Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009

By: Jul. 27, 2009
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Comic-Con 2009 soared back into the San Diego Convention Center July 23-26 -- with the popular Preview Night taking place on Wednesday, July 22 -- Comic-Con's 40th was the the biggest and best convention ever. The event attracted stars from the world of stage, tv and film and BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture the celebs as they mixed and mingled with the eager fans!

It all started in 1970 with a one-day minicon (think of it as "Comic-Con Zero") at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. The first guests were Forrest J Ackerman (Famous Monsters of Filmland's famous editor) and Mike Royer, best known for his work inking Jack Kirby's "Fourth World" books. That one-day event tested the waters -- and raised funds -- for the first ever San Diego Comic-Con (then called "San Diego's West Coast Comic-Con") in August of the same year, which featured comics legend Jack Kirby and science fiction authors Ray Bradbury and A. E. van Vogt. And the rest, as they say, is history -- including Kirby, Bradbury, and Ackerman going on to become three of Comic-Con's favorite guests over the years (both Ray and Forry were present again in 2008).

That first show and its logo set the groundwork for what would become, over the next 39 years, the country's leading comics and popular arts convention. From the very beginning the event has focused on "comic art, films, and science fiction."

Photos by  Sara De Boer / Retna Ltd.

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Kristen Bell

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Kristen Bell and Freddy Highmore

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Garrett Hedlund

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Olivia Wilde

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Jeff Bridges

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Emily Deschanel

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Cameron Diaz

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Richard Kelly, Cameron Diaz and James Marsden

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Robert Downey Jr.

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Eliza Dushku

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Josh Brolin and Megan Fox

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Megan Fox

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Stan Lee and Natasha Henstridge

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009

Rachel McAdams

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Robert Pattinson

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Robert Pattinson

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Robert Pattinson

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Kristen Stewart

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Zoe Saldana

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Andy Samdberg

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Sigourney Weaver

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis and Denzel Washington

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Mary Lynn Rajskub

Photo Coverage: Theatre And Film Stars Shine At COMIC-CON 2009
Kiefer Sutherland, Anil Kapoor, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Katee Sackhoff and FrEddie Prinze Jr



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