So we were channel hopping yesterday, and stumbled over a half hour documentary running on the Independent Film Channel, of all things. It featured a presentation of the recent San Diego Comic Con from the point of view of three different sets of attendees, each going to garner attention for their individual indy project endeavors.
“Maybe you’ll be in there somewhere, daddy!” chirped Ariel. I considered it unlikely: With 80,000 attendees over three days against the odds of my happening to wander on camera…well, do the math.
So we’re watching it, and they have an interview with Tim Leong and Amber Mitchell of http://www.comicfoundry.com. They start talking about having attended the CBLDF get-together, and I said, “Oh. That’s funny. I was at that.”
And then they started talking about me. My jaw dropped. A helpful pop-up appeared on the screen that stated, “Peter David is a science fiction writer” for the benefit of the likely 99% of viewers to whom my name meant nothing. This, of course, delighted Kathleen and Ariel.
“I can’t escape me,” I muttered.
For anyone interested who has the IFC, the half hour is next being broadcast Tuesday at 3:30 PM EST.
PAD
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Awesome. Tivo’s set.
So…basically…You’re Everywhere!!! You’re Everywhere!!! I’ve just discovered your secret identity.
“Sciece fiction writer” and now “Star of the Small Screen”
You know, I started to watch that, then decided to change it. Now I know why the con is once a year, you need a year to recover after those 5 days. I didnt need a video reminder.
Great! We can all watch it and then make snarky comments at your expense:-)
Totally off topic- “Funky Winkerbean” is back to the “Comics Shop Bust” storyline…
You left out the amusing bit that Amber thought you were Larry David’s brother.
I dunno about the documentary as a whole; while certainly San Diego’s grown to where any number of people can have what amounts to entirely different conventions, this one focused on three people/pairs who were each trying to sell people on something. Other than the “look at all the costumes” and “Look! Real Hollywood stars!” bits, I don’t think it did a good job of showing what attending San Diego would be like for a random person.
“You left out the amusing bit that Amber thought you were Larry David’s brother.”
Oh, is THAT what she said? There was some fast crosschat and I didn’t hear everything they said.
PAD
Don’t suppose you or Glenn could put a video-clip of that on-line somewhere?
Cool! (If I had IFC, I would check that out.)
“I can’t escape me.”
What if you could?
(Okay, that’s your concept. I fully expect you to have the outline in a week, and the novel in six months. I wish I could collect points on its profits, but it was your idea to begin with.)
And another PAD mention lately… JMS has started releasing copies of his Babylon 5 scripts through cafepress.com and I finally got my copy of volume 1 today. In the foreward, he explains that he only has the rights to release scripts he personally wrote, to avoid any writer’s guild finagling. However, he does mention all the other writers who contributed to his world, including PAD.
Ah, yes and I was going to thank you for not mentioning my blunder! In my defense, Tim was REALLY convincing in telling me that you two were related.
The whole IFC Comicon thing is also up online at http://www.ifc.com.