Tour de Comic Con 2008: Friday

kwc joined us this morning as I rushed to catch the Stargate panels; the Stargate people wedged in a presentation for Stargate Worlds, a MMO set in the the Stargate universe. This is, in effect a bad marketing move; Stargate fans who would be interested in the game already knew about it, and anyone who wasn't interested just did other things during the panel.

The Joss Whedon panel was for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog, which featured a great deal of the cast who wrote or appeared in the musical internet project. Felicia Day (Penny), Nathan Fillion (Captain Hammer), and Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible) all appeared, as well as the writer who played the Asian Groupie in parts 2 and 3.

I wandered the hall for a bit before attempting to make the Sanctuary panel, but got recalled by the rest of Team Uni to head for the 6CDEF line, which at 2 hours before the beginning of the Avatar panel had already formed a line which filled the corridor.

The creators of Avatar had animated a short intro for Comic Con, in which they jokingly announced the release of Book 4, which they aired after the fan art contest, the costume contest. Book 4, which they promised was a better revised ending to the Zutara relationship featured a lot of fan art depicting Zuko and Katara in heavy duty kisses and embraces.

With 2 days left to go, the early attendees of the comic con left tired, but in good spirits, as the nightmarish Saturday loomed on the horizon.