In and Around Comic-Con

TAG President Emeritus Tom Sito is down in San Diego, clearly having a merry time:

Even with pre-registered bar code in hand, still had to wait in a line half a mile long to register! ...

Meantime, in the halls, the rollout of newer product trundles along ...

[Aardman Animation's] The Pirates! Band of Misfits ... kicked off with the recently released trailer shown in 3D. The trailer is, quite simply, hilarious and if you’re wondering how stop-motion animation looks in 3D the answer is gorgeous.

Peter Lord talks about still working in stop-motion animation. He says everyone always talks about how slow it is, but he says it’s more fun to do than computer animation. Inspiration for the story was looking back to classic pirate movies, after which they focused on having ridiculous fun...

But of course, Aardman collaborates with Sony Imageworks on Arthur Christmas, a distinctly non-stop motion project, so it's making sure that all the bets are covered. And it's clear that there will be a generous dollop of animated projects out in the marketplace in the next couple of years, with more coming into the pipeline all the time.