Background info: My GF (Angela) and I did the volunteer thing forthe ‘Con. Give the ‘Con a day of your life and get free admitionfor the weekend. From what I understand, the ‘Con folks were reallypleased with the turn out, they were estimating around 1000 peoplecame in the first hour on Saturday and it peaked out around 2800(their estimates). Now onto Kevin’s first appearance:

Got to the Ballroom where Kevin & Co. where doing the Marvel Knightspanel about 15 minutes early and listened to the end of somethingelse (think it was the Batman/Supes animated stuff). Anhoo, when thatwas over I moved my way to the front row, things kicked off about 5minutes later. The panel: Jim, Devin Grayson, Kevin, Joe. They wenton about how things came about, how working together was great. Theytook several questions, one of which was if Kevin ran into any problemswith the religious overtones of DD (considering the crap Dogma’s gettingnow). He said no since Marvel kinda saw how the whole thing was gonnapan out and overall there really weren’t a lot of controversial thingsin there, although they did tell Kevin & Co. that DD couldn’t beat the Black Widow into pulp like he had wanted. He said something aboutthe whole voilence against women thing, but they did still let DD snapthe BW’s leg. When asked how he got into “The Business”, Kevin made yourstandard dick sucking jesture, which became the running joke of thepanel.

They didn’t really discuss any Green Arrow stuff since Jim and Joe aretrying to stay focused on the Knights stuff. As for the future ofthe Knights stuff and Kevin working with them: Kev was originallytapped for 6 issues, this was extended to 8 (old news). But, *IF* the Marvel Knights line is renewed (J&J were pretty sure it would be)then Kevin mentioned something about coming back to writing againsomewhere in the late ‘teen issues (16-18, somewhere in there).

After the Panel, Kevin, Jim, and Joe went to do signing stuff atthe Oni booth (which was pretty large). To avoid the initial rushAng and I went to get lunch then head for the signing line. SinceI had my “volunteer” shirt on I got drafted for crowd control whileI was trying to get in line *grumble*. It worked out great tho’. Iwas the last person to have Kevin sign stuff for (at that sitting).Got a buncha things signed by Kev, Jim, and Joe. Also asked Kevin ifwe were going to get a “sneak peak” tomorrow at the focus on hisfilms, he responded with a rather definate “Yeah”. Someone also askedhim when it was coming out and he sounded rather positive when he replied”October”. So tomorrow we get a peak at Dogma, mere foreplay forthe real thing a full 6 months away.

Also there was Scott Mosier, who, when I caught up with him was givinga film student lotsa info. From what I heard, Dogma was the most tiringproject to date. Since he was used to getting everything done for a flickin 7-8 months and Dogma’s going on for at least a year now, this process ismuch longer than he’s used to. He also commented about the animated seriesin that it was going to be considered “seperate” from the movie stuff so itcould have a life of it’s own and not have to worry about continuity. I askedhim about the much rumored Clerks 2 and if they would try to keep the samelook and feel of the original. He said if and when it ever happens there’sno way they could ever go that cheap again. Since thigns were done that waybecause of a major lack of budget, if there’s a next one, it’d have a muchbetter look to it.

I’ll get ya’ll pics the instant I get them developed and scanned in. I’ve gotat least one of the Panel and a couple shots of Kevin. More will followtomorrow.

Day 1 -I really love this new job. Great benefits, good pay, and how many people can say thier job involves vaporizing planets with a giantdeath ray? I can’t wait to destroy my first planet.

Day 2 -I brought up to my superior officer what I thought was a slight oversight in the plans of thr Death Star. It seems there’s anexhaust port that leads right to the central power core of the station, and this port is accesable from the surface. And also – thisis the kicker – the port can’t be closed. There’s no lid. So here’s this direct route to the power core that someone could say,drop a penny into and blow up the entire station. Um, does this strike anyone else as maybe just a slight design flaw? So I guessthey decided to build a trench or something to put it in. So in essence, leading people right to it? You’d think that this kind ofquestioning would be welcomed by the people who run this place, ut no. You shoulda seen my boss flip out and threaten to tell LordVader, blah blah blah. Oh well, I’m sure nothing will come of it.

Day 30 -It was a good day. Had a good lunch, stuffed womprats. Told a funny joke, that was a winner. Oh, and I blew up Alderan, nicesatisfying explosion. Debris everywhere. Maybe I’ll rent a movie tonight.

Day 33 -Still no lid on that exhaust port.

Day 47 -Everyone oer here’s been talking about the Rebels. Seems there’s this hidden base around here somewhere, and they’ve been throwingthese little ships at us. What do they call ’em, Z wings?

Day 442 -Wow, it’s bee quite a while since my last entry. Well to recap real quick, I almost lost my job when those stupid Rebels blew up theDeath Star! Can you believe it? It’s a good thing I just happened to be on vacation at the time. Now, back to work on the brand new,top secret Death Star 2.

Day 449 -Well it seems there’s another potential flaw in the design that no one has noticed, apparently. There’s a central reactor as before,but this time there’s a trench leading right to it from the surface that a saucer shaped ship could fly through. This seems bad tome, but it appears I’m alone on this one. Considering what happened last time, I feel I should bring this up with Lord Vader.

This was the last entry.