From 2:15 to 3:15 on Thursday, July 12, Chris Metzen (Blizzard
Entertainment SVP, story and franchise development) and special guests
will be hosting a panel in room 6BCF. The panel is listed as a product
showcase for
WoW,
StarCraft and
Diablo, and
the blurb says that they will "reveal never-before-seen licensed
products and plans for 2012/2013. Talk to the designers, writers and
artists themselves as we dig into Mega Bloks, novels, comics, statues
and more."
This panel will, of course, include a Q&A alongside the reveals
mentioned above, so if you're in the San Diego area and already have
tickets to Comic-Con, this sounds like a fantastically exciting
opportunity to hob-nob with the Blizzard team and quiz them about
everything you need to know about their games.
But wait, there's more! Sam "Samwise" Didier, the art director at
Blizzard Entertainment responsible for creating much of the artwork for
the
Warcraft,
StarCraft, and the
Diablo series and the senior art director on
StarCraft II,
will be in the Artists' Alley at table DD-09. The Artists' Alley gives
Comic-Con attendees the chance to meet and greet some of their favorite
artists, and you might even be able to buy original art, sketches, and
exclusive, limited edition prints and sketchbooks.
I would have loved to put in a link to buy Comic-Con tickets, but it seems from the website
that it is completely sold out. So close to the time, I'm guessing this
isn't a great surprise -- but still, a shame. So if you're lucky enough
to have tickets, head on over!
