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Fri, 07/25/2008

Review of Comic-Con Preview Night, By Rachel Kempster:

I'll admit it--I wasn't feeling the Comic-Con love this year. The buzz was too big, too Hollywood, and too immense. It's been six years since I worked my first Comic-Con, and I was afraid that the crush of people and the much-hyped focus on film and TV would change the whole mood once and for all. I'm happy to report that I was wrong. The crowds are immense, and Hollywood is out in force, but the mood is excellent. The fans are brilliant. And right now I'd contend that the San Diego Convention center might just be the happiest place on earth.

DK is located in the Star Wars Pavillion this year. While the show officially started on Thursday, Wednesday night the hall opens for a few hours for all the fans with 4-day badges. There were a lot of them!

To celebrate the start of the show, we gave away limited edition art prints from our forthcoming book, Star Wars Blueprints.

The books illustrators, Chris Trevas and Chris Reiff, signed copies of the book along with the print. It rocked! We had a steady stream of fans from the moment the exhibit hall doors opened, and it didn't slow down all night. The prints were all numbered and fans were very choosy about which numbers they wanted. It's funny, at my first Comic-Con it drove me nuts when fans would up-end a pile of books to find the one in the most gleaming, pristine condition. After a few shows, I stopped getting annoyed, and this year I'm helping! Heck, I won't even put a book on display if it's got a crushed corner or scratched jacket. I love our fans--and I want them to leave the DK book happy (and loaded down with swag).