TLT, Lift-off
The San Diego Comic Con, held over last weekend, served as the launchpad for THE LOST TALES. There was a Lost Tales panel Friday, with JMS, Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins, Peter Woodward, producers Samm Barnes and Doug Netter in attendance. JMS had a solo panel on Saturday, covering the many projects the Great Maker has cooking.
There were B5 signing sessions throughout the weekend, with even Doug Netter, who usually prefers staying behind the scenes, sitting in on the Lost Tales signing! Claudia Christian and Pat Tallman were also at the Con. For the B5-centric, there is a full report on the proceedings at the Comic Con thread, over at the JMSnews forums.
Great work by Jan (moderator and queen of the B5 script collectors), Jon (SmileOfTheShadow) and Joe Nazzaro, who moderated the Lost Tales panel. Additional reports can be found at Beyond The Rim and The Futon Critic.
Best Buy is including a big bonus with the Lost Tales DVD, a small comic memorializing Andrea Katsulas and Richard Biggs. It was given out at Comic Con and is only available in limited quantities. If you haven’t pre-ordered (or if your pre-order was delayed), dash right out and get your copy, while they last. Sales will determine whether we get more Lost Tales. JMS and Doug Netter again made that clear this weekend.
Meanwhile, interviews have been appearing in the leadup to the launch. As Tim mentioned, SciFi Weekly interviewed Bruce, Tracy, and Peter. SyFyPortal talked to Bruce, and both Dreamwatch and TV Zone talked with Tracy.
That’s all, folks! (for now.)
Happy launch day, everyone!
Picked mine up from Best Buy during lunch…..very cool comic inside. It’s an AWSOME memorial for Andrea Katsulas and Richard Biggs. Very fitting.
Drat, I want a copy of the comic, but I already have my Lost Tales DVD coming in the mail from Amazon. What’s a Lurker to do?
I know that myself and many loyal, long-term fans of Babylon 5 pre-ordered, well in advance, the DVD of “The Lost Tales”. We thought we were doing the “cause” a favor.
Then, at the last minute, reports come out of this bounus comic available only to some comic con attendees and customers who purchase the DVD at the store “Best Buy”.
This seems a strange way of “thanking” your long-term fans who were then eager to support this project with early preorders.
Knowning now that we robbed ourselves of a good last-minute in-store deal, I can say with confidence that I shall become a smarter shopper and will never again preorder any Babylon 5 material.
It just made some of us feel like chumps for being too eager to support the project, and not dollar-wise enough to wait for possible last-minute deals. Now that the possibility that an entire available product might be missed out by preordering, I certainly won’t ever preorder B5 again. If Warner Brother’s attitude is “let the buyer beware” then I shall be.
I purchased the Lost Tales DVD at a Best Buy near St. Louis and there was no mini-comic to be found anywhere on it or in it, or on/in any of the other copies they had on the shelf.
Feh!
In a related story, I went to Wal-Mart first to get it, and they didn’t even stock it on the shelves! Only available “online.” Not a good sign.