. That's clearly untrue (other than execs maybe seeing more toy potential there). He ragged on the quality of the Hot Topic merchandise, too -- do NOT bring him a Gir doll to have signed.

[yendi]

I've seen him before -- he's always very nice and gracious. Never arrogant. Always willing to talk to fans. And a damned good writer. It's amazing how many good folks came out of Calibre.

[yendi]

I think it's just a discussion of the premise, combined with maybe an extended trailer or two. If it's a full ep, I'll be posting it in big bold letters. :-)

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Rrgh, the dreaded "the network owns all the rights and won't let you produce this show any more." That's so maddening.

Did anyone raise the prospect of another network buying the show?

[bellacrow.livejournal.com]

I love David Mack!!! As a writer/ artist and yes, he is damn cute, but he's so freakin nice, he's just really all around cool.

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[skylion.livejournal.com]

Calibre has alot of great writers.
If only we could find Steve Steglin again.
I miss Boondoggle.

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[skylion.livejournal.com]

Dave was always a really great guy. I remember him best as the guy that worked his butt off to put his brother thru school. I wish I would have been able to keep up with him.

[(Anonymous)]

Did anyone raise the prospect of another network buying the show?

Yup, but Jhonen didn't seem very optimistic about the idea, alas.

[yendi]

Umm, that anonymous comment was me. Sorry. Was using shadesong's computer, and forgot to log in.