Can you hear that? That distant sound? As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced?

Holy nerd alert, Batman! WonderCon is coming!

Yes, this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Moscone Center will host the hundreds, nay, of nerds, dorks, fanboys and fangirls who are too lazy and/or poor to make the trip down south for ComiCon in July. And we will proudly be amongst them. After the somewhat lackluster experience that was last year's WonderCon we have higher hopes for this one.

This year's Hollywood guests "scheduled" to appear include...well, no one that exciting. Hilary Swank? Mmmmkay. Sure. Whatever. We've got our fingers crossed for a surprise Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi Spider-Man 3 panel, and will admit to being totally jazzed to listen to former Apollo/current Tom Zarek Richard Hatch talk about "Battlestar Galacticas" past and present. (In previous years he was stuck in "autograph alley" with the original Boomer who, incidentally, will be there again this year.) Finally, Patton Oswalt, who is always hilarious, will be there with folks from Pixar talking Ratatouille. We can't wait to hear him rip into the nerds, (of which he is most definitely a huge one).

To learn more about the numerous panels, check out the schedules for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We recommend pre-registering online or at your local comic book store; there's always the chance it could sell out, and there's nothing sadder than standing outside the Moscone Center in your Ghost Rider costume with nowhere to go.

Image of Robot Monster getting his press pass at last year's WonderCon, by the author.

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