2000 Comic Book News Archives
July 28, 2000: San Diego Comic-Con Report
Well it's good to be back! Anybody miss me? :) I had a fantastic time in LA and especially at the San Diego Comic-Con, but as Dorothy said, "There's no place like home!"Now I've been to Comic Conventions here in Sydney Australia, but none of them come close to what I experienced last weekend in San Diego. It was huge! I walked around for the first couple of hours like a little boy in a candy shop, rumaging through comic boxes, wandering aimlessly from stand to stand.
But first off, I checked out the Fandom stand. Next to the DC Comics and Marvel stands, this had to be one of the best looking and crowd pleasing stalls at the Con. People were just fascinated with the Money Vortex, a clear plastic booth that contained money and paper, whirling around in a windy vortex. When registering with Fandom at the Con you received a raffle ticket, and each hour on the hour a ticket would be drawn and the winner would get 10 seconds inside the Money Vortex to grab what money they could.
Finally, once I'd walked around a bit, I came to the DC Comics stand. There I managed to meet and chat with Mark Millar (who used to write the Superman Adventures comic book), Grant Morrison (who wrote JLA), Mark Waid (JLA), and current Superman creative team members Jeph Loeb and Joe Kelly. All were really great guys and were happy to spend a few minutes talking with me. Jeph Loeb and Mark Millar are regular visitors to this site and read the Superman Homepage "Mild Mannered Reviews" for their particular issues.
Other than meeting these great guys, the highlight of my time at the San Diego Comic-Con was the "Stump the Fanatics" sessions we held at the Fandom stand. People from the crowd surrounding the Fandom stand got to ask trivia questions to the various Fandom "Head Fanatics" on their particular subject (obviously for me it was Superman). If the Head Fanatic could NOT answer the fans question, then the fan would win a prize (toys and action figures). I had a ball! I managed to answer 99% of the dozen or so questions thrown my way, really frustrating some of the Superman fans in the crowd. :) It was a whole lot of fun, and one of the fans came up to me afterwards to shake my hand and have a chat.
All in all I had a great time! Maybe I'll see you there in 2001? You never know.
Author: Steve Younis
2000 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2000.- January 10, 2000: Superman/Gen 13
- January 17, 2000: Kano to replace Garcia
- January 18, 2000: Metropolis is Growing: Brainiac-13 Appearing Live on DC Online
- January 21, 2000: Schultz on Man of Steel's Milestone
- January 29, 2000: Superman for the Animals
- February 3, 2000: Gil Kane Dies at 74
- February 6, 2000: Porter Confirmed as “Adventures of Superman” Artist
- February 16, 2000: Batman and Superman Got Milk?® in Upcoming “Milk Mustache” Print/Online Campaign
- February 22, 2000: Howard Porter Renews Exclusive Two-Year Contract with DC
- March 15, 2000: Super Summit Highlights
- March 23, 2000: DC Comics Price Rise
- March 29, 2000: News from the Trade Press
- March 29, 2000: Same as it Ever Was: Back to the Silver Age in May!
- April 4, 2000: “Planet DC” Annuals
- April 11, 2000: Superman: Arkham
- April 15, 2000: Superman and Batman Join Forces with Arch-Rival Stan Lee to Create an Alternate Universe
- April 15, 2000: DC Comics Garners 54 Eisner Award Nominations for 1999
- May 18, 2000: Superman No.1 (1939) on Auction!
- June 7, 2000: DC Comics Super Heroes Check into Best Western Hotels with “Summer Adventures” Promotion
- June 7, 2000: Adventures of Superman minus Howard Porter
- June 19, 2000: Great Caesar's ghost, Lex Luthor is running for President!
- June 20, 2000: Ed McGuiness Signs One-Year Exclusive Contract
- July 7, 2000: SCOOP!!! Superman: Emperor ???????? REVEALED!!!!
- July 8, 2000: Superman Homepage at the San Diego Comic-Con 2000!
- July 28, 2000: San Diego Comic-Con Report
- August 5, 2000: Superman News from the Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con
- August 23, 2000: Joe Kelly Signs Exclusive Contract with DC
- August 23, 2000: DC Comics Featured in Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone this Week!
- August 28, 2000: Mark Waid Leaves JLA
- August 28, 2000: No More Adventures with J.M. DeMatteis
- September 26, 2000: Online Preview of “JLA: A League of One” Available at DC Comics Website
- September 26, 2000: DC Announces the Full Creative Roster for “Superman & Batman: World's Funnest”
- October 12, 2000: What to get for a JLA that has everything?
- October 25, 2000: Lex 2000 Online Preview at DC Comics Online
- November 6, 2000: Know Thy Enemy, From the Inside Out... JLA: Seven Caskets
- November 8, 2000: New Readers Flood to Metropolis this November
- November 23, 2000: Loeb on President Luthor
- December 20, 2000: Christopher Reeve Comic Book
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