Comic-Con Day Two:

Got a sketch from Aeire at the Keenspot booth. Got another sketch done for me by a guy named Anthony Waters of a shoggoth, which took all afternoon, but is really good. Donnie Darko panel was really cool, although I think the people were just rounded up by the studio to talk, because none of them seemed to have the slightest idea what to do there. The director Richard Kelly in particular looked like a deer in the headlights. Starting to see more people in costume. Noticed a lot of girls (and one guy!) in Alice costumes. The Lucasfilm people have an especially impressive booth complete with Storm Troopers, Boba Fett, and a full scale X-Wing. The Adult Swim panel on how to pitch shows to them was pretty entertaining (and packed). They mostly talked about what they did not want, which mostly consisted of shows they are already working on. They have a zombie show, Squidbillies (redneck squids in the mountains of Georgia?), a show called the Minori-team (where superheroes of different ethicities use ethnic stereotypes against their enemies), a barbarian/medieval show, and the guy who did Dr. Katz and does Home Movies was there because he has a new show they're working on called Lucyfer who is the daughter of the devil who lives in San Francisco, has a bad relationship with her father, and has some sort of relationship with a long haired hispanic DJ named Jesus. They talked about a few more shows, but I don't remember them. Got a lot of boodle on the show floor. Saw a Bill Plympton sketching panel that was pretty interesting. Also saw bits from a couple of pieces of work that Bill did: Hair High and a short about a dog that explains why those little yipper dogs are so excitable. I think it's called Guard Dog and I don't believe it's been shown elsewhere. Went with Kevin and caught the tail end of the Star Wars fan film awards. Catch Pink 5 Strikes Back, if you have a chance. That was pretty funny. The MC also does a one man show which is his interpretation of Star Wars, a la Five Minute Hamlet.

Today's highlight: Nail Gaiman & Dave McKean on the Mirrormask panel.

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Listening to: The Speed Of Pain from the album Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson