See You at San Diego

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A comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless intimate, hilarious, and often thought-provoking stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of today’s convention and fandom community.

See You At San Diego is the comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of the Comic-Con and fandom scene. This full-fledged oral history—bursting with intimate reflections, hilarious observations, and at times, heartbreaking stories—is about how the geek at last inherited the earth and the story of the transformation of mainstream American pop culture into comic book culture over the past century.

Join some of the biggest names in fandom as they launch off at ludicrous speed into the spiraling galaxy of geek culture through the kaleidoscopic lens of the planet’s biggest pop culture gathering worldwide (clocked twice by Guinness!): the San Diego Comic-Con. With such special guests as: Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell, Felicia Day, Scott Aukerman, Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragonés, Trina Robbins, the Russo Bros., Lloyd Kaufman, Tim Seeley, Kevin Eastman, and many others.

The audiobook also features forewords by Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) and Jeff Smith (Bone), plus an afterword by Wu-Tang Clan’s own uber-nerd mastermind RZA.

Critics Review

  • “Epic.”

    Los Angeles Magazine

  • “A loving oral history.”

    Chicago Tribune

  • “A fantastic, exhaustive look at the rise of geek fandom and culture over the past century through the lens of San Diego Comic-Con.”

    Boing Boing

  • “An essential and defining resource of the forces that have transformed popular culture over the course of the past century.” 

    Fangoria

  • “Put this on your bookshelf to thumb through to remind yourself of where fandom has been and where it could go from here.” 

    Multiversity Comics

  • “The multitude of perspectives arguably gives you a much better overall feel for what it was really like than just plain cold hard facts could ever have done.”

    Forces of Geek

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