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Where in the world is Joe San Diego? Part 2
2006-07-27 16:51:17
Friday.
This morning I'm on pins and needles, I have a breakfast meeting with a very important creator. I can't get into details because I want to surprise you guys some other time down the road. The meeting goes incredibly well.
My meeting runs a bit late so I'm rushing to the Spider-Man panel, holy smokes, the crowd to get into the con is so huge that I have trouble getting in and I just make it to the panel by the skin of my teeth. This was the feel good moment of the con. In attendance were Kevin Feige (Marvel Studios), Joe Strazcynski, John Romita, Jr., John Romita, Sr., Stan Lee, Jim McCann and myself. Jim McCann got to sit next to Stan thus realizing a lifelong dream. I want point out that I thought Jim was going to literally pass out he was so excited. Stan and John, Sr. stole the show. Their wit and charm was a pleasure to behold and I'm just glad that I could be there to moderate, it's a memory I will treasure forever.
Directly after the panel, I met up with British Superstar celebrity, Jonathan Ross and family. Through Mark Millar, I've had the pleasure of meeting Jonathan when he visited the Marvel offices a little over a month ago. He's a historian of American comics, in particular Marvel and just a fun guy to be around. Jonathan and I chatted for a bit and discussed his most recent scandalous interview in the UK, he had me rolling! Also, Jonathan's wife is the screenwriter of Neil Gaiman's upcoming Stardust movie.
Lunch with Robert Kirkman was my next stop. Robert is one of the funniest guys I've met in my comic's travels but we don't really know each other all that well. I pride myself on getting to know the guys that work for me as well as I possibly can so I wanted to get some private face time with Robert just to catch up and make sure that we were doing okay by him and to discuss some future projects. This Kirkman is a smart guy, I like the way he thinks!
After lunch, I met up with David Hine. David wanted to discuss some ideas he had and some future projects and the direction he was looking for his career to take. It was great catching up with David as we so rarely get to see our international creators outside of these comic cons. We discuss a couple of projects and I think that fans of David's work are going to be thrilled with what he has planned.
Two o'clock and it's back to the Marvel booth for my signing.
After the signing it was of to an interview with Spike TV and then a meeting with Howard Chaykin. Howard and I go back a ways and he's one of my favorite people in the business. Howard's one of the few people I can count on to tell me when he feels that my works sucks, I truly appreciate that about him. Howard and I went to a small hotel bar across the street, talked comics and projects and gossiped like old women. Funny story, as Howard and I were walking to the bar, they were filming or doing some sort of promotion for a movie whose name now escapes me. They had a large poster with the actors on it and Howard pointed out that the only person he recognized on the poster was Lewis Black. I turned to Howard and said, “I love Lewis Black!” Suddenly a guy walking in from of us turns around and says, “me too!” It was Lewis Black! We walked and talked with Mr. Black for a bit, nice guy, only at Comic Con!
I ran back to the con and up I went to host the Halo panel. As I said, I'm not a gamer, but it was a thrill being on a panel with Moebius and all the great creators involved in the project and all the passionate Halo fans.
Next up was my favorite interview of the day. G4 TV's Attack of the Show was broadcasting live, MTV Beach House style from the convention. They asked me up and we did a whole Civil War segment, which was a lot of fun.
At the Marvel booth Dan Buckley and I had a secret meeting with another huge creator about some future Marvel work. Man it's great to be a Marvel fan today!
Later, dinner at the Palm was in order for the Marvel crew. Walking up to the private room reserved for our party, the new drawings of Spider-Man, Captain America and Wolverine, respectfully drawn by John Romita, Sr., John, Jr., and Billy Tan, greeted me on the wall of the stairway up. In attendance were the Marvel crew along with Daniel and Charlie Knauf, Joss Whedon, Reggie Hudlin and so many more. I wasn't eating as I had to run to another function. Before I left, The Knauf's pitched me a great new concept for a Marvel team book.
Ran of with Joss Whedon and to another dinner function at the invite of my agent Chris Harbert. It was a function thrown by the kind folk at the C.A.A. agency and was filled with some great comic and Hollywood talents. Brian Vaughan and John Cassaday were there as were Ron Moore from Battlestar Galactica and Damon Lindeloff. I had the great pleasure to sit next to John Favreau and we spent the entire diner, I mean the entire diner, talking about Iron Man. Let me say this right now, this guy gets it and he loves the character. I was floored at the ideas he had for the movie and his views on how to visualize the suit and flying. I cannot wait for this movie to come out! The future of Marvel movies is a bright one!
