ComicCon Craziness is Coming!

Yes, next week is the annual Comic Con International in San Diego. Lots of stuff will be happening and I'll be attempting to point you to the neat stuff and will be trying to catch some of it myself (but there's only one of me to go around). In any case, stop by the Arizona SF Conventions table in the fan table area on the mezzanine (where the food services are halfway up the escalators).

For all the official schedules, there's the Comic Con web site, where you can check out the exhibitors, the programming, and the autographs. But that's just the beginning. There's also booth signings and parties and giveaways and who knows what else going on. Here's some handy reference links to try to make sense of all of it....

CBLDF's Thursday night Welcome Party details, I plan to be there....

NBC/Universal's Comic Con Plans on the official NBC Website

BBC America is making a big splash at Comic Con this year with Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, and Spaced. Details on their Comic Con minisite.

Bantam Spectra's Schedule (including Connie Willis and a free magazine with an excerpt from George R.R. Martin's forthcoming novel) is laid out on their MySpace page.

Jim Butcher's Comic Con Schedule (it's Jim's first time there).

DC Comics listing of writers, artists and other personnel.

Official Marvel Plans

Dark Horse Comics Booth Signing Schedule (tickets handed out with random drawings)

Image Comics Schedule (including Tori Amos)

IDW Publishing's Comic Con Events

Virgin Comic's Comic Con Plans

Io9's Guide to things to catch at Comic Con

Mysterious Galaxy's list of author's signing at ComicCon
More to come as I find it...