More Comic-Con goodness comin’ at ya! As Samuel L. Jackson says in Jurassic Park, “Hold on to your butts!”

SATURDAY

Sometimes I can be very naive. It’s a cute quality. I like it. But sometimes it works against me.

For example, I actually believed I had a chance to get into the Heroes panel.

That maybe enough people were turned off by Season 2 that the line wouldn’t be, oh I don’t know, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE DAMN CONVENTION CENTER!

Oh well, to The Black Panel it is.

The Black Panel was very entertaining though. The moderator was very funny. The only disappointing thing is I saw a clear distinction between old and new way of thinking when it comes to being successful in any type of entertainment, comics or otherwise.

The panel made a clear point that technology has made it easier to create product, so now the focus should really be on making a good story and choosing your own path. But some people weren’t hearing that. Those people just wanted someone to give them a lot of money or an easy break.

I want someone to give me money on blind faith as well. I also want to date Rosario Dawson and own a pet unicorn. And I want it all by next Friday.

At The Black Panel, I was recruited by someone on press to help him film the panel, because he was filming two others at the same time and had to go back and forth.

You know what’s sad? I know how to film. Seriously. But it’s always when I touch someone else’s camera that I forget everything. How do I zoom? How can I tighten the tripod? What’s a tripod? I’m stupid now.

The BET Panel afterwards introduced us to the new Black Panther animated series. Well, “animated comic book” would be a better way to describe it once you see it. It’s a very interesting style, similar to something you’d see on Adult Swim. It could work. We’ll just have to see how the fanboys take it.

If the fanboys watch Black Entertainment Television.

After all that, it was time to get back into the Scooby-Doo costume. I ran into Wally Wingert again at a Cartoon Voices Panel. There, I had the opportunity to take pics with Phil LaMarr of MadTV and several voice-over roles (the man was Samurai Jack!) and Scott Adsit, who you may recognize from 30 Rock.

**You can see all of my pics at my Comic-Con 2008 Flickr Set.

While on the Comic-Con convention floor, I actually went to the BET booth and saw Reginald Hudlin, the President of Entertainment at BET. He was cool and actually took one of my postcards.

But I’m pretty sure the last black person he thought he’d be talking to was one in a Scooby-Doo costume. Same goes for Denys Cowan, Black Panther TV producer that I got to freak out… I mean meet… with the Scooby suit. Ah well, hope that doesn’t turn off Mr. Black Panther Creators.

But speaking of turn-offs, this is the moment where I do have a complaint about my fellow costumers.

NO MORE JOKER COSTUMES!

I’m serious, you could not turn around without seeing someone dressed as The Joker.

Fat Jokers. Skinny Jokers. Male Jokers. Female Jokers. Tall Jokers. Small Jokers. White Jokers. Hispanic Jokers. Ledger Jokers. Nicholson Jokers. Romero Jokers.

TOO MANY JOKERS!

If you’re a person that’s scared of clowns, Comic-Con was not the place to be.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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