Source: cnn
COMIC CON DEBATE OVER MAINSTREAM PANELS
What is seen by some as the holy four-day weekend for geek culture at San Diego Comic-Con has gone mainstream in a big way for the past few years.
Starting today, there will be panels called “I Can’t Write, I Can’t Draw, But I Love Comics!” and “Indie Comics Marketing 101” taking place alongside “USA Network’s ‘Psych’ ” and “Aloha, Earth!” a panel about CBS’ upcoming remake of “Hawaii Five-0.”
But this recent spate of panels about movie and TV properties with no sci-fi or comic book elements has some fans fuming.
“The mainstream TV and film representation at Comic-Con has outstripped the original essence of the convention,” said iReporter Brad Powers who attended Comic-Con the past two years, mainly for the panels on “Lost.”
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Source: wired
ACTION CHICKS TAKE ON COMIC CON GEEK GIRLS
Fierce female characters are gaining traction in the pop-culture landscape, but even in 2010, guys still outnumber women in starring roles for movies, TV, comics and videogames. Several Comic-Con International panels this weekend look at the phenomena of the geek girl.
Among the panels (listed after the jump) is Where Are the Action Chicks? (Friday, 2 p.m. Room 26AB). Blogger Katrina Hill from Action Chick Flick moderates the panel. She’s a Texas über-fan who champions an upbeat take on the growing presence of female characters and creators
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MORE COMIC CON GEEK GIRL PHENOMENON
Brace yourselves, fanboys. Real women are here.
We’re not talking Xena: Warrior Princess lookalikes. Or starlets hawking their sci-fi TV shows. Or Twilight moms.
No, the wonder women of Comic-Con speak geek. They quote Star Wars . They read graphic novels, watch Futurama and don’t back down in a debate over the best Star Trek series. They don’t miss a Comic-Con.
And this year, the convention is flirting back. The conference features the first female participant at the annual “Masters of the Web” panel, Movies.com columnist Jen Yamato. Another panel, “Girls Gone Genre,” will showcase female writers, gamers and illustrators.
“I have a lot in common with my male counterparts,” Yamato says. “Why can’t I be just as excited about Ryan Reynolds in a superhero outfit?”
Yamato credits the boom in “girl geek” to a particular nerd subset: vampire fans.
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