Suvudu's Ten Days To Comic Con New York: A look back at Comic Con past.

It’s official. Comic Con New York is ten days away. That’s it. Ten Days. Two hundred and forty hours. Fourteen thousand and four hundred minutes. In other words, it’s right around the corner.

When we launched this site we said it would be like attending a Comic Con on the web: some serious discussion, some oddities and curiosities, the occasional costume. For those of us who contribute here, it’s a digital extension of who we are, of what we think about. So with the east coast’s largest biggest comic convention about to hit town, it should come as no surprise that it’s front and center in our hearts and minds.

Comic Con. Say it. Doesn’t it make you smile? A weekend devoted to comics, science fiction, fantasy, some really cool artwork, some costume donning, and toys, statues, and figurines. It’s as if, for one weekend, you can shut the door on the outside world without literally shutting the door and walk around in the world’s largest comics shop, with authors and illustrators at your fingertips, and just be there and no where else. Well, it makes me smile.

During the last Comic Con, we had a videographer and a platoon of Flip Cameras out in the crowd to film the event and try to bring the San Diego Comic Con to your home computers as literally as we could. We’ll be doing that again this time and trying to snag a few more author interviews while we’re at it*. The response from our previous efforts were pretty dog gone good and we were happy to bring the Con to the web in our own way.

If you haven’t seen a few of the videos, I’ve selected our most viewed for this post. Click on through to the other side and check them out. There’s going to be a whole new set coming down the pipes soon, but for now, these were our top 5 video hits:

1. Frank Miller's Eisner Award Keynote

Frank Miller delivered the keynote address to open the Eisner Awards during the San Diego Comic Con. He spoke about how comics came to be, the humble start before their rise to popularity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDVU0ZKjwT4&feature=channel_page

2. Eisner Awards pt. 3

Filming the Eisner Awards is a big job. We ended up creating 14 or more video segments to make the entire awards ceremony YouTube friendly. But capturing some of the moments we did makes it all worth it. Remember Gabriel Ba and Co. rising up and stealing the show? It was one of those moments and our viewers made it a top video of our SDCC filming extravaganza.

3. Max Brooks Q&A (part 1)

If you thought Max's writing was a great time, wait until you see his presentation and Q&A. Max wants to dispel some Zombie myths as well as answer any other questions the fans can come up with. Really, he just wants us to be ready in case Zombies attack. He's a pretty swell guy.

4. Hiro Mashima (author signing)

You just don't run across talent on the level that this man has very often. That's why having Hiro Mashima as a guest during the last Comic Con was such an honor and a pleasure. We caught him signing books and enjoying the crowd. Seemed like everyone was having fun.

5. Chip Kidd narrates Bat-Manga (part 1)

You might know Chip Kidd as the fantastically talented graphic designer. Or perhaps you know him from his band. But you probably didn't know him as a narrator...until now, that is. Here, Chip Kidd narrates one of the many stories collected in his book, Bat-Manga, and it's nothing but a great time. Don't believe me? Just ask the internet. It made this our fifth most watched video from San Diego Comic Con.