Director's Cut
Last uploaded: Very early on August 12, 1998

I'm off to California!

On Thursday I'll be departing for the wild and crazy San Diego Comic Book Convention. Oooo, you must be saying to yourself. How thrilling -- a comic book convention.

Well, it kinda is. The SDCC has become the world's largest comic book convention; in effect, if you've got a comic book to sell, this is the place to be. In the 90s it also has started morphing into a place where directors, screenwriters, producers and actors come to show audiences their pictures. This year I know both John Carpenter and Brian Singer will be there among others. Here you can always get a few good inside scoops by attending the panels and hanging around at the Q&A session afterwards. This year the film industry representation will be bigger than ever, and I'll be down there scoopin' it up first-hand for you to read come Monday. Expect to see at least a few big scoops, if not a really big one from SD.

I'll be scouting the editors to see if I can snag a writing gig on some book, somewhere. San Diego is the place to go and meet with the comic book creators and, if you're lucky, get an invite to the parties. Last year's Wizard party was a hoot. Getting to meet and hang out with Peter David (former writer of Marvel's Incredible Hulk) was cool; we got to talk about his proposal for a Hulk movie before the recent Jonathan Hensleigh product hit a snafu.

Anyway, if you'll be attending the con I'll be there. Look for one of two fellas wearing the 'Coming Attractions' badges (yes, we need these stinkin' badges it seems) and come up and say hi. I'll be around somewhere, either the Wizard booth, the Caliber Comics one (Technopolis! You can still buy it!), or talking to an editor and asking for them to hire me. I'll also be the fella who'll go Hulk if I can't get at least a crack at writing the comic book script for Smurf Adventures. There's nothing more dangerous at a comic convention than a desperate, looking-for-work writer. Trust me on this.

Until I return 'Widgett' has the keys to Director's Cut. I told him to do whatever comes to mind, so indie filmmakers, this weekend is your chance. Write to him (widgett@mindspring.com) and be real nice and he may just mention your project. The man is superhuman, I tell you.

(And I haven't forgotten: my review of Kevin Smith's Six Million Dollar Man is coming soon. Maybe I'll be able to catch up to the man down there and see what his take on the whole project was...you never know.)

Patrick Sauriol
Creator, Chief Content Writer & Director
Coming Attractions

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