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Comic-con 2008: December will be shrouded in ‘Twilight’

Terri Schwartz
This year's San Diego Comic-con hosted a special event Thursday to promote the upcoming film. Meyer, director Catherine Hardwicke, and some of the movie's cast attended the panel. Waiting anxiously for them were thousands of screaming fans, though only about 6,500 were admitted to the hall.
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Comic-con 2008: All eyes watching “Watchmen”

Terri Schwartz
Director Zack Snyder tried to stay as true to the original story as a two-and-a-half-hour movie can to a 416 page novel. "Making a movie about the war on terror and [modern politics] seemed really wrong in a lot of ways to me," said Snyder. "It's cooler if people go, 'Oh hey, this makes me think,' instead of me telling people what to think."
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The comics of the con

John M. Guilfoil
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Attention "Twilight" fans, in addition to movies, music and video games, there's something else at Comic-con that you may be interested in. Comic books. Okay, let's be realistic, maybe they won't be interested in comic books, but millions are, it's the reason why Comic-con exists and we can't get enough of it. With the first full day of the con behind us, here's a look at some of the best non-major label comics that have caught my eye so far at the sold out 2008 San Diego Comic-con International. [...]