18 Reasons to Attend Comic-Con International (San Diego)



For info on the con, please go to http://www.comic-con/cci/



(1) Sunday afternoon panel on "The Jewish Side of Comics"

(a) JT Waldman (Megillat Esther)

(b) Rabbi Simcha Weinstein (Up Up and Oy Vey : How

Jewish History, Culture and Values Shaped the Comic

Book Superhero)

(c) Danny Fingeroth (Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews,

Comics and the Creation of the Superhero)

(d) Marv Wolfman (Homeland : The Illustrated History of the State of Israel)

(e) Steven M. Bergson (jewishcomics.blogspot.com), moderator



(2) The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar is nominated for 3 Eisner awards (Friday night)



Guests will include :



(3) J. Michael Straczynski (Rising Stars #16 -

synopsis at

http://worldsofjms.com/rs/synopses/rs_syn16.htm ;

Spider-Man #502 - character sketch of Leo Zelinsky at

http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/leo_zelinsky.html)



(4) Sergio Aragones (adaptation of "Jonah" in

Testament ; illustrator of Fanny Hillman : Memoirs of

a Jewish Madam)



(5) Peter David (who infamously used the names of

seder plate items for aliens in a Star Trek novel and

wrote the stories for The Incredible Hulk #386-387 ;

see

http://www.leaderslair.com/noexcuses/hulk2-386.html

and

http://www.leaderslair.com/noexcuses/hulk2-387.html)



(6) Ernie Colon (illustrator of Mendy and the Golem)



(7) Ben Raab (The Lost Tribe graphic novel, debuting

at the Comicon ; info with art at http://www.benraab.com/lost_tribe.html)



(8) Judd Winnick (Caper miniseries - see

http://www.thexaxis.com/misc/caper1.htm)



(9) Jimmy Palmiotti (writer on the series Monolith -

see

http://www.thefourthrail.com/features/1203/monolith.shtml)



(10) Douglas Rushkoff (Testament - see

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5891)



(11) Mark Evanier (wrote a "Crossfire" story involving a Holocaust survivor who tries to kill a suspected Nazi war criminal)



(12) Neal Adams (illustrator of "The Adventures of

Zimmerman" and "Son O' God", which appeared in the

pages of National Lampoon)



(13) Len Wein (writer of the golem story in Strange

Tales #174 - see

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/golem1.htm)



(14) Paul Levitz (author of the 1-page 9/11 story

"Tradition" in DC Comics' 9-11 September 11th 2001 - see

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/911/images/01905v.jpg)



(15) James Sturm (The Golem's Mighty Swing)



(16) Neil Gaiman (Jewish author of novels and comics)



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(17) Diana Marsh ("The Bleeding Tree" Jewish folk tale adaptation) has told me she will be there, as well.



(18) I have been told that Sammy Harkham (Avodah

Books) will also be there.