Studios may skip Comic-Con

"Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" was promoted via this huge display on the side of the Hilton hotel near the San Diego convention center. Photo by Annette Price.

The New York Times is reporting that several movie studios may be dropping or lessening their presence at Comic-Con this year.

Apparently, just showing a clip at Comic-Con doesn’t automatically equal dollars.

“Sucker Punch” and “Scott Pilgrim” are movies that made a splash at Comic-Con, but underperformed at the box office.

Since both of those movies were pretty great, I must surmise that Comic-Con was right, and general audiences are wrong.   Sorry, general audiences, but if you didn’t enjoy “Scott Pilgrim,” I don’t know why you’re going to the movies.  Just stay home and watch “According to Jim” reruns.

I’d already decided to skip Comic-Con this year, so, this won’t affect my year too much.   And honestly, while I love me some movies, I do enjoy the idea that actual comics might get some more attention out of Comic-Con.

Sounds like there will still be plenty of movie stuff to see, too.

The NYT reports big pushes are planned for “Cowboys and Aliens,”  “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,”  “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” and  “The Amazing Spider-Man.”