EDITORIAL
Captain C at the rescue...
...For the first time in its 50-year history, San Diego Comic-Con is happening as a virtual, streaming event.The five-day fan convention kicks off on Thursday, with Comic-Con’s website launching the Online Exhibit Hall, featuring over 350 panels, interviews, themed discussions and sneak peeks. Fans won’t miss out on the long-awaited teasers revealed at the in-person event, but there won’t be live fan interaction with the panelists, as almost all events have been pre-recorded. The full schedule of the virtual convention can be found on Comic-Con’s website. All of the event videos will also be available on Comic-Con’s YouTube channel. According to Comic-Con, most but not all panels will be available after their initial streaming (Courtesy Comic.con International) ...
Have a safe week and a pleasant Friday night at the movies,
Jean Constant
The makers of “Citizen Penn,” a documentary about actor Sean Penn’s volunteer work in Haiti, have updated their film to include footage of the Oscar-winner’s efforts to expand access to COVID-19 testing. Over the past few months, director Don Hardy and producer Shawn Dailey have followed Penn as he worked with his non-profit organization CORE to set up free testing sites in places such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, New Orleans and the Navajo Nation.
