News Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:55:07 CST Vu

MEGACON 2007 (16-18 Feb 2007)

MegaCon 2007
February 18th, 2007 by The Masked Blogger

MegaCon 2007 opened yesterday at the Orange County Convention Center and runs through Sunday at 5pm. You can get my take on the first day here, and ZenGrrl's here over on Orlando MetroBlog.

(excerpt)

I went back to the first room we had been for a "Special Panel TBA" which turned out to be a tribute to MegaCon Guest of Honor Dick Giordano. Mr. Giordano has been in the comic book industry since 1951, working as an artist and inker, then serving as Editor in Chief of Charlton Comics and later as the Executive Editorial Director of DC Comics. In recent years, he and his creative partners formed Future Entertainment, a multi-media company. Comic book luminaries and legends such as George Perez, Adam Kubert and Brian Pulido, among others, took to the dais to honor Mr. Giordano. As a crowning touch, a proclamation from Orange County Mayor Crotty was read, designating February 17, 2007 as "Dick Giordano Day".