Comic-Con 2011 - Thursday, Part 2: Breaking Dawn

Stupid hotel internet went offline so the complete Thursday report never posted. Anyway, you can see the rest of what went down at Comic-Con on Thursday, July 21 (Elijah Wood, slave Leias, Phineas & Ferb, Designer Toy Awards and more) after the jump.

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R.I.P. Sherwood Schwartz

Sherwood Schwartz

November 14, 1916 - July 12, 2011

Creator of The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island

Cousin Oliver is locked in the basement.

Comic-Con 2011 Exclusives - Our Faves

Comic-Con 2011 is two weeks away, so we're sending Jason on his annual trip to San Diego to report on the convention, panels, premieres, masquerade and after-parties. When he's done canoodling with girls dressed like the cast of Sucker Punch, he'll be stocking up on the exclusive toys, giveaways, art prints and comics to ensure that Hands in the Air headquarters looks like it was decorated by 12-year-old Star Wars nerds.

So what should convention geeks spend their money on besides deodorant, food not found in a 7-Eleven and etiquette lessons? Don't get your metal bikini bottoms in a bunch -- our picks for Comic-Con International 2011 exclusives are listed after the jump.

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R.I.P. Stephen J. Cannell

It's a sad time for TV fans, and I'm not referring to the fact that Outsourced and $#*! My Dad Says premiered the other week (no one has any business airing a Twitter-based TV show until there's a sexy Hands in the Air anthology series on Cinemax After Dark, by the way).

Stephen J. Cannell

TV Producer, Creator, Writer

February 5, 1941 - September 30, 2010

Anyway, the real tragedy is that TV producer extraordinaire Stephen J. Cannell passed away last Thursday. He's the televisionary who created such beloved series as The A-Team, 21 Jump Street, The Greatest American Hero, The Rockford Files, Silk Stalkings, Hardcastle and McCormick and just about every other cool '80s and early '90s show that served as counter-programming to Mr. Belvedere and Charles in Charge.

He at least got to live to see the theatrical version of The A-Team this past summer, or at least he'll never see the day when Riptide is turned into a movie.

What's the Sitch?

Last month, I got the opportunity to design the Dancing with the Stars team shirt for Jersey Shore's The Situation and his pro partner Karina Smirnoff.

True story: There were once motion lines by the fist pump 

image inside the crest, but they had to be removed

because it looked  like the fist was pumping...

um, never mind.

Now, it's an honor that I got to design the shirt in the first place, but all my hard work of emulating Ed Hardy paid off like a tattoo of a flaming tiger fighting a dragon in a koi fish pond on sale at the merch table at Criss Angel show. I don't even think that last sentence made sense, but the point is that my work was validated because The Situation himself liked the shirt enough to wear it in public and it was featured on TMZ. The only thing that could make it better would be if TMZ cut to that blond surfer dude in their office and he said something cluelessly profound about it all.

The shirt I designed is now part of the "L" in The Situation's GTL regime!

Getting LOST: The LOST Auction

Now that LOST the TV series has ended, it's time to clean house and get rid of all the props, so ABC is holding LOST: The Official Auction and Exhibit in Santa Monica, California this weekend.

The event continues through Sunday, August 22, 2010, just two days before the Blu-ray/DVD release of LOST: The Complete Collection, which contains "The New Man in Charge," an all-new 12-minute chapter that reveals what happens after Hurley becomes protector of the island.

Here's a sneak preview:

If the Weezer news can't tide you over, check out some highlights from Saturday at LOST: The Official Auction and Exhibit after the jump.

Comic-Con 2010 - Friday: Geeky Friday

Today's highlights from Comic-Con International: San Diego 2010 include panels for Yo Gabba Gabba! and 30 Days of Night: Dark Days along with Friday's exclusive Minimate giveaway, more toys and more movie props.

Check it all out after the jump!

Comic-Con 2010 - Thursday: The Nerdical Limit

Thursday morning I arrived in San Diego to attend Comic-Con International 2010, and let me tell you, my warp drive is exhausted! Nerd humor! I'll be here all weekend. Try the veal! No, really, I'll be here all weekend. Dunno about the veal, though.

Anyway, Day 1 of my annual trip to the San Diego Convention center culminated in reaching the nerdical limit of geekdom -- previewing movie props and new toys including merch sneaks from Monster High, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Super 7, Scott Pilgrim, Mez-Itz and Minimates, scoring bags full of freebies and exclusives, and attending a highlarious panel with Rob Corddry, Rob Huebel, Ken Marino and the rest of the cast of Adult Swim's Childrens Hospital.

Read more (and see almost 100 pics!) after the jump.

Happy Birthday, Jerry Nelson

Today is the birthday of Muppeteer Jerry Nelson. He's the man behind Sesame Street's Herry Monster, Sherlock Hemlock, The Amazing Mumford and The Muppet Show's Floyd Pepper and Lew Zealand. It turns out this man is our jam -- Jerry is responsible for a lot of our favoritest Muppets, so to wish him a magical birthday a la peanut butter sandwiches, we'll do it in the style of one of his most popular characters, Count Von Count: Happy 1, 2, 3... 76th birthday, Jerry! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!

There's No "I" in A-Team

Lovin' it when a plan comes together - The A-Team in theaters Friday.

R.I.P. Rue McClanahan

Thank you for being a friend.

Rue McClanahan
Golden Girl
February 21, 1934 - June 3, 2010

Jenni says that if only the internet had shown as much love for Rue McClanahan as it did for Betty White, she might still be around (Facebook, you've got blood on your hands). And I say that even though there's only one Golden Girl left, I can take comfort that there are still three Designing Women out there.

R.I.P. Gary Coleman

I actually loved me some Diff'rent Strokes, but his '80s cartoon (based on his movie, The Kid with a Broken Halo) just seems extra creepy now.

Gary Coleman
Actor, influence for Webster, 2003 candidate for California governor
February 8, 1968 - May 28, 2010

Also, welcome to the first installment of our "Too Soon?" series of posts.

From Tonight's LOST: The Next Protector of the Island Is Chosen

Get LOST

The finale of LOST is just around the corner, so I've photographed some iconic scenes re-enacted by Kubrick figures.

The Candidate - Locke finds C4 on the Ajira plane


Everybody Loves Hugo - Desmond runs down Locke in a flash-sideways


Sundown - Sayid tries to stab Locke


I Do - Kate and Sawyer in the cages


Orientation - Locke enters the numbers into the computer


Man of Science, Man of Faith - Locke enters the hatch

LEGO Duplo Gallery - LOST Edition

LOST wraps up Sunday, May 23rd, so here's my tribute to the series in LEGO Duplo blocks.

The foot statue

The hatch

Sun's garden

The Dharma barracks

This past Thursday, I got to attend LOST Live: The Final Celebration, a finale gala for the series featuring cast members, creators and composer Michael Giacchino conducting a symphony playing music from the show. We weren't allowed to bring phones or cameras into the venue because we were getting an advanced screening of this Tuesday's episode, so I had to do my tweeting ahead of time...

LEGO DUPLO Gallery, Pt. 2

Ronald McDonald


The Jolly Green Giant


A Target employee


A UPS delivery person


Marge Simpson


Snooki from Jersey Shore


Kid 'n Play


Edward Cullen from Twilight


Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba!


SpongeBob SquarePants


Yoda


A ninja


An embarrassed ninja


Mr. Fantastic


The Little Mermaid


Super Mario Bros.


Video game arcade