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With a stage full of almost as many folks as had taken the same stage for Friday's Vertigo panel, the creative team behind Fables, Jack of Fables, and House of Mystery led the capacity crowd in an informative roundtable discussion early Sunday afternoon at Comic-Con...

An all-star cast of creators joined Mark Evanier for his annual Jack Kirby tribute at Comic-Con Sunday morning. Sharing the stage with Evanier were creators and Kirby devotees Neil Gaiman, Erik Larsen and Darwyn Cooke. Toldja it was a high-powered cast of panelists...

Living up to his reputation during a candid two-hour conversation with his fans late Saturday night at Comic-Con, Warren Ellis worked his way through two Red Bull tallboys, a can of Sparks (an alcohol-infused energy drink presented to him by a fan) and, in flagrant disregard of Convention Center policy --to say nothing of the state of California-- a late-in-the panel cigarette ...

If you've read my first report from Saturday afternoon's Marvel Studios panel, you'll have read that it sounds like we're in for a treat with The Incredible Hulk next summer. Before the Hulk hits theaters in June, however, Iron Man will be arriving a month earlier -- and after seeing the Iron Man presentation at Comic-Con yesterday, I'm officially more excited about this movie than any other super

Arguably the most star-power of the weekend was assembled in one room late Saturday afternoon for the much-anticipated Marvel Studios presentation in the 7,000-capacity room H at the San Diego convention center. The director and stars of two of next summer's most anticipated superhero movies made the trek to Comic-Con to give fans an exclusive first look at their projects...

My Saturday morning began with the Ultimate universe panel featuring architects Brian Michael Bendis, Jeph Loeb and artist David Finch, with their fearless leader Joe Quesada serving as moderator. Beginning shortly after the scheduled start time, partially due to Quesada's tardiness, Loeb quipped, "we thought it was appropriate that the Ultimate panel start late...

What I expected to be the latest installment in Kevin Smith's hugely entertaining traveling road show on Friday night at Comic-Con turned out be that only in part. Turns out it was also a painful lesson in how one should always read the fine print...

Neil Gaiman greeted a capacity crowd at his Comic-Con spotlight panel Friday afternoon by apologizing for not having prepared any remarks. Seems that on the walk to the hall, Neil asked how the spotlight was going to work – was he being interviewed onstage? Well...

Terry Moore spent a warm, conversational hour with a roomful of grateful fans Friday afternoon at Comic-Con. Sharing personal insights into his crafting of the Strangers in Paradise conclusion, offering hints as to his plans for Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane and Runaways, as well as discussing what's next for his creator-owned projects, Moore really couldn't have been more accommodating...

As is now customary, Joe Quesada's "Cup o' Joe" panel on Friday began with several exclusive Comic-Con announcements regarding upcoming Marvel titles and creators. The first of these was the announcement that artist Phil Jimenez has signed exclusively with Marvel, and will soon be applying his talents to a certain wall-crawler...