Comic-Con International in San Diego starts tonight with a preview night, and the panels and big events start tomorrow. I was talking with Earl earlier today, wondering when Comic-Con became such a huge event that the TV and film worlds paid so much attention to. If I had been looking for an example, this Reuters article about Lost season 4 news would have been perfect. When ABC Entertainment President Steve MacPherson said that there would be big announcements at the Lost Comic-Con panel tomorrow, the critics apparently got huffy that the news was being saved for a fan convention. They managed to get one tidbit from MacPherson that’s all over the wires tonight – including that article I linked to, so spoilers beware – but I’m willing to bet there’ll be more tomorrow. And that fan sites and word of mouth will spread the word plenty fast.
Man, I used to want to be a journalist, and this story makes me think they’re way too full of themselves.