Going to the San Diego Comic-Con? Go see Scott! Say hello, get an autograph, or ask him to do his three-minute Hamlet!

(The answer to that last one is usually “No,” but maybe if enough people ask… well, hope springs eternal…)

Hey guys and gals, Scott is slammed with prepping for the annual geek migration known as the San Diego Comic-Con — amazing what you can write off as a business expense if you have the right accountant — but he asked me to post this note about a cool panel that he is moderating this Saturday afternoon.

Here are the details:

“Comics: Across Every Medium”

Saturday, July 26

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Room 6A

So who’s on this panel? Only a bunch of people who have shaped pop culture as we know it:

* Brad Meltzer, author, The Book of Lies

* David Goyer, screenwriter, Batman Begins

* Paul Feig, creator, Freaks & Geeks

* Whitney Matheson, columnist, USA Today’s “Pop Candy” blog

* Chip Kidd, author, The Learners

These superheroes of novels, film, television, journalism, and the graphic arts have a great love of comics, and they’ll be up on the dais talking with Scott about how funny books have shaped their lives and talents, and how those lives and talents brought them to the heights they now enjoy.

As Mr. Meltzer quipped, “It’ll be like a 21st-century Breakfast Club — but with better references.”

And since Scott’s not here to type it, let me say thanks for listening, and have a great week (and con)!

Den