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I'm out here in sunny San Diego to cover this year's Comic-Con International for PCMag. I've only been here for a few hours, but stimulation overload is already beginning to set in. CES, Toy Fair, Auto Show, E3--I've covered them all, and I can safely say that those shows, and hectic and draining as they are, have absolutely nothing on the pop-cultural explosion that is Comic-Con.

Some 126,000 people are set to attend the show this year, and I feel pretty sure that I've already managed to wait in line between most of them for the bathroom. You've got no concept of a line, however, until you've seen the sheer volume of young attendees queued up for a Twilight panel. This event saw a seemingly never-ending line down the San Diego street, as the largely female fan-base braved Palmetto bugs, rats, and the mean southern California streets overnight for a chance to get in.

I watched it in part from the relative safety of the second-floor press room. Tween fans asked the male actors hard-hitting questions about what it was like to film a scene topless. "It was cold," answered Chris Weitz.

If all goes according to plan, that's the last you'll hear from me about teenage emo vampires. Check back here for plenty of Comic-Con coverage throughout the weekend. Including the interview I just wrapped up with Spider-man creator, Stan Lee. 'Nuff said!

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Posted by: alan h
July 24, 2009 5:08 PM

Lucky. :/

Try not to get run over for that Twilight panel - I heard yesterday's was quite a spectacle.


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