The evening closed with a secret meeting with a creator. Sorry folks, this is privileged information.
Saturday
Today began with breakfast with Kevin Feige from Marvel Studios. Kevin started at Marvel West right around the same time that I began at Marvel East and it's been great seeing him rise though the ranks under the wing of the brilliant Avi Arad. Kevin's reputation as one of the good guys in Hollywood is only surpassed by his knowledge of movies and the Marvel characters. We have a great conversation about creators and characters and some very cool Marvel West and Marvel publishing stuff.
11:30 and it was time to begin my Cup of Joe panel. Lisa Kirby was on hand for the missing Fantastic Four issue announcement as were Dan Buckley and Jim McCann. A great time was had by all and the crowd was just wonderful!
Cup of Joe was followed by three business meetings.
Netscape stopped by the Marvel booth to do an interview about the con and comics.
Stepped out for lunch with Ed Brubaker. Ed was heavily promoting Criminal, his new creator owned titles from Icon, Looks like Ed is learning something about shameless marketing from working at Marvel ;-) We ate at Hooters, for the wings I swear, I like the wings!!!
Lunch with Ed ran a little late but trying to get back into the convention hall was nearly impossible. I was due at a Fanboy Radio panel and ended up getting there 20 minutes late (sorry, Scott). The Fanboy panel is a smaller event, but the audience is always great. If you guys aren't listening to Fanboy, you need to check it out.
Dinner was a relaxed event as I sat with several creators including Joe Strazcynski and C.B. Cebulski. I also got to see Greg Hildebrandt and Jean Scrocco as they stopped by the table. Jimmy Palmiotti also droped by to let me know that there was a Sci-fi Party that evening and that the folks who were working on the Painkiller Jane TV show would be there. I had all intentions of going but after dinner I was so spent that I did little more than hang at the hotel bar for a few minutes and then headed up for some sleep.
Sunday
Flying out today and can't wait to get home but before getting on a plane I needed to meet up with Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi for breakfast. Let me just say this, this guys is the next big painting superstar, his work is just unbelievable and only getting better. He's also a tremendous guy who's a dynamo of energy. We discussed their upcoming Wolverine story and what comes next, so keep your eyes open for Simone's artwork, it's going to be revolutionary!
Time to go home.
Lewis Black
You asked Lewis Black to write a comic for Marvel, right? Right????
Posted by Ralf Haring on 2006-07-27 18:32:19
Catching up with creators
THAT is cool. I've always appreciated bosses that take that extra step to get to know their employees. It's something that shows through in the work before you even said it. Very cool... It's one of the reasons why working for Marvel is such a huge goal of mine. It really looks like a family type environment.
So do you ever get overseas to meet artists/writers that aren't able to make it to the US conventions?
Posted by astrosapien on 2006-07-27 19:03:45
Simone Bianchi
Check out this awsome Elektra from Simone:
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Page=1&Order=Date&Piece=99828&GSub=10946&GCat=0&UCat=0
Enjoy.
Posted by Batteryteam on 2006-07-27 20:51:57
^_^
I can't get over it. Really, it sounds like you had a great time!! I'm glad because all of you at Marvel deserve to have great times and see how much we the fans love all the hard work you do! I get all excited reading about everything you did, I can't imagine how great it must feel to have actually experienced it. I would treasure those experiences as well.
(P.S. Went to Hooters just for the wings huh? ..Suuuuuuuuuuure you did. It's okay we won't hold it against you. Lol J/K ^_^ )
Posted by TwilghtDragon on 2006-07-28 00:11:18
At least was for the WINGS... not for other chicken parts.
Heh. And I love the idea of Lewis Black writing a comic. But what comic? Captain America? The Less-Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man? Lewis Black's Black Panther? The mind boggles!
Posted by Lonesome Pinky on 2006-07-28 01:11:50
P.S. Rest in peace, Tim Hildebrandt!
Posted by Lonesome Pinky on 2006-07-28 04:35:38
Wow!
Johnaton Ross? That's awesome!
I remember when he was talking to the creator of Tank Girl and trying to talk comics and he was so resistant to it. It was funny.
Posted by Undergirl on 2006-07-28 18:58:34
Missed you at the Con, Joe, but then again, I was playing "Where in the World is Carmine Infantino?"
Posted by Lonesome Pinky on 2006-07-29 05:37:16
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