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SciNoFi Comic-Con Roundup

Science Not Fiction
By Sam Lowry
Jul 29, 2008 1:14 AMNov 5, 2019 1:05 AM

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Independent observers confirm that our panel was "awesome." Many, many thanks to Jaime Paglia (Eureka), Kevin Grazier (BSG) and our very own Phil Plait for making the magic happen. We also went out for dinner with the Eureka writing crew, including Jaime Paglia and Eric Wallace. For the record, any time you want to go out for a few bottles of Sangiovese and a couple hours of talking about Doctor Who, Torchwood, Veronica Mars, the OC and Friday Night Lights, you can count me in. For the complete inside dope from Eric (including their potentially disastrous Comic Con A/V snafu), go to Eureka Unscripted. More personal Comic Con highlights after the jump. Next year's Quantum Quest movie - the Cassini probe gets deeply weird. Elsewhere in weird NASA news, an Apollo astronaut claims there has been a massive alien cover-up conspiracy and gets the smackdown from the Bad Astronomer. Standout t-shirt trend from attractive female Con attendees: "Joss Whedon is my master." I may have said this before, but John Barrowman is the proverbial (immortal, polysexual) man. And he also sings.

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