2007 Comic Book News Archives

August 3, 2007: San Diego 2007: Countdown to Salvation Tangent Run to the Finals!

By Neal Bailey

You folks might have to bear with me, I'm sicker than that kid I passed the other day in the giant Yu-Gi-Oh outfit. But regardless, here I sit, four days after the con has ended, and we must have a suite!

I'm going to basically report on what I found as a journalist at the San Diego Comic-Con. You may have read it on CBR, Newsarama, heck, anywhere first. I have not.

My friend Greg, who accompanied me after the show, put it to me this way: "Neal, aren't you supposed to have written the article about the show as it went on?"

I solemnly nodded, thinking about how, since Greg and Stephen both have a British accent, I could probably fake one and pass, in America. That might score chicks. But back to the task at hand, I shook my head, turning back to my new friend, and said something akin to the following:

"Yes and no. See, it's like this. I'm not exactly a journalist. I'm a writer. A journalist's job is to report the facts, and there's no way, particularly with the tech I have, to report faster than the competitors. Not in the internet age. The reason I'm here, and the reason that people read what I do, at least I hope, is the perspective. If not, I'd probably have been booted off the Homepage long ago. The site has a lot of exclusive information, but I don't get many real scoops. Beside that, I figure folks will read the article if only to see the Superman-focal and/or relevant information."

And then we watched The Simpsons. Which rocked.

That night I got back the internets, produced a few of the regular reviews, and then drove for two straight days to get to this point. Those tales, more personal than journalistic, will be detailed in my (NSFW) livejournal, feel free to read up. I know I usually do a Gonzo article, but this time there's just too much info on both sides for the personal and the information not to be their own articles.

Here's the pertinent information from the con:

DC COUNTDOWN...TO THE END? (THURSDAY)