Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope

Comic-Con 2009 - Will 2010 be even crazier? We're counting on it!

Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me turned the fast food industry on its head in his near-suicidal month of living on a super-sized McDiet and inspired numerous other films putting their own spin on the title, standup comic Doug Benson’s Super High Me arguably the best known. Spurlock immerses himself in his documentaries. Physical recovery from his one-man Super Size Me experiment took more than a year. He spent nearly a month in jail for an episode of his documentary television series 30 Days. And now he’s about to immerse himself in Comic-Con.

Stan Lee picks the worst superpower

San Diego Comic-Con International (a.k.a. Comic-Con or SDCC) is the largest convention of any kind in the Western hemisphere and the second largest on the planet. In the introduction for “Run, Action Flick Chick, Run,” Katrina noted that it has grown from 300 attendees when it first met in 1970 to more than 125,000 per year now, now capped by the San Diego Convention Center’s physical capacity and the fire marshall’s instruction. It’s crazy and it’s fun. People who aren’t into comics can enjoy a variety of other programming on movies, television, video games, and more. Comic book lovers can still find a huge comic book convention in the midst of it all even if it’s now surrounded by so much other spectacle.

Spurlock isn’t venturing into this chaos unaided. In Morgan Team-Up #1, he joins forces with Joss Whedon, who created Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, and Stan “The Man” Lee himself. (Do we really need to tell you who Stan created and co-created? That could go on forever, you know.) Even cooler, they want to team up with YOU!

Cosplayers crossing the street to the convention center.

See their information below for details. ComicConDoc on twitter has said several times this week that it’s not too late to submit. They’re going to be taking submissions for several more weeks.

Action chick cosplayers at the con.

From their website http://comic-con.morganspurlock.com:

Are you headed to 2010 Comic-Con® International in San Diego? Do you die for diehard fandom? Do you pine over Chris Pine, other Captain Kirks, or have firsthand knowledge of who is the ultimate Bruce Wayne? Is your Lost Ark a long lost collectible, an original edition comic book, a need to be the first in line at a sneak peak of Green Lantern, or to understand the ultimate and undeniable power of Akira?! Are you the original inspiration for comic book guy? Is your collection the biggest? Is your costume the best? Is your dream to propose to your girlfriend and give her the one ring to rule them all? Are you an artist who is showing off your work? A vendor showing off your amazing collection? If you are any of these things, then we want to hear your story.

SDCC 2009: Firefly's Adam Baldwin at the Offficial Pix booth.

Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, producer Thomas Tull, comic book icon Stan Lee, writer/producer Joss Whedon, and film guru Harry Knowles have joined together to bring audiences the feature-length documentary COMIC-CON® EPISODE FOUR: A FANS HOPE – a documentary celebration of all things con-tastic!

We are looking to cast original, eccentric, funny, touching, and mildly obsessive people that will capture the excitement, enthusiasm, joy, and passion of comic book, anime, sci-fi, and fantasy lovers everywhere.

If Comic-Con® International will be the highlight of your year and you have a story to share about your passion, let us know. Join the fellowship, take part in this epic documentary, and write us at ComicConDoc [at] gmail.com. Include your name, phone number, a picture, and tell us your story.

Katrina has big plans to share with you all about what she’s going to be up to during Comic-Con this year, but she has to wait until the convention website posts their official schedule before we can share all the news. (Katrina: “I hate waiting!”)