The 2004 Comic Con

Pictures from the Comic Con, courtesy of Lord Akiyama!

Introduction
Each year, San Diego pays host to the largest comic book convention in the world and has since attracted the likes of Hollywood players and video game designers in addition to the comic book community. 2004 was a pretty big year not only comic book-wise, but also on the animation front. Names like Ron Clements and Brad Bird dropped by to talk about their latest projects and the animation industry itself where others like Chris Bailey and Alexander Woo set up shop to showcase their latest creation to the masses. Here are some of the highlights I was luckily enough to attend.

Thursday
Voria Studios
Stephen Silver
Comedy Central's Drawn Together

Friday
The Incredibles
Rex Steele

Saturday
Writers on Animation

Sunday
Chris Bailey

Pictures and Sketches

Stephen Silver, lead character designer on Clerks the Animated Series, Kim Possible and Danny Phantom

Shego sketch by Stephen Silver

The Incredibles panel
Brad Bird (Director), moderator Mark Voz (author of The Art of The Incredibles), John Walker (Producer)

The Voria booth
Robert Quattlebaum, Adrian Bentley and Will Short (BostonTerrior on the AL)

The Comedy Central's Drawn Together Booth
Cree Summer (voice of Foxxy Brown) and one of the producers

Me with Cree Summer (better known as the voice of Kida of Atlantis)

The Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher Panel
Dan Blank (voice of Rex Steele), Ryan Shore (composer), Bill Presing (co-creator), Alexander Woo (sole animator, producer and director)

Writing for Animation Panel, Part One
Flip Kobler (co-writer of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride), Craig Miller (moderator and writer of ElfQuest) and Terry Rossio (co-writer of Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean)

Writing for Animation Panel, Part Two
Dean DeBlois (co-director of Lilo & Stitch) and Ron Clements (co-director of The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules and Treasure Planet)