So, Day 2 at 2010 Comic-Con was a typical star-studded day at the pop culture event: Seth Rogen traded his schlubby screen persona for the crime-fighting "Green Hornet" (to a reported so-so response), Will Ferrell seemingly never left the cavernous Hall H this time to pitch his buddy comedy "The Other Guys," with his co-star Mark Wahlberg, and the unheralded "Super" with Rainn Wilson and Liv Tyler hoped the Comic-Con crowd would give it credibility. You know, same old, same old.
And then there's the rest of Comic-Con, like the panel I attended actually discussing comics - specifically the 100th anniversary of "Krazy Kat," the slightly subversive comic strip from the 1920s about a lovelorn cat and a brick-throwing mouse. Good stuff.
On the other hand, there's something weird about the autograph area, where actors of dubious fame sit and sign their signatures for a few bucks. For $20 or more you can have the Soup Nazi from "Seinfeld" or a much more mature Lacey Underalls from "Caddyshack" sign their pictures. Or meet an even more unrecognizable Val Kilmer then his former "Top Gun" stodginess.
Oddly sad in a way. But hey, that's the charm of Comic-Con - everyone can become or relive another character and grab the spotlight once again.
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