Founders of Image. Jim Lee and Todd McFarlane are the guys on the left.
Left to right: Eric Larson, Jim Valentino, Mark Silvestri, Rob Liefeld, and Whilce Portacio.
It was awesome watching these guys. They just bantered back and forth like old friends, making fun of each other. It was a really fun panel.
George Romero.
Warren Ellis signing a copy of Doctor Sleepless for me.
THIS. IS. SPARTA!
Far left: Peter David.
Who you gonna call?
Rock on, dude.
Gregg Weisman (sitting down), creator of Gargoyles. Now he's working on a new animated Spider-Man show debuting next year titled Spectacular Spider-Man.
Josh Keaton is the new voice of Spider-Man. Weisman's goal is to create the iconic vision of Spider-Man, but it's an up-hill battle. The 90's animated series is pretty iconic and fits the characters perfectly in my mind.
Neil Gaiman! Fantastic writer. And his British wit kept the audience laughing the whole time.
Left: guy who deals with marketing for Penny Arcade. Right: Artist for PvP.
OMG POPE!
Pff. I could take 'em.
Oooh... I wonder what's in there (Hint: It's the Iron Man armor).
Bald guy: Brian Michael Bendis. Probably the best writer in main-stream comics. Marvel now has him writing... everything.
They refused to make out.
They gave a whole show. Look onward to see the outcome.
Even old ladies dress up at Comic-Con... even if it is in Harry Potter costumes. -_-
Yeah, so apparently they're making a Spaceballs animated series. Why did no one tell me? I fear it won't be very good.
Marv Wolfman. Great writer who has been around for decades. I love his stuff.
Quesada: Marvel Editor-in-Chief.
Guy complained that he has no money due to Bendis' fantastic writing, so Bendis gave they guy a buck.
Then he gives another poor girl a buck! He promised no more handing out of money. It was pretty funny.
Riddle me this...
Huntress and Mr. Freeze.
Asian Batwoman.
I don't even know who this is supposed to be, but she might very well get the prize for most revealing costume.
Hey, it's Gambit! Why the fuck weren't you in any of the X-Men movies, Gambit?
It's hard to tell in this photo, but this woman was easily in her 40s. The wrinkles in her face ruined the overall effect.
He drew a sketch in his book for me. :-)
Guy in wheelchair: Ray Bradbury.
They couldn't figure out how to open that thing for a good 10 minutes.
Someone asked Bradbury if he said anything to President Bush when he met him about how we've become a more surveillance society. I don't think many people realize how conservative Ray Bradbury is. He went into this total rant about how we're not a surveillance society because the precautions taken are minimal and meant to keep terrorists from harming Americans. I didn't agree with all of it, but it was awesome to see someone so famous unabashedly defend conservative principals without concern. Of course, he's already famous, etched into the literary history forever. Plus, he's old. He gets to say whatever the hell he wants!
Holy 60's-throwback, Batman!
With a big-ass cigar and everything.
More Sparta.
